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AN IMPROVED PORTABLE IRON STOVE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Dryland at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th March 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS DRYLAND, of 81, Bishopsgate Street Within, in the City
of London, Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "AN IMPROVED PORTABLE IRON STOVE" to be as follows:-
It consists in a peculiar arrangement for securing compactness,
affording in use an oblong square fire grate for cooking or heating
purposes; and when not so used it may be made serviceable for
packing inside of it a variety of culinary and other articles.
But, in order that my said Invention may be fully understood and
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto
annexed.
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of a stove combining my improvements,
and is suitable as a camp range and kitchen, with an open fire. For
the sake of easy stowage and carriage, I recommend its being made,
as much as possible, of an oblong square or box form. A, is an open
fire place; A', the chimney; B, a fall-down front or door, also forming
a stand for cooking or other utensils; C, C, are holes to receive

page_text: rods D, D, which, passing through the stove, support a false bottom
or fire grating.
Fig. 2, represents the false bottom E, which is to be of the size of
the entire internal area of the stove.
Fig. 3, the two rods D, D, (Fig. 1.)
Fig. 4, a vertical section, shewing the position of the false bottom E,
when in use at F, resting on the rods or supports D, D. When
disused, and to be packed up, the false bottom E, can be made to
occupy the situation G, G, by withdrawing the rods D, D, when it
will rest on the stops at the feet of the stove. It is then ready to be
employed for packing within it numerous requisite articles, particularly
in hardware and earthenware, thus affording great compactness and
consequent portability.
In conclusion, I would have it understood that what I claim as my
Invention is, the peculiar construction of a portable stove, as described.
A NEW AND USEFUL METHOD OF CONVERTING FINE COAL INTO SOLID LUMPS
Year: 1853

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by Charles Frederick Stansbury
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition
and Declaration, on the 26th September 1853, pursuant to the
9th section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
CHARLES FREDERICK STANSBURY, of Cornhill, in the City of London,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention of
"A NEW AND USEFUL METHOD OF CONVERTING FINE COAL INTO SOLID
LUMPS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained and by the following statement
(that is to say):
I take the fine coal and put it into a strong mould of the form and size
of the intended blocks, lumps; or prisms to be formed, and of suffi-
cient depth to receive. the necessary quantity of fine coal to form the
required block, lumps, or prisms, and subject the mass to sufficient
pressure to cause the particles to adhere and form a solid mass, which
may be effected by a piston of a size corresponding to that of the
mould to be operated upon by any suitable mechanical means. And
when the fine coal shall have been thus pressed into a solid body it

page_text: will be discharged from the mould by any convenient mechanical
means. The fine coal being thus formed into solid cubes or other suit-
able forms will be in a convenient state for packing for transportation
or for burning.
The utility and advantage of the discovery is, that by this process
an article of small value, and almost uscless, can be converted into a
valuable article of fuel for steamers, forges, culinary or other purposes,
thus saving what is now lost. The fuel thus prepared will be equal to
any now in use; it will be highly advantageous for steam vessels, as
when formed into hexagonal prisms it can be stowed in a smaller
space than other fuel. Its specific gravity being greater than that of the
natural coal will also contribute to this advantage.
For culinary purposes it will have an advantage over any other
fuel, its compactness renders it less liable to break or fall to pieces. It
is contemplated to form the fuel for the last-named purpose into oval
or egg-shaped lumps, thereby leaving no angles to be worn off by
abrasion.
What I claim as my Invention and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is, the formation of small particles of any variety of coal into
solid lumps by pressure in a manner and for the purposes substantially
as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Frederick Stansbury, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of Sep-
tember, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-three.
CHARLES FREDERICK STANSBURY. (L.S.)
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS APPLICABLE TO ALARM WHISTLES' TO BE USED UPON RAILWAYS, OR AS SIGNALS, WHERE OTHERWISE REQUIRED
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Hollinsworth and
John Hollinsworth at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 1st December 1853.
We, THOMAS HOLLINSWORTH and JOHN HOLLINSWORTII, both of
Winwick, near Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS APPLICABLE TO ALARM WHISTLES' TO BE USED UPON RAILWAYS, OR
AS SIGNALS, WHERE OTHERWISE REQUIRED," to be as follows :-
Our improvements relate to an application of compressed air at a
high pressure to "alarm whistles" or other acoustic signals, either to
be used upon railways or as may be otherwise required. The appa-
ratus to be employed consists of an air pump or pumps of any ordinary
or other construction, to which is attached a receiver or reservoir, into
which the air is forced by means of the said pump or pumps, and which
may be worked either by an eccentric or any other suitable motion
from the axle of the guard's brake van or any other carriage, or by

page_text: any mechanical arrangement, independent of any motion obtained
from the said brake van or any other carriage. Connected with the.
receiver is a safety or discharge valve by which the superfluous air
is emitted upon the necessary or required pressure being obtained.
The communication between the receiver and alarm whistle" may be
made by an ordinary cock, or by any construction of valve or similar
means.
These improvements are also applicable to sea-going or other vessels
in cases of. fog, or may be used under any other circumstances wherein
it may become necessary or advantageous to use "alarm whistles" or
similar acoustic signals of any kind.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN BOOKBINDING
Year: 1853

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with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles John Morris at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 15th December 1853.
I,, CHARLES JOHN MORRIS, of Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BOOKBINDING" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the use and employment of a machine or
apparatus for performing that operation in bookbinding known and
distinguish'd by the trade as "backing." The mode hitherto practised
has been to perform such said operation by hand, the workman using
a hammer for that purpose, with which he manipulates until he has
produced those portions of the back called the "lips," the perfection of
which depends upon the skill of the workman, and at best is a tedious
operation. The object and intention of this Invention is, therefore, to
obviate these objections by employing machinery for effecting such

page_text: operation, and by the use of which the backing of the book, and par-
ticularly the forming of the lips, is not only effected with unerring
certainty, but both the lips of the book, or as many books of similar
size as the machine or apparatus will contain, are operated upon
simultaneously, by which a considerable saving of time is effected, and a
better quality of work produced. The principle of construction of the
machine or apparatus for effecting the purposes of this Invention con-
sists in the use of two bent levers of the second order; the face of the
shorter and bent end of each lever is formed curved, to suit the curva-
ture of the back of the book; the fulcra of these levers consists of two
V shaped pieces of steel, which are adjustable in the framing of the
machine, so as to suit books of different sizes, and such said levers are
retained in their proper position by springs, and are operated upon by the
rotation of a cam or eccentric fixed upon a transverse shaft. The book
to be operated upon is held in proper position by a table and cover,
which are adjustable by means of a right and left handed screw or
screws, for the purpose of presenting the middle of the back of the
book opposite to the point of contact of the bent ends of the levers, so
as to cause each lever to press equally upon the back for forming the
lips; and it is the effecting of the operation of "baching" by machinery,
instead of by hand, which constitutes this Invention.
CERTAIN IMPROVED MEANS FOR PRE- VENTING ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Auguste Buisson Lalande
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition,
on the 23rd July 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, AUGUSTE BUISSON LALANDE, of Bordeaux, in the Empire of France,
and of 16, Castle Street, Holborn, City, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVED MEANS FOR PRE-
VENTING ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS" to be as follows, viz. :-
the
My system of railway break is composed of a series of iron bars
connected to the extremities of other bars by screw threads; the first
rod is firmly attached to the first waggon of the train; the other end of
the bar is connected to the bar placed under the second waggon;
end of the latter is connected to the bar placed under the third waggon,
and so on. The framework of each of the waggons being crossed by
one of these bars. The bar under the last waggon must be perfectly
fixed; the different rods are connected by means of screw nuts B, which
give the facility of detaching at will the several waggons or carriages
of the train. Each of these rods will be supported by journals on the

page_text: frameworks of each of the waggons. These bars have at suitable dis-
tances attached to them diagonal bars E, connected to to the cross
bars D, to which the breaks C, C, are attached at each end. To
facilitate the motion of the train on curves the rods A, A, may be
hinged together at suitable distances by means of pins or hinges so as
to allow of curvature.
The above-described arrangement allows of stopping at will the
motion of a train when the steam power is no longer in action.
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CARVING, CUTTING, CHISELLING, AND Ex- GRAVING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Woodcock at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st October 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS WOODCOCK, of Pultney Terrace, Islington, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CARVING, CUTTING, CHISELLING, AND Ex-
GRAVING" to be as follows, viz. :-
I attach a tracing point to a horizontal or vertical lever acting upon
a moveable joint in order to pass over the models or patterns, which
lever carries the cutter, chisel, engraving or other tools over the
material to be operated upon in one direction, whilst the material and
model are passing in an opposite direction by the action of sliding beds
on which they rest, moved by a screw either by hand or machinery.
Or where preferrable, as in operating upon a circular or eccentric body,
I use two centres on which my material and model revolve by the
action as aforesaid of a screw moved either by manual or any other
power.

page_text: I am thus enabled to produce in any materials exact copies of the
models submitted to the machine, and to increase & reduce their
sizes as I feel necessary.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARRANGING AND WORKING MINING ENGINES
Year: 1853

page_text: of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th.
September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ANDREW BARCLAY, of Kilmarnock, in the County of Ayr, North
Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ARRANGING AND WORKING MINING ENGINES" to be
as follows:
This Invention relates to the so arranging and managing the
winding engines of coal and other mines that such engines may be
more safely managed than at present, whilst all chance of "over-
winding" and injury to the mining mechanism may be avoided.
These improvements are effected by adapting the ordinary and well-
known "link motion" to the hand gear of the engine, so that the
attendant can easily stop and reverse his engine at the exact moment
required in the action of winding. To do this the engine man has only
to work a hand lever up or down, and this lever being suitably con-
nected with the "link motion" correspondingly affects the portion of
such motion, and therefore either stops or reverses the engine, as is at

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present done in locomotive and marine engines. By such a system of
gearing the motion is entirely unbroken, and the attendant has always
a safe and perfect command over his engine. And to add still further
to the safe working of the system, it may be contrived so that a self-
acting movement shall come into play at the precise moment required
for the purpose of stopping or reversing the engine, in case the engine
man should be careless or absent at the proper instant. For this
purpose a tumbler is so connected with the engine or winding mecha-
nism that it shall be slowly wound up or elevated to its falling centre
at the time that the motion of the engine. is to be changed. Thus as
this tumbler falls over it acts through suitable connections upon the
reversing or stopping link, and effects the intended movement. Various
means may be adopted for securing this self-acting effect, disengaging
pins or stops being so set as to actuate the link movement at the
proper time..
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROPELLING OF VESSELS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Collis Browne at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 17th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN COLLIS BROWNE, of Dover Castle, in the County of Kent,.
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROPELLING OF VESSELS" to be as follows:-
It consists principally of a series of collapsing blades or finns
alternating with expansion, producing direct action under water,
and may be placed on each side of the vessel, or in any other
desired situation, their size and number being regulated by circum-
stances.
For the better understanding of my said Invention I shall now
proceed to give a more detailed description of its several parts with
reference to the Drawings hereunto annexed, in which the same
letters indicate the same parts in each.
Fig. 1, is a broadside view of the propeller attached to the
vessel A, showing the alternate action, forward at B, & backward-
at C; the anterior blades being collapsed preparatory to expansion
for propulsion, the posterior blades open and exerting propulsion..

page_text: D, E, marks the water line, & therefore shows the blades are
submerged, and they are all set in motion by the rotation of the
double crank F, G.
Fig. 2, is a view of the vessel's stern A¹, in which, on the
side B, is shown the appearance of the collapsed blades B at the
fore part of the vessel, and at C the expanded blades at the after
part of the vessel; the former preparatory to propelling, the latter
in the act of propelling.
I do not confine myself to any particular number of these
propellers, or size, or material. They may be constructed of
double blades acting by suitable joints or hinges on one upright
shaft, or each blade may be attached to a seperate upright shaft, &
attached by bolts to horizontal shafts H, H, each upright shaft carry-
ing the blades moving on the several pivots I, I. There may also,
be suitable springs or buffers placed by means of cross bars behind
the blades to break any sudden strain on the blades while in the act
of opening preparatory to being in readiness to propel.
Having thus described my Invention, & the means of carrying
the same into effect, I declare my claims to be, -
First, the use of double blades attached to an upright shaft or
shafts moving on centre pivots, collapsing when pressed forward,
& expanding & opposing resistance when the action is reversed.
Secondly, the working the same by means of a double crank,
operating on horizontal shafts connected with each propeller; and,
Thirdly, the method of applying my said Invention to the side
or any other convenient part of a vessel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OVENS AND KILNS
Year: 1853

page_text: (This Invention did not proceed to the Great Seal:)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Ridgway..at, the-
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 14th October 1853.
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I, WILLIAM RIDGWAY, of Hanley, in the County of Stafford, Earthen-
ware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OVENS AND KILNS" to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in the adaptation to ovens or kilns for firing
earthenware, china, brick, quarries, tiles, and all articles composer
wholly or in part of the clays or earths, of a system of short pipes or
tubes, which tubes are arranged at suitable distances over the bottom
of the oven or kiln, and communicate with the flues underneath. The
area of each pipe varies according to the part of the oven or kiln where
it may be situated, and the amount of heat that it has to supply. The
pipes vary in shape according to the place they occupy, being either
circular, half round, oblong, triangular, diamond shaped, or other form,
as required. Where saggars are employed, as in firing earthenware
and china, pipes suited to fill up the space now left between the

page_text: saggars would be employed, due regard being had in all cases, if
possible, to place the pipes where they will not occupy the place of
ware, &c. The oven or kiln may be circular, or of an oblong, square,
or other shape.
The first row of pipes being placed at suitable distances all round
and close to the inner wall of the oven, and communicating with the
flues underneath, leads the first flow of the fire into the oven; other
pipes arranged at suitable distances over the bottom of the oven or
kiln lend their aid in distributing the heat where required.
Suitable perforated bricks or slabs will be built in the floor of the
oven over the flues. Over each perforated brick will be placed a pipe,
the bore of the pipe being somewhat larger than the orifice of the brick
over which it is placed, so as to prevent the flame catching and acting
injuriously on the end of the pipe next the flue.
I use the term (ware) to comprehend all articles made wholly or in
part of plastic clays.
AN IMPROVED FILTER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Guy at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ALFRED GUY, of Upper Rosoman Street, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Gas Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED FILTER" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in a new mode of arranging and combining
together certain materials, so as to constitute a vessel for the filtration
of water; and this Invention applies more particularly to portable
vessels, such as are used for domestic purposes, and known as water
cans. Hitherto these vessels have been employed solely for the purpose
of conveying water from one place to another, without in any way
altering or changing the condition of the water; and the object and
intention of this Invention is so to construct such said cans as that they
become filterers; and this is effected by making the same with two
bottoms, or a compound vessel to contain two qualities of water, the
one filtered and the other unfiltered; and I construct such said cans
with two spouts, for pouring out whichever quality of water I require.
And although in this Specification I have exhibited this Invention as

page_text: applied to a water can, the same is only given as an example of the
principle of construction upon which this Invention is based, and
which it is intended to apply in the construction of fixed vessels, such
as cisterns, as well as to portable vessels. And in order to ascertain
the nature of this Invention more fully, I will proceed to describe the
illustrative drawing hereunto annexed, explanatory thereof, as fol-
lows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, exhibits a longitudinal and vertical section of a water can,
constructed according to this Invention. Figure 2, is a horizontal sec-
tion thereof, taken through the line A, B, at Figure 1, the upper part
being removed. A, A, marks the side of the can B, the outer bottom
soldered thereto, as also the inner and false bottom C: this bottoni is
formed with two holes or openings, a, a, (shewn at Figure 2,) into
which the open ends of elbow pipes D, D, are soldered; the other and
opposite ends thereof have perforated plates b, b, soldered thereto, and
said pipes contain glass, sand, or other suitable material, and have
pieces of sponge c, c, thrust into the open ends thereof.
E, is a spout
communicating with the chamber B'; and G, is a spout communicating
with the chamber C. H, is a stopper for closing the end of one spout
when it is required to pour water out of the other. I, is a hinged lid,
and K, K, are handles by which to carry and tilt the can. L, is a
pipe for the admission of air into the chamber B'. The effect of this
arrangement is as follows:-The water to be filtered is placed in the
chamber C, from whence it passes slowly to the chamber B', through
the percolating materials in the tubes D, D, by which it is filtered, and
may be drawn off or removed by the spout E.
In- PROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINERY
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Woodhead at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th September 1853.
I, HENRY WOODHEAD, of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Cotton
Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "In-
PROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINERY" to be as follows:-
Heretofore it has been usual to have onc set of rollers to draw out
or extend the fibre; and this Invention consists of combining two sets
of drawing rollers in such manner that the fibres having been drawn
out by one set of rollers pass through suitable guides or bell mouth
tubes, then to the second set of rollers, and thence to the flyers of the
spindles, where the spinning takes place in the ordinary manner.
A NEW INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING FRAUD IN DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Dawson, of Linlithgow, Scotland, Dis-
tiller, for the Invention of "A NEW INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING FRAUD IN DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS."
Sealed the 6th October 1858, and dated the 26th July 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jolin Dawson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 26th July 1853.
J, JOHN DAWSON, of Linlithgow, Scotland, Distiller, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING FRAUD IN DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS" to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in the use of a distiller's or rectifier's "safe"
closed in every part, except where the liquors pass into and out of
it, instead of the open safe in ordinary use. The liquors pass through
the instrument or apparatus, as usual, into the different vessels intended

page_text: to receive them, but no liquor can be taken out for inspection without
leaving its counterpart, by which the quantity, strength, and quality of
that which is drawn off may be known. And this effect is produced
by means of guages, which receive the samples separately through
pipes and valves, by which each sample is conveyed distinctly to the
guage, and in passing through the same is divided into two parts, which
pass separately into check boxes, whereby the one part becomes exposed
for inspection, and the other may be used as a check. The frame of
the safe is of wood, about two inches in thickness, and of such a size as
will suit the number of stills used by the distiller, or will fit on the top
of his ordinary safe.
It has a moveable cover or frame fitted with plate glass, which
shews the internal action of the safe without the possibility of inter-
ference from without.
The valves of the safe are moved by means of rods passed through
this cover in drawing samples or for tasting, when necessary. The
cover is properly secured by a fastening, which can easily be renioved
for the inspection of the safe while the stills are at work. The guage
for dividing the samples is furnished with two accurately formed holes
of equal size at its end, with a check on the inside for regulating the
pressure of the liquor on the holes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF SULPHURIC ACID
Year: 1853

page_text: Sealed the 13th January 1854, and dated the 14th November 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Cun-
inghame at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 14th November 1853.
I, ALEXANDER CUNINGHAME, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Iron Master, do hereby declare the particulars of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION
OF SULPHURIC ACID" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the obtainment of economy in the manu-
facture or production of sulphuric acid, by means of sulphur derived
from alum schist, alum slate, gentle slate, and what is technically known

page_text: in some parts of Scotland as "black stone," which is found lying in
connection with the alum schist or gentle slate, as well as from any of
those substances containing sulphur found in the coal measures, and
from the sulphates of barytes and strontian, instead of from sulphur or
iron and copper pyrites hitherto employed.
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CUTTING CARDBOARD, PAPER, AND OTHER "MILAR MATERIALS
Year: 1853

page_text: Alt the
or the
mmissioners
on the 3rd August 1858.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CUTTING
CARDBOARD, PAPER, AND OTHER "MILAR MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
The machine which forms the subject of the present Invention is
intended to be used to cut or trim the edges of books, paper, and card-
board for the purpose of producing a smooth surface.
This has usually been done by means of an instrument or tool called
a plough, the book, paper, or other material to be operated upon
having been previously secured or clamped in a horizontal press.
Machines have been employed for effecting the same object, and
knives of various kinds have been made to operate in divers ways upon
the paper or other material.
A considerable time, however, is consumed in adjusting the book or
paper in the press or holder after every cutting operation, and pre-
paring it for a new operation to cut one of the remaining sides. One

page_text: of the principal improvements in the present machine is to obviate the
necessity of a readjustment after the first. This is effected by mount-
ing the book holder on a centre so that it may be turned round and
made to assume either of the three positions required, so that the three
edges of the book or paper may be arranged and trimmed by a single
adjustment of the same in the paper or book holder. It will be under-
stood that this improvement may be applied to any machines in which
reciprocating or other knives are employed, as the improvement in no
way interferes with the knife or the operation thereof. In combination
with the above turning book holder I employ an adjustable frame so
arranged that the holder may be secured thereon in such a manner that
the book or paper may be turned round, and moved to or from the
knife with facility. The table on which the book holder is supported
is so arranged as to be gradually raised to convey the edges of the
paper to the knife.
PROPELLING VESSELS THROUGH THE WATER BY MEANS OF TUBULAR PROPELLERS, CONSISTING OF A TUBE OR TUBES CONTAINING EACH A PISTON MOVED BY STEAM OR ANY OTHER MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Caulfeild at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 31st January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, CHARLES CAULFEILD, Rector of Creagh, Skibbereen, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "PROPELLING VESSELS
THROUGH THE WATER BY MEANS OF TUBULAR PROPELLERS, CONSISTING OF A
TUBE OR TUBES CONTAINING EACH A PISTON MOVED BY STEAM OR ANY OTHER
MOTIVE POWER," to be as follows:-
That a tube or series of tubes containing each a piston moved by
steam or any other motive power be placed within the vessel, or pro-
truding from it, having at the orifice or mouth of each tube free
communication with the water outside at the stern or sides of the
vessel. The tubes being placed below water mark, the motion of
the piston will propel the vessel. The diameter & number of the
tubes may vary according to the tonnage of the vessel or speed
required. Pistons of any form may be used, & may be so con-
structed as to be driven beyond the orifice of the tube. By means

page_text: of a plate working in a water-tight groove all communication with
the external water may be cut off. The whole propelling apparatus
may be contained in a water-tight compartment.
AN IMPROVED CLASP OR BUCKLE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Antoine Sanguinède at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 11th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ANTOINE SANGUINÈDE, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and
of 16, Castle Street, Holborn, City, London, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CLASP OR BUCKLE" to be as follows:-
Fig. 1, of the annexed Drawing shews the shape that the centre
piece of the buckle when first cut out should have; it is made of
metal or any other suitable substance.
Fig. 2, represents the same, with the curve that is to be given to
it, as shown in Fig. 3.
Figs. 4, and 5, show the chapes as they are first cut out and after-
wards curved, as shown in Figs. 4', and 5¹.
Fig. 6, represents the buckle complete; the two chapes fitted to
the sides b, b, of the body of the buckle a; that is to say, the part b, is
made to enter the part e, and the part 6, comes out at the part g,
and pressing on the sash or belt, fixes it.
Fig. 7, shows the action of the different parts of the buckle.

page_text: Fig. 4, represents the manner in which the sash, belt, strap, &c.
should be passed in the chapes, showing that it must be passed over
the parts f, g, c, and come out at g, and pass on to f.
The sash should be of the same width as the interior of the chapes
and conceal the parts f, g, c.
To loosen the belt, it is only necessary to pass a finger on the
part a, lowering to the right or left, and pass a finger under the
belt on the same side; the see-saw motion takes place and loosens
the chape, and the belt can be thus made to slip, or by pulling the end
H, pressing the finger on the part a, the belt may be drawn tighter.
The moment the pressure is removed, the see-saw motion is reversed,
and the whole is made fast..
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING, ROVING, DOUBLING, AND TWISTING COTTON, WORSTED, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Collier, of Halifax, in the County
of York, Engineer, and Samuel Thornton, of the same place,
Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING,
ROVING, DOUBLING, AND TWISTING COTTON, WORSTED, FLAX, AND OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Collier and
Samuel Thornton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 9th March 1853.
We, GEORGE COLLIER, of Halifax, and SAMUEL THORNTON, of the
same place, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING, ROVING, DOUBLING, AND TWISTING COTTON,
WORSTED, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to novel arrangements of the bobbin and
flyer, and parts connected therewith.
The bobbin and flyer are carried by independent spindles. The flyer
is supported from the lower end of its spindle, which is tubular to admit

page_text: tho yarn to pass through to the flyor, and thence to the bobbin. To
prevent the thread in its passage rubbing on the upper edge or flauge
of the bobbin, it is guided out of the way by passing through an eye or
n hook carried by the upper part of the flyer.
The bobbin is supported on the upper end of its spindle, which has a
projection which goes into the lower part of the bobbin (or other means).
by which the spindle is caused to rotate with the bobbin as that is
drawn round by the winding-on effected by the flyer. Wings or fans
projecting from the bobbin spindle, by acting against the air as the
bobbin and spindle rotate, govern their velocity and the tension upon
the yarn as the bobbin increases in diameter by filling. The velocity
of the bobbin and its spindle, to regulate the tension upon the yarn, is
also controlled by pressure applied to the bobbin spindle. Theso
controlling means are capable of being regulated. The bobbin and
flyer spindles are supported at an angle, so that the upper end of the
flyer spindle may be in a better position to receive the yarn from the
rollers, without the assistance of guides, by which, amongst other
advantages, the twisting of the yarn will be effected immediately to the
rollers.
The traverse rails which support the bobbiu spindles are so supported
is to be capable of turning outwards, when required to change bobbins,
without removeing the flyers.
.
Levers are capable of. being brought into action by the knee, or it
may bo by the foot, to act upon tho warves or other parts, and thereby
stop the flyer spindle when required to piece a broken thread, for which
purpose both hands of the operator will then be at liberty.
The bearing parts are lubricated by brushes, or fibrous material,
supplied with oil.
The improvements also relate to means of lifting the pressure-roller,
and stopping the motion of the flyer when any one of the threads break
or fail in its passage to the flyer used in doubling and twisting frames.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING SILK FROM THE Cocoon
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Moses Poole at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
April 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)-A communication.
I, MOSES POOLE, of Avenue Road, Regent's Park, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING SILK FROM THE Cocoon" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in placing the cocoons to be wound in a
vessel of tinned copper or other metal containing water, such vessel
being heated from the exterior by means of steam. The silk as it
comes from the cocoons passes over a smooth metal wire, and after-
wards through a condenser or instrument, which brings together two,
three, or more fibres, and causes them to adhere to each other; the
combined fibres then pass through a hook, which has motion given to
it so as to distribute the silk evenly on a drum, which is driven by
machine ower in such a manner that it can, when required, be imme-
diately stopped or slackened in speed. The vessel in which the cocoons

page_text: are placed is furnished with a brush or beater, which is also worked by
machine power, which assists the delivery of the silk from the cocoons.
This vessel is also so arranged that the water formed from the steam,
which is condensed in heating it, can be collected if desired.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OARS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Geddes at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES GEDDES, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Boat Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OARS," to be as follows:-
spoon
This Invention relates more particularly to that class of oars or pro-
oars." It consists
pelling instruments, technically known as "
in shaping or forming the oar with the central longitudinal rib on the
convex after or return side of the oar, whilst the concave rowing side
is plain and flat, or slightly dished or curved in across the face, on the
ordinary domestic spoon principle. The result of this is, that whilst
the rib behind on the convex side of the bend affords superior strength
to the oar, the cup on the reverse side gives a superior hold upon the
water, and enables the rower or sculler to obtain an excellent purchase
much better than can be secured when the angular rib meets the water
on the rowing side.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF VEHICLES
Year: 1853

page_text: time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Aaron Parfitt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
November 1853.
I, AARON PARFITT, of Newbury, Berks, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN
DESCRIPTIONS OF VEHICLES" to be as follows (that is to say)
My improvements, which have reference to dog-carts and other similar
two-wheeled vehicles, consist in a mode of rendering such vehicles self-
adjusting, by so constructing them that the opening of the back panelling
or foot board, to prepare the vehicle for the reception of four persons,
may, through the intervention of certain mechanism, work the body of
the said vehicle forwards, and the shutting of the same, when two
persons are to ride, may similarly work the said body backward, so that
in all cases the centre of gravity of the loaded vehicle may be brought
vertically, or nearly so, over the axle without the employment of a screw
apparatus, as in the vehicles at present in use.

page_text: ADDITION TO PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, AARON PARFITT, of Newbury, Berks, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN
DESCRIPTIONS OF VEHICLES" to be as follows (that is to say) :-
My improvements, which have reference to dog-carts and other
similar two-wheeled vehicles, consist in a--mode- .of.-rendering such
vehicles self-adjusting, by so constructing them that the opening of
the back panelling or foot board, to prepare the vehicle for the
reception of four persons, may through the intervention-of-certain
mechanism, work the body of the said vehicle forwards, and the
shutting of the same, when two persons are to ride, may similarly
work the said body backward, so that in all cases the centre of gravity
of the loaded vehicle may be brought vertically, or nearly so, over the
axle without the employment of a screw apparatus, as in the vehicles
at present in use.
The peculiar claim is, to the construction of a dog-cart or similar
vehicle, in which the centre of gravity will be adjusted to two or more
passengers by the same exertion which opens, or closes the footboard
or back panelling, whereas the screw apparatus now. in use requires
a subsequent laborious process; the details of the mechanism admit of
various modifications.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN INLAYING OR ORNAMENTING EARTHEN- WARE VESSELS
Year: 1853

page_text: the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his 'etition,
on the 12th August 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HORATIO WAREHAM, of Fenton, in the County of Stafford,
Potter, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN INLAYING OR ORNAMENTING EARTHEN-
WARE VESSELS" to be as follows (that is to say) :-
My method of inlaying or ornamenting the said earthenware
vessels is to stamp or imprint a depressed pattern or design on
the outer surface of the said vessels, in lieu of the embossed or
raised pattern with which they are usually ornamented; then to fill
up the said depressed pattern or design with a substance of
different color or appearance from that which forms the ground of
the said earthenware vessels, and to give a smooth or level surface
to the ground and the pattern. And the manner in which I
prefer to carry out these my said improvements is as follows:-I
construct the inner surface of the mould in which the outside of
the earthenware vessel is to be formed with a suitable pattern or
1'r
Sp

page_text: design embossed upon it, or standing out from it, so that the said
vessel is imprinted with a similar corresponding depressed pattern.
I then fill up with a suitable plastic material all the concavities of
the depressed pattern so imprinted on the said vessel, and when
the said plastic material is sufficiently settled and indurated (by
drying or otherwise) to adhere rigidly to the said vessel, I cause
the said vessel to be turned in a lathe, so as to give it a smooth
and level surface, and remove as much of the plastic material as
would otherwise project beyond the said level surface, after which
I cause the vessel to be baked and glazed in the usual manner.
I claim, firstly, inlaying or ornamenting earthenware vessels by
nieans of moulds formed with embossed or raised patterns or
designs, instead of with depressed patterns or designs. Secondly,
the process of filling up the patterns imprinted by such moulds
with a plastic material, and giving a level surface to the ground
and the pattern or design in the manner set forth and described.
AN IMPROVED CASTOR FOR LEGS OF FURNITURE AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by WILLIAM AUGUST HOLSKAMP
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 9th March 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM AUGUST HOLSKAMP, of Number 58, Ossulston Street,
Somers Town, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middle-
sex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CASTOR FOR LEGS OF FURNITURE AND OTHER PURPOSES" to be as follows:
The improvement consists of a sphere or ball, which is partly
surrounded by a circular metallic frame, in which frame are secured
five elongated wheels or rollers, placed in the form of a pentagon, and
which wheels or rollers rest on the crown or top of the sphere. When
in action, three of such wheels, forming a triangle, are simultaneously
and directly acted on by the sphere, and revolve with it; while the
other two wheels remain neuter, but do not in the slightest degree
impede the free action of the sphere. On a change in the <lirection of
the sphere taking place, a change of the wheels in motion also occurs,
by one or two of them ceasing to revolve, and one or both of those
previously neuter being brought into action, by which arrangement an

page_text: equal pressure upon the sphere is at all times maintained, while at the
same time it is enabled to revolve freely in every direction. The whole
are enclosed in a case formed in two parts, which screw together near
the centre, having an aperture at the bottom to allow about one fifth
of the sphere to protrude, and can be affixed to the legs of furniture in
the usual manner. The metallic frame with the wheels and sphere
alone can also be inserted into the legs of furniture, and secured by
means of a metal plate with an aperture for the sphere to protrude, as
above mentioned, thereby rendering the case unnecessary.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR EXHAUSTING AND DRIVING ATMOSPHERIC AIR
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION .left by William Richards and
Edwin Beck at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
Edwin Beck at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 3rd February 1855.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, WILLIAM RICHARDS, of Stourbridge, Engineer, and EDWIN
BECK, of Cookley, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR EXHAUSTING
AND DRIVING ATMOSPHERIC AIR" to be as follows: -
Our Invention relates to a method of exhausting and driving
air through mines and other similar places, or in works where a
blast or rapid current of air is required. The annexed Drawings
represent an outline of the apparatus; Fig. 1, is an elevation, and
Fig. 2, a plan of the same; A, A, is a cistern partly filled with
water; B, B, are two valves opening inwards, and through which
the air is drawn into the cylinder C, C, which is worked by the rod
D, connected with a steam engine. The cylinder C, is furnished
with valves E, E. Upon the downward stroke of the piston rod,
these valves rise, and allow the air contained within the cylinder to
escape into the cylinder F, F. This serves as a regulator to

page_text: produce a uniform current or blast of air, which escapes through
the pipe G, and may be applied either to ventilating or manu-
facturing purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCH CASES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John O'Keefe, of 12, Queen Ann Street,
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Rose Engine Turner,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
WATCH CASES."
Sealed the 15th July 1858, and dated the 14th May 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John O'Keefe at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition,
on the 14th May 1858.
I, JOHN O'KEEFE, of 12, Queen Ann St., Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Rose Engine Turner, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCH CASES"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of raising watch cases out of sheet metal by
means of a fly press and dies. A disc of the proper size is placed over

page_text: a female die, the interior shape of which corresponds with the exterior
shape of one half of a case of a watch; such female die being in two
parts. Two male dies are used; the first forces the disc of metal into
the mould, and the second forces the upper edges into the hollow
annular form necessary; such male dies being in parts.