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AN IMPROVED SELF-ACTING NOSING MOTION FOR MULES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Greenwood and George
Pickford at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st February.
1879.
THOMAS GREENWOOD and GEORGE PICKFORD, both of Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED SELF-ACTING NOSING MOTION FOR MULES."
The object of this Invention is to gradually draw down the winding chain, and
thus by practically shortening such chain to increase the speed of the spindles, and
produce the requisite nosing motion.
In carrying out our Invention we employ an additional chain or cord, one
extremity of which is attached to the winding chain near to the radius arm, and
the other extremity of the said chain is affixed to a link connected by an adjustable
stud to an inclined plate, which is capable of partially turning upon a horizontal
centre or stud.
This plate is designed to come in contact with a bowl mounted adjustably upon
an arın or bracket branching from the square of the carriage, and thus when such
plate is brought into the vertical position the incline is placed ready to give a
sudden tightening to the winding chain, and so to self-actingly increase the speed
of the spindles, and produce the nosing action.
The additional chain hereinbefore mentioned passes round a bowl or pulley carried
by the nut of a suitable screw or worm, or its mechanical equivalent, which is
geared to its shaper worm, and thus such bowl or pulley is gradually drawn back,
and so as gradually draws down the winding chain more and more for the purpose
described.
By thus gearing the said screw to the shaper worn this nosing motion is rendered
entirely self-acting, as by winding back the shaper worm the bowl or pulley (round
which the additional chain passes) is at the same time wound back to the starting
point.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF UTILIZING NEUTRALIZED, SPENT, OR REFUSE ACID LIQUORS."
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Cormack at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 14th October 1879.
WILLIAM CORMACK, of the City of London, Chemist. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
METHOD OF UTILIZING NEUTRALIZED, SPENT, OR REFUSE ACID LIQUORS."
Neutralized, spent, or refuse acid liquors used in the preparation of iron and steel
for coating with metal are generally disposed of by running them down the sewer
to the detriment of the sewage works, and the production of noxious and deadly
gases when coming into contact with vegetable or animal matter, and by my
system of utilization this is avoided.
The object of this Invention is to treat either separately or in combination such
neutralized, spent, or refuse acid liquors with which iron or steel has been prepared
previous to coating those metals with metal, metal alloys, or substances having a
metallic base, so as to regain the muriatic acid employed in such process or revivify
the same while in its diluted state, and for the production of certain salts
and other matters of which these neutralized, spent, or refuse acid liquors and
materials therein contained form component parts (such acid liquors generally
comprising muriatic acid and sulphuric acid more or less diluted, either separately
or in combination, the iron they have taken up in their action upon that metal,
and the metal (usually zinc or tin, or other materials thay may have been dissolved
in them previous to or during the process of preparing the iron or steel as above
mentioned), and I utilize them by treating according to their strength or com
position (determined by testing) with one or more of the salts, matters, or materials
herein-after mentioned at different stages of the utilization according to the des-
cription of salts, matters, or materials 1 desire to manufacture; consequently in
addition to treating when necessary with water and caloric for their various well
known chemical purposes and properties, I also treat with the following salts and
materials:-Thus in order to produce muriate of ammonia, I treat with chloride
of sodium, sulphate of ammonia, ammonical liquor.
To produce
I treat with

page_text: Sulphate of iron and proto-sulphate of iron
Sesqui-carbonate of iron
Sulphate of ammonia
Prussian or mineral blues
Free muriatic acid in solution
Muriatic acid
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Chloride of sodium.
Sulphate of Ammonia.
Sulphuric acid.
Sod ash (carbonate of soda).
Ammoniacal liquor.
Prussiate of potassa.
Sulphuric acid.
By distillation.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR APPLICABLE TO STEREOTYPE PLATES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Thomas Smith at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th September 1879.
WILLIAM THOMAS SMITH, of La Belle Sauvage Yard, in the City of London.
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR APPLICABLE TO STEREOTYPE PLATES."
My Invention has reference to stereotype plates which are cast or made
separately from the block or bed upon which they rest when in the chase, and the
object of the improvement is to enable the plates to be firmly secured by means of
the column rules or by leads, reglets, or furniture of the required height. For this
purpose I cast or form the plate with a catch or undercut projection on its under
side, and extending its whole length, which catch by a sideways movement of the
plate, takes under a corresponding catch on the upper surface of the block. Thus
when the plate is put upon the block and moved sideways so that the catches
engage with each other, the placing of the column rule in position will force home
the catch on the plate and thereby lock the plate firmly.
IMPROVEMENTS. FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBRES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert John Hurtley and Edward
Slater at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th June 1879.
ROBERT JOHN HURTLEY, Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, and EDWARD SLATER,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
both of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster.
FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBRES."
This Invention relates to an improved construction of adjustable heart or by
levers and change wheels whereby in the building the cogs the binding threads are
crossed or caused to start from various points of the circumference of the apex of
the cone; further, the Invention relates to an improved combination of hollow
spindle and apparatus for supplying oil or lubrication to such hollow spindle.
The heart for purpose aforesaid I construct of two parts, the one part adjustable
to the other whereby the lifting and lowering action may be varied so as to vary
and change the point at which the yarn reaches and starts from the apex of the
cogs, or a like result may be obtained by means of a series of change wheels
operated by means of lever or levers and catches.
The spindles we make hollow so as to pass the oil to the bearing through the
interior of the spindle, and in order to prevent waste of oil or damage to the cogs
thereby a rail or rod extends the length of the frame to which hinged foulding
arms or brackets having cups at their extremities are attached; the cup being
central to the spindle prevents waste of oil and ensures its application direct to the
centre of the spindle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PLATEN PRINTING MACHINES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Mark Smith at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st March 1879.
MARK SMITH, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Printers' Machinist.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PLATEN PRINTING MACHINES."
The object of this Invention is to so construct a platen printing machine that it
shall be cheap, durable, not liable to get out of order, and rapid in action.
For the above purposes I proceed as follows:-
1
First. I construct or form a cylindrical inking table with a flat side, which serves
as a type bed. The said table and bed is supported and caused to revolve or rock or
vibrate in bearings by any suitable means. On the framework carrying the inking
table and bed I place a platen, which is arranged by means of gearing to approach
and press against the type form at each revolution or double vibration of the said
inking table and bed.
Inking mechanism of any suitable or desired kind is employed.
Second. In combination with an inking table and bed constructed as described
under the above first head, I employ two platens, one at oach side of the said inking
table, and cause such platens to approach and receive an impression at each half
revolution or vibration of the said table and bed.
Third. I construct or form a cylindrical inking table with two flat surfaces,
which serve as type beds, and I employ in combination therewith two platens, one
at each side thereof.
The platen may be constructed and arranged to operate in any desired manner,
and are provided with holding fingers or their equivalents, and rendered adjustable
in any ordinary or convenient way. Motion is given to the working parts, which
are geared together in any well known or efficient manner, from any suitable source
of power.
Instead of causing the inking table and type bed or beds to rotate, they may be
fixed, and the inking rollers may be caused to revolve around the said inking table
and type bed or beds.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THUMB-LATCHES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Griffin at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 31st October 1879.
WILLIAM GRIFFIN, of Saint Martin's Place, Birmingham, Factor and Manufacturer.
"AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THUMB-LATCHES."
The object of this Invention, which relates to an improvement or improvements
in thumb-latches, is to dispense with the usual hook or lever of such latches, and
for which a comparatively large hole has to be made through the door, and to
substitute in lieu thereof improved means by which the door can be unlatched and
opened both from within and from without the building or premises, and which
will only require a comparatively small hole being made through the door, and will
obviate many other disadvantages attendant upon the use of the ordinary latch-
lever.
In carrying my Invention into practice, so far as the usual plate, handle, latch,
and clip for retaining the latch in position are concerned, I make no alteration.
My improvement consists in adapting to such usual parts in lieu of the usual
hook or lever, as herein before referred to, a spindle or socket which runs under the
latch through the said plate and the door, and is capable of being turned backwards
or forwards therein, and to each end of which a suitably shaped thumb or pressing-
piece is secured, one being made therewith or both fitting on squared ends thereof,
and made fast by means of screws or pins, one of such thumb-pieces being prolonged
beyond the spindle or socket in such a manner as to bear against the under side of
the latch.
By this means when either thumb-piece is pressed down the latch is lifted clear
of its usual catch, and ready ingress or egress can be had to or from the house as
desired.
IMPROVEMENTS IN EJECTORS FOR PRODUCING A VACUUM BY MEANS OF A JET OF STEAM
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Charles Henderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd July 1879. A.communi-
cation from abroad by Roch Georges Pascal, Engineer, of the Chemin de Fer
du Nord, of the City of Paris, in the Republic of France.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON, of 6, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN EJECTORS FOR PRODUCING A VACUUM
BY MEANS OF A JET OF STEAM." A communication from abroad by Roch Georges
Pascal, Engineer, of the Chemin de Fer du Nord, of the City of Paris, in the
Republic of France.
The ejector forming the subject of the present Invention is more rapid and
effective in its action than those ordinarily employed; its main features consist in
the combination, form, and relative positions of the pipes and channels by which
steam and exhaust air pass.
The tube or pipe through which the steam is admitted debouches in a steam
chamber screwed to this pipe, and a central air exhaust pipe is within the steam
jet; and outside this is the channel of the exhaust air.
By reason of the double cone shape of the annular orifice of the steam flow, the
steam in leaving the chamber passes into the upper part of the apparatus, that is to
say, one part of the steam converges towards the axis of the apparatus to exhaust
the air by the central tube, whilst another part diverges and reaches the inner
surface of the envelope, to exhaust the air by the exhaust channel.
This simultaneous diverging and converging effect of the steam jet produces a
complete steam piston, having a great surface of contact with the exhaust air, the
result being that the air contained in the reservoir in which the vacuum is to be
made is rapidly carried away.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Ambler at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 11th December 1879.
SAMUEL AMBLER, of Bradford, in the County of York, Spinner. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SPINNING."
The object of this Invention is to obviate the breaking of ends in the spinning of
mohair and other fibrous substancos in consequence of the hemps close to the top
of the bobbin striking or lashing the thread that is being spun.
I accomplish this object in the following manner :-I place upon the top of the
bobbin a feller and guard consisting of a circular metai plate with three projections,
one of which is twisted and catches one leg of the flyer, and thus the flyer drives
the plate, the other two are bent down at right angles to the plate and pointed by
means of cutting away the projections at an angle of 50 or 60 degrees. These two
points are the fellers and lay the fibres on to the bobbin, the thread winding round,
laying the emps or hends permanently, and thus preventing their lashing the
thread being spun. The plate sitting upon the top of the bobbin acts as a guard,
inasmuch as it projects a little beyond the edge of the bobbin, thus preventing the
thread being spun coming in contact with the bobbins, which is an advantage when
the bobbins have been subjected to such usage as renders the top projection or
flange rough.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ROTARY PUMPS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Crawford at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th July 1879.
"6
JAMES CRAWFORD, of Mellish Street, Millwall. 'IMPROVEMENTS IN ROTARY
PUMPS."
The object of this Invention is the construction of rotary pumps in such manner
as to effect a material saving in first cost as well as simplicity of construction.
No expansive properties, consequently friction reduce to a minimum, thereby
a saving of power; a complete lubrication may be effected without coming in
contact with whatever is passing through the pump.
For this purpose I construct the pump casing in the form of a hollow cylinder
open at both ends and provided with suction and discharge orifices. The casing
or cylinder is closed at each of its ends by means of a cover bolted thereto. I
make the rotary piston or disc which revolves within the casing or cylinder of
such size as nearly to fill such casing or cylinder, only just sufficient space being
allowed as will permit of the free working of the piston therein. I make the
rotary piston or disc with two passages or apertures right through the same at
right angles to its axis; within each of such passages I fit a ram which is made
with two cylindrical or circular ends connected together by a flat shank or con-
necting plate, so as to allow of the rams crossing each other. In the flat shank or
connecting plate is an oblong rectangular slot. A pin fixed eccentrically in the
back cover (or that through which the driving shaft does not pass) projects into
the casing or cylinder through an opening in the end or vertical side of the rotary
piston, taking into the oblong rectangular slot provided in the shank or connecting
plate of each of the rams, thus giving a reciprocating motion to such ram within
the piston and at right angles to its axis, the effect of such working of the rams
being to cause a continuous vacuum on the one side and a pressure on the other;
or as the piston goes round the rams are drawn towards the centre on the one side
and expelled from the centre on the other. When any two are in a vertical line
the top one is in and the bottom one out. When horizontal, half travel on both
sides.
The piston is connected to a shaft which passes through the front cover and may
be driven by any suitable means in the ordinary manner.
IMPROVED FASTENINGS FOR WOMEN'S BONNETS, CAPS, HATS, AND OTHER HEAD DRESSES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walter William Tambs at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th December 1879.
WALTER WILLIAM TAMBS, of Birmingham, Jeweller. "IMPROVED FASTENINGS
FOR WOMEN'S BONNETS, CAPS, HATS, AND OTHER HEAD DRESSES."
This Invention relates to the production of useful and ornamental fastenings
designed to supercede the use of elastic cord, ribbon, tape, and such like usual
means of tying-up or securing bonnets, caps, hats, and other head dresses, usually
worn by females, to the head of the wearer; and it consists in the substitution, in
lieu of such means, of small metallic or other non-textile fastenings having at the
meeting ends, hooks, rings, eyelets, slots, catches, or similar means of fastening, to
secure them together, the other ends being sewn or otherwise suitably attached to
or connected with the bonnet, hat, cap, or other bead-dress after the ordinary fashion
of bonnet strings and for the like purpose.
In the production of such improved fastenings I prefer to use flat strips of
metal having ornamental patterns upon the surface, but I can attain the same
object by the use of fine chain or bead work, or of links, plain or twisted wire,
or spring steel, and if required further enhance their appearance by gilt-plating or
otherwise coating them with some attractive color or material.
When these improved metallic or other non-textile fastenings are connected with
the head-dress, either at the front or back thereof, the two meeting ends of the
fastening are united by means of the hooks, catches, or other means of fastening
above referred to, and which gives greater security than the above referred to usual
means of fastening, combined with a more tasty or elegant appearance when the
fastenings are jewelled or otherwise richly decorated, and placed visibly on the head
of the wearer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Job Rawcliffe and James Beardsell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st October 1879.
JOB RAWCLIFFE and JAMES BEARDSELL, both of Longwood, near Huddersfield,
in the County of York, Loom Tuners. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
This Invention relates to improved apparatus for easing the shuttle on its entry
to the box so as to avoid breakage of and greatly reduce the straining and wear
and tear of the box sides (or in change shuttle looms) of the shelves of the box, to
reduce wear and tear of pickers and to ensure the shuttle and weft being in proper
position for picking.
According to this our said Invention we employ a lever, one end being connected
to an arm or support pendant from the shuttle box, the upper end of the lever is
behind the picker and against which it rests. One end of a spiral spring is attached
to the lever referred to, its other end to the frame work of the loom, and the lever
and spiral spring are by the picker on entrance of shuttle to shuttle box, and by
the motion of the slay acted upon and the shock and percussion are avoided.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES FOR WEAVING
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Turner and Ezra Hoyle at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th April 1879.
WILLIAM TURNER, of Archibald Street, Bradford, Gentleman, and EZRA HOYLE,
of Chapeltown, Pudsey, Overlooker, both in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SHUTTLES FOR WEAVING."
The object of our Invention is to construct shuttles used for weaving in such a
manner that we can dispense with the ordinary shuttle peg on which the bobbin is
placed when weaving, and to so mount the bobbin in the shuttle that the same is
quite firm and the weft has a free delivery therefrom.
We accomplish our object in the following manner :-At the end of the shuttle
where the ordinary shuttle peg is fixed we place a spindle on which is formed a
collar at right angles to the axis of the spindle. On one end of this spindle is
placed a spiral spring which is compressed between the back of the said collar
and the body of the shuttle. The collar is formed with two projections which fit
into corresponding slots or grooves formed in the body of the shuttle; this collar is
so formed that it fits the interior or recessed portion of the shuttle and will freely
slide therein. At the front side of the before mentioned collar we fix a stay to the
body of the shuttle in such a position that when the spindle is drawn back by
means of the two projections the groove which is formed in the flange of the bobbin
will pass on to the before named stay, and the projecting end of the spindle at the
front side of the collar will pass into the hole forined in the centro of the bobbin,
and the compression of the spring at the back side of the collar will press the face
of the said collar against the flange of the bobbin, and thus secure the bobbin in
the shuttle quite firm and lineable with the centre line of the shuttle so that the
weft on the bobbin has a free and uninterrupted delivery.
A MUSIC AND DUET STOOL COMBINED."
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Dunworth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th April 1879.
RICHARD DUNWORTH, Upholsterer, of 3, Upper Porchester Street, Edgware Road,
in the County of Middlesex. "A MUSIC AND DUET STOOL COMBINED."
An oval or square ottoman with stool in centre which can be raised to the
ordinary height of a music stool, and when screwed down forms a duet ottoman,
which will seat two ordinary persons, and can be placed underneath the smallest
piano, thus answering the purpose of a music and duet stool combined.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Howard Blamires at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th November 1879.
JOSEPH HOWARD BLAMIRES, of Huddersfield, in the County of York. ❝ IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS."
This Invention consists in dispensing with the use of the sheet or cloth which is
now employed to darken the ground glass in the focusing of an object when
photographing; and the improvements consist in the use and employment of a
dark chamber, box, or case made of any suitable material placed or fixed in front
of the ground glass, whereby I obtain the darkened effect sufficient for the purpose
of obtaining a correct and clear view of the reflection which is thrown from the
object on to the ground glass. The "lens" are attached to a sliding plate capable
of sliding up and down in front of the dark chamber, box, or case, so that the
lens" can be brought into any required position, thus enabling the operator to
readily obtain the object he is in search of.
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IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE FEEDING OPENINGS OR APPARATUS OF THRASHING MACHINES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Middleton at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd July 1879.
CHARLES MIDDLETON, of East Dereham, in the County of Norfolk, Engineer and
Agricultural Machine and Implement Maker. "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE
FEEDING OPENINGS OR APPARATUS OF THRASHING MACHINES."
My Invention relates to guards or fences to be applied to the feeding openings or
places of thrashing machines, and consists of a curvilinear guard or fence made of
wood, iron, or other suitable material, to be affixed to or placed on the framing,
cladding, or platform of thrashing machines above or near the opening or feeding
mouth to the drum or thrashing part thereof, and so that such fence or guard is
moveable in certain directions or positions, such positions being regulated and
steadfastly fixed for the time by the means hereinafter described.
In carrying out my Invention the curvilinear fence or guard is attached to the
thrashing machine frame, cladding, or platform by a link, lever, or strap fixed or
attached to a bearing on each end of the said fence or guard, and by means of a
plate thereon, or such other means as may be suitable, so as to permit the said fence
or guard to be placed and fixed in various positions with respect to such lever,
strap, or link. The other end of the said lever, link, or strap is to be attached to
and borne by a support or carriage fixed on the frame, cladding, or platform of the
said thrashing machine, and means are provided for fixing the said lever in various
positions with respect to the support carriage to which the said link, lever, or strap
is attached, and also to its relative position with respect to the feeding mouth or
opening to the said drum, such adjustments or change of position of the said fence
or guard being required and important for the purpose of successfully operating
s upon or thrashing different sorts of grain or pulse bearing crops. By means of my
Invention I am enabled to suspend the curved fence or guard centrally at its two
extremities, so that it may be adjusted into any required position, as, for example,
at any angle at either side of the feeding mouth, or horizontally or otherwise
above the said mouth, or laterally in either direction and at any desired angle, in
which positions it may be retained by friction plates and bolts or other suitable
means
AN IMPROVEMENT IN CAPSULES FOR BOTTLES & OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Horatio Jones at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th October 1879.
GEORGE HORATIO JONES, Surgeon Dentist, of 57, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury,
in the County of Middlesex. "AN IMPROVEMENT IN CAPSULES FOR BOTTLES &
OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS."
This Invention has for its object in the first place to effectually secure and cover
corks and stoppers in glass and other bottles and vessels; secondly, hermetically
sealing same without string, wax, or varnish of any description.
Thirdly. It may be used as a contrivance for thoroughly stoppering or closing a
bottle or other similar vessel without the use of the ordinary cork or stopper.
I make the capsule of vulcanized india rubber preferably, but claim the right to
make it of gutta percha or any similar elastic substance or compounds of the
same in the two following shapes [for corks-for stoppers, see Drawing annexed],
bat also claim to make it in any other shape I may determine, or that may be
ordered to be made to fit any special size or shape of bottle or vessel.
A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO GAS PIPES OR GAS BURNERS FOR COOKING AND HEATING PURPOSES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Tasker at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th October 1879.
WILLIAM HENRY TASKER, of Blackpool, in the County of Lancaster. "A NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO GAS PIPES OR GAS BURNERS FOR COOKING
AND HEATING PURPOSES."
This Invention relates to the construction of apparatus which can easily be
attached to gas pipes and burners for converting a flame of gas used for illuminating
purposes into a flame pure and smokeless for cooking and heating purposes, and
consists in placing a tube on a gas pipe or burner having holes or perforations
around the sides or on the periphery of the said tube; over this tube is placed
another tube shorter than the one first mentioned, also having holes or perforations
formed therein corresponding to the holes in the inner tube, the outer tube being
employed for the purpose of regulating the admission of air to the gas.
By the use of apparatus constructed in the manner described more heat is given
off by the flame, and no smoke is emitted; it can therefore be used for a variety of
purposes, such as the heating and cooking of food in pans and cans, soldering irons,
curling irons, and for similar purposes where smoke is objectionable.

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Tasker at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th October 1879.
WILLIAM HENRY TASKER, of Blackpool, in the County of Lancaster.
"A NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO GAS PIPES OR GAS BURNERS FOR COOKING
AND HEATING PURPOSES."
This Invention relates to the construction of apparatus which can easily be
attached to gas pipes and burners for converting a flame of gas used for illuminating
purposes into a flame pure and smokeless for cooking and heating purposes, and
consists in placing a tube on a gas pipe or burner having holes or perforations
around the sides or on the periphery of the said tube; over this tube is placed
another tube shorter than the one first mentioned, also having holes or perforations
formed therein corresponding to the holes in the inner tube, the outer tube being
employed for the purpose of regulating the admission of air to the gas.
By the use of apparatus constructed in the manner described more heat is given
off by the flame, and no smoke is emitted; it can therefore be used for a variety of
purposes, such as the heating and cooking of food in pans and cans, soldering irons,
curling irons, and for similar purposes where smoke is objectionable.
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF LAMP
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Browne at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 18th November 1879. [A communication from
abroad by Joseph Gallinger, of New York, in the United States of America.]
ALEXANDER BROWNE, of the Firm of Browne and Company, of 5, Southampton
Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents. "AN IMPROVED
CONSTRUCTION OF LAMP." [A communication from abroad by Joseph Gallinger,
of New York, in the United States of America.]
This Invention relates to that class of lamps which are provided with a fastening
device for a shank on the lamp reservoir, and around which is arranged a metallic
casing for concealing the fastening device. According to this Invention the oil
reservoir is formed on the head and neck of a metallic screw peg, substantially in
the manner hereafter described, in order to fix the said reservoir to the base or
stand of the lamp by simply screwing the said metallic peg into a socket having a
female screw therein corresponding to the pitch of the screw on the aforesaid
metallic peg. The said socket may be fastened to the stand of the lamp by a screw
bolt passing through the bottom of same, and through a disc at base of stand, and
secured by a nut screwed underneath the said disc. The screw metallic peg is made
with a flat (or nearly flat) head, and of other than circular form in horizontal cross
section, so that when the reservoir is formed thereon it shall not be liable to turn
independently on the same. There is also a neck or groove formed on the said peg
to prevent it being pulled out. In order to effect the union of the peg with the
oil reservoir the said peg is placed in the bottom of the mould in which the lamp
reservoir is to be blown, the head and neck projecting a short distance into the
mould cavity, so that in the operation of blowing the reservoir the glass or other
vitreous substance forming its bottom will be blown on to and around such head
ao as firmly to encircle and clamp the same. Cooling and shrinkage will thus be
uniform.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING PLATES OR SHEETS OF GLASS, SLATES, METAL, WOOD, AND THE LIKE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND OTHER PARTS OF STRUCTURES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Hackford at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th August 1879.
GEORGE HACKFORD, of No. 6, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, in the County
of Middlesex, Surveyor. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING PLATES OR SHEETS OF
GLASS, SLATES, METAL, WOOD, AND THE LIKE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND OTHER
PARTS OF STRUCTURES."
My Invention has for its object improvements in fixing plates or sheets of glass,
slates, metal, wood, and the like to roofs, windows, & other parts of structures,
and consists in the employment of a metal clip and an adjustable fastener to be
attached to the sash, skylight, and other bars. These bars may be of any ordinary
form, but I prefer to use those which are bevelled, curved or otherwise reduced in
width or cross-section on the underside, or they may be notched at intervals along
the sides. I attach to the sash bar a clip made of flexible metal such as zinc,
copper, muntzs metal, or lead, so that it may be fixed to the bar by being bent or
dressed under it. In some cases, instead of making this clip of flexible metal, I
make it in two parts, so fitted in a frame that they may be moved together
mechanically, & thus caused to grip the bar. A screw bolt is connected to the
clip & passes up between the sides of the plates or sheets of glass or other mate-
rial, in such manner that a nut & washer on top of the screw can be screwed
down firmly on to the glass or other material & thus prevent it lifting or
"chattering." a cushion of felt, leather, or similarly soft material is inserted between
the glass & metal to distribute the pressure evenly. In lieu of a screw bolt I
sometimes use a pin with a slot in the upper part through which a taper key is
driven to tighten the metal washer against the glass.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CADDIES OR VESSELS FOR HOLDING Tea, Coffee, AND SUCH LIKE SUBSTANCES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Philip Alexander Thomas at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st November 1879.
"
PHILIP ALEXANDER THOMAS, of No. 19, Cornwall Gardens, Kensington, in the
County of Middlesex. IMPROVEMENTS IN CADDIES OR VESSELS FOR HOLDING
Tea, Coffee, AND SUCH LIKE SUBSTANCES."
My Invention relates to a construction of caddies or vessels such as are employed
for holding tea, coffee, and such like substances, in combination with a measuring
apparatus by which spoonfuls or other definite charge can be taken from them, as I
will now describe. I make the caddy of any suitable or ornamental form, such as
that of a vase or urn closed at the top, but having at the bottom an aperture
towards which the sides slope. Under this aperture I fit a rotating slide having
in it a cavity which holds the spoonful or other desired measure, this cavity being
open on one side. On turning the slide with its opening upwards the cavity receives a
charge from the caddy, and on turning the slide half round this charge falls from it
into a vessel, such as a tea pot, placed below for its reception. Instead of a rotating
slide a reciprocating slide may be employed, the same being pushed inwards to
receive a charge and pulled outwards to deliver it, or conversely. In order to
charge the vessel the top cover may be made removeable and capable of being
locked and unlocked, but I prefer to fix the cover permanently and to charge the
caddy through the bottom aperture, for which purpose I invert the caddy and
temporarily withdraw the slide. In order to prevent the contents of the caddy from
being improperly abstracted it is of advantage to provide the slide or its handle
with a lock, or to make the slide so that it cannot be moved except by the insertion
of a proper key.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC AND OTHER PUNCTURING PENS EMPLOYED FOR MANIFOLD WRITING
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Theophilus Coad at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1879.
THEOPHILUS COAD, of Lorrimore Road, in the County of Surrey, Electrician.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC AND OTHER PUNCTURING PENS
EMPLOYED FOR MANIFOLD WRITING."
The chief objection to the employment of puncturing pens such as the Edison
electric and similar pens, has been the difficulty of maintaining the pen in a
perpendicular position owing to the top weight of the apparatus. Now the object
of my Invention is to obviate this defect and my improvements consist in
suspending and balancing the pen by means of any suitable device.
The device which I have found to answer well for suspending and balancing the
pen consists of a crane suitably fixed, the pillar and arm being preferably formed
hollow. Through the hollow arm and pillar passes a cord or its equivalent, one
end having a counterweight; to the other end of the said cord I suspend the pen by
means of a gimbal. The hereinbefore described counterweight is sufficient to just
balance the weight of the pen.
By these improvements it will be evident that the pen can be used with much
greater facility than hitherto, the hand of the operator being relieved of the
weight of the pen, the pen being at the same time automatically maintained in the
necessary perpendicular position, the cord and crane (or its equivalent) allowing of
the pen being moved horizontally as required.
PROVEMENTS IN GASHOLDERS OR GASOMETERS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Barker at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 14th February 1879.
GEORGE BARKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Engineer.
PROVEMENTS IN GASHOLDERS OR GASOMETERS."
"IM-
My Invention has for its object the construction of the outside guides of gas-
holders or gasometers in a cheaper manner than hitherto.
According to my Invention the outside supports are constructed by filling up
casings or shells with the earthwork excavated out of the tank, or when necessary
with concrete or other cheap material for the purpose of adding stability to the
structure with little cost. The shells would generally be made from plates of
wrought iron or steel rivetted together, but other material could be used in the
construction, such as cast iron, a shell of concrete, or wood beams (where timber is
cheap) filled in and tied together. By this means weight (i.e.) stability is added
above the foundations, thus enabling me to economise the metal or other material
in these supports, as there would be less for the casing and the foundation bolts to
do, and the tank wall (or walls) would be constructed with less material, as less
strain would be transmitted, thus reducing the liability of leakage of water from
the tank,
I should generally concentrate the metal or other material into a less number of
outside supports than at present, as the advantage gained by filling up a large
casing is greater than in the case of smaller ones, and two or three guide rollers
could then be used to each support instead of one.
PREVENTING HORSES BEING INJURED AND SHAFTS BEING BROKEN IN PRIVATE OR PUBLIC CARRIAGES."
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Bachelerie at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd May 1879.
JEAN BACHELERIE, of No. 13, Rue d'Abbeville, in the City of Paris, in France,
Merchant. PREVENTING HORSES BEING INJURED AND SHAFTS BEING BROKEN IN
PRIVATE OR PUBLIC CARRIAGES."
This result is obtained by giving to a bar of iron or steel the exact form (except
as regards the thickness) of an ordinary carriage shafts; the form and thickness
varying according to the use to which it is intended to be appropriated. All
appendages, as rings, by which to attach the shafts to the carriage rings for straps,
&c., must be attached directly to the bar of iron or steel above mentioned and be of
the same material. This being done the bar is coated with gutta percha, caoutchouc,
or other soft and flexible substance capable of being made to adhere to the said bar.
The operation of so coating the bar is for the purpose of giving it a more elegant
form and making it exactly to resemble externally the shafts ordinarily in use.
shaft thus prepared although flexible will possess all the regidity of a wooden one
with the advantage that it will bend beneath the weight of a horse that may
happen to fall; and as it is unbreakable all danger of the horse being wounded by
splinters is consequently entirely obviated.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRI- CATORS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frank Wirth at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 4th March 1879. (A communication from
Joseph Patrick, of Frankfort on the Main, in the Empire of Germany).
FRANK WIRTH, of the Firm of Wirth and Company, Patent Solicitors, at
Frankfort on the Main, in the Empire of Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRI-
CATORS." (A communication from Joseph Patrick, of Frankfort on the Main, in
the Empire of Germany.)
My improvements in lubricators consist in constructing a lubricating glass
provided with a thread around the openings of said glasses, on to which I screw a
pressed metal cap. The packing to prevent the oil from coming out between the
two consists of leather or other suitable discs. These improved lubricators are best
made with an opening at the top and bottom, each of these being provided with a
screw thread as before described, on to which pressed metal caps are screwed, the
lower cap is provided with a small pipe through which is passed a metal rod to
conduct the oil which it draws out of the glass by vibration.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING ROOMS, AIR BATHS, AND BUILDINGS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Crichley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th September 1879.
HENRY CRICHLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer.
'IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING ROOMS, AIR BATHS, AND BUILDINGS."
My Invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts herein after
described, of apparatus for heating rooms, air baths, and buildings, whereby a large
volume of air of any required temperature and properly charged with moisture can
be made to circulate through the room, bath, or building to be heated..
My Invention is especially applicable for hot air or Turkish baths, but may also
be applied to the heating of rooms and buildings generally.
I construct a nearly cubical chamber of brickwork. At one end of the said
chamber is a fire place having doors for supplying fuel and for removing the ash.
The heated air and products of combustion from the fire box of the fire place pass
through several rows of horizontal tubes, which occupy the upper part of the brick.
chamber described. The tubes are connected with the ends of the apparatus by
joints consisting of chambers filled with a prepared pulverized loam, forming a
sound but expanding joint. The heated air after passing through the said tubes
escapes into a chimney or stack by a flue situated at the lower part of the chamber
opposite the fire place end of the said chamber; cold air is admitted into the
chamber by two or more flues or openings in its base, the said cold air passing
through a perforated horizontal metallic plate or air spreader, by which it is divided.
into a series of minute jets; these jets of air circulate about or around the heated
horizontal tubes described, and are heated thereby; and the heated air escapes or
passes from the chamber by a flue at the upper part of the said chamber. From
this flue the heated air is conducted to the room or rooms or bath, or building to be
heated; on the perforated or air spreading plate described one or more troughs con-
taining water are placed. Suspended from the horizontal tubes immediately above
the troughs are metallic hangers, whose extremities dip into the water in the said
troughs, and which extremities becoming heated volatilize the water in the troughs.
Any required number of the metallic hangers may be used.

page_text: The volatilization of the water in these troughs supplies the hot air with the
requisite amount of aqueous vapour. These troughs are supplied with water from
a cistern external to the brick chamber described. A high pressure back boiler
having inlet and outlet pipes may be placed at the back of the fire place and
protected by a casing of fire bricks.
The upper part of the brick chamber is provided with an arched opening closed
by light brick work, which can be removed and replaced from time to time when
it is necessary to obtain access to the metal pipes for the purpose for removing
soot therefrom, or for repair, or for other purposes.
AN IMPROVED REFLECTOR OR DISTRIBUTOR OF LIGHT FOR LAMPS OR OTHER SIMILAR LIGHTING APPARATUS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Michael Franks, of Blaenavon, South Wales, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED REFLECTOR OR DISTRIBUTOR OF LIGHT FOR
LAMPS OR OTHER SIMILAR LIGHTING APPARATUS."
Sealed the 18th May 1880, and dated the 19th November 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Michael Franks at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th November 1879.
MICHAEL FRANKS, of Blaenavon, South Wales. "AN IMPROVED REFLECTOR OR
DISTRIBUTOR OF LIGHT FOR LAMPS OR OTHER SIMILAR LIGHTING APPARATUS."
My Invention consists in providing lamps of all sorts with a double or second
chamber or receptacle, in which I place water, spirit, or other suitable liquid
reflecting medium. The chamber or receptacle may be of any form or width to
suit the shape of the lamp and the intensity of the light to be reflected or dis-
tributed. The chamber may either be separate from the lamp or form part
of it.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER METERS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frank Wirth at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 19th August 1879. A communication from
Franz Fried and Johan Oswald, of Frankfort on the Maine, in the Empire of
Germany.
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FRANK WIRTH, of the Firm of Wirth and Company, Patent Solicitors, at
Frankfort on the Main, in the Empire of Germany.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER
METERS." [A communication from Franz Fried and Johan Oswald, of Frankfort
on the Maine, in the Empire of Germany.]
According to the present Invention a water meter is constructed of a revolving
measuring drum having a number of separate compartments, and contained in a
casing having on one side an inlet and on the opposite side an outlet, so that the
water flowing into the casing tangentially through the inlet successively fills each
of the compartments of the drum, which compartments are carried round by the
rotation of the drum and discharged through the outlet. Communicating with the
inlet and outlet are two chambers of comparatively large capacity, into one of which
the water to be measured flows before passing into the measuring drum, and into
the other of which it passes after leaving the drum; by this means a very equable
and uniform flow of the water through the meter is insured, the drum being pre-
served from irregular shocks caused by the flowing water. The inlet to the inlet-
chamber is for the same object made of smaller area than the outlet of the said
chamber to the measuring drum, and the outlet of the outlet chamber is made
smaller than its inlet from the measuring drum; and furthermore, the outlet of the
measuring drum is made larger than the inlet, so that the compartments empty
more quickly than they are filled.
The drum casing may either be made in one piece with the inlet and
outlet chambers, or separate therefrom, and the cylindrical drum casing may
either have two removeable sides, or only one may be removeable for introducing
the drum. The sides and periphery of the latter fit the casing closely so as to
insure that all the water entering the latter shall pass through the drum, and the
sides of this are for that purpose made with projecting rims fitting into grooves in
the casing or in a separate lining thereto, which may be slid in with the drum.
The spindle of the drum may be supported on agate points or in ordinary bearings,
which are enclosed watertight by caps. On the spindle is an eccentric which by
means of a lever imparts at every revolution of the drum a reciprocating motion to
a pawl in gear with a ratchet wheel, the motion of which is imparted through a
worm and worm wheel to a counter or registering mechanism of any suitable known
construction.