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AN IMPROVED MECHANICAL TOY
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Alonzo Paul La Grove
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 7th November 1874.
I, WILLIAM ALONZO PAUL LA GROVE, of New York, United States
of America, but at present of Chancery Lane, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED MECHANICAL TOY," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved mechanical toy consisting of one
or more couples of dancing figures, which are made to revolve on as
many axes, and also in a circle about the centre of a platform, beneath
which is the operative mechanism consisting of a main wheel mounted
on a vertical stud or axis, and contained within a box or base and driven
by a cord or band from a train of gearing actuated by a spring barrel.
This main wheel carries a number of radial arms each terminating in a
grooved pulley mounted on a vertical axis in the extremity of the arm,
and these pulleys are encircled by a standing cord or band, so that as
the drum revolves the pulleys as they are carried round within the cord
will be caused to revolve each on its own axis. The dancing figures are

page_text: fixed on the pulley spindles which are prolonged through a circular
opening in the top of the box or platform.
A slight up-and-down motion may also be imparted to the figures at
each revolution to more closely imitate dancing by means of a cam
surface beneath each grooved pulley.
To conceal the connection of the figures with the operating mechanism
the opening in the top of the box is covered with a thin card or other
disc which is carried round with the figures, and being covered with a
dark colored material to match that with which the top of the box is
covered, the opening is hardly perceptible, but other means may be
adopted for the same purpose.
The means employed to keep the bands or cords in tension and take
up the slack are as follows:-The cord which drives the main wheel
passes round the driving wheel of the spring and train, and on either
side of the main wheel and around a stretching pulley connected to a
spring attached to the box and placed on the side of the main wheel
diametrically opposite to the driving wheel, so that the slack will always
be taken up by the spring and the cord kept at its proper tension without
increasing the friction of the main wheel on its axis.
In order to prevent slip of the cord the main wheel has an acute V :
groove around its periphery in which the cord runs. The standing cord
is attached at one end to one side of the box, and after encircling the
rotating arms its other end is connected to a spring attached to the
opposite side of the box, said spring serving to take up the slack and
maintain the proper tension on the cord.
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A musical box concealed within the base
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES APPLICABLE TO ALL KINDS OF SEWING MACHINES WORKED BY A SHUTTLE
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Walter Vosper at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th February 1874.
I, CHARLES WALTER VOSPER, of Stoke, Devonport, in the County of
Devon, Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES APPLICABLE TO ALL KINDS OF SEWING MACHINES
WORKED BY A SHUTTLE," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in sluttles used for sewing
machines. Hitherto the shuttle has been made with a number of holes,
through which the thread, cotton, or silk has to be passed in order to
obtain a proper and equal tension, a process of some difficulty involving
considerable loss of time, which has hitherto prevented the employment
of worsted thread in sewing machines.
By my improvement the holes are substituted by tongues through and
over which the cotton, silk, worsted, or other thread has to pass, securing
a proper and equal tension, enabling the operator to sew with worsted,
which is a very great achievement. The thread passes through the
tongues, but the number of tongues may be limited to one or increased

page_text: to any number. A clasp will be placed on the inside of the shuttle to
prevent the thread from slipping off the tongues. This will be hinged at
one end and made easy to move for inserting the thread on the tongues.
Shuttles will be made with and without the clasp above-named,
according to the description of machinery working it or the material
being sewn.
A NEW MACHINE FOR THE SPEEDY FILLING OF BOTTLES, TUBES, JARS, POTS, AND OTHER UTENSILS WITH ALE, BEER, SAUCES, VINEGAR, PAINTS AND INKS, WINES AND SPIRITS, CHUTNEY AND OTHER LIQUID OR SEMI-LIQUID SUBSTANCE, AND FOR CORKING OR STOPPING THE SAME
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Reynolds and William
Reynolds at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 15th May 1874.
We, JOHN REYNOLDS, of 124, S. Paul's Road, Camden Town,
S. Pancras, London, and WILLIAM REYNOLDS, 124, S. Paul's Road,
Camden Town, S. Pancras, London, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW MACHINE FOR THE SPEEDY FILLING OF BOTTLES,
TUBES, JARS, POTS, AND OTHER UTENSILS WITH ALE, BEER, SAUCES, VINEGAR,
PAINTS AND INKS, WINES AND SPIRITS, CHUTNEY AND OTHER LIQUID OR
SEMI-LIQUID SUBSTANCE, AND FOR CORKING OR STOPPING THE SAME," to be as
follows:
A strong framework of wood or iron supports a well or reciever,
attached to which and passing through its bottom is a cylinder. In the
cylinder is a piston and valve which are moved up and down by rods
attached to a lever or to an eccentric or crank placed on a revolving
shaft above the cylinder.
Fastened to the bottom of the cylinder is a cock which is opened and
shut as follows:-Attached to the plug of the cock is a bar of metal

page_text: working in bearings and having a cam bar crossing it at right angles
fastened to it. A perpendicular rod sliding in guides and connected by
a rod or link to the lever or to a crank or eccentric on the revolving
shaft mentioned above has a sliding carriage on it carrying a tumble
catch and capable of being fixed where required by a set screw.
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tumble catch strikes the cam bar and opens the cock. A stud projecting
from the perpendicular bar strikes a lever which is connected by a rod
to the cam bar and shuts the cock.
The cock terminates in a tube or tubes which convey the material to
the bottle or other utensil. Another lever controlled by the perpendicular 1
rod causes the bottle to retire from the cock, or the tube to retire from
the bottle for the purpose of preventing splashing of the material with
which the bottle or utensil is filled.
The corking or stopping is done as follows:-Pivoted to the end of a
horizontal lever is a plug kept vertical by a spring. AV shaped tube is 1
so placed that the plug will be pressed into it by the lever, which is
controlled by a connecting rod attached to the upper horizontal lever
or to an eccentric on the revolving shaft mentioned above.
A horizontal dise on the bed of the machine revolves with an
intermittant motion produced by levers attached to the horizontal lever 2
or to an eccentric placed on the revolving shaft in the upper part of the
machine, and supplies the bottles or other utensils to be filled.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF RIFLING FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Punshon at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
July 1874.
I, ROBERT PUNSHON, of Hatherleigh, Anerley Park, in the County
of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF RIFLING FIRE-ARMS," to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object the rifling of small arms in such a
manner as to admit of lowering the trajectory and to cause a diminution
of recoil.
For this purpose my Invention consists in rifling the barrel with a
half turn or other slow turn of the spiral for a distance of from two-
thirds to three-fourths of the length of the barrel, and a complete turn of
the spiral for the remaining length of the barrel.
By rifling the barrel in this manner an increased initial velocity is
obtained, and the friction of the bullet in the barrel is lessened, thereby
adapting the rifle for use with my improved gun cotton as described in
the Specification of my Patent dated 31st October 1870, No. 2867.
AN IMPROVED HAND APPARATUS OR TRAVELLING TYPE TO BE USED FOR PRINTING
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John William Hoffman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th May 1874.
I, JOHN WILLIAM HOFFMAN, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED HAND APPARATUS OR TRAVELLING TYPE TO BE USED FOR PRINTING," to
be as follows:-
My improved apparatus or travelling type consists substantially of a
metal frame in which are hung three or more rollers, and these are so
placed therein that the periphery of each are in contact, so that upon the
revolution of the first or outside roller motion is imparted to that roller
which is placed next it, and this in its turn acts similarly upon that next
it, and so on.
The first or outside roller carries the type and is of metal, wood, india-
rubber, or other hard or flexible material respectively, according to the
substance to which the type is to be applied, and the design or pattern
required to be afterwards reproduced is either engraved, cut, moulded,

page_text: pressed, or otherwise impressed upon its periphery. The last or inner-
most of the said rollers is the inking roller, the intermediate being the
distributing roller or rollers. Over the inking roller is placed in a box
or other suitable receptacle the ink, color, or other ingredient desired to
be used, and this by the distributing roller or rollers is supplied to the
outer roller, which I call the travelling type, as it has upon its
periphery the pattern or design desired to be reproduced upon the
material to which it is to be applied.
The apparatus is used by being held in the hand in such manner that
the first or outside roller only comes in contact with the material or
substance to which it is to be applied, and by being drawn over the
particular part or parts required to be printed the said typing roller
revolves and reproduces on the material upon which it is so applied
the design or pattern engraved on its periphery.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HARNESS, SADdles, or 'Pads
Year: 1874

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Walter More and John
Norman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 6th February 1874.
We, JOHN WALTER MORE, of Market Street, Finsbury, and JOHN
NORMAN, of Hoxton Square, both in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HARNESS, SADdles, or 'Pads,'” to be as follows :—
For this purpose we employ, as heretoforo proposed, a metal "tree,"
but instead of forming it and connecting it to the "flaps" as heretofore,
we form it and connect it as hereafter described.
The "tree" is on its upper surface formed with a trough to receive
the "back band" which is free to slide therein instead of being
connected as heretofore to eyes or loops fixed at the ends of the "tree."
The "flaps" are connected to the "tree" by means of staples which
pass through holes in the "tree" and through corresponding holes in
the "flaps," and through other holes formed in metal plates which are
enclosed between the " flaps" and "flap linings" or between the
'flaps" and "pannels," the parts being firmly bound together by nuts

page_text: screwing on to the ends of the staples. The staples pass over the top of
the trough and serve to retain the "back band" in proper position
therein, whilst the "terrets" are screwed into holes formed in the centre
of the staples.
In some cases the staples may be dispensed with and simple "terret"
plates used in lieu thereof, which "terret" plates are screwed to the
plates between the "flaps" and "flap linings," or between the "flaps "
and "pannels" by means of screws passing upwards through the plates,
flaps," and "tree" into the "terret” plates.
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The "tree" instead of being connected rigidly to the plates may be
connected thereto by pin joints so as to make the "pads" self-adjusting
to different horses.
If desired instead of forming the "tree" exclusively of metal it may
be formed of wood and metal combined and the trough may be covered
with leather or metal as desired.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPE WRENCHES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Graham Browne and
Alfred Moore at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 1st August 1874.
We, SAMUEL GRAHAM BROWNE, of No. 43, St. Julian's Road,
3 Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex, and ALFRED MOORE, of No. 356,
Euston Road, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPE WRENCHES," to be
as follows:-
According to the present Invention a pipe wrench having two
diverging jaws, between which the pipe is to be grasped, has on one of
its jaws a moveable roller, so arranged that when the pipe is placed
between the jaws the said roller intervenes between the one jaw and the
side of the pipe, while the pipe bears against the other jaw. By this
arrangement, when the wrench is turned in one direction the roller in
rolling inwards upon its jaw will nip the pipe firmly between it and the
-other-jaw-;-while-when the wrench is turned in the contrary direction the
-roller in rolling outwards upon its jaw will free the pipe from the grasp

page_text: By preference the jaws of the wrench are made, the one with a convex
and the other with a concave curvature, and the roller is held in place
against the former by means of arms connected at one end to pins on
the roller, and at the other end to pins on the jaw, corresponding in
position to the centre of curvature of the jaw when this is of a circular 5
form. Or the roller may be guided in curved slots formed in plates
fixed to cach side of the jaw.
When the jaw is not of a circular curvature any other known device
may be employed for holding the roller against its face; thus, for
instance, a slot may be formed parallel to the face of the jaw, in which 1
arms carrying the roller can slide.
If the roller is made to run along the face of the concave jaw it may
be connected to the centre of curvature on the opposito jaw by means
of side rods sufficiently bent to clear the pipe when it is embraced
between the jaws.
A spring of caoutchouc or other material may be provided, connected
at one end to the jaw, and at the other end to the roller, or to the arms
thereof, and so arranged as to bring the roller in contact with the pipo
when this has been placed between the jaws.
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The surfaces of the jaws, as also that of the roller, may be serrated 2
in order to afford a firmer grip, and the jaw against which the pipe rests
may be formed with a series of hollows along its face, corresponding in
curvature to pipes of different diameters, so that a pipe of any particular
diameter can bo placed in the corresponding hollow, and thus be held
firmly while it is gripped by the roller.
According to another arrangement we provide the pipe wrench with
one jaw with a concave curvature, eccentric to a pivot on the opposite
iaw, on which pivot a circular roller is mounted.
IMPROVED PRINTING TELEGRAPH APPARATUS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th September 1874.-A communication from abroad by George
Washington Howe, of Stevenson, Alabama, United States of
America.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED PRINTING TELEGRAPH
APPARATUS," a communication, to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a printing telegraph
instrument which shall be rapid, and also allow two or more additional
instruments of a like pattern to be attached through it to the same line
governed and controlled thereby, and each transmitting or receiving in
regular order one machine after the other without conflicting with each
other in any manner.
The essential principle of this system is the transmission at regular
and fixed intervals of time of from one to three currents or impulses of
electricity, either positive or negative for each letter, which on arriving

page_text: at the distant instrument shall follow separate paths through different
magnets controlling a series of six pins, which separately and by different
combinations control the necessary mechanism for printing all the letters
of the alphabet. A local circuit is brought into use automatically,
which actuates the printing mechanism, and after a letter is printed
causes the pin or pins to assume their natural position in readiness for
another impulse.
The complete instrument consists of, first, the keyboard; second, the
printing register; and third, the revolving circuit closer with automatic
unison stop. The additional instruments to be attached consists simply
of the keyboard and register.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOLTS OR CATCHES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Turner at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th April
1874.
I, EDWARD TURNER, of Coventry Street, King Richard's Road,
Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOLTS OR CATCHES," to be as follows:―
The Invention has for its object improvements in bolts or catches,
whereby in addition to being self-acting thoy are also capable of adapting
themselves to variations produced by change of temperature, or by tho
comparative dampness or dryness of the atmosphere on the articles to
which they are affixed. For this purpose I form the catch somewhat in
the shape of a claw to act in connection with a striking plate or catch;
this claw catch is mounted on an axis of motion and is formed with a
set-off or tail piece which is acted upon by a spring to make it self-
acting. Another set-off or projection is fixed thereto to enable the bolt

page_text: or catch to be readily turned on its axis when it is desired to release the
article to which it is connected.
Bolts or catches constructed according to my Invention, are more
especially useful for hinged shutters and doors, but they are also
applicable for other purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CLAMPS OR INSTRUMENTS FOR HOLDING . FABRICS OR OTHER FLEXIBLE MATERIALS WHILE BEING SEWN OR STITCHED, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1874

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Watkins Price and John
Warn at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 8th June 1874.
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We, HENRY WATKINS PRICE, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Seed Merchant, and JOHN WARN, of Fulham, in the County
of Middlesex, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLAMPS OR INSTRUMENTS FOR HOLDING .
FABRICS OR OTHER FLEXIBLE MATERIALS WHILE BEING SEWN OR STITCHED, AND
FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows:
Our Invention consists in constructing and combining in the manner
herein-after described those parts of the said clamps or instruments by
which the fabric or material is held or gripped while being sewn or
stitched. On the top edge of the clamping part of the instrument is an
upright having at bottom a stem or axis which takes into a socket in the
said clamping part. By means of the said axis and a binding screw the
upright described may be fixed at any required angle. Near the top of
the said upright is a horizontal projecting piece to the end of which a
weighted arm is jointed, the said weighted arm turning freely on the

page_text: said horizontal piece, and constituting the holding or gripping part of
the clamp or instrument.
We prefer to make the said weighted arm of a semicircular figure at
bottom, and to cover it with vulcanized india-rubber. Below the said.
weighted arm is a horizontal peg covered with vulcanized india-rubber.
The holding or gripping arm of the instrument when at liberty to move
takes a nearly vertical position; the lower part bearing against the
covered peg described near the upper side thereof.
In using the said clamp or instrument, it is clamped to the table or
work bench in the usual way. The weighted arm being turned aside so
as to lift it from the covered peg, the end of the fabric or material to be
held is placed upon the covered peg and the weighted arm is loosed.
The said weighted arm descends upon the fabric or material, and holds
or grips it very firmly between its surface and that of the peg, the
tighter the fabric or material is pulled the firmer will it be held or
gripped between the arm and peg.
To release the fabric or material it is only necessary. to turn aside the
weighted arm or pull the fabric or material in the opposite direction to
that in which it is held.
In order to prevent injury to the table to which the instrument is :
clamped the upper part of the clamp is furnished with two horizontal
pegs covered with vulcanized india-rubber, which covered pegs when
the instrument is in use bear upon the table.
Although our Invention is particularly applicable to the holding of
fabrics or flexible materials while being sewn or stitched, yet it may be
used for other like purposes, such for example as holding blind and
other cords, holding or clipping letters, papers, cords, and other
articles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Mitchell at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
February 1874.
I, WILLIAM MITCHELL, of Brandon, in the County of Suffolk, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improved apparatus for obtaining motive
power for driving locomotive or stationary machinery.
According to my Invention I support a tank for water or other liquid
at the upper part of a frame suitably constructed, and mounted on
wheels in the case of a locomotive. Beneath this tank I mount a water
wheel, which I enclose in a suitable casing, the water being supplied
direct to this wheel through a valve in the bottom of the tank. From
this, which is the principal water wheel, the water passes to one or two
auxiliary water wheels placed beneath the main water wheel, and placed
the one for the forward motion in front of and the other for reversing
behind the main wheel. These wheels are likewise enclosed in a casing,
and the water after driving them is conducted to a pump or Archimedean
by which it is raised and returned to the tank.
screw,

page_text: Power is taken from the main water wheel shaft by any convenient
arrangement of gearing for the purpose required, the pumps or other
apparatus for raising the water being driven from the auxiliary water
wheels.
To increase the power obtained a fly wheel is provided on the main
wheel shaft, and the several water wheels and the fly wheel may each be
constructed with hollow radial compartments containing mercury, which
flows towards the circumference on the descending side of the wheel,
and towards the centre on the ascending side, and thus assists the rotary
motion of the wheels by its weight and the leverage obtained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE 'SPLITS' AND 'FLESHES' OF SKINS OR 'HIDES,' AND OF * BUFFED LEATHER,' AND OF LEATHER OR SKINS THE GRAIN OF WHICH IS IMPERFECT, IN ORDER TO RENDER THEM SUITABLE TO BE EMPLOYED FOR MOST PURPOSES TO WHICH GOOD SURFACED LEATHER IS APPLIED
Year: 1874

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Harrington at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
January 1874.
I, JOHN HARRINGTON, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TREATMENT OF THE 'SPLITS' AND 'FLESHES' OF SKINS OR 'HIDES,' AND OF
* BUFFED LEATHER,' AND OF LEATHER OR SKINS THE GRAIN OF WHICH IS IMPERFECT,
IN ORDER TO RENDER THEM SUITABLE TO BE EMPLOYED FOR MOST PURPOSES TO
WHICH GOOD SURFACED LEATHER IS APPLIED," to be as follows :
The Invention has for its object improvements in the treatment of the
splits" and "fleshes" of skins or "hides," and of "buffed leather,"
and of leather or skins the grain of which is imperfect, in order to
render them suitable to be employed for most purposes to which good
surfaced leather is applied. For this purpose I, by means of any
suitable cement, apply to the materials above named a surface of paper
or woven fabric which may be dyed or coloured to the tint required for
the finished article, either before or after is application to the "splits,"
fleshes," or leather. This paper or woven fabric is preferably treated
and grained according to the processes described in the Specifications
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of Letters Patent granted to me dated September 14, 1871, No. 2423,
and December 31, 1872, No. 3959; or it may be grained by means
of fac-simile or other moulds produced by the electrotype or other
process.
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It is preferred that both the treating and graining of the paper or
woven fabric be effected after its application to the "splits," fleshes,"
or leather, in order that it may the better retain the grain, but in some
cases these operations may be previously effected.
In some cases the paper or woven fabric may be left ungrained. By
these means I produce at a very cheap rate an article which has the ]
appearance of good grained or good surfaced leather, and may be used
for most purposes to which the latter can be applied.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR WORKING PUMPS ON BOARD SHIPS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Davies at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
August 1874.
I, WILLIAM DAVIES, of Pumpsaint, South Wales, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE
POWER, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR WORKING PUMPS ON BOARD SHIPS," to be
as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to utilize the rolling motion of a ship
in order to obtain a motive power therefrom, and this motion when
obtained is used to work the pumps, or it may be applied to drive other
machinery as may be found necessary.
À method of carrying my Invention into effect is by the employment
of a weighted pendulum or weighted lever set in motion by the rolling
of the ship. The spindle or spindles of pendulum is or are caused to act
directly-or-indirectly-on-a-series-of-toothed_wheels_whereby motion_is_
conveyed-to-a-pump.crank or other device. Between the pump or other
machine to be driven and the pendulum there may be an accumulator

page_text: of power consisting of a powerful spring for example, which receiving
an uneven motion from the pendulum while the ship is rolling at
different speeds transmits from it an even and regular motion to the
pump; guides are provided for guiding the weighted pendulum in its to-
and-fro motion.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BAGS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES, AND IN FRAMES FOR THE SAME
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles James Corbitt at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th April 1874.
I, CHARLES JAMES CORBITT, of Old Kent Road, in the County of
Surrey, Travelling and Fancy Bag Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BAGS OR OTHER
RECEPTACLES, AND IN FRAMES FOR THE SAME," to be as follows:
In constructing bags in accordance with my Invention I use a
washable woven fabric which is made up in the ordinary manner, but
constructed so as to be capable of being detached from the frame here-
after to be described for the purpose of renovation or cleaning.
The object in making frames according to my Invention is to obviate
the necessity of rivetting or permanently attaching them to bags, and to
this end I employ near the hinges of the frame perforated moveable
"schienes."
studs, so as to receive the ends of suitably formed wires or
These are held in position by two or more metal or other studs or points
under which the wires or "schienes" are sprung, and the said wires or
"schienes" are capable of being removed at the ends.

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When it is desired to fasten the bag on to the frame the said wires or
"schienes are passed through a pipe or other suitably formed passage
on the top part of the bag or receptacle, and the ends of the said wires or
"schienes are then inserted into the heretofore mentioned moveable
studs and securely fastened by passing under the said metal or other
studs or points.
"
IMPROVED CISTERNS OR CISTERN APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING OR FLUSHING AT INTERVALS AND PREVENTING WASTE OF WATER
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George James Brine and
Thomas Allen at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 1st May 1874.
We, GEORGE JAMES BRINE, of Brunswick Road, Southsea, Manager
of Water Works, and THOMAS ALLEN, of Russell Street, Southsea,
Ironmonger, both in the County of Hants, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVED CISTERNS OR CISTERN APPARATUS FOR
DISCHARGING OR FLUSHING AT INTERVALS AND PREVENTING WASTE OF WATER,'
to be as follows:-
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The Invention comprises the constructing or providing cisterns with
a moving bucket or chamber within them which may be tilted
mechanically when desired, and its contents delivered to a discharge
or flushing pipe; the said bucket or chamber being provided with one
or more openings or orifices for filling from the water by which the
said bucket or chamber is surrounded or partly surrounded, when it
falls back or is brought to its normal position within the cistern. The
number and size of the openings or orifices will afford the means of
adjustment or regulation of the time to be intentionally occupied in

page_text: filling to prevent the waste which might otherwise occur by a too
frequent tilting or use of the apparatus.
The apparatus is more especially intended for domestic watercloset
service, for which it is conveniently made as herein-under stated, subject
to variation as circumstances demand, or as may be desired, cistern to be
of wrought iron or slate, or any convenient material, with partition
dividing it off into a main chamber and a flushing chamber (or having
a separate flushing chamber annoxed or provided), discharge or flushing
pipe furnished to flushing chamber, top of dividing plate or partition at
intended (feed) level of water.
A horizontal rod or bar is supported by the sides of the cistern or in
any convenient manner, and carries the moving bucket or tilting
chamber which turns either upon or with the said rod or bar, bucket
or tilting chamber of wrought iron or any convenient material with
orifices at or near the bottom, pulling or tilting lever applied to bucket
or to rod or bar.
The construction admits of the apparatus being, if desired, without
valves, and provides for instantaneous flushing and the prevention of
waste in so simple a manner as to render it almost impossible to be
injured by fair usage.
A NEW OR IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF PLATES, SLABS, OR TILES IN IMITATION OF THE WARE KNOWN AS 'FAÏENCE PARISIENNE,
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th October 1874.-A communication from abroad by Arthur Jean
Baptiste Guclton and Company, of 83. Rue Lafayetto, Paris,
France.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in
the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF PLATES, SLABS,
OR TILES IN IMITATION OF THE WARE KNOWN AS 'FAÏENCE PARISIENNE,'” a
communication to me from abroad by Arthur Jean Baptiste Guolton
and Company, of 83, Rue Lafayette, Paris, France, to be as follows :—
The plates, slabs, or tiles, the subject of this Invention, are produced
from cements, and preferably from those English cements known as
"Keener's." This cement is first mixed, care being taken to bring it
into a semi-liquid state; it is then spread upon plate glass tables. This
done, the glass is beaten with a wooden mallet to render the layer of
cement perfectly uniform To rapidly harden this semi-liquid cement

page_text: there is sprinkled over its surface some powdered cement, which, in a
few minutes absorbs the water which has served to mix the first
cement; this surface is then levelled and smoothed by pressing firmly
upon it with a trowel or other suitable instrument, which completes the
hardening of the layer. This work completed the product is rendered
less brittle by spreading over this layer a piece of canvas, upon which is
placed another layer of liquid cement, two rules or straight edges being
first placed on each side to obtain the desired thickness either of the
tiles or of the slabs or plates. Twenty-four hours after this first operation
the plates are removed and divided into slabs or tiles, according to
requirement; they are then put into a stove. Upon the part which has
adhered to the glass there is then spread a coating of English or other
suitable varnish in order to imitate anamel; the products are then again
placed in a stove, where they remain for twenty-four hours.
When it is desired to decorate the plates, tiles, or slabs after leaving
the stove they are pumicestoned, decorated, a fresh coating of varnish
applied; they are again placed in the stove, and twenty-four hours
afterwards they may be withdrawn for use.
To produce plates, slabs, or tiles colored, but without pattern, the
desired color. in powder. is added to the varnish.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Christopher Catlow at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th May
1874.
I, CHRISTOPHER CATLOW, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster,
Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates,-
Firstly. To improved apparatus to be used in connection with " loose
reeds" for locking or holding such reeds firmly in position during the
beat up, and for allowing the reed to swing loose or open when the
shuttle is caught.
Secondly. In the construction and application of apparatus to be
applied to shuttles for preventing or greatly reducing the waste of yarn,
when weaving from weft in the cop.
In connection with a loose loom reed I employ in the ordinary stop
rod the usual fingers or supports which carry the "back trash" for
holding the reed in position. To the slay beam I screw or otherwise

page_text: secure a number of "lock pieces," having projecting heads. When the
slay advances to make the beat up, the end of an adjustable screw fixed
in one end of a spring bell-crank lever comes in contact with the frame
of the loom, turning the said bell-crank lever on its fulcrum, and so
causing its other end to bear on one end of the stop rod, which it pushes
or slides endwise or laterally, so sliding the fingers or supports of the
back trash behind the heads of the lock pieces, and so the reed is
securely held in position for the beat up; soon as the pressure of the end
of the bell-crank lever is removed or taken off the end of the stop rod a
spiral spring attached to the said rod and to the slay beam draws back
the said rod, and the fingers of the back trash from behind the heads of
the lock pieces. Should however the shuttle be caught in the shed the
slay cannot move sufficiently forward to bring the head of the adjustable
screw of the spring bell-crank lever in contact with the framing of the
loom, and so the stop rod is not slided and locked, the reed is then free.
to swing back or open. The stop rod may in lieu of being moved
endwise be raised or lowered so as to bring the fingers of the back trash
behind the lock heads as above described.
For preventing the waste of weft when weaving from the cop I affix
or place near the head of the shuttle skewer a cup or concave piece of
metal or other suitable material, the cavity of which is equal to the
convex or round end of the cop, so that when the cop is forced on to the
skewer its base or end is not damaged or displaced, but is received with
the cup, the cop being run off without the waste heretofore arising from
its base or end being so damaged or displaced.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Michael Henry at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st March
1874. A communication from abroad by Auguste de Méritens.
and Victor Kresser, both of 17, Boulevart Saint Martin, Paris,
France.
I, MICHAEL HENRY, of Fleet Chambers, 68, Fleet Street, in the City
of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declaro the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR "
(communicated to me from abroad by Auguste de Méritens and Victor
Kresser, both of 17, Boulevart Saint Martin, Paris, France), to be as
follows:-
:―
Over a set of vacuum pans or vessels an endless band or web of fine
wire cloth or metallic cloth travels, it passes over rollers supported in bars
slotted or grooved to receive its edges. When the boiled saccharine mass
covers the surface of the band a vacuum is formed in the pans or vessels
causing the band to bear on the rollers. The saccharine mass covers the
grooves and prevents entry of air into the pans. The first roller of each
pan or vessel turns smoothly against one side thereof, its position being
adjusted by a screw and valcanized india-rubber rod,

page_text: At the end of the set of clarifying vacuum pans vacuum drying pans
or vessels are placed for drying the crystals by currents of air. The
band carries the saccharine material to a scraper or incline, whence it
falls into a receiver.
If any crystals should remain in the meshes of the band they are 5
expelled by a pair of rods or strikers worked by cams or otherwise, so as
to be thrown into the receiver.
The endless band before returning over the clarifying vessels passes
under perforated tubes through which water is sprinkled. Similar
perforated tubes are placed over the band where it passes over the pans 1
or vessels, so that the clarifying operation may be effected in a regular
manner.
Felt, woollen cloth, or other porous fabrics. may be placed on the
metallic or wire gauze band to adapt the apparatus for filtering.
The apparatus may be applied for cane sugar filtering juice after 1
leaving the sugar mill, beetroot sugar, and for other processes in the
manufacture of sugar.
Pressing rollers may be added at one end of the circuit of the endless.
band for helping to extract the liquid matter from the saccharine pulp.
A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING SMALL QUANTITIES OF LIQUID, APPLICABLE FOR MOISTENING ENVELOPES AND STAMPS, AND POR INKSTANDS, LUBRICATORS, SCENT BOTTLES, AND SUCH LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Noah Jacobson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
November 1874.
I, NOAH JACOBSOHN, of No. 15, Aldridge Road Villas, Westbourne
Park, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING SMALL
QUANTITIES OF LIQUID, APPLICABLE FOR MOISTENING ENVELOPES AND STAMPS, AND
POR INKSTANDS, LUBRICATORS, SCENT BOTTLES, AND SUCH LIKE PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
According to my Invention I enclose water, oil, ink, scent, or other
liquids in a vessel closed hermetically at the upper end, and provided at
its lower end with an aperture, into which is fitted a piece of sponge. I
have discovered that liquids so enclosed will not flow or drop from the
sponge, but this will be kept saturated by the liquid, so that a greater or
less quantity thereof will be delivered on pressing the sponge more or less.
The said vessel may be made more or less ornamental, and be fixed on
a stand, and serve for moistening envelopes, stamps, and the like, or it
may serve as an inkstand, or as a lubricator for delivering small quantities

page_text: of oil on to shafting with which the sponge is kept in contact, or it
may serve for delivering small quantities of scent, gum, hair oil, and
other liquids.
When the vessel is empty it is inverted, the sponge is removed, and a
fresh quantity of liquid is introduced through the aperture.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Johann Ernst Friedrich Lüdeke
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 15th May 1874.
I, JOHANN ERNST FRIEDRICH LÜDEKE, of Wilmot Place, Camden
Town, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER, AND IN THE
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to certain improvements in the means of
obtaining motive power, and in the machinery or apparatus to be
employed therein.
I propose to make use of a centrifugal pump of the form consisting of
a vertical tube with horizontal branches or arms at its upper extremity,
having a tank or reservoir underneath, and I connect with the
centrifugal pump a Fourneyron turbine or turbine water wheel set
horizontally in such a manner that the fluid from the branches or arms
of the centrifugal pump shall flow into or against the curved shutes or
guides of the turbine or water wheel. The power thus given to the latter

page_text: is transferred or applied to the vertical shaft of the centrifugal pump by
suitable mechanical arrangements.
I also propose to utilize the fluid, which having left the turbine or
turbine water wheel, is collected into another tank or reservoir, by
allowing the same to fall from an outlet of the tank on to an overshot
water wheel. The power thus obtained by the action of the fluid on the
overshot water wheel is likewise transferred or applied to the centrifugal
pump. The fluid from the overshot water wheel is conducted into the
lower tank of the centrifugal pump.
The result of the above described combination of apparatus will be
that a surplus power is gained which can be utilized as motive power
applicable to various useful purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Douglas Browne at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st May 1874.
I, JOHN DOUGLAS BROWNE, of Belfast, in the County of Antrim,
Ireland, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS," to be as follows:-
The object of the Invention is to regulate the tension to the yarn as it
passes from the yarn beam. The regulation is obtained by the use of
plates or discs in pairs with flannel or other suitable frictional substance
between them. One of these plates is formed as or is applied to the
ratchet wheel, and it runs loosely on the yarn beam shaft; the other is
made fast to that beam. The teeth of the ratchet wheel are taken into
by a catch from the loom side or other suitable part.
The extent of friction exerted by the frictional material between the
two plates is adjustable by screw or other suitable pressure, capable of
being regulated, acting to press the two plates together to a variable
degree and thus regulate the let-off from the yarn beam.
IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLA FURNITURE
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Ellis and Edward
Taylor at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 23rd October 1874.
We, WILLIAM ELLIS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, and EDWARD TAYLOR, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLA FURNITURE," to be as follows, that is to
say:
-
Our improvements apply to the ferule and cap used for umbrellas and
such like articles, and consists of forming raised or embossed designs
upon the surface of the articles so as to give them a better appearance
than that of the ordinary forules and caps.
The way in which any required design is obtained upon the article is
by forming the ferule or the cap in the usual way and then placing it
upon a mandrel formed to suit the required design and a hollowed tool
being brought to bear upon the surface of the article by means of a
lever arm, and the article being forced against the tool it takes the
required form and is ready for use.
A NEW OR IMPROVED PUMPING ENGINE
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Buchanan Mirrlees at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 19th March 1874.- Partly a communication from William
Renny Watson, residing in the Island of Jamaica.
I, JAMES BUCHANAN MIRRLEES, of Glasgow, in the Counties of
Lanark and Renfrew, North Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED PUMPING ENGINE,"
the same being partly my own Invention and partly a communication
to me from William Renny Watson, at present residing in the Island of
Jamaica, to be as follows, that is to say:
-
This Invention which relates to a new or improved pumping engine
which is adapted both for exhausting as well as forcing liquids and
fluids, consists in a combination of the engine known as Robertson's
valveless engine with a horizontal air pump wherein the exhausting or
forcing action is. produced by the alternate rising and falling of columns
of water or other liquid in the two chambers of the pump through
which the piston or plunger is reciprocated by the action of the said
engine. The piston or plunger of the pump is made hollow and as thin
as possible consistent with the work it has to perform, and it passes through

page_text: a broad bearing in the division between the two chambers.
The upper
parts of the pump chambers are provided with valves for the purpose of
allowing the ingress or egress of the liquids or fluids. The engine and
pump are so situated that the piston rod of the engine is in line with
the axis of the pump plunger, and the crank pin of the fly wheel shaft
is coupled by an universal joint to the vibrating arm on the piston rod,
thereby allowing the partial rotating action of the piston peculiar to the
class of engines herein-before mentioned.