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IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY FOR CONTAINING PERFUMERY COSMETICS AND SUCH LIKE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Thompson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 31st August 1883.
JOHN THOMPSON of Aldersgate Street in the City of London
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN BOTTLES APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY FOR CONTAINING PERFUMERY COSMETICS AND
SUCH LIKE'
"
At the present time bottles for holding liquid scents, tooth paste, shaving
creams & are commonly made of thin sheet metal with a solid head through which
fine perforations or a single orifice only are made so that by squeezing the thin
sheet metal body of the bottle the scent or material may be squirted or squeezed
out through the orifice or fine perforations--such bottles are also provided with a
screw cap by which the head of the bottle may be securely closed.
Bottles formed as above of thin sheet metal are very liable to become injured
and to then leak-they are also unsightly after they have had a portion of their
contents expressed from them. To remedy these inconveniences I form the body
of the bottle of vulcanized india rubber whilst the head I form of metal either
entirely or of metal surrounded by cork or other material.
The open end of a vulcanized india rubber body I stretch over the sides of the
metal head or over the ring surrounding it-or the edges of india rubber around the
open end of a vulcanized india rubber body might be made to turn inwards and be
held between rings or collars on the metal head.
The bottom of the bottle is closed and may be of the same shape as the bottles
herein before referred to are now made or they may be made square ended or of
other convenient shape.
Or the bottles may be closed at the bottom by a solid bottom of metal or glass
or other such like material. In this case the sides of the bottle might be made as
a plain tube.
In some cases I make bottles of a tube of india rubber with fittings as before
mentioned at each end of it and in the centre of the india rubber tube provide a
cross partition so that in this way a double bottle is formed one oud of which may
be filled with scent or paste of one kind and the other end with scent or paste of
another kind.
A NEW OR IMPROVED MEASURING-TAPE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harry Lambert Symonds at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th May 1883.
.
HARRY LAMBERT SYMONDS, of the firm of S. Mordan and Company, of 41, City
Road, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers, A NEW OR IMPROVED
MEASURING-TAPE,
According to my Invention the measuring tape is made of leather, metal, linen
or other suitable flexible material, and at one end thereof is attached a link or loop
through which the measuring tape is passed so as to form a noose, and at a certain
distance on said measuring tape a bar or stop is fixed, and limits the contraction of
the nooze.
The object in forming this noose is to ascertain whether the girth or
circumference of the article, package or thing to be measured is below or under any
given standard.
At the other end of the measuring tape is a bar or stop having a twofold purpose,
the one being to limit the extent of expansion of the noose, and the other to form a
lever or means for drawing the tape through the link or loop, or for running the
noose tightly round the article to be measured.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THRASHING MACHINERY
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harry Savill at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th August 1883. A Communication to
him from abroad by Henry Honour of Canterbury in the Colony of New
Zealand.
HARRY SAVILL, of Finsbury Circus, in the City of London, and County of
Middlesex, "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THRASHING MACHINERY "-A Communication
to me from abroad by Henry Honour, of Canterbury in the Colony of New
Zealand.
This Invention relates to an improvement applied to Thrashing Machines
whereby the Straw will be delivered from the machine in bundles of a regular
and convenient size, instead of being delivered loose as has been the case until now.
The improvement consists in the combination with the threshing box of any
ordinary thrashing machine of a Twine binder, such for example as is now in use
as an attachment to reaping machines.
The manner in which this combination may be effected will be readily understood
by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawing upon which :-
Figure 1. represents a Twine Binder connected with a thrashing machine in the
same manner as Straw elevators are now affixed thereto and,
Figure 2. Shows an application of a Twine Binder to a thrashing machine
having also a straw Elevator.
A (Fig 1) indicates the pulley running on the thrashing box by which the
Binder is driven and
B. (Fig 2) a pulley attached to the end of a Straw Elevator for the same
purpose
A NEW OR IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PREPARING FLUID ISINGLASS FROM THE BLADDERS OF COD, HADDOCK, HERRING, AND OTHER FISH A.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lorentz Albert Groth at the Office
Communicated
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th June 1883.
to him from abroad by Carl Adolf Sahlström, Engineer, of Jönköping in
the Kingdom of Sweden
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH. K.G.V. Civil Engineer and Managing Director of The
Universal Inventors and Patentees Financial Company Limited. 30 Finsbury
Pavement London E.C. "A NEW OR IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PREPARING FLUID
ISINGLASS FROM THE BLADDERS OF COD, HADDOCK, HERRING, AND OTHER FISH
A. communication to me from abroad by Carl Adolf Sahlström Engineer of
Jönköping in the Kingdom of Sweden.
〃
The object of this invention is the preparation of fluid isinglass from the air
bladders of cod, haddock, herring and other fish
The bladders are first well cleansed from all impurities and both of the outer
membranes removed
They are then cut into as fine pieces as possible by any suitable mechanical
means and are placed for from 1 to 12 hours in a weak clear solution of chloride
of lime composed of from 50 to 200 grammes of chloride of lime to 100 litres of
water
The chlorine water is then poured off and the remaining mass rinsed in clear
cold running water until all taste of chlorine has disappeared, when the rinsing is
continued with water at a temperature of from 25° to 40° Centigrade until there
is no longer a fishy taste
The superfluous water is then separated by centrifugal apparatus or otherwise.
100 Kilogrammes of the mass is then put into a mixture of 100 Kilogrammes of
cold water and from 50 to 500 grammes of acid of wine, and from 20 to 200 grammes
of acid of boron. The whole is then well stirred and after it has been properly
swelled, it is poured into a vessel which is kept well closed. It may then without
any further preparation be drawn direct from such vessel and used for clarifying
wine, ale, beer and other alcoholic drinks and will be found in all respects a perfect
substitute for the expensive so called "real isinglass"
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PLUGS CORKS TO CASKS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th March 1883. A com-
munication from Ernst Schlicht, of Landsberg */W. in the German Empire
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, Proprietor of the firm of J. Brandt &
G. W. v. Nawrocki, Patent Solicitor and Civil-Engineer of 124, Leipzigerstrasse,
Berlin, Germany, IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PLUGS
CORKS TO CASKS," a communication to me from Ernst Schlicht, of Landsberg "/W.
in the German Empire,
OR
This invention has for its object to plug casks without percussive action and the
drawbacks arising therefrom.
For this purpose I construct an apparatus comprising a hollow cork guide
preferably conical and made of cast-metal, which guide has a lateral opening for
introducing the cork, and two axial openings through one of which the cork is
passed into the plug-hole, while the opposite opening allows a spindle to pass to
and fro in the direction of the axis; a spindle guided in the axis of the plug-hole ;
a link hinged with one end to the said cork guide, while the opposite end forms
the fulcrum of a handlever adapted to act on the above mentioned spindle; a
stand or frame connected with the cork-guide as well as with a spindle-guide,
and adapted to retain the spindle in its uppermost position, preferably by means of
a spring and a pin.
For plugging a cask, the cork-guide is applied with its base against the plug-
hole, a cork is inserted into the guide and the lower end of the spindle pressed
against it by means of the handlever.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CRUTCHES, HEELS OF BOOTS, AND SIMILAR SUPPORTS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th February 1883. A communi-
cation to him from abroad by Georg Nicolaus Thürzo of Vienna, Austria-
Hungary
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
APPLICABLE TO CRUTCHES, HEELS OF BOOTS, AND SIMILAR SUPPORTS, a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Georg Nicolaus Thurzó of Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
This invention has for its object to afford greater freedom and facility of motion
to persons using artificial means of support and locomotion, such as crutches.
For this purpose I construct the base of the crutch or other support of two parts,
namely a box (preferably cylindrical) open at the bottom and pivoted at the top
to a cap or sleeve, (also preferably cylindrical) attached to the base of the crutch or
other support. Both parts have the same (vertical) axis, and the lower part is
provided with internal grooves for the reception of india-rubber, leather or similar
material, while the upper part may either be flat or hollow, being a flat disc if
intended for a heel, and a hollow cap or cylinder if intended to receive the foot of
a crutch.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER CLOSETS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Parkinson, the Younger, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th May 1883.
THOMAS PARKINSON, the Younger, of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster
Iron and Brass Founder. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER CLOSETS
"
This invention consists of improved apparatus by the use of which the maximum
or a greatly increased flushing power will be secured from a given quantity of
water.
The water is supplied from ordinary high pressure service to the underside or
bottom of a cylinder closed at the top-when the hinged seat of the closet is
depressed a valve is opened and water flows into the cylinder referred to, and the
water in rising compresses the air above the water level, and when the seat of the
closet is permitted to rise on its hinge a valve of the discharge pipe is opened, and
the water is forced out by the compressed air, giving great flushing power, compared
with the action obtained by use of cistern as now used, whereon the flushing power
is determined by the height of cistern above the closet pan and the flushing action
of the water is gravitation only.
There being no water in the Cylinder except when the closet is in use liability to
derangement through action of frost is avoided and the ordinary cistern and ball
valve is dispensed with.
SADDLES FOR BICYCLES AND VELOCIPEDES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Sandford Davis at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1883.
SANDFORD DAVIS of Hove Brighton in the County of Sussex,
IN SADDLES FOR BICYCLES AND VELOCIPEDES,"
"IMPROVEMENT
The improvements relate to making saddles for bicycles and velocipedes
adjustable that is to say the leather seat capable of being tightened or loosened
to suit the occupant; the invention is conveniently performed by mounting a
piece of leather without padding or lining on a frame or stretcher of metal, the
leather being secured at the back end of the frame-the frame may be curved so
as in itself to act as a tension spring to keep the leather distended; towards the
front is a plate carrying an eye standard and secured to the fore part of the
leather seat, the curved frame passes through the eye of the standard, and is
fashioned with a threaded screw at that part on which is placed two nuts one in
front and one behind the standard, by screwing up these nuts the leather can be
stretched to any desired extent.
Saddles so constructed are cooler, have more spring in them and can be adjusted
after rain &
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR PACKING ARTICLES ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO THE PACKING OF FRAGILE GOODS
Year: 1883

page_text: "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Thomas Staniland at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th December 1883.
JOHN THOMAS STANILAND of Russell Square in the County of Middlesex
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR PACKING ARTICLES ESPECIALLY
APPLICABLE TO THE PACKING OF FRAGILE GOODS"
The chief object of this invention is so to pack fragile and other articles that
they may not be injured in transit by rail, steamer, post or other conveyance, and
the invention is particularly applicable to the packing for transit of such articles as
incandescent electric lamps so many of which, and especially the filaments are now
broken during transmission.
According to my invention I provide frames in which the articles to be packed
are suspended and in such manner that contact cannot. take place between the
article packed and the package; for this purpose I provide cords, bands or springs
passing through the frames or compartments in or between which cords, bands or
springs the article to be packed (an incandescent electric lamp for example) is
placed. The cords are preferably made of some elastic or semi elastic material and
the springs may be spiral or of other convenient form and so arranged that the
article is suspended at or about the central portion of the receptacle or package.
The tray or cell in which the article may be suspended is or may be itself
suspended within the package from the sides ends or corners and there may be a
number of these trays or cells suspended one above the other or side by side or
both according to the size of the package required, or the package or case may be
made without any trays with the cords bands or springs aforesaid but arranged in
compartments of convenient size. The bands may be at the top and bottom and
cross one another so as to receive the articles between them.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PERPETUAL CALENDARS a cominunication
Year: 1883

page_text: A
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st July 1883.
communication from Otto Fleischhauer, of Berlin, Germany
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, Proprietor of the firm of J. Brandt &
G. W. v. Nawrocki, Patent Solicitor and Civil Engineer of 124 Leipzigerstrasse,
Berlin, Germany, "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERPETUAL CALENDARS a cominunication
from Otto Fleischhauer, of, Berlin, Germany.
"
This Invention relates to perpetual calendars, adapted to show the day of the
week and month, as well as the month and season of the year.
For this purpose I mount on an axle two superposed concentric discs, one of which
is moveable on its axle, while the other is fixed, also two pointers or hands. The
lower or larger disc bears on its circumference numbers from 1 to 31, while the
upper and smaller disc is divided into three concentric zones of which the outermost
bears the names or initials of the days belonging to five weeks, in their natural
order, while the inner zone bears the names of the seasons and the intermediate
zone the names of the twelve months as well as the number of their days.
Between the 31 and the 1 of the lower disc a space is left free corresponding to
four successive days on the upper disc.
This calender may be modified and made in the shape of a watch which contains
two concentric discs, one of which is loose on its axis, and provided on its
underside with a toothed ring and a pawl, also a toothed pinion gearing into the
toothed ring and mounted on the axle of a button corresponding to that of
a keyless watch, a spur wheel concentric with the discs and provided on its upper
side with ratchet teeth while gearing with its circumference into another spur
wheel of the same diameter on the axis of which is mounted a small pinion gearing
into a large spurwheel concentric with the discs. Two hands or pointers are
also used, one of which is mounted on the hollow axle of the large spur wheel
already mentioned, while the other is mounted on the hollow axle of the ratchet
wheel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PATTERNS FOR MAKING VESTS OR WAISTCOATS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th June 1883. A communication
to him from abroad by Jean Marie Claudius Chenivesse, of Bourg-St-Andéol,
France
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PATTERNS FOR MAKING VESTS OR WAISTCOATS," a communication to me from
abroad by Jean Marie Claudius Chenivesse, of Bourg-St.-Andéol, France.
This invention has for its object to facilitate the making of vests or waistcoats
to measure, so as to dispense with the services of special trained cutters.
For this purpose I prepare a set of pattern sheets for cutting the body of the
vest or waistcoat, and a corresponding set of pattern sheets for cutting the sleeves,
the outline, principal stitches, buttons and button-holes being indicated on the
pattern sheets by holes or rows of holes.
The first pattern of the series corresponds to the largest circumference of chest,
and the last pattern to the smallest circumference, or vice-versa, while any desired
number of intermediate series are represented by the other patterns of the set.
The same pattern sheet may be used for different styles of waistcoats, with or
without sleeves, by providing it with alternative rows of holes, or one pattern
may only be used for one style. On the back of each pattern is marked (in inches
or centimetres) the circumference of the chest for which the pattern may be used,
also the length of cloth necessary for cutting a waistcoat to this pattern, further
the breadth of cloth required, the length of the arm band, and the current number
of the pattern. The sleeve-patterns are marked in a similar way and bear also
the numbers of the main-pattern with which they may be employed.
The patterns belonging to a set are all of similar shape, but different sizes.
The sheets ar made of some durable paper or other material, in which the
perforations remain open.
For choosing and applying the pattern it is sufficient to measure the circum-
ference of the chest of the person for whom the waistcoat or vest is to be made and
to choose the pattern which corresponds to that circumference.
Afterwards the cloth is cut out to the length and breadth marked on the back
of the pattern, the cloth extended on a plane surface, the pattern sheet laid upon
it and a white or coloured powder pounced through the perforations of the sheet,
so as to mark the outlines, seams, buttons and button holes by series of dots.
IMPROVED COUPLING FOR SHAFTS AND STEAM OR WATER PIPEN
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Jamieson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd July 1883.
JAMES JAMIESON, of Wincobank in the County of York, Engineer
IMPROVED COUPLING FOR SHAFTS AND STEAM OR WATER PIPEN
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This Invention relates to the construction application and use of an improved
adjustable spherical coupling for shafts of machinery or engines and for steam or
water pipes.
The Invention consists in making the two ends of a shaft spherical and with a
ball and socket joint in the centre; the driving or motion of the shaft is transmitted
by teeth or projections made on the end of each shaft, one set of teeth or
projections engaging with or gearing into the other set and the holding connection
is made by means of bolts and nuts or other suitable fastening means.
This improved coupling is applicable to all kinds of line or similar shafting and
it can be arranged to work at 15 degrees (or more if required) to the line of the
driving shaft, and thus complete a circle with or in lengths.
The advantages to be derived from the application and use of this coupling to
and with scrow shafts in steam vessels, are that the torsional strain is reduced,
and the adaptability in allowing the shaft ends to run out of line with one another
owing to wear or other causes.
The coupling is also very suitable to be applied to and used with steam or water
pipes when in continuous lengths and particularly where the pipes have to be laid
on or in uneven ground or places.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOBBIN NET; AND TWIST LACE MACHINES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Charles Henderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th June 1883. Communi-
cated to him from abroad by Louis Richard Dufeutrelle, Mechanician at present
residing at 2 Boulevard de Strasbourg in the city of Paris in the Republic of
France
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON of 47 Museum Street, Oxford Street, in the
Parish of Bloomsbury, and county of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOBBIN NET;
AND TWIST LACE MACHINES" A communication to me from abroad by Louis
Richard Dufeutrelle, Mechanician at present residing at 2 Boulevard de Strasbourg
in the city of Paris, in the Republic of France
This invention refers to working the fining, and stump bars of bobbin net, and
twist lace machines As at present employed the three positions of the warp
threads are effected by the combined movements of these bars, and when a change
of position is required the stump bars, have to be forcibly and alternately displaced,
so that there is no gain in leaving the threads at stop, 1 or 2 of the same stump
bar and same motion, consequently combinations are limited and hinder the
working of independent bars on two carriages.
To remedy these defects a second draw bar and second needle are adapted to
the fining bar, so as to admit of every combination, as well as a change from any
one of the positions to another indifferently
The stump bar is also modified in form and consists of either apertures, slots,
hooks or crochets of a breadth equal to two gates at the gauge of the machine plus
about of a millimètre for the thickness of the two side threads.
The top of these openings is triangular and chamfered. The warp threads can
thus occupy three different positions in the rectangular-triangle openings. These
positions are effected by the fining bars actuated by a jacquard, such as at present
in use, whilst the stump bar remains fixed, merely receiving a slight vibratory
motion from suitable mechanism, the object of such motion being to insure placing
the thread in the centre, at the top of the angle of the stump bar, when this
position is required.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Jobling at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th February 1883.
ROBERT JOBLING of 23 Finden Road in the county of Middlesex, Civil Engineer
"AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS"
This invention relates to the construction of an improved apparatus chiefly
applicable for checking and registering the quantity of spirits and like liquids
drawn from casks and other vessels but also applicable for measuring other liquids.
A suitable arrangement for carrying out my invention for checking and regis-
tering the quantity of spirit or other liquid drawn from a cask or other vessel is as
follows:-
The pipe leading from the cask or other vessel is provided with the usual spirit
cock which opens into a bent tube or passage leading into a fan chamber in which
rotates a fan, the blades of which divide the chamber into a number of equal parts;
the outlet of the fan chamber is provided with an ordinary bib piece; the spindle
of the fan is connected by suitable gearing to a counter or index.
The operation is as follows:-
If the cock be opened the liquid will pass through the herein before described
bent tube or passage and entering the chamber will rotate the fan, and the liquid
in each division between the blades will be successively discharged through the
bib so long as the fan is rotated by the pressure of the liquid being drawn off. The
rotation of the fan operates the pointers of the counter or index, the dials of which
are divided to register the quantity of liquid drawn off.
It will be evident that the cock instead of being placed in the position herein-
before described may be placed at the outlet of the apparatus.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR WASHING CLOTHES OR OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Edwards at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd August 1883. A communication
to him from abroad by Eugéne Paape and Jules Paape, both of Angleur in the
Kingdom of Belgium
EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co:-, Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 40, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR WASHING CLOTHES OR OTHER
ARTICLES [a communication to him from abroad by Eugéne Paape and Jules
Paape, both of Angleur in the Kingdom of Belgium]
"
This invention relates to apparatus used for washing and cleaning linen or
other clothes or other articles, by means of steam from boiling water together with
soap or other detergent.
The improved apparatus consists of a boiler or vessel of any suitable size and
shape, and of any suitable material, preferably zine with a copper bottom. This
boiler is provided with a moveable cover and with handles by which it can be
readily moved or carried. Inside it is fitted a shallow vessel also preferably of
zinc closed above and below, which rests upon the bottom of the boiler and is
provided with one or more vertical pipes the lower open ends of which are fixed
on the cover of the vessel near its edge whilst their upper en is curve over and
downward toward the middle of the boil-r. These pipes are preferably made
taper their widest art being below, and any steam generated in the shallow vessel
escapes through them and is discharged downward upon the clothes or other
articles in the boiler between them. The top of the inner vessel is pierced with
holes through which the water resulting from the condensed steam runs into the
vessel where it is again evaporated and passes up the side tubes. The top of the
inner vessel may be provided with a central recess or receptacle to hold-soap. The
linen or other clothes or other articles to be cleaned may be enclosed in a bag in
order to preserve them from stains.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SCRAPING AND CLEANSING BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Henry Birkby Wigglesworth
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th June 1883.
JAMES HENRY BIRKBY WIGGLESWORTH of Batley in the County of York
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SCRAPING AND CLEANSING BOOTS AND
SHOES
"
The object of my invention is to provide an arrangement of scrapers and brushes
in combination, so that the soles and other parts of boots and shoes may bo
cleansed and scraped simultaneously, whilst on the feet of the wearer.
The apparatus consists of a box having provided therein, in a horizontal position,
any required number of scrapers or bars placed at a convenient distance apart.
I also construct a fraine on the surface of which are provided brushes placed hori-
zontally and at such a distance apart that the frame carrying them may be lowered
into the box containing the scrapers or bars, allowing the brushes to pass between
and fill up the space between the hereinbefore mentioned scrapers or bars. I adjust
the frame carrying the brushes by means of set screws, wedges or cams so that as
the brushes wear, they may be slightly raised in order to keep them always
projecting above the scrapers.
A false or loose bottom may be provided for receiving the dirt, arranged so that
it can be readily removed for cleaning
CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-SHOES AND SHOES FOR OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Edwards Hewett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd August 1883. Com-
municated to me from abroad by Carl F A Zincke of Hamburg in the
German Empire.
EDWARD EDWARDS HEWETT of Sheffield in the County of York Consulting
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
Engineer of the London and Provincial Patent Agency
"-communicated
CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE-SHOES AND SHOES FOR OTHER ANIMALS
to me from abroad by Carl F. A. Zincke of Hainburg in the German Empire
This Invention relates to Improvements in the construction of Horse-shoes and
shoes for other animals, the said shoes having interchangeable calks and toe-
pieces.
According to the ordinary construction the interchangeable calks and toe-pieces
are liable to become loose and turn round thus endangering the safety of the
animal
This Invention consists essentially in constructing the stem or shank of the
calk and toe-piece with a longitudinal rib or projection or longitudinal ribs or
projections and the holes in the shoe with a corresponding longitudinal groove or
recess or grooves or recesses. The longitudinal projections or ribs on the stems
or shanks of the calks and toe-pieces fit into the recesses or grooves in the holes
of the shoes by which a firmer hold of the calks and toe-pieces in the shoe is
secured and the said calks and toe-pieces cannot turn round. The calks and
toe-pieces may be made of steel forged in dies in the ordinary manner
According to a modification of the above described Invention the ribs or
projections are in the holes in the shoe and the grooves or recesses in the stems or
shanks of the calks and toe-pieces
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LEAD PLATES FOR THE STORAGE OF ELECTRO-CHEMICAL FORCE IN ACCUMULATORS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Charles Henderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th August 1883. Com-
municated to him from abroad by Gustave Philippart, civil Engineer of the
city of Paris in the Republic of France.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON of 47 Museum Street, Oxford Street, in the
Parish of Bloomsbury, and County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF LEAD PLATES FOR THE STORAGE OF ELECTRO-CHEMICAL FORCE
IN ACCUMULATORS." A communication to me from abroad by Gustave Philippart,
civil Engineer of the city of Paris in the Republic of France
The object of the invention is the manufacture by novel means of lead plates
for the storage of electro-chemical power in accumulators.
These plates are exclusively composed of refined soft lead, made into thin plates,
sheets, rods, wires, and so forth, by lamination, beating, fusion or by any other
mechanical means: being afterwards mechanically united in blocks.
These united blocks are then compressed in an bydraulic press, or other
convenient method so as to form a compact and apparently homogeneous whole.
The compressed blocks are then, sawed, or are preferably cut into plates of all
thicknesses, which then serve as positive and negative electrodes in accumulators.
Or the blocks may consist of blades, sheets, wires, or threads of lead arranged
either horizontally, vertically or horizontally and vertically combined for increasing
the electrical conductibility of the whole.
- Compression is merely to give rigidity and cohesion whilst at the same time
keeping the lead in a state of separation so that its electro-chemical formation may
be rapidly effected.
This invention has the great advantage of greatly augmenting the means of
storage of force in accumulators and consequently reducing their weight and bulk
The benefit of cutting the compressed blocks into extremely thin sheets, say a
millimètre or less in thickness is that accumulators provided therewith of a weight
equal to those ordinarily used have double and even triple the surface of action
Moreover being formed solely of soft lead, the electrical conductibility of the
two electrodes, especially the positive one is far superior to that of all accumulators
where salts or oxydes of lead are used, and are much more efficient.
TRAINING [OF] THE HUMAN VOICE, TO PRODUCE MUSICAL SOUNDS, AND TO [FOR THE] PRACTISE [OF] VOCAL MUSIC, THEREON, AND ACQUIRE THE Art of singing, thereby.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph William Lea at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st January 1883.
JOSEPH WILLIAM LEA, [of] No 35 Loraine-road, Holloway,-London. N. TRAINING
[OF] THE HUMAN VOICE, TO PRODUCE MUSICAL SOUNDS, AND TO [FOR THE] PRACTISE
[OF] VOCAL MUSIC, THEREON, AND ACQUIRE THE Art of singing, thereby.
My Invention consists in the construction of an Instrument containing only
those notes, or sounds which it is possible to produce by the human voice, and
which are required for training of the human voice to sing vocal music. I style, or
entitle the said Invention a Vocal-compass, Voice-training, Voice-Piano. It may
be constructed of iron, or wood, of any suitable design; and contain any, or all
known improvements for augmenting the sound, and enriching the tone; or any
other desiderata required for the object my Invention is intended as aforesaid. The
sound of the said Instrument will be produced by hammers, connected with the
keys, striking wires; the said keys being struck, or played upon by the human
fingers; in the same manner as upon a pianoforte.
The beneficial influence of vocal music on the manners and habits of individuals,
and on the character of communities is certainly beyond doubt. Hitherto the cost
of an instrument for voice training, and the practise of vocal lessons has impeded
the elevation of the national taste in this direction.-If other considerations were
necessary to prove the advantages that will accrue when a low-priced Musical-
Instrument for this object is accessible to the community, it may be sufficient to
advert to the inefficiency of the vocal music which forms part of the service of the
Church, and all public worship. This is frequently so performed as to offend the
most unpractised ear, and almost always without the solemnity which would arise
from more general taste and skill in vocal music, such as my Invention will enable
all persons to acquire.
I claim for my Invention the novelty of constructing a Musical Instrument to
produce those sounds which correspond with the entire compass of the human voice;
in tones, and semi-tones; by which the cost to the purchaser will be considerably
less than for an Instrument constructed upon a larger scale; such as the Pianoforte ;
which embraces a much wider compass of sounds, than will be contained within
the aforesaid Invention of a Vocal-compass, Voice-training Voice-Piano.
UBRICATOR
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Lindsey at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 11th June 1883.
GEORGE LINDSEY, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
LUBRICATORS
33
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
My invention relates to lubricators which are chiefly designed for lubricating
steam cylinders but which may also be used for oiling the bearings of shafts and
other parts of machinery.
The object of my invention is to provide a lubricator which is cheap, simple in
construction, and efficient in operation, and the working parts of which can be
repaired or replaced with very little trouble and expense.
According to my said invention I construct a lubricator in the following manner,
that is to say, I combine with a cup or vessel fitted with a suitable cap or cover, a
rod or spindle having an outlet valve fixed to its lower end or formning a part
thereof, which valve is forced into or upon a seating in the lower part of the said
cup, by a spring, the said rod being arranged so that it can be depressed by hand
to open the said valve. I fit upon the lower or inner side of the said cap or cover
a spring having an inlet valve attached to it and fitting into or upon a seating in
the said cap or cover so as to close an aperture formed in the same for the intro-
duction of oil by means of an oil-feeder or the like, the valve and spring being
depressed when it is desired to introduce the oil into the cup or vessel. I attach a
guard to the said cap or cover, which guard encloses the said inlet valve and
prevents the same from being depressed too far.
The aforesaid rod or spindle is usually made to pass through a stuffing box in the
said cap or cover, and is provided with a knob or handle for operating the outlet
valve by hand.
One convenient mode of providing for the closing of the outlet valve consists in
employing a spiral spring surrounding the said rod or spindle and bearing at one
end against the bottom of the cup or vessel and at the other end against a collar
fixed upon the rod or spindle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PHOTO-GRAPHIC NEGATIVES TO BE USED IN THE PROCESSES OF PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY, PHOTO-ZINCOGRAPHY, PHOTO- ENGRAVING PHOTO-ETCHING OR PHOTO-TYPE PRODUCTIONS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Borland at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th December 1883.
ALEXANDER BORLAND of Wilmslow in the County of Chester
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PHOTO-GRAPHIC NEGATIVES TO BE
USED IN THE PROCESSES OF PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY, PHOTO-ZINCOGRAPHY, PHOTO-
ENGRAVING PHOTO-ETCHING OR PHOTO-TYPE PRODUCTIONS
"
My invention has for its object the production of Photo-graphic negatives having
suitable transparent lines dots or stipple so that such negatives may be used in the
processes of Photography Photo-zincography, Photo-engraving Photo-etching, or
Photo-type productions such negatives being either Portraits, Views of buildings
machinery or landscapes or other objects.
Hitherto the means employed in making such negatives has been to take a paper
photograph and stipple the same by hand or by impressing the same with any
rough substance such as sand-paper glass-cloth or muslin made hard by steeping in
glue or by fine wire gause and after being so impressed filling the indentations with
some kind of soft and dark pigment and then making a negative of the same.
In my process I obtain a like result by placing a screen of wire or hair gauze or
perforated metal or paper or other substance having suitable perforations or by
means of a screen of muslin net or crape or other suitable fabric in front of the
sensitive plate inside the camera and then exposing to the object to be photographed
in the usual way
The screen may be placed as nearly as possible in close contact with the sensitive
plate or at a distance therefrom if a modified result is desired
Where a reverse of any of the above kinds of grain or texture is required I
expose a sensitive plate with the wire or other screen to a uniform white surface
the pattern negative so produced being used instead of the wire or other screen, or
a pattern negative may be made by Photographing a grain or pattern that has
been drawn on white paper.
The wire or other screen or pattern negative may and can be used either in the
Process of Photographing paper prints or in Photographing the objects themselves
as before stated.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE BACKS OF BOOKS TO FACILITATE REMOVAL AND RENEWAL OF LEAVES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Dee at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 14th March 1883.
LOUIS DEE, of Sherwood Street, Golden Square in the County of Middlesex
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE BACKS OF BOOKS TO FACILITATE REMOVAL AND
RENEWAL OF LEAVES
"
This Invention relates to an improvement in the backs of books to facilitate
removal and renewal of leaves, and consists essentially of a metal back with a
hinged external and rounded piece to cover the space between itself and the back
within which an elastic strip or web can be laid after being stretched over the two
ends of the back, there being notches at those parts which are covered by curved
pieces forming part of the rounded piece.
The leaves of the book are supported and held in position by the elastic or web
and can be removed and renewed at will by simply turning the rounded back piece
outwards and then stretching the elastic over the back.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Ferguson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 4th September 1883.
JOHN FERGUSON of Bowdon in the County of Chester
THE CONSTRUCTION OF VELOCIPEDES
"
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
The object of this invention is to enable the driving wheel, or wheels of a tricycle
or other similar velocipede to be driven at a speed higher than that of the crank-
shaft without the aid of stud pulleys and chains, and without the use of more than
two toothed wheels.
I am aware that this object has been attempted to be obtained by a pair of
ordinary spur wheels but in order to drive the velocipede forwards, the rider was
compelled always to drive the pedals and cranks in a backward direction which
was a very inconvenient and irksome motion.
According to my invention I only employ two toothed wheels geared together
but I still retain the ordinary motion of the pedals and cranks, that is they are
driven forwards in the same direction in which the driving wheels revolve.
I make that part of the frame of the machine which carries the crankshaft and
the axle of the driving wheel, in a forked shape the inner limb being longer than
the outer one. The inner or longer limb of the fork carries in bearings the crank-
shaft, on the end of which (between the two forks) is keyed an internal toothed
wheel. The other limb of the fork carries (also in bearings) a short axle, on the
inner end of which is keyed a smaller spur wheel revolving inside, and gearing
with the internal wheel on the crank shaft. The driving wheel is keyed on the
outer end of this short axle outside the outer limb of the fork.
Thus it will be evident that the driving wheel will revolve in the same direction
as the crank shaft revolves, and that the former will be driven at an increased
velocity due to the difference between the diameter of the spur wheel keyed on its
axis and that of the internal toothed wheel into which it gears.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND CONDENSING STEAM
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office'
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th October 1883. Communicated
to him from abroad by Alexandre Goupil, of Chauvigny, France
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, " IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR GENERATING AND CONDENSING STEAM," a communication to me from abroad
by Alexandre Goupil, of Chauvigny, France,
This invention relates to steam generators using petroleum or other hydro-carbon
oils, and to condensers, the object being to reduce the weight of apparatus for a
given power of engine.
The generator comprises a petroleum receptacle divided into several compartments,
each of which is surmounted by a pair of concentric tubes, the inner tube being
movable and containing a wick. Also mechanism for moving the wick tubes which
consists of a rack and pinion for each tube, the racks being placed in one frame or
holder and pressed separately against the respective pinions by means of springs,
so that any rack may be set out of gear by withdrawing the respective springs.
Also a system of water and steam pipes placed over the furnace and communicating
with each other and with the steam dome or discharge pipe, the system of pipes
being covered by a double hood forming a flue for the hot gases, and a cover. The
whole furnace is adapted to slide on the frame which supports the pipes and which
may be fixed or suspended according to requirements.
The condenser comprises a system of pipes bent into the shape of a horse-shoe
and enclosed by a tubular cover of the same shape
Each end of the tubular cover is closed by a hemispherical cap.
The system of pipes is composed of two concentric sets, forming annular spaces
through which passes the steain from the engine. An air current is driven through
the inner pipes by a fan and the water of condensation is forced into the boiler by
a pump.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS' BOWS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th October 1883. Communicated
to him from abroad by Jean Baptiste Benoit Vautré, of Toulouse, France.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS'
BOWS," a communication to me from abroad by Jean Baptiste Benoit Vautré, of
Toulouse, France.
This invention relates to movable bows for navigable vessels.
In carrying out the invention I hinge to the sides of the vessel two long
converging planks or boards made of wood or sheet metal in such manner na to
meet with their front ends in front of the vessel. The two planks are held in
position by two iron rods provided with hooks and fixed to the front end of the
vessel. The two planks are hinged in such manner as to be capable of being folded
back and placed along the hull of the vessel.
The vessels may be provided with several pairs of planks of different length and
size, to be applied according to the state of the sea.
This system of a movable bow is also serviceable when applied to heavily loaded
barges with round bows so as to facilitate their transport.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF CRICKET BATS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Albert Joseph Altman at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th June 1883.
ALBERT JOSEPH ALTMAN of the Parish of St Botolphs in the City of London
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF CRICKET BATS
"
This Invention has for its object to impart great lightness to a cricket bat
without appreciably diminishing either its strength or durability
To effect this I plane or otherwise reduce the back of the bat to a flat surface
and so considerably lessen its thickness and weight
I then glue or otherwise fasten a series of strips of cane or other suitable
equivalent placed either longitudinally diagonally or horizontally over such planed
surface in order to form a foundation after which I cover such foundation with
cork or other suitable material worked up so as to assume the ordinary shape of
the back of a cricket bat whereby 1 obtain the greatest thickness in the centre
thus giving increased resisting power
In order to make the bat still lighter I form the handle thereof hollow and I
pack the same with cork
By this improved construction and method of manufacture the bat is not only
rendered considerably lighter but its strength and durability are enhanced rather
than diminished at the same time that it enables the player to use it with far
greater ease and dexterity than he could otherwise do if the bat were manufactured
in the ordinary manner