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IMPROVEMENTS IN CASK TILTERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Howell, William Clancey,
and John Charles Walker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 20th April 1882.
BENJAMIN HOWELL of Romiley in the County of Chester-WILLIAM CLANCEY
of Manchester in the County of Lancastor and JOHN CHARLES WALKER also of
Manchester IMPROVEMENTS IN CASK TILTERS
Our Invention relates to the apparatus known as cask tilters and employed to
tilt casks-that is to say-to raise the rear end or the end furthest from the outlet
as the contents are withdrawn as is well understood. For this purpose we in each
case employ a spiral spring which is adapted to sustain the rear end of the cask.
When the cask is full or unbroached the weight of the cask causes the spring to bo
extended so that the cask may be in a position about level but as the contents are
withdrawn the spring contracts and raises the rear end of the cask. In some cases
the rear end of the cask may be partly supported by other means so that the spring
does not commence to raise the cask until liquor has been withdrawn for some
time. We prefer to enclose the spring in a cylindrical case. In one form of the
apparatus the spring is connected by one end with a rack with which gears a lever-
quadrant or a pinion whereby the spring can be extended and secured in it's
extended state preparatory to the attachment to the cask. The outer end of the
said rack or the end of the case is adapted for attachment to or suspension from a
nail, hook, bracket or fixed point or the case may be formed for attachment to a
wall or fixed part. We have devised an attachment for the cask consisting of an
adjustable lever provided with claws which take hold of the inner edge of a hoop
on the cask and with an adjustable dog which takes hold of the outer edge of the
hoop or cask stave and can be slid upon the lever into the required position. The
grip upon the cask is tightened by the weight of the cask. The tilter is hooked
upon or takes hold of the said lever.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN BILLIARD-TABLES AND OTHER SIMILAR TABLES AND BOARDS FOR PLAYING GAMES WITH BALLS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Moss Fletcher at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd December 1882.
of
JOHN Moss FLETCHER of 5 Southampton Buildings in the County
Middlesex "AN IMPROVEMENT IN BILLIARD-TABLES AND OTHER SIMILAR TABLES
AND BOARDS FOR PLAYING GAMES WITH BALLS
"2
This invention consists in adapting to Billiard tables or Bagatelle boards or
other tables or boards of a similar nature for playing games with balls thereon
an electric bell or bells so that when a ball goes into the pocket or other receptacle
of such table or board it shall ring such bell automatically and thus give notice of
the fact
In order to effect the above I fix a conducting wire or contact piece (from an
electric bell fixed to the table, board, or otherwise) into one or more of the pockets
of the table or other receptacles thereof and in proximity with this wire or contact
piece I fix a piece of copper or other conducting metal which is in communication
with the other pole of the battery of the electric bell in such a way that when a
ball falls into the pocket or other receptacle it will cause the electric circuit to be
completed and thus ring the bell I would remark that the above arrangement
may be applied to one or more of the pockets or receptacles into which the balls
fall according to the game for which such table or board is or may be employed
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOVES LAMPS OR OTHER HEAT AND LIGHT GIVING APPARATUS.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Frederick Hoyne and George
Bevan Louedee at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th
January 1882.
JAMES FREDERICK HOYNE of No. 7 Water Lane in the City of London
Gentleman and GEORGE BEVAN LOVEDEE of 16 Charlotte Street Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Manufacturer. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
STOVES LAMPS OR OTHER HEAT AND LIGHT GIVING APPARATUS.
The object of our Invention is to increase the supply of air to stoves or.lamps
to which the apparatus hereinafter described is fitted.
In closed stoves having vertical cases we place in the inside of the case or jacket
of the stove grooves or ribs in which are slid two or more plates thus forming
passages down the inside of the case of the stove. These passages correspond
with apertures at the base of the stove. The top or covering of the stove has also
apertures corresponding with these passages and so placed that the external air can
pass freely down the passages, through the apertures at the base of the stove &
thus impinge on the fuel.
In the construction of lamps in like manner we place ribs or channels on the
internal surface of the case or cylinder which encloses the flame in which are fitted
slides of glass or other suitable substance, forming passages in like manner
corresponding with apertures in the top or cover of the lamp and at the, base
below the flame thus creating an additional draught to assist combustion.
The case or jacket and plates may be made in one piece.
The slides of the lamps may be either plain or have a raised surface or surfaces
such as a bulls eye.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH WELDON'S PROCESS FOR REGENERATING, PEROXIDE OF MANGANESE FROM THE RESIDUE OBTAINED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLORINE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th September 1882.
A communication to him from the Verein chemischer Fabriken, of Mannheim,
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, Leipziger-
strasse, Berlin, Germany, IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH WELDON'S
PROCESS FOR REGENERATING, PEROXIDE OF MANGANESE FROM THE RESIDUE
OBTAINED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLORINE, a communication to me from the
Verein chemischer Fabriken, of Mannheim, in the German Empire
This invention consists in an improved method of treating the residues obtained
in the manufacture of chlorine and is carried out as follows:
The acid chlorine of manganese liquors running off the chlorine stills in the
Weldon process are introduced amidst stirring into a ve-sel which contains settled
manganese-mud and is supplied with an agitator. The free acid of the still-liquors
is neutralized by the so called "Base," namely the oxides and protoxides of the
manganese mud. The neutralized liquor with the mud suspended therein is
pumped into settling or precipitating vats. After settling down the clear chloride
of manganese liquor is drawn off and peroxide of manganese (Mn O 2) is made
therefrom in the well-known way.
At first the percentage of oxydes and protoxydes in the manganese-mud will be
sufficient to deposit all the sesqui-chlorides contained in the chloride of manganese
liquors.
The sesqui-oxydes of the manganese-mud thus obtained will be on the increase
until the percentage of the "base" in the freshly blown mud is equivalent to the
percentage of chlorides of iron and alumina plus the percentage of acid in the acid
liquors. From this point the quantity of chlorides of iron and alumina added each
time remains in solution and must be precipitated from the settled chloride of
manganese-liquors by means of carbonate of lime, before blowing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REFRIGERATING ROOMS OR CHAMBERS USED FOR CURING AND PRESERVING BACON AND PROVISIONS"
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Michael Joseph Power at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th October 1882.
MICHAEL JOSEPH POWER of Grange Cottage in the County of Waterford
Manager in Bacon Curing Establishment "IMPROVEMENTS IN REFRIGERATING
ROOMS OR CHAMBERS USED FOR CURING AND PRESERVING BACON AND
PROVISIONS"
OTHER
This Invention has for its object improvements in refrigerating rooms or chambers
used for curing and preserving bacon and other provisions.
For this purpose the refrigerating room is as heretofore covered over at the top
by an ice chamber, the floor of which is of iron or other conducting metal. The ice
is piled on to this floor and is entirely covered in by the roof of the building. -
With refrigerating houses of this construction moisture condenses on the under
side of the metallic floor and moisture also condenses like a dew or mist in the
atmosphere just below the floor-the moisture so condensed drips down on to the
bacon as it is being cured and packed. It is of great importance that bacon should
when packed be perfectly dry and the descent of moisture on to it from the roof of
the refrigerating house is very prejudicial. To remedy the evil I interpose an
openwork roof or covering made up of grooved zinc or corrugated iron.―The parts
of the roof are made to overlap one another leaving air passages between the several
parts so that the circulation of the air is not interfered with.
The openwork roof is made sloping or umbrella shaped it catches the drops and
damp descending with the cooled air and the moisture so caught on the roof runs
off therefrom into gutters by which it is conveyed away.
In this way the air below the openwork roof is kept dry and free from damp
whilst it continues to be just as cold as before the interposition of the openwork
roof.
The curing of the bacon can consequently be carried on in a dry cold atmosphere
instead of in a damp cold atmosphere as heretofore when the curing of lacon has
been carried on in a refrigerating chamber.
APPARATUS FOR SIGNALLING
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Battyo at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 28th October 1882.
JAMES BATTYE of Churwell near Leeds in the County of York
IN APPARATUS FOR SIGNALLING
"
"IMPROVEMENTS
My improvements have reference to apparatus for signalling by the sound from a
bell and consists in an arrangement which is applicable for signalling on railways
at mines also in connection with doors and other purposes whore bell signalling
may be used.
The bell may be of ordinary construction and may be mounted or suspended on
a suitable framework or plate. On the same framework or plate is pivotted a disc
or arm carrying a box containing a coiled spring. One end of this spring is attached
to a pin or rod on which the shank of the striking hammer is mounted, the outer
end of the spring being secured firmly in a fixed position within the box. On the
pin also is provided a pawl and the disc or arm carrying the spring box being
caused to move round the pawl is brought in contact with a catch which by its
action on the pawl causes the hammer to be thrown back ready to give the
required blow to the bell, this being done as soon as the pawl has passed over the
catch.
The catch is so arranged that the pawl with the box containing the spring can
return to their original position without being affected thereby.
When this signalling apparatus is used as a fog signal on railways I attach the
apparatus to some convenient part of the engine or tender and arrange a projecting
piece or pieces at any required point or points on the line the position of which
may be varied as desired. In connection with the disc or arm carrying the box I
apply a lever which as the engine is moving along comes in contact with the
hereinbefore mentioned piece or pieces and transmits the required motion to the
apparatus for sounding the bell.
IMPROVED EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND FOR FIRING TOY AND OTHER GUNS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William George Reeve at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st July 1882.
WILLIAM GEORGE REEVE of Ealing in the County of Middlesex
IMPROVED EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND FOR FIRING TOY AND OTHER GUNS
"
"A NEW OR
My Invention relates to a novel and simple compound to be used in lieu of
gunpowder for firing toy and other guns.
It consists in the application and use of the metal sodium which in the form of
a pellet or small block is inserted into the chamber of a toy or other gun until it
comes in contact with a small quantity of water previously poured into the rear
end of the chamber adjacent to the touch hole.
By the action of the sodium the water is decomposed and combined with the
sodium evolves certain explosive gases which rise up through the touch hole where
they are ignited and the gun thereby fired.
One advantage of my Invention is that the danger to children by handling
gunpowder is avoided.
AN IMPROVED HYDRAULIC MOTOR
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Burnett at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 10th January 1882.
CHARLES BURNETT of Ladyston, Auchterarder in the County of Perth North
Britain "AN IMPROVED HYDRAULIC MOTOR"
This Invention relates to the construction of an improved motor operated by
means of a fall or pressure of water.
In carrying out my Invention I employ a screw fixed on a shaft which passes
through a tube and works in suitable bearings at either end; the shaft carries a
driving pulley or gear for communicating motion. Water under pressure passing
through the tube will revolve the screw and thereby communicate motion to the
driving pulley or gearing; sufficient space must be left at the lower or escape end
of the tube to allow the water to escape freely after it has passed the screw.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR OPENING BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED LIQUIDS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Cole at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 26th August 1882.
DAVID COLE of Swindon in the County of Wilts, "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR OPENING BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED LIQUIDS,"
My invention has for its object to provide means for opening bottles containing
aerated liquids, with safety and is especially applicable to those which are opened
by pressing the stopper inward. For this purpose I take a metallic vessel having
approximately the shape of a sugar loaf and which is open at the wide end, while
the bottom has in the centre a thumb or conical extension projecting inside the
vessel and provided with superficial grooves for the escape of gas, preferably four
in number, running down the sides of the conical projection and extending radially
on the bottom of the vessel. The body of the vessel is preferably made of sheet
zinc while the bottom with projecting thumb is cast of some easily fusible metal
and has a circular border which fits over the neck of the bottle. The vessel is
applied over the bottle like a hood so that the thumb touches the stopper and
pushes the latter inward if pressure is applied to the bottom of the vessel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK AND LATCH SPINDLES AND PARTS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Shadrach Collett at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 7th January 1882.
SHADRACH COLLETT of the Firm of J. Collett & Sons of Willenhall in the
County of Stafford Lock and Latch Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK
AND LATCH SPINDLES AND PARTS CONNECTED THEREWITH."
In carrying out my improvements the lock spindle or latch spindle is as usual
formed of a square section.
To facilitate the use of such spindles to different thicknesses of doors and different
arrangements of locks or latches the spindles are formed towards one or both of
their ends with threaded angles so as to facilitate the ready adjustment of the
position of the handle or handles thereon by turning the same to about the position
desired in the length of the spindle when they are made fast at such position or
positions by a screw or screws being passed through the handle into the spindle
but in place of the screws employed holding to the spindles by their ends simply
passing into recesses formed for them in the spindles, the spindles are bored through
to form holes which are at suitable intervals apart and the screws for holding the
knobs or handles thereon are passed from one surface of the knob or handle thence
through one of the said holes in the spindle and into the opposite surface of the
knob or handle whereby a very secure fixing with capability of ready adjustment
is obtained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO FISHING RODS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Brookes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th March 1882.
WILLIAM HENRY BROOKES of Birkenhead in the County of Chester Gunsmith,
“IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO FISHING RODS
"
My invention consists essentially in constructing fishing rods with reels intersecting
the butt. Advantages resulting from the said construction are better balancing,
neatness, and a better lead for the line.
The reel frame is let into the butt or it is attached at or near the end of the butt
with the centre of the reel coincident with the axis of the rod or nearly so but with
the axis of the reel at a right angle to the length of the rod. The reel frame
contains cither a single or double barrel and the said barrel or barrels and the
handle are removable so that a fresh barrel and line can be placed in position when
desired.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBING MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Fred Ambler at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 6th December 1882.
FRED AMBLER of Bradford in the County of York, Spinner IMPROVEMENTS
IN COMBING MACHINES
This invention relates to certain improvements in the method of and apparatus
for dabbing wool into the teeth of "Nobles"" or other circular combing machines.
The object of this invention is to run the dabbing brush at a higher speed and
consequently allow of the combing machine being run at a higher speed with less
wear and tear than hitherto.
I accomplish my object in the following manner: to the upright of the machine
I secure a suitable casting through the centre of which I pass a fixed stud upon
which I mount loosely a pulley. This pulley is driven from the top shaft by strap
or cord in the ordinary manner.
recessed double cam.
On the face of the pulley and secured to it is a
The vertical slide, at the foot of which the dabbing brush is
secured, has a stud surmounted with a runner: this runner traverses in the
grooves or recesses of the double cam thus securing twice the ordinary motion
imparted by arrangements hitherto in use
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Dixon at the Ollice of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th June 1882.
WILLIAM DIXON of Brighton in the County of Sussex
VELOCIPEDES
IMPROVEMENTS IN
The Invention has for its object improvements in velocipedes and relates to
means for assisting the rider to propel the machine on an acclivity and generally
when increased or more continuous motive power is required.
For this purpose I employ in connection with each driving crank a rod the
other end of which rod is provided with a handle to be grasped by the hand of
the rider. These driving rods are so connected with the cranks that they may be
readily removed from the machine and replaced thercon when desired and they
may also if desired, be provided with means for adjusting or regulating their length
according to the reach of the rider.
A rest is provided on each side of the machine so that the driving rods when
attached to the machine and not required to be used may be placed therein
and allowed to slide to and fro with the motion of the cranks without doing
any work.
By the aid of this invention the rider in ascending a hill, or whenever he may
find it necessary, may employ both arms and legs to propel the machine thereby
obtaining more continuous and increased motive power.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARALLEL RULERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Robert Baillie-Hamilton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th September 1882.
CHARLES ROBERT BAILLIE-HAMILTON of Grove Park, Kent, Gentleman
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARALLEL RULERS
"
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of parallel rulers and
has for its object Firstly To convert the lateral motion of the ruler into a
vertical motion and thus permit of lines of equal length being drawn without the
necessity of shifting the ruler and Secondly-To impart greater steadiness and
certainty to the action of the ruler when in use
In order to carry out my invention I fit the two blades of the ruler with two
hinged or jointed links having arms of equal length, the outer extremities of which
arms are pivotted to such blades, while the two inner ends forming the hinges
or joints are fastened together and pivotted to a slotted centre bar, (hereafter
termed the link bar), placed horizontally between the two blades of the ruler
In order to regulate the action of such link bar and impart steadiness thereto a
third hinged or jointed link is fitted to the blades between the two links already
described The length of the arms of this third link exceeds that of the arms of
the two side links and is regulated by the length of the blades of the ruler while
the two outer extremities of such arms are pivotted to the outer extremities of
one of such side links and the two inner ends forming the hinge or joint are
fastened together by a suitable pin or stud which as the blades of the ruler are
either opened or closed moves to and fro in the slot formed in the link
By this improved construction great steadiness is imparted to the blades of the
ruler at the same time that their motion is confined within a vertical plane and
cannot diverge therefrom.
In order to allow of the ruler shutting up compactly and neatly the inner sides
of the blades are recessed to a sufficient depth to admit of the link bar fitting
accurately therein and allowing the two inner edges of the blades when closed to
meet together in the ordinary manner.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Knowles at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 16th March 1882.
THOMAS KNOWLES of Blackburn and Over Darwen in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
This invention of improvements in looms for weaving has reference to an
improved arrangement of the swell so that its action upon the shuttle may be
more gradual and uniform than heretofore. In ordinary arrangements the pin or
centre upon which the swell is hinged or pivotted is placed so near to the front
of the shuttle box that although that portion of the swell against which the
shuttle first comes in contact is free to give way or open out the opposite end of
the swell being close to the pivot or hinge is unable to open out sufficiently and
therefore offers too rigid a resistance to the pressure of the shuttle thus causing
great wear and tear upon the shuttle, pickers and picking bands. To obviate this
defect I continue one end of the swell so as to form an elongation or arm whose
extremity is pivoted upon a joint or centre suitably mounted and attached to the
back of the shuttle box. Thus a larger sweep is provided for that portion of the
swell which comes in contact with the shuttle and its surface may be so curved or
formed as that its whole length or face will be available for pressing upon the
shuttle I also provide the extremity of the arm or elongation with a projection
or pin designed to answer as a stop for preventing the swell from being pressed
too far back when struck by the shuttle or moved by other causes.
DRAWING COMPASSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Brookes at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th November 1882.
JOHN BROOKES of Sheffield in the County of York
DRAWING COMPASSES
"
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
My invention relates to improvements in drawing Compasses and more
particularly to what may be termed horizontal or beam compasses, the object being
to construct an instrument that shall combine a large amount of range, with
simplicity of parts and firmness of action.
In carrying out my invention in the construction of an ordinary pair of my
improved horizontal bar compasses-for example-I join together two bars of any
desirable length by means of an ordinary compass or rule joint and at the extremities
of such a jointed arm I fix on one end a point and on the other end I fix a pen or
pencil holder or similar requirement, I fix both these articles at right angles to the
jointed arm, so that when the arm is horizontal, the point and the pen or pencil are
vertical, and may be moved to and from each other-At or near to the joint of the
arm I fix a leg or support which may be permanent or moveable, corresponding in
height to that of the point before mentioned and terminating in a rounded point,
a wheel, roller, or similar equivalent for the purpose of traversing easily over the
paper while supporting the horizontal arm. Thus it will be seen that when
in use the instrument is supported upon three points namely the centre point, the
support or leg, and the marking instrument, which enables the compasses to be used
with great certainty of action, and permits the operator to withdraw his hand, and
leave the compasses standing in position when desirable to do so.
IMPROVED AUTOMATIC PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO STEERING AND OTHER PURPOSES ON BOARD STEAM SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Everden Wimshurst at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 18th December 1882.
"AN
EVERDEN WIMSHURST of Victoria Park in the County of Middlesex
IMPROVED AUTOMATIC PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED
TO STEERING AND OTHER PURPOSES ON BOARD STEAM SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS
"
My invention relates to "An Automatic Pneumatic and Hydraulic Apparatus
to be applied to Steering and other purposes on board Steam Ships and other
vessels
My apparatus consists of a wrought or cast iron cylinder or vessel fitted in the
Engine-room of a steam ship (or in any other suitable place) and is provided with
Engines for pumping air or water to any required pressure or if desirable the
donkey or the main Engine can be provided with a pump and used for this purpose.
Air and water can by these means be pumped into the cylinder or vessel above
referred to. The pressure is regulated by the use of a piston valve which acts as
a governor and is capable of automatically closing the steam valve of the specially
provided Engines or donkey or main engine (as the case may be) and so causing
the cessation of pumping so soon as the desired pressure has been attained
Pipes are attached to the said cylinder or vessel for the purpose of conducting
the air or water to the steering gear or to convey the same to other parts of the
ship where it may be applied to winches deck work extinguishing fires or other
purposes for which the water or compressed air may be required
In order to adapt my invention to steering I provide a cast iron or other metal
box fitted with an interior drum and piston working on a shaft and, acted upon
by the hydraulic pressure from the cylinder or vessel above described and so
arranged as to travel the distance necessary for the steering of the ship or vessel
The application of my invention to starting and reversing engines is effected by
means of a cylinder piston and valves so placed as to be under control when
required and works in direct connection with the links of the slide valves weigh
shafts or weigh shaft levers and as in the case of the steering apparatus is acted
upon by the water or air from the cylinder or vessel as described
AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN DOUBLE-DRIVING TRICYCLES AND LIKE VELOCIPEDES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Sydney Lee and Malcolm Stodart
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st December 1882.
SYDNEY LEE, of Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, and MALCOLM
STODART, of Cannon Street, in the City of London, "AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR
APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN DOUBLE-DRIVING TRICYCLES AND LIKE VELOCIPEDES
"J
This invention relates to a simple and efficient means of reducing the width of
tricycles of the pattern known as the "double-driving front-steering" or "Salvo”
variety, driven by what is known as balance gear,
It consists in a simple method of dividing the driving shaft and removing one
wheel to allow the tricycle to pass through a doorway or passage.
We form an elongated collar forming one bearing and which carries a screw
thread or other means of locking or securing a hollow nut thereto. Into this collar
we secure or pass the end of the spindle coming from the driving gear. We form
this end of the spindle with an inclined or other joint abutting on or engaging with
a similar end formed on the other part of the spindle on which the other wheel
runs. A lock nut abuts on the screwed cap.
To reduce the, width of the machine the lock nut is turned back and also the
hollow nut, when the short portion of the divided shaft can be withdrawn from the
collar and the wheel freed from the machine.
The collar if desired may extend across the machine as a hollow shaft.
We wish it to be understood that this invention does not apply to certain double-
driving tricycles in which the wheels are driven by disconnected mechanism, as for
example in that known as the "Merlin," though it may be modified to suit tricycles
of a rear steering class driven by balance gear.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE STARTING OF HORSE TRAM CARS.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Edward Walsh at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th August 1882. Communi-
cated to him from abroad by Edward Gerig of Berlin in the Kingdom of
Prussia and Empire of Germany.
JOHN EDWARD WALSH of Halifax Leeds and Bradford all in the County of
York IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE STARTING OF HORSE
TRAM CARS.--a communication to me from abroad by Edward Gerig of Berlin in
the kingdom of Prussia and Empire of Germany
My Improvements consists in mechanism for assisting in the starting of horse
tram cars so that less drawing is required and consequently a lighter class of horses
may be used for this purpose than now employed
I employ on each axle of the car a lever spanning the axles of the wheels of the
car this lever carries a ratchet, gearing into and operating upon a ratchet wheel, a
chain is connected to that end of the lever which hangs at angle downwards
the chain passes over a pulley upon the draw rod when the car is started the lever
arm is pulled upwards and the ratchet engages with the ratchet wheel and so starts
or moves round the wheels, the heavier the car the longer the lever is required, a
double set of levers and draw rods are required one for each end; on the draw rods
is a lever carrying a smaller rod and spring the rod passes through a slot in the
ratchet and as soon as the lever is drawn to its position, the ratchet is thrown back
so as not to engage with the ratchet wheel whilst the car is in motion, but upon
stopping it again comes into position
IMPROVEMENTS IN BREAK MECHANISM FOR CARRIAGES CHIEFLY APPLICABLE TO DOG-CARTS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1882

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Albert Oliver at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 25th September 1882.
ALBERT OLIVER, Coach Builder of Hawkhurst, in the County. of Kent,
IMPROVEMENTS IN BREAK MECHANISM FOR CARRIAGES CHIEFLY APPLICABLE TO
DOG-CARTS AND THE LIKE."
The object of this Invention is, a certain arrangement of mechanism or appliances
to be fitted to carriages chiefly dog-carts and the like for setting breaks into action
upon the naves of the wheels and to release the same therefrom the mechanism or
appliance being fitted to the axle and operated through levers from a rotating
handle or its equivalent and threaded rod, this working through a boss or socket
also on the axle.
For the purpose of my Invention I form or fit a couple of lugs on the axle at
about mid distance from the centre, to each of these lugs I hinge or pivot a rock
bar or double ended lever whose outer ends carry the pads or breaks which can be
caused to bear and press upon the inner ring or other portions of the naves of the
wheels. One of the rock bars or double ended levers is connected at its inner end
by a link to the other rock bar whose inner end is looped or otherwise, connected
to a vertical rod as to be moved up and down when the rod is turned by a handle
at its top the handle being within reach of the driver to enable him to operate it.
The lower end of the vertical rod is screw threaded and works through a
threaded socket or collar fitted to the axle so that the rod may travel up and down
in it which action raises or lowers the breaks out of or into contact with the naves
of the wheels simultaneously.
This Invention is particularly suitable for dog-carts and other two wheeled
vehicles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING OR SCRUBBING THE SIDES OF SHIPS OR VESSELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hugh Charles Henry Allen at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th July 1882.
HUGH CHARLES HENRY ALLEN of Liverpool in the county of Lancaster
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING OR SCRUBBING THE SIDES OF
SHIPS OR VESSELS
"
Hitherto one class of scrubbers for cleaning ships and vessels afloat have been
constructed with fixed sides carrying the brush or scraper having a moveable vane
working in the space between the sides for continuously sinking and raising the
scrubber but according to my invention I provide a moveable frame open at the
sides, the top and bottom pieces being held together by suitable pivotted guides or
supports Within this framework I mount a brush or scraper attached to the
guides, having on its back an inclined piece fastened or hinged thereto, and
when preferred may be adjusted by screw or other convenient means. This incline
piece is employed for retaining (by the action of the water thereon) the scrubber
against the sides of the ship or vessel-Rollers are also attached to the top and
bottom pieces of the moveable frame for allowing the brush or scraper to pass
over the plates or projections on the sides of the ship or vessel.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:-
The scrubber is preferably passed over the bow of the ship or vessel and held in
position by men on the deck by means of two small ropes or lines attached to the
ends of the upper portion of the moveable frame, and a head line or rope is also
passed from the brush through a block on the martingale to the deck where it is
made fast-By pulling either of the small ropes or lines attached to the moveable
frame that end is raised, and by the action of the water on this portion causes the
scrubber to sink or rise; a continuous up and down motion is thereby given to
the scrubber until the frame is again altered-The pressure of the scrubber against
the side of the ship or vessel is altered or regulated by the screw attached to the
incline piece at the back of the brush, the angle of which can be thereby altered.
When a portion of the side of the vessel or ship has been cleaned the head line
is preferably "paid out" the length of the brush, when the scrubber is again
ready for action, but when preferred to commence the cleaning at the stern the
head line requires to be drawn in instead of being "paid out."
By my invention I provide a simple, ready and effectual means, easy of being
reversed, and overcoming many of the objections, to the above mentioned class of
scrubbers for cleaning the sides of ships or vessels.
A NEW OR IMPROVED RAIL FOR TRAMWAYS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Samuel Hamand at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th January 1882.
ARTHUR SAMUEL HAMAND, of Palace Chambers, Bridge Street in the City of
Westminster, Civil Engineer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED RAIL FOR TRAMWAYS."
This invention consists in a peculiar construction of tramway rail whereby the
wheels of ordinary vehicles are enabled to cross over the upper surface of the same
at any angle without being skidded or subjected to injurious strains as is the case
when rails constructed with the ordinary flange grooves are employed.
For this purpose I form the upper surface or table of the rail with a broad
shallow channel in the middle thereof, bounded on each side by a lip projecting
slightly upwards and by preference furnished on its upper side with roughs or
chequers to prevent horses etcetera from slipping thereon.
The wheels of the tramcars are made without flanges or other projections and are
adapted to run in the beforementioned shallow channel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Horace Russell Allen at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th March 1882. A communication
from abroad by Mr. Cochran of Indianapolis Indiana, United States.
HORACE RUSSELL ALLEN of Indianapolis in the State of Indiana United States.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES" A communication from
abroad by Mr. Cochran of Indianapolis Indiana, United States,
This Invention consists mainly of the following arrangements:-
On the main shaft of the machine is fixed conical gearing, covered by a case, to
which case one end of an arm is attached, the other end of the arm provided with
a ball, being clasped in a socket on the shoe of the cutter bar.-Connected to the
shoe, and passing upwards to the axle or gear case of the machine is another arm,
to which is attached a lever for the purpose of raising or depressing the fingers of
the cutter bar. This ball and socket joint permits the cutter bar to be raised to a
vertical position as well as the lowering and depressing of the teeth
The machine is set in motion by a clutch operated by a lever from the gear case,
or can be thrown out of gear by same clutch-The knife of the machine is driven
by a crank and pitman enclosed within the ball and socket joint, said pitman
having a ball on each end, which balls are received in sockets, one upon the crank,
the other on the cutter bar.-The socket attached to the cutter bar is made with
projections, which fit in slots in the cutter bar thus providing a ready means for
detaching or attaching the cutter bar from the machine.
A NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT FOR MAKING DRAWINGS TO SCALE AND FOR MEASURING DISTANCES ON PAPER
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jasper Wetter at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 4th November 1882. A communication to
him from abroad by Alfred Wachs, of Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony.
JASPER WETTER, of New Wandsworth, Surrey, "A NEW OR IMPROVED
INSTRUMENT FOR MAKING DRAWINGS TO SCALE AND FOR MEASURING DISTANCES
ON PAPER," a communication to me from abroad by Alfred Wachs, of Leipzig,
in the Kingdom of Saxony,
This invention consists in a drawing instrument which may in many cases
advantageously replace a rule and a scale.
For this purpose a rule is mounted on a pair of parallel rollers fixed on a horizontal
shaft, one of these rollers being adapted to impart rotary motion to a toothed ring,
the motion of which is indicated on a dial by means of a pointer or disc fixed to
the toothed ring or to the axle of the latter in such a manner, that the motion of
the rule in a direction perpendicular to its edge is accurately recorded on the dial.
The rule is balanced on the two rollers and provided with a handle which
runs parallel to the horizontal shaft, so as to cover and protect the mechanism.
An auxiliary supporting roller is also located near the centre of the rule and
covered by a cross handle. For easily carrying the pointer to zero when required,
a set pin is applied to the circumference of the dial and a button to the axle of the
pointer.
AN IMPROVED AUTOMATIC NIPPER FOR WIRE ROPE.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Carmichael Spence and Bryce
Gray Nichol at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th August
1882.
JAMES CARMICHAEL SPENCE of 28 Hawthorn Street, and BRYCE GRAY NICHOL of
Leazes Terrace, both in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
"AN IMPROVED
AUTOMATIC NIPPER FOR WIRE ROPE. "
Our invention consists in an arrangement of grooved carriage of considerable
length in reference to the diameter of the groove provided in it which carriage is to
be bolted securely to a substantial foundation or otherwise secured so as to take the
strain applied by the rope to be nipped.-The groove in the carriage we prefer to
make approximately to fit rather less than half the diameter of the rope to be
stopped. The rope to be stopped is laid into the groove provided in the carriage.―
There is a keep attached to the carriage also grooved like the carriage itself the two
grooves when in position forming one channel for the rope and so as that when the
keep is pressed firmly on to the carriage the rope may be securely held.—We attach
the keep to the carriage by means of two short links at each side, the centre lines
of which links form an angle of about 60 degrees with the junction line of the
carriage and keep.-The links are free to move on their centres at each end so as
that the pull of the rope being in the same direction as the slope of the links the
friction of the rope on the keep shall tend to change the angle of the links and to
bring the keep more closely on to the carriage and then to compress and hold the
rope automatically. For the purpose of liberating the rope while the strain is on
it, we employ a lever furnished with an eccentric end the movement of which lever
lifts the keep from the carriage, or the rope may be liberated by lifting the cover
by means of a screw or screws or other suitable gearing. For the insertion of the
rope we make the links removable.-When they are removed the keep may be
lifted from the carriage.-The whole arrangement may be mounted on a bedplate
with slides and adjusting screw and it may be used in conjunction with a spring or
springs to prevent undesired suddenness of pull.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBING MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th January 1882. A commu-
nication from abroad by Alfred Numa Sprecher, of Auduze, France.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
COMBING MACHINES." A communication from abroad by Alfred Numa Sprecher,
of Auduze, France.
This Invention has for its object to comb the whole length of the material by
means of two combing rollers acting successively.
The material to be combed is placed on an endless travelling band in such a
manner that half of the length of the material projects over the travelling band.
The said travelling band or feeding band passes then over a large pulley against
which the material is pressed by means of a second endless band, passing over one
half or more of the circumference of the pulley, and leaving the lower surface of
the feeding band and material after the latter has como in contact with a second
pulley, against which it is pressed by a third endless band. The latter passes over
one half or more of the circumference of the second pulley. While the material is
pressed against the first pulley by the second band, the first combing roller acts
upon one half of the length of the material, the other half being subsequently
combed by the second combing roller while the material is pressed against tho
second pulley.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FEED PUMPS OF STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Winton Robertson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th October 1882,
ALEXANDER WINTON ROBERTSON, of Custom House Engine Works, Victoria
Docks, West Ham, in the County of Essex, Engineer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF FEED PUMPS OF STEAM ENGINES,"
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of feed pumps, for
steam engines, whereby the necessity for suction valve or valves is entirely
dispensed with; by which arrangement great advantages are obtained; amongst
others being, more regular action of the pump with high temperature of water and
also considerable economy in the construction and working expenses.
This invention consists in constructing the feed pump so that the water flows
direct into the barrel through a port in the side in such a manner that after the
piston or plunger has passed the said port the water being confined in the barrel is
forced through delivery valves thus enabling suction valves to be entirely dispensed
with, thus for a single acting pump one valve only is required and for double
acting pumps two valves are sufficient.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BURRS AND SIMILAR IMPURITIES FROM WOOL
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th November 1882. Communicated
to him from abroad by Franz Müller of Döhren near Hanover in the German
Empire.
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of the firm of W. P. Thompson & Boult Agents for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex and
6 Lord Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster Engineer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BURRS AND SIMILAR IMPURITIES FROM WOOL Com-
municated to him from abroad by Franz Müller of Döhren near Hanover in the
German Empire.
"
This invention relates to an apparatus which enables the wool to be cleaned more
perfectly than could heretofore be done and by said apparatus the wool is opened,
turned, and carried past several burr cleaners, so that the burrs are removed and
whilst the fibre is less strained the yield will be increased the dust will be more
perfectly eliminated and wear and tear upon the cards reduced.
In carrying this invention into practice the wool is placed upon an endless feed-
apron thence (preferably) three rollers deliver it to a burr-cleaning roller fitted with
the usual burr-saw arrangement a belting roller in close proximity to the saw-
roller aids in removing the burrs and other foreign matter on the surface of the
wool throwing the same into a sheet metal or other suitable trough; other sets of
beaters and troughs likewise placed in proximity to the periphery of the saw roller,
further cleans the upper part of the layer of wool.
The saw roller then carries the wool to two rollers which turn it over, at the same
time opening and spreading it, thus all the remaining burrs and similar impurities
are laid bare. The wool then passes to another saw-roller with beating roller and
trough and it is then fed forward by a drawing roller to a third burring roller
fitted similarly to the two first ones, and the wool is ultimately straightened
drawn off and delivered forward for further treatment in the carding engine.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LETTING-OFF MOTION FOR WEAVING LOOMS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward-Gibbon Swann at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th August 1882. Communicated
to him from abroad by Marcus Parser, Spanish Consul residing at Schevening,
Holland.
"
EDWARD-GIBBON SWANN of Burgess Hill, in the County of Sussex and of
21 Arundel Street in the County of Middlesex, Esquire County Magistrate
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LETTING-OFF MOTION FOR WEAVING LOOMS
(Communicated to me from abroad by Marcus Parser, Spanish Consul residing at
Schevening, Holland)
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for letting-off motion,
chiefly for those weaving looms in which heavy and thick cloth, such as sail cloth
and the like, are made.
Different modes have been invented and patented for regulating the pacing of
the warp in the loom, or as it is generally called, the "letting-off."
The usual mode of "letting-off" motion, is by iron chains on the warp beam which
are pulled down by means of levers charged with weights. This plan is found to
be of too feeble a character for looms which have to weave heavy cloth, especially
heavy sail cloth.
This invention consists essentially of a steel friction band lined with leather
duly prepared, and fastened by eye and hook to a steel spring which is fastened by
a bolt on the cross beam and by a nut to the hook having a screw thread.
Two levers charged with weights serve to press the cloth against the taking-up
roller