116 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATIONS NOT PROCEEDED WITH. front of the furnace, and in arranging a hopper for supplying the fuel, and a valve for regulating the admission of the air. BENNETTSMITH, HENRY, of St. Sepulchre's, Middlesex, gentleman. A machine for mowing or reaping all kinds of corn, grass, clovers, or any other field growth, and lawns. Application dated January 11, 1854. (No. 64.) Round the nave or hub of the wheels of this machine is a band "connected to a revolving spindle or shaft, the other extremity of which is inserted into the centre of a bevel wheel connected to two other lesser upright wheels; through the centre of each passes an upright shaft or spindle, causing to revolve in opposite directions two flat circular plates affixed to their lower ends, into which plates are inserted a number of cutting scythes or knives." SEMPLE, DANIEL, of the 1st Bombay European Regiment Fusiliers, now at Aden, South Arabia. An improved guide for the finger-boards of musical stringed instruments. Application dated January 11, 1854. (No. 65.) This invention consists in the use and employment of notched projecting pieces fixed to the finger-boards of musical stringed instruments, at those places where the strings are required to be stopped. BROOMAN, RICHARD ARCHIBALD, of 166, Fleet-street, London, patent agent. Improvements in extracting gold from the ore. (A communication.) Application dated January 11, 1854. (No. 68.) This invention consists-1. In the employment of a current of electricity to aid in forming and depositing the amalgam. 2. In the application of a plate of gold, or of a golden surface to the bottom of the amalgamating vessel. And-3. In a method of discharging the gold directly into the mercury and diffusing it throughout the mass, by means of a spout or tube revolving in it. PONÇON, ANTOINE, of Marseilles, France. Obtaining a motive power. Application dated January 11, 1854. (No. 73.) This invention consists "in using the sun's rays to create a vacuum in a suitable vessel elevated at the height of a column of water, which in the above vacuum is kept in equilibrium by the pressure of the atmosphere. Such vacuum being formed, I fill it with water acted upon by the external pressure of the atmosphere, and thus obtain a head of water which may be applied as motive power." WREY, JOHN WILLIAM, of Upper Berkleystreet West, Middlesex, esquire. A new and improved method of transmitting motion. Application dated January 12, 1854. (No. 74.) This invention consists in "the employ ment of rods or arms connected by hinges to the ends of levers, and to one another by ball and socket or other suitable joints, so as to form angles with the levers and with one another, which shall vary as the levers are moved, by means of which rods or arms and hinges motion may be transmitted from one lever to another." WALLER, THOMAS, of Ratcliff, Middlesex, ironmonger. Improvements in register stoves and other stoves or fireplaces. Application dated January 12, 1854. (No.75.) This invention consists in a method of arranging the grates of stoves, by which the size of the fuel-space can be altered at pleasure; and likewise in a peculiar mode of joining the metal plates or bricks, of which fireplaces are formed. SERF, JOSEPH, of Paris, France, gentleman. Improvements in seats or chairs for advertising. Application dated January 12, 1854. (No. 77.) The provisional specification merely states the object of the invention to be the affixing of advertisements upon seats and chairs. ANGER, LEON JOSEPH, mechanician, of Paris, France. Improvements in the manufacture of metallic tubing. Application dated January 12, 1854. (No. 81.) The inventor proposes to make tubes of short lengths, and to elongate or finish such tubes by the use of steel mandrils of the full length that the tube is intended to be when perfected. HENLEY, THOMAS FREDERICK, of Cambridge-street, Pimlico, Middlesex, merchant. Improvements in the preparation of certain colouring materials. Application dated January 12, 1854. (No. 82.) The inventor prepares a red colouring material from "stick or other lac," by digesting it in an aqueous solution of ammonia, from which the whole or part of the ammonia is afterwards evaporated, leaving the colouring material in solution in the water. This solution is then employed in dyeing or printing with suitable mordants, or it may be evaporated to dryness, and the dry colouring material be dissolved again when required for use. He also dries and powders the "awl" that is obtained in British India, and treats it with sulphuric or muriatic acid. WILKES, SAMUEL, of Wolverhampton. Improvements in the construction of chairs and rails for railways. Application dated January 12, 1854. (No. 84.) The inventor forms joint-chairs in such manner that there is in each a bearing across it to receive the end of the rail, which is notched, or cut out to fit the bearing; and in order that the chairs may better support the rails, the two jaws or cheeks of each are formed to slide on to the PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATIONS NOT PROCEEDED WITH. ends of the railway bars, so as not to require wedging. EASSIE, WILLIAM, of Gloucester, railway contractor. Improvements in trucks used on railways. Application dated January 13, 1854. (No. 87.) The inventor proposes to improve the poles employed for connecting trucks used on railways for the carriage of timber, &c., by providing such poles with springs of India-rubber or other suitable elastic material, so that the force of the shock occasioned by the sudden starting or stoppage of the train may be prevented from injuriously affecting them. FOULKES, THOMAS BENNETT, of the firm of ABEL and THOMAS BENNETT FOULKES, of Chester, glove manufacturers. Improvements in the manufacture of self-adjusting gloves. Application dated January 13, 1854. (No. 90.) This invention consists in manufacturing gloves with a gore of elastic material inserted at the wrist. WILKINSON, JOHN, of Manchester, Lancaster, die-maker. Improvements in the manufacture of dies for producing printing surfaces for calico-printers, applicable also to embossing. Application dated January 13, 1854. (No. 91.) This invention mainly consists in a method of using the instrument called the pantograph for the purpose of etching designs upon surfaces of metal to be used for impressing the said designs upon rollers or dies from which printing or embossing surfaces are formed. NEWMAN, JAMES, jeweller, and HENRY JENKINS, die-sinker, stamper, and piercer, both of Birmingham, Warwick. Improvements in the manufacture of spoons, table-forks and other articles. Application dated January 14, 1854. (No. 92.) This invention consists of an improved method of forming the blanks for spoons, table-forks, and other articles, from sheets or plates of metal suitably prepared, so as to obviate the necessity of beating out or cross rolling those parts which are intended for the bowls and handles. BIRD, JAMES, of St. Martin's-lane, Westminster, mechanic. An improvement in taps or cocks. Application dated January 14, 1854. (No. 93.) This invention consists in providing slightly-yielding seats for the plugs of taps and cocks to work in, in order to avoid the grinding of the surfaces. DOBSON, ARTHUR, of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancaster, commission-agent. Certain improvements in looms for weaving. Application dated January 14, 1854. (No. 95.) These improvements consist in giving motion to the vibrating rail of looms from 117 the tappet or other shaft which communicates motion to the heddles. CROSSKILL, WILLIAM, of Beverley, York, civil engineer. Improvements in the construction of portable railways. Application dated January 16, 1854. (No. 97.) This invention consists-1. In making a railway of bridge rails, longitudinal sleepers, and cross pieces, bolted together in lengths so that each length is portable; and 2. In a method of fastening together the ends of the several lengths by sockets and bolts, so that they form one continuous line. GRANT, PHILIP, of Manchester, Lancaster, stationer and letter-press printer. An improved roller used in the processes of letter-press, copper-plate, and lithographic printing. Application dated January 16, 1854. (No. 99.) The inventor proposes to cover printing rollers with caoutchouc or some similar material. BLAKER, PETER, of Crayford, Kent, brick merchant, and WILLIAM WOOD, of Chancery-lane, London, Middlesex, civil engineer. A machine for crushing coal, and the refuse arising from the combustion of coal used for brick-making and other purposes. Application dated January 16, 1854. (No. 100.) This machine consists of "metal rollers either with plain surfaces or indented, or revolving bars with projecting teeth, knives, or scarifiers, to all or either of which a rotary motion is given." JULYAN, PENROSE GOODCHILD, of Bathstreet, Birmingham. Improvements in communicating signals to engineers, guards, and others in a moving railway train. Applica tion dated January 16, 1854. (No. 103.) The inventor describes certain apparafuses formed with an arm or projection, which, being turned across the railway, will, when a train is passing under it, come in the way of a trigger or instrument in connection with the steam-whistle, and cause the whistle to be opened, and as the train moves onward, bells or signal instruments carried by the goods carriages to be sounded. SPIRES, JOSEPH, of Lower Drummondstreet, Euston-square, Middlesex, gunmaker. Improvements applicable to boots and shoes. Application dated January 16, 1854. No. 104.) The inventor describes a spring clamp which is made to fit a rotating heel, so that by pressing the two jaws of the clamp together, they will be made to firmly embrace the heel, and enable the wearer to turn it. 118 NOTICES OF INTENTION TO PROCEED. 1448. John Kolbe Milne, of Edinburgh, Midlothia, Scotland, pocket-book maker. An improved means of holding letters, documents, or other similar articles. 1449. Benjamin Walters, of the firm of Benjamin and Philip Walters, of Wolverhampton, Stafford, lock-manufacturers. Improvements in spindles for locks and latches, and in the means of adjusting knobs to the same, to suit any thickness of door. 1450. Peter Armand Lecomte de Fontainemoreau, of South-street, London. Improvements in stopping bottles, and in drawing off aërated or other liquids contained therein. A communication. 1451. Walter Greenshields, of Edinburgh, Midlothian, manager. Improvements in chenille fab rics. 1452. William Balk, of Ipswich, Suffolk. An improved friction dynamometer. 1453 Alfred Vincent Newton, of Chancery-lane, Middlesex, mechanical draughtsman. An improvement in the construction and arrangement of marine steam engines. A communication. 1454. Joseph Hopkinson the younger, of Huddersfield, York, engineer. Improvements in steam boilers and furnaces, and in apparatus connected therewith. 1455. Edouard Auguste Desiré Guichard, of Paris, France, designer. Improvements in ornamenting the surfaces of various articles and fabrics. 1456. Urbain Chauveau and Charles d'Epinois, both of Paris, France, civil engineers. Improved means or apparatus for preventing collisions on railways. Dated July 4, 1854. 1457. Joseph Sunter, of Derby, engineer. New or improved drilling-machinery. 1459. Christopher Thomas Tiffany, of Leeds, York. An improvement in the manufacture of brushes used in gig mills and machinery for brushing piled fabrics. 1460. Thomas Haimes, of Melbourne, near Derby. Improvements in the manufacture of gloves and mits by warp machinery. 1461. John McGaffin, of Liverpool, Lancaster, engineer. Improvements in corrugated cast iron. 1462. Jean André Cécile Nestor Delpech, mechanist, of Castres, in the French Empire. An improved lift and force-pump, called "Castraise Pump." 1463. James Newman, of Birmingham, Warwick, manufacturer. Improvements in the manufacture of metallic rods, rails, and bars. 1464. Joseph Marie Bardet, chemist. and François Collette, manufacturer, both of Paris, France. An improvement in the construction of matches. 1465, Richard Garrett and Richard Garrett, jun., of Leiston Works, near Saxmundham, Suffolk, agricultural implement makers. Improvements in machinery for drilling seed and manure. 1466. George Daniel Bishopp, of Inverness-terrace, Middlesex, civil engineer. Improvements in the construction and arrangement of engines to be driven by steam, air, gases, or water. 1467. Thomas Elliott, of Manchester, Lancaster, engineer. Improvements in safety valves and apparatus connected therewith, which valves may also be used as steam-valves. 1468. Henry Heycock, of Manchester, Lancaster, merchant. Certain improvements in hydraulic presses employed for packing or pressing cotton, silk, flax, wool. or other fibrous materials. 1469. David Bowlas, of Reddish, Lancaster, manufacturer. Certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for knitting or manufacturing healds or harness used in looms for weaving. 1470. John Henry Johnson, of Lincoln's-innfields. Middlesex, gentleman. Improvements in obtaining motive power. A communication from Jacques Eugene Armengaud, of Paris, France, civil engineer. 1471. John Henry Johnson, of Lincoln's-innfields, Middlesex, gentleman. An improved system or mode of coating iron with copper. A communication from Edmond Charles Bocquet, of Corbehem, France, manufacturer. 1480. John Glasgow, of Manchester, Lancaster, engineer. Improvements in machinery or apparatus for cutting, compressing, punching, shearing. and shaping metals. 1482. Otis Avery, of Castle-street, London. Improvements in sewing and stitching-machines. 1484. John Lamb, of Newcastle-under-Lyne, Stafford. paper-manufacturer. Improvements applicable to machines for cutting paper. 1486. John Radcliffe, of Stockport, Chester, machinist. Certain improvements in power-looms for weaving. 1488. John Henry Johnson, of Lincoln's-innfields, Middlesex, gentleman. Improvements in electro-magnetic engines. A communication from Thomas C. Avery, of New York, United States of America. 1492. John Petrie, jun., of Rochdale, Lancaster, ironmonger. Improvements in machinery or apparatus for washing or scouring wool. PATENT APPLIED FOR WITH COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. 1520. William Eassie, of Gloucester, railwaycontractor. Improvements in trucks used on railways. July 12, 1854. NOTICES OF INTENTION TO (From the "London Gazette," July 25th, 1854.) 577. John Buchanan. An improvement in communicating motion to or from the ordinary crank or an eccentric. 620. Laurence Whitaker and Greenwood Lyons. Certain improvements in grinding or setting the main cylinder of carding engines used for carding cotton and other fibrous materials. 629. Robert Weare. Improvements in the construction of galvanic batteries and apparatus connected therewith. 644. George Waide Reynolds. A new or improved fabric to be used in the manufacture of stays or corsets. WEEKLY LIST OF PATENTS. 646. John Hick. Improvements in apparatus for heating the cylinders of steam engines. 648. William Dantec. Improvements in purifying water. 653. John Bird, junior. Improvements in the manufacture of silk into threads required for woven fabrics for sewing and for other purposes, and in machinery to be used for these purposes. 657. Joseph Horton and Richard Jenkin Polglase. Improvements in the construction of ships, boilers, girders, tanks, gasometers, and other like structures or vessels. 658. Claude Adrien. Bernard Chenot. Improvements in the manufacture of steel, iron, and different alloys, cast, welded, and moulded. 660. John Lon-bottom. Improvements in combining atmospheric air with hydro-carbons for the purposes of light and heat. A communication. 665. William Stevens and William Stevens, junior. A new or improved machinery for grinding and polishing lenses. 669. Richard Roberts and George Coppock. Certain improvements in looms for weaving. 677. John Healey, John Foster, and John Lowe. Improvements in certain parts of machines used for preparing, slubbing, and roving cotton and other fibrous materials. 678. John Horsfall Robinson. Improvements in steam boilers. 685. Laurence Whitaker and Doctor Ashworth. Certain improvements in power looms for weaving. 693. Benjamin Fothergill and William Weild. Improvements in obtaining and preparing the fibres of plantain penguin and other vegetable substances for manufacturing purposes. 699. James Robertson. Improvements in lifting or transporting heavy bodies. 714. Alfred Hodgkinson. bleaching linen fabrics. Improvements in 717. William Hähner. Improvements in the manufacture of muriatic and sulphuric acids. A communication. 719. William Hähner. Improvements in the manufacture of alkaline sulphites, and in purifying and treating gases. A communication. 721. John Henry Johnson. Improvements in the construction of millwork, and in the mode of driving the same, part of such improvements being applicable for transmitting motive power generally. A communication from Henri Fortuné Negrier, of Toulouse, France. 745. Frederick Samson Thomas. Certain improvements in locomotive engines. 771. Bernhard Samuelson, Improvements in machinery for cutting turnips and other vegetable substances. 778. Henry Blatter. An improved mode of constructing thermometers. 800. Julian Bernard. An improved mode of stitching or uniting and ornamenting various materials, and in machinery or apparatus for the said purpose. 1270. Thomas Richardson. Improvements in the manufacture of alum. 1339. Henry Worrall, Improvements in machinery or apparatus for carding cotton, wool, or other fibrous materials. 1379. Isaac Farrell. Improvements in fireproof flooring and roofing, which improvements are also applicable to the construction of walls and bridges and other like structures. 1386. Thomas Rudd. Improvements in stands for casks or barrels. 1448. John Kolbe Milne. An improved means of holding letters, documents, or other similar articles. 1451. Walter Greenshields. Improvements in chenille fabrics. 1453. Alfred Vincent Newton. An improvement in the construction and arrangement of marine steam engines. A communication. 1458. Alexander Southwood Stocker. Certain 119 1460. Thomas Haimes. Improvements in the manufacture of gloves and mits by warp machinery. 1461. John M'Gaffin. Improvements in corrugated cast iron 1463. James Newman. Improvements in the manufacture of metallic rods, rails, and bars. 1465. Richard Garrett and Richard Garrett, junior. Improvements in machinery for drilling seed and manure 1467. Thomas Elliott. Improvements in safetyvalves and apparatus connected therewith, which valves may also be used as stem valves. 1480. John Glasgow. Improvements in machinery or apparatus for cutting, compressing, punching, shearing, and shaping metals." 1513. Paul François Aerts. Improvements in constructing parts of railway rolling stock, and in the lubrication thereof. 1520 William Eassie. Improvements in trucks used on railways. Opposition can be entered to the granting of a Patent to any of the parties in the above List, who have given notice of their intention to proceed, within twenty one days from the date of the Gazette in which the notice appears, by leaving at the Commissioners'-office particulars in writing of the objection to the application. PORTER'S IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS. A petition will be presented to Her Majesty in Council by Mary Honiball, of St. John's wood, widow, praying Her Majesty to confirm the letters patent granted to her on the 9th February, 1853, for improvements in anchors," or to grant new letters patent for the same invention, for which William Henry Porter, of Russia-row, Mik-street, Cheapside, in the City of London, warehouseman, obtained letters patent on the 15th August, 1838. An application wil be made on the 29th August next to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (or so soon after as their lordships shall be sitting) to fix a day for hearing the matters contained in the said petition; and all persons desirous of being heard in opposition, must enter a caveat at the Privy Council-office on or before that date. WEEKLY LIST OF PATENTS. 171. Richard Archibald Brooman. 223. William Hodgson. 241. Pierre Joseph Meeus. 255. John Jobson and Robert Jobson. 273. William Longmaid and John Longmaid. 309. John Ramsbottom. 513. Thomas Dawson. 591. James Wright. 819. William Rigby. 845. Edward Lavender. 1001. James Nasmyth. 1051. Warren de la Rue. 1065. Moses Poole. 1087. Thomas William Miller. 1109. James Colley March. |