1878 English Patents

BRITISH PATENTS IN 1878

	Year	Applications	Granted
	1878	5.343	3.509

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JANUARY 1878

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GB 74 S. Carter & J. Bradley

Spool Winder

of Oldham, Lancashire and Lees, Lancashire, dealers in sewing machines, improvements in thread winders or in apparatus for filling spools.

January 5, 1878

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GB 128 W. R. Lake

Sewing Machine

of London, improvements in machinery for sewing straw braid.

January 10, 1878

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GB 129 B. Hunt

Sewing Machine

of Searle Street, Lincoln’s Inn London, improvements in sewing machines, especially adapted to or for the sewing of straw braid.

January 10, 1878

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GB 249 G. Slater

Sewing Machine

of the City Road, London , engineer, improvement in sewing machines.

January 19, 1878

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GB 262 J. Spence

Sewing Machine

of Glenanne, Aamagh, Irland, Mechanic, improvements in sewing machines.

January 21, 1878

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GB 279 C. Pieper

Boot & Shoe

of Dresden and Berlin , improvements in sewing machines for elastics for boots and shoes.

January 22, 1878

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GB 310 G. Downing

Sewing Machine

of London, improvements in embroidering attachments for sewing machines.

January 23, 1878

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FEBRUARY 1878

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GB 488 E. Shepherd, F. Rothwell, J. E. Hough & T. Rothwell

Sewing Machine

all of Oldham, Lancashire, sewing machines.

February 6, 1878

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GB 509 Frank Wirth

Book-Binding

of the firm of Wirth and Company, Patent Solicitors, at Frankfurt on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of improvements in and apparatus for bookbinding. A communication from Carl Bluraliardt, Mechanist and Julius Votteler, Bookbinder, persons resident in the city of Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Wurtemberg. Recorded.

February 7, 1878

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GB 510 J. K. Lord & H. A. Skinner

Bicycles

Sewing Machine Manufacturer and engineer, both of Manchester, improvements in the springs and wheels of bicycles, also applicable to the wheels of perambulators and other vehicles.

February 7, 1878

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GB 775 Philipp Adam Kautz

Sewing Machine

Engineer, in the city of Hamburg, Germany, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of improvements in sewing machines. Recorded.

February 25, 1878

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MARCH 1878

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GB 1.147 Alexander Anderson

Shuttles

Manager of the Singer Manufacturing Company's Works, Glasgow., North Britain, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of improvements in shuttles for sewing machines and in the appliances connected therewith. Recorded.

March 22, 1878

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GB 1.215 W. R. Lake

Boot & Shoe

A communication from J. H. Moule, of Paris, France for improvements in sewing machines, chiefly designed for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

March 27, 1878

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APRIL 1878

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GB 1.397 W. R. Lake

Sewing Machine

A communication from M. P. Carpenter of New York, United States, for improvements in sewing machines, chiefly designed for straw braid work.

April 8, 1878

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GB 1.401 Benjamin Alfred Dobson

Spinning Machine

of the firm of Messieurs Dobson and Barlow Machine Maker and James Macqueen, machinist, both of Bolton, Lancashire, for certain improvements in machines for spinning and doubling.

April 8, 1878

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GB 1.435 T. Singleton

Sewing Machine

of Darwen, Lancashire, for improvements in sewing machines.

April 10, 1878

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GB 1.475 W. R. Lake

Sewing Machine

a communication from J. A. Davis, of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, for improvements in sewing machines.

April 12, 1878

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GB 1.574 Charles Max Sombart

Button Working Machine

of the firm of Buss, Sombart & Company, Engineers and Patent Agents of Magdeburg of the Empire of Germany, a communication from Elisabeth Loeper, of Magdeburg, Germany, for improvements in button working machines.

April 18,1878

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GB 1.655 J. M. Palmer

Loom Shuttle

of Cambridge, and C. A. Shaw, of Salem, both in Massachusetts, United States, for improvements in loom shuttles.

April 24, 1878

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MAY 1878

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GB 1.795 Martin Benson

Sewing Machine

of No. 9, Southampton-buildings, London, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of improvements in sewing machines. A communication to him from abroad by Duncan H. Campbell, of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, United States of North America. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

May 4, 1878

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GB 1.962 Joseph James Macky

Method of Sewing

of 2, Milk Street, London, E.C., in the county of Middlesex, England, for the invention of an improved method of attaching reversible cuffs to the sleeves of a shirt by sewing the cuffs to the sleeves, so that either edge or end of the reversible cuffs may be turned outwards and used at pleasure. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

May 16, 1878

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GB 2.119 William Dawes

Sewing Machine

of Kingston Grove, Leeds, in the county of York, Engineer, for improvements in sewing machines. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

May 28, 1878

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GB 2.127 Alfred Vincent Newton

Sewing Machine

of the Office for Parents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, for the invention of improvements in sewing machines. A communication to him from abroad by John William Julius Thiemer, of Wandsbeck, in the Province of Schleswig Holstein, North Germany.

May 28, 1878

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JUNE 1878

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GB 2.230 Edward Byron Evers

Straw-Braid Sewing Machine

of Mark-Lane, in the city of London, for the invention of improvements in sewing machines, chiefly designed for straw-braid work. A communication to him from abroad by Francis Henry Roman, of Philadelphia, in the United States of America. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

June 4, 1878

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GB 2.302 Frederick Simmons

Button-hole Sewing Machine

of Webber Street, Blackfriars Road, in the county of Surrey, Engineer, for the invention of an improved buttonhole sewing machine, which machine may also be employed for other sewing purposes. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

June 8, 1878

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GB 2.327 Peter Jensen

Sewing Machine

of 33, Chancery-Lane, London, for the invention of improvements, in machines for sewing braid and similar articles in the manufacture of hats and bonnets. A communication to him from abroad by William Edwards Doubleday, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, United States of America. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

June 11, 1878

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GB 2.471 Thomas Benjamin Hitchman & John Charles Felton

Button-hole

of Old Kent Road, in the county of Surrey and of City Road, in the county of Middlesex, Engineers, for the invention of improvements in button-hole attachments for sewing machines. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

June 21, 1878

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GB 2.485 Edmund Wiseman

Sewing Machine

of Luton, in the county of Bedford, Sewing Machine Merchant, for the invention of improvements in the mode of and apparatus to be used in sewing by machinery. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

June 22, 1878

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JULY 1878

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AUGUST 1878

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GB 3.053 Herbert John Haddan

Sewing Machine

of the firm of Herbert & Company, Solicitors of Patents, of 67, Strand, in the city of Westminster, Civil Engineer, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of improvements in sewing and in machinery therefor. A communication to him from abroad by Hans Peter Henriksen, of Boulevard du Temple, Paris, in the Republic of France. Recorded in the said office.

August 2, 1878

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GB 3.090 Marshall Henry Pearson

Sewing Machine

of Leeds, in the county of York, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of improvements in sewing machines. Recorded.

August 3, 1878

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SEPTEMBER 1878

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OCTOBER 1878

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NOVEMBER 1878

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GB 4.465 Alexander Melville Clark

Sewing Machine

of Chancery lane, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of improvements in sewing machines. A communication to him from abroad by the Wilson Sewing Machine Co. (Incorporated) of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, United States of America. Recorded.

November 5, 1878

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GB 4.594 William Fairweather

Sewing Machine

of the city of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Engineer, for improvements in sewing machines.

November 13, 1878

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GB 4.718 G. W. Von Nawrocki

Motor for Sewing Machine

a communication from R. Tillmanns of Zeitz, Germany, improvements in spring motors for working sewing machines or other small machines.

November 20, 1878

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GB 4.725 Alexander Melville Clark

Chair and Treadle

of Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the invention of improved combined chair and treadle mechanism for operating, sewing and other machines. A communication to him from abroad by Joseph Boykin Underwood, of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, State of North Carolina, United States of America and John Dawson Smith, also of the United States of America. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

November 20, 1878

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GB 4.741 John Sykes & James William Sykes

Spool-Reel-Shuttle

both of Huddersfield, in the county of York, Tailors and Woollen Drapers, for the invention of an improved spool or reel employed in sewing machine shuttles. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

November 22, 1878

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GB 4.757 William Jackson

Balloon

of 1A, Caroline Street, Eaton Square, in the county of Middlesex, Sewing Machine Manufacture, for the invention of improvements in balloons and in apparatus for raising, lowering, propelling, steering and controlling the same. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

November 22, 1878

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GB 4.809 Sydney Pitt

Sewing Machine

of Sutton, in the county of Surrey, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of improvements in methods of sewing and in sewing machines. A communication to him from abroad by Frederick Curtis, of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. Recorded in the Office of the Commissioners.

November 26, 1878

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DECEMBER 1878

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