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BRITISH PATENTS IN 1855
| Year | Applications | Granted | ||
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| 1855 | 2.958 | 2.044 |
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JANUARY 1855
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GB 1 Epaminonda Frascara
of Alessandria, in Piedmont (Italy), now of 12, Alfred Place, Bedford Square, for an invention for a voltaic pile and of the application of its electric fluid, either to the decomposition of water or to enable the gases to replace the steam power actually in use. Complete specification. Stopped at flat.
January 1, 1855
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GB 75 Elmer Townsend
Machinery for Sewing Cloth, Leather or Other Material
State of Massachusetts, of the United States of America. A communication from Alfred Swingle of the aforesaid State. Letters Patent sealed.
January 11, 1855
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APRIL 1855
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GB 815 Jean Baptiste Bagary & Claude Perron
Knitting Machine
of Paris, in the Empire of France, of 32, Essex Street, Strand, London, for an invention for new or improved knitting machinery. Letters Patent sealed.
April 13, 1855
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MAY 1855
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Sewing Machine
of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Card manufacturer, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. Letters Patent sealed.
May 8, 1855
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GB 1.051 Edwin A. Forbush
Sewing Machine for Leather, Cloth and etc.
of Ashland, in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, United States of America, for an invention for an improved machine for sewing leather, cloth and etc. Letters Patent sealed.
May 10, 1855
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GB 1.217 Auguste Edouard Loradoux Bellford
Sewing Machine
of 32, Essex Street, Strand, London, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication. Provisional protection only.
May 28, 1855
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AUGUST 1855
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GB 1.754 William Meyerstein
Sewing Machine
of 47 , Friday Street in the City of London, in the County of Middlesex, in England, for an invention for a new and improved sewing machine. Complete specification.
Stopped at learning. August 3, 1855
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GB 1.867 William Emerson Baker
Sewing Machine
of Cannon Street West, in the City of London, Gentleman, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication.
Letters Patent sealed. August 16, 1855
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GB 1.925 John Avery
Sewing Machine
of 32, Essex Street, Strand, London, Patent Agent, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication.
Letters Patent sealed. August 25, 1855
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GB 1.946 Benjamin Moore
Sewing Machine
of New York, United States, but now in Paris, Empire of France and of 46 Regent Street, Middlesex, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication.
Letters Patent sealed. August 27, 1855
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SEPTEMBER 1855
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GB 2.079 William Frederick Thomas
Sewing Machine
of St. Martin's le Grand, in the City of London, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines.
Letters Patent sealed. September 14, 1855
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OCTOBER 1855
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GB 2.344 William Smith
Sewing Machine
of No. 10, Salisbury Street, Adelphi, Civil Engineer, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication.
Letters Patent sealed. October 19, 1855
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GB 2.355 Frederick Whitaker
Sewing Machine
of Murray Street, New North Road, for an invention for improvements in the construction of sewing machines.
Letters Patent sealed. October 29, 1855
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NOVEMBER 1855
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GB 2.442 Auguste Edouard Loradoux Bellford
Sewing Machine
of 32, Essex Street, Strand, London, Patent agent, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication. Complete specification.
Letters Patent sealed. November 1, 1855
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GB 2.471 Richard Archibald Brooman
Knitting Machinery
of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent agent, for an invention for improvements in Knitting machinery. A communication.
Provisional Protection only. November 3, 1855
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GB 2.544 Joshua Kidd
Sewing Machine
of 75, Newgate Street, London, an invention for improvements in machinery and apparatus for sewing or stitching and ornamenting cloth or other fabrics.
November 12, 1855
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GB 2.649 Jean Lobstein
Sewing Machine (zig-zag ?)
of Paris, 36, Rue de l'Echiquier, Mechanical Draughtsman. Improvements in sewing machines.
Letters Patent sealed. November 24, 1855
"Jean Lobstein obtained a patent on the 24th of November, 1855, for a machine wherein a vertical needle and a shuttle are employed, in conjunction with peculiar arrangements of parts for holding, feeding and guiding the fabric, so as to admit of articles being sewed whether flat or tubular, closed or not at one end, with the sewing in straight, zig zag, or curved lines. Means are also employed for actuating shuttles of various lengths in one machine; for regulating the tension of the thread and for varying the length of the stitch".
from The Practical Mechanic Journal (April, 1860)
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DECEMBER 1855
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GB 2.791 Bernard Hughes
Knot-tying Sewing Machine
of Rochester, New York, U.S.A. but now of 67, Gracechurch Street, London. A knot-tying sewing machine. A communication.
Letters Patent sealed. December 11, 1855
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GB 2.958 George Hallen Cottam
of the St. Pancras Iron work, Old St. Pancras Rd, engineer, for an invention for improvements in applying detonating or exploding signals on the rails of railways.
Provisional protection only. December 31, 1855
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| Year | Applications | Granted | ||
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| 1855 | 2.958 | 2.044 |
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| Year | Applications | Granted | ||
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| 1855 | 2.958 | 2.044 |