BRITISH PATENTS IN 1857

  Year Applications Granted  
        1857                          3.200                   2.028  

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JANUARY 1857

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GB 1                                   John Talbot Pitman

Carpet-Making Machine

of the American and European Patent Offices, 67, Gracechurch Street, London, for an invention for a machine for making carpet lining and other similar articles. A communication.

Letters Patent sealed.                                                          January 1, 1857

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GB 77                                 John Henry Johnson

 Apparatus for Sewing 

Lincoln's Inn Fields London, improvements in machinery or apparatus for sewing or uniting and ornamenting fabrics. A communication from Pierre Chevolot and Jean Francois Ligney, of Paris. 

Petition recorded                                                                January  9, 1857

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GB 137                        George Tomlinson Bousfield

 Sewing Machine

Sussex-place, Loughborough Road, Brixton, Surrey, improvements in sewing machines. A communication.    

Petition recorded.                                                             January  16, 1857

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GB 162                           William Edward Newton

Sewing Machine

of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for an invention for certain improvements in sewing machines. A communication.                           

Letters Patent sealed.                                                        January 20, 1857

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GB 233                               John Henry Johnson

 Sewing Machine

Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, improvements in sewing machines. A communication from J. E. A. Gibbs, Virginia, United States.

Petition recorded.                                                              January 26, 1857

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GB 238                               John Henry Johnson

Sewing Machine

of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication from J. E. A. Gibbs, of Virginia, U.S.A.

Letters Patent sealed.                                                        January 26, 1857

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MARCH 1857

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GB 648              John Woodley & Henry Herbert Swinford

Sewing Machine

Limehouse, Middlesex. Sewing machines. This invention cannot be properly described without reference to the drawings.  

                                                                                            March 5, 1857

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GB 831                                     John Hewett

Sewing Machine 

of Sheffield, in the County of York, Public Accountant, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines.

A communication. The invention relates to improvements in certain  sewing machines for which letters patent were granted to Auguste Edouard Loradoux Bellford on or about the 13th day of December, 1854 and on or about the 1st day of November, 1855.

Letters Patent sealed.                                                           March 25, 1857

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APRIL 1857

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GB 901                                     Robert Adam

Threads or Yarns

Paisley, N. B., repairing and finishing threads or yarns.

April  1, 1857

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GB 974                                   George Pearson

Sewing Machine

of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster and  Edward Jessop of Manchester, in the same County, Machinists, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines.

Letters Patent sealed.                                                               April 7, 1857

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GB 1.074               Thomas Sugden & Frederick Sugden

 Sewing Machine

of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Machinists and Tool Makers, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines.

Letters Patent sealed.                                                             April 16, 1857

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GB 1.133                            John Henry Johnson

Sewing Machine

of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex, and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City of Glasgow, North  Britain, Gentleman, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication. 

Letters Patent sealed.                                                             April 22, 1857

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GB 1.143                              Matthew Dunnett

Sewing Machine

Glasgow, improvements in embroidering or sewing and in machinery or apparatus connected therewith.                            

Petition recorded.                                                                  April  23, 1857

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MAY 1857

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GB 1.373                              Frederic Whitaker

Machinery for Sewing 

Islington, London, improvements in the construction of machinery for sewing and embroidering.                

Petition recorded.                                                                    May 15, 1857

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GB 1.414                                   Abel Foulkes

Glove-Sewing Machinery

of the City of Chester, Glove Manufacturer, for an invention for improvements in sewing or pointing gloves and in machinery for such purposes.

Letters Patent sealed.                                                               May 20, 1857

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GB 1.437                        William Edward Newton

Sewing Machine

Chancery Lane, for sewing or stitching fabrics together. 

Not proceeded with.                                                                May  21, 1857

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GB 1.448         Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine & William Onion

Knitting Machinery

Nottingham, for knitting machinery for the manufacture of ribbed fabrics.

May  22, 1857

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JUNE 1857

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GB 1.618                                George Mumby

Machinery for Sewing

Cloudesley Square, Islington, London, improvements in machinery for sewing, embroidering and other ornamental work.

Petition recorded.                                                                    June  9, 1857

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JULY 1857

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GB 1.971                           John Henry Johnson

Sewing Machine

of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentlemen, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication from J. E. A. Gibbs, of Virginia, U.S.A.                 

Letters Patent sealed.                                                               July 15, 1857

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AUGUST 1857

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GB 2.110                            John Henry Johnson

 Sewing Machine

of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines. A communication.          

Provisional protection only.                                                    August 4, 1857

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GB 2.160                       George Tomlinson Bousfield

Needles

Loughborough Park, Brixton, improvements in sewing needles. A communication.

Petition recorded.                                                                August 13, 1857

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SEPTEMBER 1857

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GB 2.496                             Earle Harry Smith

Sewing Machine

of the City and State of New York, United States of America, for an invention for improvements in sewing machines.

Provisional protection only.                                            September 29, 1857

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OCTOBER 1857

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GB 2.688                          Alfred Vincent Newton

Sewing Machine

of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, for an invention for improvements in the construction of sewing machines and in the mode of operating such machinery. A communication.

Letters Patent sealed.                                                        October 21, 1857

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GB 2.738                       William Edward Newton

Manufacture of Sewing Silk

Chancery Lane, London, for improvements in the manufacture of sewing silk, twist and different kinds of thread . A communication.

Petition recorded.                                                             October  28, 1857

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NOVEMBER 1857

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GB 2.933                           Alfred Vincent Newton

Sewing Machine

Chancery Lane, London, for certain improvements in sewing machines. A communication. 

Petition recorded.                                                         November  23, 1857

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DECEMBER 1857

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GB 3.175                                James Cottrill

Needles

of Studley, in the County of Warwick, Needle Manufacturer, for an invention for improvements in the manufacture of certain descriptions of needles.

December 28, 1857

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GB 3.200                                  James Long

Sewer

of Gorleston, Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, for an invention for improvements in the construction of sewers and in the means of discharging the contents thereof.                      

Letters Patent sealed.                                                     December 31, 1857

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  Year Applications Granted  
        1857                          3.200                   2.028  

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