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Patent GB-189822684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1898-10-28
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 22,684. Fell, J. C., [Wyckoff, Seamans, & Benedict]. Oct. 28. Type-writers.-Relates to locking-mechanism for the type-bars of such machines as the Remington and Caligraph. Several arrangements of the mechanism are described, all of which include the use of a ring or segment 17 which can be raised so as to project into the path of all the type levers, whenever the travel of the paper carriage 2 has brought a stop 50 into contact with a cam 28 on the lever mechanism connected to the ring 17. The ring 17 is connected to the long arm of a set-off lever, the short arm of which is linked at 23 to a rod 24. The rod 24 is supported by a spring 36, and carries at its upper end a pivoted cam end 28, which is rigid to the carrying-stop in feeding but yields to it when returning for a new line. The rod 24 moves in a slot 38, and can be operated by a bell-crank lever 46 so as to pass the cam under the stop when it is desired to free the type levers for further printing. One or more fixed or adjustable stops may be provided in a slotted bar on a frame at the back of the paper carriage, and in place of the lever 46 the frame may be pivoted and may be operated by a key lever on the carriage so as to move the frame instead of the lever 24. In another form, the spring drum is provided with a slotted disc which carries the adjustable stops, or, in the Caligraph machine, the pivoted lever connected to the feed-rack is provided with a slotted arc for the stops. The cam itself may be variously shaped, and may also be mounted on a separate lever provided with a stepped end which rests against the upper end of the rod 24.
Patent GB-189823924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Drilling Rock, Coal, or other like Substances.
Inventor: ELLIOTT MARY
Filed: 1898-11-14
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 23,924. Elliott. M., Elliott, A. G., and Fry, A., [Executors of Elliott, G. W.]. Nov. 14. Rock drills, rotary. The ratchet-wheel W is mounted on the double socket piece B, D, in which the end B is adapted to receive both square and rectangular ends of the bits, while the other end D is split and is clamped on the end of the feed-screw S by a screw E which is adjusted for a frictional self-regulating feed. Two forms of feed-nuts are also described. As shown in Fig. 4, the nut is in two halves moved in and out of gear by the racks H and pinion I. In the other form, Fig. 6, there is a half-nut operated by a cam X.
Patent GB-189824002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Apparatus.
Inventor: TROUBETZKOY LUIGI
Filed: 1898-11-14
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 24,002. Troubetzkoy, L. Nov. 14. Acetylene. -The generator consists of an open cylindrical casing 11, enlarged at the top, and provided with a partition 12 across its lower end. Within this casing is fitted a tubular receptacle 13, open at the top, and en closing a supplemental tubular receptacle 15, within which are placed f o u r cylindrical carbide receptacles 16, 17, 18, 19 varying in size and fitting on top of one another, as shown. The three upper ones are each provided with an annular row of perforations 20 near its upper edge. Water is placed within the annular space formed by the casing 11 and the receptacle 13. Dipping into this water is the open end of the tubular casing 22, having supporting brackets 27, and a partition 23 forming an upper receptacle 24 for water. The casing is provided with a removable cover 25 and handles 26, while a bent tube 28, having a valve 30 on its projecting portion, leads water from the receptacle 24 to the topmost carbide receptacle. The gas generated passes down through a tube 36 to a condenser of any form, having a pipe for draining off condensed water, and thence to a gasometer. The bell of the gasometer is-provided with a depending rod, a projection from which acts, as it rises, upon a curved rod 31, whereby the water supply valve 30 is turned off, and is only turned on again when the bell falls. The water first acts upon the carbide in the upper receptacle 16, and when that is exhausted it overflows, and acts upon the carbide in the receptacle 17, and so on. When it is required to recharge the carbide receptacles, the exit valve on the pipe 36 is shut, and the top casing 22 is lifted off, enabling access to be had to the carbide receptacles.
Patent GB-189824387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding and Displaying Articles for Sale.
Inventor: FOXTON HARTAS
Filed: 1898-11-18
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 24,387. Foxton, H. Nov. 18. Displaying. - Show cards or holders for boot and shoe laces, tape, skeins of thread, &c, consist of a cardboard sheet a to which securing- strips b are attached by being let into slits a' in the sheet, or by riveting &c. Vertical partitions to separate the displayed articles, and plates or flanges for protecting or holding the articles at the top and bottom, may be also attached to the sheet.
Patent GB-189911003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Circular Knitting Machines.
Inventor: TABBERER OSMOND
Filed: 1899-05-26
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 11,003. Tabberer, O., Lorrimer, A., Tabberer, G. O., Lorrimer, M., Shipp, F. S., and Tabberer,.W. H. May 26. Circular knitting- machines.-Relates to the Griswold type of machine, and has for its object to enable the machine to be run at a higher speed without breaking the needles and entangling the yarns on a three or four feeder. The needles are longer than usual, and the tricks are cut away as shown in Fig. 4. The needles are held in place by a rim A on the cam on the sections B on the cam cylinder, and on a gate C which is used to remove needles. The rim A projects into the cut-away portion D of the needle.tricks. The sections B are connected together and to the rotating wheel 1. The gate has projections C', C<3> fitting into recesses on the adjacent sections B, and is held in place by a spring C<1> and removed by the handle C'. The cams b', b, b<3>, b<5> are fixed on the inside of each section, which corresponds to a feeder, and the part b<3> is adjustable to regulate the length of loop. Fig. 5 shows a section of the cams on the dial corresponding to one feeder. The switch cam 8 is adjustable to regulate the length of loop, and the up-throw cam 9 is adjustable. The plates E, F guide the needles on to the next cams. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the cam 9 is adjustable for use in making tuck work, and the guide 10, Fig. 5, is dispensed with. The bobbins for each feeder are carried on spindles K on bent carriers I fixed to an octagonal sleeve loose on a spindle suspended from the cross-bar 15. The thread passes upwards through an eye in the bent bar L, and then through an eye on a tension bar M and down to the work. The arms I and loose sleeve are driven by a pin N. The object of this arrangement is to prevent entanglement of the various yarns.
Patent GB-189912688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Driving Gear.
Inventor: CREESE ALFRED EDWARD
Filed: 1899-06-17
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 12,688. Creese, A. E. June 17. Motor road vehicles, variable-speed gearing g for. The driven shaft carries a toothed wheel b in gear with pinions c, c<1>, the spindles of which are supported on adjustable eccentric bushes in a casing d concentric with the wheel b. Each spindle carries a pulley which is coupled by a belt to a corresponding pulley on the driving- shaft m. The casing is connected by a link to a hand-lever, so that it may be turned in one direction or the other, to throw the required gear into action by placing its belt under tension.
Patent GB-189918851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: MAZEY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1899-09-19
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 18,851. Mazey, J. T. Sept. 19. Metal pipes and tubes.- Relates to water boilers and to pipes for use in connection with waterheating apparatus. The hot-water pipes are convex-concave in form, as shown in Fig. 8, and, when used, may have the channel uppermost and water contained in it, or may be used for economizers or other purposes.
Patent GB-189920145-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combination Electric Light Fittings.
Inventor: SEVENOAKES WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-10-07
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 20,145. Sevenoakes, W. Oct. 7. Lamp brackets for electric lamps. A body portion A is formed so that it can be fixed on a wall, and has slots a to receive corresponding projections on curved arms B, which are fixed by turning them into working position. The slots are oblique, so that the arms may be directed either upwards or downwards. Ends may be screwed on the arms to carry suspended lamps, as shown at b, or obliquely-fixed lamps, or candle sockets. Slots in the central body not occupied by arms are closed by blank pieces. The arms can thus be used in varying numbers, and for supporting lamps in different ways, and are portable.
Patent GB-189924585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Copper Tied Paint, Distemper, and White-wash Brushes.
Inventor: SIMPSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-12-11
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 24,585. Simpson, W. Dec. 11. Paint and whitewash brushes.-The inner bristles b of a paint, whitewash, or distemper are shorter than the outer bristles a, and the space at the top is filled up with two segmental pieces c, c' of guttapercha, vulcanite, &c., which may be provided with pegs d. The bristles are first bound with copper wire f, the pieces c, c<1> are then inserted, the knot is next dipped in cement, and finally the handle e with the blade e<1> is driven in.
Patent GB-190004210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Street Advertising Machines.
Inventor: JAMES FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-03-06
Granted: 1900-06-09
Abstract: 4210. James, F. March 6. Advertising. - A structure such as a lighthouse &c. is mounted as shown on a vehicle a, the removable panels d of the structure, boards e on the vehicle, and the transparent panels g of a lantern fat the top, bearing advertisements. Within the lantern is a shutter having openings, which is mounted on a hollow spindle j and is rotated intermittently by a pin m on a sleeve secured to one of the wheels, which trips in succession fingers k at the base of the spindle j. The shutter may be also rotated continuously, or the lantern may be rotated, the shutter being fixed.
Patent GB-190005032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Cut-out Devices, especially adapted for Preventing Excessive Flow of Electric Current.
Inventor: MALIGNANI ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-03-16
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 5032. Malignani, A. March 16. Cut-outs for preventing subscribers from receiving a current in excess of the amount contracted for, and for like purposes. In the form shown in the Figure, a balanced tube a contains mercury and also a volatile liquid v, such as ether. Outside one limb is a resistance g in series with the lighting- circuit, while the other limb carries a contact c. Should the current exceed the limit, the wire g is heated sufficiently to volatilize the ether and drive the mercury into the other limb, and so cause the tube to tilt and break contact at b, c. A shunt circuit having a resistance w may be arranged to prevent complete extinction of the lamps. A condenser f may be fitted to prevent sparking.
Patent GB-190008492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Oil Cans.
Inventor: LOWE ROBERT
Filed: 1900-05-08
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 8492. Lowe, R. May 8. Lubricating - cans.- The spout 9 is cleared, when obstructed, by the rod 12, by pressing down the spout against the action of the spring 11. The rod 12 and spring 11 may be formed from one piece of wire, or may be made separately. In the latter case, they may be secured at their lower ends to a ring. The spring and rod are retained in place by the cage 6, having slotted sides to allow the oil to pass freely through it. The cage 6 may screw into the cap 3, or may be fixed to it. If fixed, it is formed with a removable bottom to allow removal of the spring, rod, and spout for cleaning or renewal.
Patent GB-190011368-A (GB)
Title: Machinery for Grooving or Bending Sheets of Cardboard, Leather and similar Material.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1900-06-22
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 11,368. Wetter, J., [Lasch & Co., C. L.]. June 22. Bending; embossing-rollers. - Relates to machinery for grooving or bending cardboard, leather, and other flexible sheets, for making boxes &c. A sheet is laid on a table T against an adjustable straight-edge L, and carried towards feed-rollers t<1>, t<2> placed behind polygonal grooving rollers or axles W<1>, W<2> intermittently operated by a disc S' with adjustable teeth. A series of bends or grooves are thus produced with a single setting of the sheet. A second series of grooves at right-angles to the first may be produced by passing the sheet through the same machine again, or through a second machine in the rear. The rollers t<1>, t<2> are geared together, and the former carries a driving-pulley and also a spur-wheel gearing with a spur-wheel fixed to the disc S<1>. The prisms W', W<2> are geared together, and the edges of the prism W<1> are cut off and grooved to receive grooving-rails, the prism W<2> being correspondingly recessed. A toothed wheel S<2> on the part W is engaged by teeth 1, 2, 3, &c. on the disc S', which is graduated to correspond to a millimetre &c. scale, its teeth being adjustable by means of screws projecting into an annular dovetailed slot in the face. When index-fingers z<1>, z<2> on the discs S', S<2> respectively are brought into line, adjacent faces of the prisms are brought parallel. The teeth are shown as spaced for grooving single sheets to form two boxes, the tooth 4 corresponding to two grooves. The straight - edge L is adjustably mounted on a rail s adapted to slide in a groove of the table. The rail is linked to a lever H<2> on a shaft w, which also carries a pair of weighted levers G<1> and an end lever H<1> provided with a link carrying a friction roller running on a cam fixed on the part W<1> and provided with two diametrically-opposite depressions.
Patent GB-190011911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Fine Adjustment of Means for Slow Focussing in Microscopes-Applicable to other Scientific Instruments where Slow Movement in Required for Fine Adjustment.
Inventor: SWIFT JAMES POWELL
Filed: 1900-07-02
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 11,911. Swift, J. P. July 2. Microscopes; adjustments. - To obtain greater steadiness, the fine adjustment of microscopes and other instruments is effected by a screw a<1>, acting through two pivoted levers 1 and 2 upon the body D of the instrument, which works on the usual pillar B<x> and is held up against the adjusting-mechanism by a spring C. The lever 2 acts against a loose bearing-pin b. Similar pins may be introduced between the other contacts.
Patent GB-190100157-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Motor
Inventor: PERRET DAVID
Filed: 1901-01-02
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 157. Perret, D. Jan. 2. Electric clocks; winding-mechanism.-Relates to motors for driving a wheel by means of the armature of an electromagnet, more especially for acting upon or winding up a clock mechanism. The ratchet-wheel a is driven by a pawl b, pivoted to the armature c of an electromagnet d, and acted on by a spring e or its equivalent. During the attraction of the armature, the spring e is compressed, so that, when the circuit of the magnet is interrupted, the spring acts to rotate the ratchetwheel. Two circuit-interrupters are employed, one consisting of a spring f carrying a contact screw i and having an insulating projection h engaging either directly or through a pawl with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, and the other of a spring l carrying a contact screw n and having an insulating-projection m bearing against the pawl b. The spring f tends to close the contact i, but it is opened when the ratchet-wheel acts on the projection h ; the spring l on the other hand tends to open the contact n, but it is closed when the pawl acts on the projection m.
Patent GB-190110281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Turning Stone & and the like.
Inventor: TRIER FRANK
Filed: 1901-05-17
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 10,281. Trier, F. May 17. Turning grindstones, emery wheels, and the like. The cutter-bar A can be turned through 180‹, and can also be adjusted axially in the slide G by the screw S. Its front end is cored in two directions, so that the holder for the spindle of the cutter D can be held in position to turn the sides or circumference.
Patent GB-190111708-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Playing Games.
Inventor: WEINTRAUD ALFRED
Filed: 1901-06-07
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 11,708. Weintraud, A. June 7. Games played with balls, mallets, and boards.- The game is played on a board 1 formed with a convex surface and provided with pins or posts 2, guide-pieces 5, 5<a>, and pockets 6. Some of the pins are connected by cords 3, and arches 13 are arranged over the pockets. A ball 11 is placed on the centre of the table, and is displaced by one of the players pressing a button 10, and thus operating a pin 7 through a spring lever 8. The ball rolls towards the edge of the table, and the object of each player is to prevent it from entering certain pockets, by knocking it back with a mallet. In the arrangement shown, the board is arranged for three players, each of whom has to protect three pockets. Scores are marked by pegs inserted in holes 14. In a modification, the ball 11 is placed eccentrically on a disc which can be rotated through a belt so as to throw off the ball.
Patent GB-190111752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Bodies.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-06-08
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 11,752. Imray, O., [Kingman, B. E.]. June 8. Bodies for broughams, buggies, cabs, carriages, and other vehicles. The framing comprises beams 5 of the section shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The corner pieces are formed with horizontal and vertical tenons 9,10, let into the beams 5, the surfaces of which form flush joints with the raised surface 11. The beams 5 are slotted to receive the curved heads 15 of the bolts 14 passing through the blocks 16, between which and the lips 8 the panels 4 are secured.
Patent GB-190122152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cable Conductors.
Inventor: HITCH WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1901-11-04
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 22,152. Hitch, W. E. Nov. 4. Cables.-The selfinduction and capacity of pairs of the wires are balanced by arranging the single wires at a mean average distance from the core. This is effected by twisting the wires in opposing spirals, with the crossings alternately arranged as shown in Fig. 1. The changing of the crossings may also be arranged in sections, or the core may be doubled backwards and forwards. The strands may also be oppositely looped over transverse pieces of core. The core may be omitted, the strands being tied at the crossings.
Patent GB-190123805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Circuit Breakers.
Filed: 1901-11-23
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 23,805. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Badeau, C. C.]. Nov. 23. Cut-outs ; switches. - In order to render the tripping - mechanism of circuit - breakers more sensitive, an auxiliary magnetic field is provided to overcome friction and counterbalance the calibrating-spring. Figs. 1 and 2 show a construction. A coil 1 having pole-pieces 2, 2<a> surrounds the terminal 6, and the armature 3 is connected to a lever 9 adapted to operate the toggle. The coil 1 may be in a shunt or in an independent circuit, or may be replaced by a permanent magnet.
Patent GB-190125821-A (GB)
Title: A New Trimming for Upholstering and the like, applicable as a Covering for Electrical Wires and Gas Tubes.
Inventor: HALL JOHN
Filed: 1901-12-18
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 25,821. Hall, J. Dec. 18. Trimmings.-A trimming for upholstery and for covering electric wires is made by knitting chenille threads a into a thin tube with or without a core on an ordinary machine.
Patent GB-190200897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Communicating Motion to the Detaching Rollers of Combing Machines for Combing Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
Filed: 1902-01-13
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 897. Platt Bros. & Co., Hilton, W., and Slater, J. Jan. 13. Combing-machines.-In order to prevent the detaching-roller of a cotton-combing machine containing a large number of heads from yielding to torsion &c., it may be divided into two or more parts, and each part be separately driven ; or the whole length of roller may be driven by gearing arranged in a central position in the machine. The invention is described as applied to a machine of ten heads divided into two groups of five each, of which the first, fifth, and sixth heads are shown in Fig. 1, and are numbered respectively 1, 5, and 6. The detaching-roller is shown divided into two parts a', a<2>, of which the first part a<1> is driven in the ordinary way from the internal wheel b, while the second part a<2> is driven from the wheel b through the gearing h, d, e,f, and the shaft c, the gearing d, e, f being situated between the fifth and sixth heads, as shown. The motion of the internal wheel b may be transmitted to the centre of the machine by prolonging the shaft of the wheel b, in which case a second internal wheel and pinion may be used for driving the second section of the detaching-roller. In a third arrangement, both sections of the detaching-roller are driven from a side shaft by spur gearing arranged between the fifth and sixth heads. Or the detaching-roller may be iu one continuous length, or in two lengths coupled together, and driven by a side shaft by a single set of spur gearing arranged between the fifth and sixth heads.
Patent GB-190203712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Harness Saddles
Inventor: WHISKER FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1902-02-13
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 3712. Whisker, F. C. Feb. 13. Saddles.-In harness saddles the leather facings A are attached to the flaps B by wire loops C, and the separate panels E are'laced to the longitudinal wires D. The gullet F is covered with leather. The facings are made by doubling a leather strip over a paper roll and sewing it together.
Patent GB-190205128-A (GB)
Title: Improved Portable Disinfecting Apparatus.
Inventor: THRESH JOHN CLOUGH
Filed: 1902-02-28
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 5128. Thresh, J. C. Feb. 28. Disinfecting. - Re - lates to a portable apparatus, for disinfecting bedding, clothing, &c., b y means of steam, and subsequently drying the same. The apparatus comprises a chamber 1, having a perforated or openwork bottom 7 and a perforated false bottom 11, and beneath it is supported a water container 19 resembling a drawer, in which steam is generated by a suitable heating - arrangement, such as an oil furnace 21. The walls of the chamber are composed of layers of felt 2, with an intervening sheet of metal 3, and the chamber itself is supported on a light framework 4, 5, provided with legs 6. Steam enters the chamber through the openings 8 in the bottom, and escapes through an opening 14 at the top ; this opening may be provided with a flap valve 15 to prevent entrance of cold air ; or a series of exit openings with a sliding valve may be employed. After the disinfecting .is over, the water container 19 is removed and hot air allowed to circulate through the apparatus, so as to dry the articles under treatment. To prevent overheats during this part of the process, a baffle plate may be put in the place of the drawer 19.
Patent GB-190212462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf and other Balls
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 12,462. Kempshall, E. March 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Moulding balls.-A golf &c. ball is formed with a core A made by winding rubber thread under high tension, preferably upon a gutta - percha centrepiece B. The core is enclosed in hemispheres C, D of heavy woven fabric, and heated gutta-percha hemispheres E, F are then compressed upon the core by suitable mould, the pressure being maintained until the shell cools.