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Patent GB-189810725-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bottle for Aerated Waters.
Inventor: CONNOR JAMES
Filed: 1898-05-11
Granted: 1899-01-21
Abstract: 10,725. Connor, J. May 11. Bottle necks.-The neck of an aerated-water bottle is formed with two opposed internal partitions C, which partly divide the neck into two compartments, to prevent the stopper B from blocking the neck during filling. The partitions also serve to prevent the stopper rolling, and act as guides to direct it to its seat F.
Patent GB-189814419-A (GB)
Title: Improved Watertube Boiler.
Inventor: COLLIS ARTHUR BENTALL
Filed: 1898-06-30
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 14,419. Collis, A. B. June 30. Water-tube boilers.-Conically-disposed water tubes D<1> connect an annular water chamber B and a steam and water chamber C of the form shown, the tube-joint surfaces being such that the tubes enter them at right-angles. Handholes E and a removable cover D are provided. The whole is enclosed in a suitable casing.
Patent GB-189817003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Laying Cloth in Layers and Cutting it into Lengths.
Inventor: BARTON JAMES BERNARD
Filed: 1898-08-06
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 17,003. Barton, J. B. Aug. 6. Cutting-machines for fabrics.-Cloth is laid in layers and cut into lengths by apparatus such as that shown in Figs. 2 and 5, for further operation in the cutting-out of garments. The carriage B is provided with pulleys b<1> for being traversed to and fro along rails a by means of endless chains a<2>, a<3>, passing over pulleys at each end of the rails. A projection b<2> on the carriage trips stops on a sliding bar a<8>, which, being connected with a clutch, thus automatically reverses the movement of the carriage. The fabric C is fed from a roll on the carriage between the rollers b<3>, b<4> and b<5>, b<6>, and from the latter pair of rollers it is fed by endless bands d<1>, e<1> to the rollers d, e, and through the shoot or guide d<2> to the table d<3>, on which it is laid in layers. The fabric is cut into lengths by a rotary cutter n', which works against a fixed cutter n<5>. The cutter n' is provided with a pinion n<3> which gears with a rack n<4>. A saddle or arm n, on which the cutter is mounted, moves on rods n<1>, the movement serving through the rack-and-pinion gearing to rotate the cutter to cut the fabric. The delivering-rollers d, e are mounted on bearings which are pivoted to blocks d<5>, which are traversed in guide-slots h<3> in a supplementary counterweighted frame h mounted on the frame b. At the end of each stroke of the blocks d<5>, the bearings of the rollers d, e are tripped to lay the next layer, and the frame h is automatically raised by ratchet and rack-and-pinion gearing to an extent depending on the thickness of the fabric. The various movements of the apparatus mounted on the carriage are automatically effected by means of the chains a', a<3>, which gear with pinions on the shafts m, w at the top of the carriage.
Patent GB-189818305-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Road Plough for Dressing the Side Slopes of Roads.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1898-08-25
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 18,305. Haddan, R., [Boudieu, A.]. Aug. 25. Trimming up sides of road &c.-Parallel rows of ploughshares 2, adjustable as required by screws 3, are mounted on rods 1 with strengthening-struts 5, the share-carriers being capable of being lifted individually in sockets formed between parallel cross-beams bolted together. At the rear is an oblique knife 13 projecting on the working side and mounted in a similar manner. The front of the carriage 12 can be lifted, to withdraw all the shares simultaneously, by the screw 21 mounted on the fore-carriage, and the back can be raised by turning an arm 32<1> by means of a lever 29 and links as shown. When turf is to be cut, the shares 2 are replaced by knives. The apparatus is drawn along by horses or o::en, and guided by means of the handles 28.
Patent GB-189819190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for the Spindles of Swinging Bells.
Inventor: AGGETT WILLIAM FLOOD
Filed: 1898-09-09
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 19,190. Aggett, W. F. Sept. 9. Church and like bells, bearings for. The bush a is of spherical form with flat ends, and is formed with a recess to receive the projection b on the base c. The projection fits loosely in the recess, and allows the bush to align itself to the spindle d. A similar recess is formed in the opposite side of the bush, to enable the latter to be reversed in position. A hood f is formed on the base and cover c, and a collar g on the face-plate h, to protect the bearing from dust &c. In a modification, adapted to prevent the bush from rocking with the bell, the projection b is formed on the cover, and the recesses are elongated, having flat sides, which fit closely to the projection.
Patent GB-189901224-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Apparatus for Conveying and Collecting House Refuse.
Inventor: MAURER PHILIPP
Filed: 1899-01-18
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 1224. Maurer, P., and Becker, A. Jan. 18. Dust shoots.-The different storeys of a house are fitted with shoots g leading into a shaft a at the bottom of which an ordinary bin is placed. Each shoot g is fitted with a door d, which may be connected by links e to a flap valve f, which is thus opened and closed with the door. A spray h may also be operated by the door.
Patent GB-189901580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hard Roller Castings and in the Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: MURMANN ERNST
Filed: 1899-01-23
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 1580. Murmann, E. Jan. 23. Casting.-Rollers for crushing purposes that require a hard exterior and soft interior, and that have hitherto been cast in chills, are by this invention cast in sand from hard white iron around rings 2 of wrought iron that may be machined. The rings may be turned, and a certain quantity of wrought iron or steel may be added to the cast iron.
Patent GB-189901971-A (GB)
Title: A Folding Dining Table.
Inventor: THIEME KARL
Filed: 1899-01-28
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 1971. Thieme, K. Jan. 28. Tables, folding and dining. The legs e are connected by battens c hinged to the underside of the top. When unfolded, hinged battens d turn down and hold the legs in place ; catches H on the legs are then engaged with pins on the parts d. When folded, hooks i on the parts d engage eyes on the inside of the legs, thus holding the table in its folded position.
Patent GB-189907178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: COWAN JOHN
Filed: 1899-04-05
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 7178. Cowan, J. April 5. Steam-generator furnaces.-A boiler is provided with two furnaces, one at each end, one being constructed to burn megasse or coal dust, and the other ordinary coal, and either being capable of being used at will while the other is rendered inoperative. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement, adapted to a boiler of the "Stirling" type. At one end is an ordinary coal-burning furnace l, and at the other a megasse-burning furnace m with a feeding- shoot t and an incline s down which the megasse slides to the grate p. A depending bridge v causes air entering with the megasse to be directed downwards towards the grate. The flame passes over the bridge i into the combustion chamber n under the boiler, and then rises into the tube space in front of the coal-burning furnace. Suitable doors are provided for closing the air and fuel openings of either furnace. Wood fuel may be inserted at y. Fig. 5 shows a modified arrangement with a coal-burning furnace having an inclined grate 3 and a lower horizontal grate 5. Coal is fed through a shoot 4 which may have a steam-jet blower. A door 7 gives access for cleaning the grate. Fig. 6 shows an arrangement for burning either coal dust or ordinary coal. The coal-dust burner is placed behind the boiler at 18, and the fire bars 13 and ashtray 15 of the coal-burning furnace are removable, the latter being used to cut off the coal-dust burner when required. A coal-burning furnace of the kind shown in Fig. 5 may be used in the combination shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-189907804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Stopping, Correcting, and Re-starting Mechanism for Looms.
Filed: 1899-04-13
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 7804. Lake, H. H., [Universal Loom Co.]. April 13. Loom stop-motions; shuttle-changing mechanism; starting-mechanism.-Whenever a weft thread breaks or runs out, the operative parts of the loom are stopped, the defective shuttle is ejected, and a full one inserted in its place, and the operative parts are re-started, all of which operations are performed automatically. The invention is described in connection with a vertical loom of the kind shown and described in Specification No. 13,269, A.D. 1898. The weft stop-motion is adapted to bring the operative parts to rest with the lay J, Fig. 6, in its bottom position, and the shuttle I at the same side of the loom as the magazine a of full shuttles. For this purpose the belt-shipper rod D<1>, Fig. 10, is tripped by a lever E, actuated by a link G<5> from the weft fork, and the brake mechanism is provided with an adjustable stop near the free end of the strap to render it exact in its action. At the same time a link d<1> operates a rock lever e, loosely mounted upon a supplemental cam shaft f, and causes it to lift the pawl e<3> and allow the belt-shipper rod e<5> to put the shuttle-changing mechanism into operation. The shaft f<3>, which is thus rotated by the transference of the belt e<8> from the loose pulley f<6> to the fixed pulley f<5>, operates through worm gearing f<2>, f<1> the cam shaft f, which has a series of cams h, i, j, Fig. 6, for effecting a change of shuttles. The cam h acts upon a bell-crank lever h<1>, loose on the shaft h<2>, and, by means of a sliding shaft h7 in conjunction with a finger h<9> and a lever h<12>, withdraws the swell or binder h<11> and the movable cap h<16> of the shuttle box, and allows the shuttle to be ejected by lifters i<3> on an arm i<1> operated by the cam i. The shuttle is finally pushed off over guide-strips h<17> into a box by the transferrer c, which is moved forward to bring a fresh shuttle from the magazine a by an arm j<1> on the shaft h<2> operated by the cam j. The shuttle is held in the open receiver c<2> by two spring rods c<3> until a depending arm c<5> engages with a collar on the bar k<2> and permits the shuttle to be delivered to the lay. The operative parts are re-started by an arm g on the shaft / engaging with an arm g<1> on the shaft g<2>, which also carries arms e<10>, g<3>, g<4>; the arm e<10> acts upon a pin e<11> on the bar e<5>, and returns it into engagement with the pawl e<3>; the arm g<3> returns the bar D' to its normal position, and the arm g' engages with a shoulder g<7> on the cam and positively prevents the action of the shuttlechanging mechanism during the normal process of weaving. Means are also provided for preventing the action of the shuttle-changing mechanism if the lay does not come to rest in the proper position.
Patent GB-189913804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electric Motors.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1899-07-04
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 13,804. Justice, P. M., [Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co.]. July 4. Organs.-Relates to means for driving the shaft of a piece of machinery from the armature of an electric motor, and for simultaneously disengaging the motor and stopping the driven shaft. While specially applicable to sewing-machines, the invention may also be applied to other apparatus, such as bellows for organs. The nrmature is mounted on a sleeve H, running on a fixed hollow shaft G, and carrying at one end a friction disc J, which can be brought into engagement with a friction-wheel D on the driven shaft C by moving the armature longitudinally on the shaft G. This movement is effected by a lever L, pivoted at l to the motor frame, and carrying at one end a spring-pressed thimble M, bearing against a rod K, in connection with the disc J. On releasing the lever L, the return movement of the armature is brought about by the attraction of the field magnets of the motor. The off movement of the lever L applies a brake 0 to the friction-wheel D, and quickly stops the driven shaft. The means employed forshifting the armature may be somewhat modified.
Patent GB-189915648-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Repairing Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: STEMPEL HERMAN SALOMON VAN DER
Filed: 1899-07-31
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 15,648. Stempel, H. S. van der. July 31. Tyres, pneunzatic.- A puncture is repaired by gripping the punctured part between the jaws of flexible sheetmetal nippers b, and fixing the jaws in position by pushing a ring c along the nippers until it is held by the spring catch i. The body of the nippers is then bent down to lie between the air tube and the cover. In a modification, the jaws have rubber linings, and are wide enough to have two body parts and rings c.
Patent GB-189918178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Folding Mattresses.
Inventor: WAHLENBERG OTTO GOERAN
Filed: 1899-09-08
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 18,178. Wahlenberg, 0. G. Sept. 8. Mattresses.-A mattress is made in two halves, which are hinged together. One part B of the hinge is fixed, whilst the other part C slides in a socket D, which may also slide in the fixed socket E. The sliding hinge allows of the mattress &c. F being enclosed between the two halves of a spring mattress. The part C may be arranged to slide on guides as in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-189920108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Leather or other Material.
Inventor: PARSONS HENRY
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 20,108. Parsons, H. Oct. 6. Cutting - machines for leather &c.-Relates to machines of the type in which a die, placed in position on the leather or other material by hand, is forced down by a heavy reciprocating beam. To enable the die G to be readily placed in position, it is carried by a holder C mounted in a carrier a, which in turn is supported by a carrier a<1>. The carrier a' is supported by wheels a<2> on the flanges e<1> of the beam E, and enables the die to be moved longitudinally. The carrier a, being supported by wheels c running on flanges on the carrier a', allows transverse movement of the cutter. The holder C has a stem B which passes through the carrier so that the beam can strike upon it. It is supported by a spring b, and its position is adjusted by the collar b<1>. The die G may be secured to the holder in any suitable manner, but, in order to enable it to be readily changed, the holder is preferably magnetized, either permanently or temporarily. In the latter case, a wire x carrying a suitable current is coiled round the arms of the holder as shown.
Patent GB-189920542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators of the Water Tube Type.
Inventor: CROLL DAVID
Filed: 1899-10-13
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 20,542. Croll, D. Oct. 13. Water - tube boilers. - Relates to boilers of the class having horizontal water drums below and horizontal steam drums above connected by vertical or slightly-inclined tubes, either straight or curved, and consists, mainly, in dividing the tubes into two sets so as to leave a space into which air is supplied to complete the combustion of the furnace gases, the outer set also forming a vertical firegrate. Fig. 1 shows a boiler with two water drums and two steam drums, each pair having two sets of tubes e and f, though only two rows of the latter set are shown. The intervening space is supplied with heated air through the perforated pipe q. The fire is confined between the outer set e on each side and a nearly-vertical grate k, which may be shaken by the lever x'. Downcomers may be fitted as shown in dotted lines, but circulation takes place without them, the water passing up the tubes e and down the tubes f. Fig. 5 shows a boiler with a single steam drum connected to two water drums.
Patent GB-189923246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutch Wheels applicable to Cycles.
Inventor: INWOOD CHARLES
Filed: 1899-11-22
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 23,246. Inwood, C. Nov. 22. Clutches for cycles. The clutch disc B is formed with oblique holes to receive the clutch balls c, a series of hemispherical recesses D being formed in the inner surface of the chain-wheel A. The balls are put in action by centrifugal force, and act without springs.
Patent GB-190001531-A (GB)
Title: Electric Light Dimmer.
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
Filed: 1900-01-24
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 1531. Hatmaker, J. R. Jan. 24. Lamp brackets.-An electric lamp is carried by a bracket on a base 5, which is held away from the wall by bent feet 6, and carries a regulating-switch 29 and resistance 9 under a cover 8 ; the bracket has an insulating-joint 4.
Patent GB-190003415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Bacteriological Purification of Sewage and other Foul Liquids, and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: GARSTANG THOMAS WALTER HARROPP
Filed: 1900-02-21
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 3415. Garstang, T. W. H. Feb. 21. Sewage &c. filters.- Relates to beds or filters employed for bacteriologically treating sewage or other foul waters, which may be worked in connection with the apparatus described in Specification No. 15,616, A.D. 1898. The bed or filter has an upper portion A of any size or shape, and a lower portion B with sloping walls converging towards a well o, whence the sewage &c. is discharged intermittently by means of a pipe M. The filtering-material in the lower part of the bed or filter is, preferably, coarser than that in the upper part. During the bacteriological treatment of the sewage &c., the bed or filter is periodically supplied with a quantity of sewage &c. equal in volume to a small fractional part of the total capacity of the bed or filter, and at the same time an equal quantity of liquid flows away along the pipe M.
Patent GB-190008035-A (GB)
Title: Spring Clamps for Treating Hoof Cracks.
Inventor: MACKEY SAMUEL WEBSTER
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 8035. Mackey, S. W. May 1. Hoofs of animals, treating.-Cracks in hoofs are closed by inserting on each side of the crack a finger d, Fig. 3, having corrugations c and formed on arms a connected by spring loops b so as to press fingers c together. In a modification for treating sole cracks, shown in Fig. 4, the device is made larger, and is formed with only one loop b.
Patent GB-190009814-A (GB)
Title: Elastic Tired Wheel.
Inventor: GREGORY WALTER DRAPER
Filed: 1900-05-28
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 9814. Gregory, W. D. May 28. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or matic; felloes or rims.-The metal rim B has a central flange b<1> and two smaller side flanges b, which take into corresponding depressions in the rubber tyre C. The tyre C is secured in position by two wires D, of which one is placed on each side of the central flange b<1>.
Patent GB-190009960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads for Workhouses Infirmaries Hospitals and the like.
Inventor: WHITFIELD SAMUEL ILSLEY
Filed: 1900-05-30
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 9960. Whitfield, S. I. May 30. Bedstcads; curtains, drawing and suspending.- Relates to bedsteads for workhouses, infirmaries, hospitals, &c., and consists in hanging curtains thereto in such a manner as to form cubicles. The pillars A, A' at one side are carried up sufficiently high so that, when a curtain is hung on a rod C connecting them, one wall of the cubicle is formed. A rod D, supported on the foot pillars of adjacent bedsteads, supports another curtain which closes in the foot of the bedstead and the space H, and forms another wall of the cubicle, the third and fourth walls being formed by the side curtains of the adjacent bed and by the wall of the hospital &c. The ends of the rods C, D may have eyes fitting over pins chilled in the top of the pillars, or they may have their flattened and dovetailed ends dropped into corresponding recesses at the top of the pillars.
Patent GB-190010486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bolt Fastenings.
Inventor: WURM LINA
Filed: 1900-06-08
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 10,486. Wurm, L. Juno 8. Fastenings; sliding bolts.-Sliding bolts for fastening windows, doors, trap - doors, and o t h e r articles are arranged so that, upon moving one bolt, the other bolt is simultaneously operated. Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention to a door. The bolts a, b, which slide in suitable guides, are provided with teeth, and g e a r with a pinion c mounted on a pin k. Upon moving one of the bolts by means of a knob h, the other bolt is moved in the opposite direction. One or both the bolts may be provided with a suitable spring or springs i, to maintain the bolts in the extended position.
Patent GB-190015541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire-drawing Machines.
Inventor: FULTON WILLIAM EDWARDS
Filed: 1900-08-31
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 15,541. Lake, H. H., [Fulton, W. E.]. Aug. 31. Drawing. - A wire - drawing machine has a number ot drawing-drums C<1> .... C<8> mounted on a shaft C, and a number of idle pulleys D<1>..... D<7> loosely mounted on a shaft D. Dies, corresponding in number to the drums, are placed in two rows a<1>, a' of holders on a bracket A, the wire passing through the first die in the row a', then round a drum C<1>, round a pulley D', through the first die in the row a<2>, and so on to the drum C<8>, thence through a die A' to the winding-drum F. The drum F is carried by a vertical shaft F<1> on a slide G<1>, so that various sizes may be used, and is driven by gearing from the shaft U, which is driven from the main shaft H. A supply of lubricant is circulated by a pump through a pipe a", and thence to a passage in the bracket having channels leading into the bottoms of the die holders, the channels having deflector or cover plates to deflect the lubricant to the dies. The lubricant falls into a tank E, from which it is conveyed to the pump. A ring I<1>, which can be clutched to a disc 1 secured on the shaft D, carries a gripping-device for threading the dies on the wire. A die is placed in a rest K on an arm k, a pointed end of the wire being passed through it and held iu the gripping-device. The clutch is then operated to draw and wind the desired length of wire on the ring and disc, when the process may be repeated. The construction of the clutch is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The bolt i<4> carrying the gripping-device passes through the ring I', and is fixed in an arm i<3>, loosely mounted on the shaft. A continuation arm i<1> carries one end of a strap i, which may be expanded against a flange on the disc by moving a link i<6> to which the other end of the strap is attached. The link is operated by a pivoted arm i<8> having a pin i<10> projecting through a slot i<11> in the ring. The strap effects the driving of the ring carrying the gripping-jaws.
Patent GB-190016525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial Leather, Floor Covering, and the like, and in the Method of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: POSENER ALFRED MORRIS
Filed: 1900-09-17
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 16,525. Posener, A. M., and Clerke, F. W. Sept. 17. Coated fabrics.-Relates to the manufacture of a material to be used instead of leather for various purposes, such as for the inner soles of boots and shoes, or as a substitute for linoleum as a covering for floors, walls, roofs, &c. A woven fabric, preferably of jute, is employed as a foundation, and is dipped, brushed, or trowelled with a mixture consisting of whiting, ochre, and Venetian red, together with an aqueous solution of Irish moss. The fabric is dried and passed between rollers, and both sides are then coated with a mixture of boiled oil, resin, and the colouring or body materials mentioned above, one side being coated and dried before the other is treated. Both sides are smoothed, while wet, with pumicestone &c., and a second coat of the boiled-oil mixture is applied. The surfaces are again pumiced, and are coated with a thin film of boiled oil and colouring-material. One of the surfaces may be printed with a design in the usual way. The aqueous mixture first applied may be dispensed with in the case of floor coverings.