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Patent GB-189923051-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Toy or Game.
Inventor: ROLLS SARAH ELIZABETH
Filed: 1899-11-18
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 23,051. Rolls, S. E. Nov. 18. Games played with balls and holes or cups -A box contains a tray c perforated with two sets of holes, through one set of which balls can freely pass to a drawer beneath, while the holes of the other set retain the balls. The game is played by throwing the balls so as to be retained by the holes, the score being counted by adding up the numbers given to each of the holes. The edges of the holes may be marked with words, mottoes, geographical names, or the like.
Patent GB-190002367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Clutch Mechanism.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER FRANZ
Filed: 1900-02-06
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 2367. Schneider, F. Feb. 6. Clutches.-Relates to a clutch adapted to drive in either direction and to allow the driven part to over-run, applicable in connection with motor road. vehicles. The shell B on the driven part is formed with lugs b adapted to be engaged by segments E, which are centrally pivoted on a disc D fixed to the driving-shaft. Springs F tend normally to hold the blocks in position for engagement in one direction ; other springs G, formed on the segments, are acted upon, to throw the segments into a central and disengaged position, or into position to drive at their opposite ends, by means of inclined surfaces h<1>, h on bolts H projecting from the controlling-sleeve I.
Patent GB-190002601-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Shelf for Sides of Chairs, Couches, and the like.
Filed: 1900-02-09
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 2601. Hindley & Wilkinson, Wilkinson, C., and Hindley, C. A. Feb. 9. Shelves; chairs, couches, &c.-Relates to a shelf which can be folded into a recess in the arms of chairs, couches, &c. The shelf is in two parts, hinged at f, the inner part being hinged at e to the top of the recess c. The shelf is held extended by a rule-jointed stay g, and has a handle k.
Patent GB-190003122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Filing of Documents and in Apparatus or Appliances therefor.
Inventor: BROWNE SAMUEL GRAHAM
Filed: 1900-02-16
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 3122. Browne, S. G. Feb. 16. Locks, key.-The looking- arrangament used with a special filing-cabinet consists of a lever connected to a sliding bar, or to a rotating shaft with cranks, and actuated by a rotatable disc R, which is turned by a key P<1>.
Patent GB-190004244-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Artificial Stone.
Inventor: FIMMEN REINHARD
Filed: 1900-03-06
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 4244. Fimmen, R. March 6. Stone, artificial. - Relates to apparatus for hardening moulded blocks of artificial stone by steam pressure. Trolleys b running on rails a support hardening - chambers n having removable ends d secured by clamps e, f. The blocks are piled on a table i beneath which is a perforated steam pipe h, which is put into connection with a source of steam supply as shown in diagrammatic plan view in Fig. 1. The exhaust steam may be conveyed from the dome o to another hardening- chamber. After the hardening process is complete, the chambers are run on rails directly to the place for shipment.
Patent GB-190006801-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Greeting Card.
Inventor: TUCK ADOLPH
Filed: 1900-04-11
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 6801. Tuck, A. April 11. Cards, greeting.-A greeting card is made, so as to present the appearance of a small book, by cutting a sheet of cardboard, or thick paper, along the line a, Fig. 1, and then folding the s h e e t along the lines b, d. Additional leaves f may be inserted and secured to the folded portions, as shown in Fig. 2, and the parts of the greeting card may be decorated in any desired manner, and advertisements, greetings, &c. may be printed thereon.
Patent GB-190014104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for use in Electro-chemical Processes.
Inventor: LANCKNER OTTO
Filed: 1900-08-07
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 14,104. Lauckner, O., [Vogelsang, A.]. Aug. 7. Sodium hypochlorite.-As an example, in an electrolytic apparatus in which special electrodes are employed, the invention is shown designed for decomposing a salt solution to obtain a bleaching- liquor. The vat is formed of insulating-material, and is provided with an inlet and outlet for the electrolyte, and with platinum foil electrodes. The latter are formed by cementing the foil around non-conducting rods or bars c, so that the parts a of the foil act as both anode and cathode, and the parts b as conductors of the current.
Patent GB-190014336-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Cash Registering Machines.
Filed: 1900-08-10
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 14,336. Empire Cash Register (Limited) and Collins, N. Aug. 10. Tills.-Relates to cash tills and registers, particularly of the kind described in Specification No. 10,904, A.D. 1900. A weight bar 108, resting on the ends of the key levers 17 pivoted at 16, acts as a key coupler and locking-device so as to ensure the full stroke of the key or keys depressed and their return to normal position and to prevent the successive depression of different keys. Each key lever carries a pivoted latch-lever 139, preferably consisting of a pair of plates riveted together and straddling the key lever, the nose 140 being pressed into engagement with the weight bar, when a lever is operated, by the action of a fixed cam surface 143 on a roller 141. The latch is released by the action of a fixed bar 145 on the tail end 144 of the latchbar. The actuation of two key levers in the same bank may be prevented by sliding balls or bolts in a cross-slotted tube 137.
Patent GB-190015187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cocks or Valves
Inventor: BROPHY MICHAEL MARY
Filed: 1900-08-25
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 15,187. Brophy, M. M. Aug. 25. Lift valves.-A valve specially suitable for supplying baths and lavatories is shown in Fig. 1. The casing a has a projecting flange e covered by a screwed cap and having inclines f, Fig. 4, formed on its edge. The valve c slides within the cap, and has projections h corresponding to the inclines and also engaging with slots in the disc j. The disc and valve are pressed apart by a coiled spring p, and on turning the handle l the valve is rotated, and its projections slide on the inclines, so that the valve is opened or closed. A packing.ring n is placed between the disc and casing.
Patent GB-190015819-A (GB)
Title: Improved Closing Device for Bottles and other Vessels
Filed: 1900-09-05
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 15,819. Kretschmer, O., and Aktiengesellschaft f³r Glasindustrie vorm. Friedr. Siemens Sept. 5 Stoppers.-Relates to a closing-device for bottles and other vessels. The stopper d is connected by a link e to a ring c encircling the neck of the bottle &c. The ends of this ring are formed as eyes f to receive the bent upper ends of a lever b. Near the upper end the lever is formed with eyes g to receive the bent ends of a loop or bail a adapted to engage a projection d<1> on the stopper. The stopper is secured in position by engaging the bail with the projection d' and then pressing the lever b to the neck of the bottle, thereby securing a firm closure.
Patent GB-190019278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metallic Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: MIDGLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1900-10-27
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 19,278. Midgley, T. Oct. 27. Metallic wheels; felloes or rims; hubs; spokes.- Relates to the metallic wheel shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 4, in which the parts, after being assembled and pinned together, are joined by immersion in a bath of molten metal, preferably brass, the surface of which is covered with a flux. The hub comprises an inner tube 23 and an outer casing 29, between which are two pairs of tubular sections 24, 26, each provided with semi-tubular spoke sockets 25, 27, adapted to receive the inner ends of the spokes 36. The ends of the spokes have reinforcing-tubes 43, 44, and they bear respectively against the tube 23 and a plate 39 within the channel rim 37. The rim has spokeholes 40, to which the ends of the spokes are temporarily connected by pins 42, and a tyre 38 is provided. In the modification shown in section in Fig. 1, the hub is formed of three concentric tubes 1, 2, 3, separated by rings 4, 5. The outer ends of the spokes may have solid fillings which are connected to the rim by screws.
Patent GB-190105335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Gearing for Cycles and other Vehicles
Inventor: DIDIERJEAN ALEXIS
Filed: 1901-03-13
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 5335. Didierjean, A. March 13. Driving mechanism.-A two - speed and freewheel driving-gear is shown in Fig. 1, and details of construction are shown in Figs. 7, 10, and 12<a>. On the wheel axle 3 two loose pinions 5, 6 are mounted, one in the plane of the large gear-wheel 8 and the other in the plane of the small gear 9 mounted on the intermediate shaft 7. The chain passes round the sprocket-wheels 8 and 5, while the wheels 6 and 9 are geared by another chain. A grooved collar 13, carrying keys or cottars 14 adapted to engage recesses in the inner periphery of the loose pinions 5, 6, is engaged in the groove by a clutch fork 16, Fig. 7, provided at its face end with rollers 18 so that, by actuating the fork from the speed device, one or other speed is got or free wheeling is permitted. An adjustable rod connects the fork with a bell crank. The free end of the rod 30 is toothed, and is engaged by one tooth of the eccentric part 33, which is turned into and locked in the required position by a key 35.
Patent GB-190106681-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Apparatus for Making Soap Bubbles
Inventor: MACKINTOSH LOUIS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-03-30
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 6681. Mackintosh, L. A. March 30. Bubbles, apparatus for blowing.-A cake &c. B of soap is fixed in a bowl a fitted with a pipe a<1>. The soap is perforated at b to allow the passage of air. When required for use, the bowl a is dipped into water, which dissolves sufficient soap to allow a bubble to be blown.
Patent GB-190108053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Meters.
Inventor: BARR JOHN
Filed: 1901-04-19
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 8053. Barr, J. April 19. Rotary meters for measuring the flow of water, oil, &c. A number of vanes or blades A, Fig. 1, are secured within a drum mounted on a spindle B<2> so as to rotate within a casing A, which is filled with mercury to a point just above the middle. The liquid to be measured is conducted through a pipe c<2> passing through the casing and drum, the end of the pipe being bent upwards so as to open above the mercury. When the forward end A<3> of a vane dips into the mercury, which acts as a valve, a closed space is formed into which the liquid passes and thereby raises the vane and causes the same to revolve. The liquid is delivered from the casing through an outlet D. The motion of the spindle B' may be transferred by worm and toothed gearing to a suitable counting- arrangement outside the meter. In a modification, the vanes are in the form of a multi-threaded screw, and are arranged within a drum secured to a central spindle. In another arrangement, the vanes A<1>, Fig. 4, are located between the inner and outer rings G, G<1> of an inclined disc H carried on a spherical bearing K. A spindle K<1> extends upwards from the disc, and is provided with a roller K<2> which engages a guide-race K<3>. The liquid enters through the pipe C<2>, and causes the disc to revolve, afterwards escaping through the outlet D. Projections J<1> are formed on the base of the casing A, to lessen the quantity of mercury required. Motion is transferred from the spindle K<1>, by a crank arm M<1> on a spindle E', to counting-mechanism. The spindle K<1> may be carried through the casing and the orbital motion dispensed with, in which case there are no projections on the base, which is formed as indicated by the dotted line N'.
Patent GB-190109316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Convertible Berths and Furniture for Use on Ships, and for Analogous Uses.
Filed: 1901-05-06
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 9316. Hoskins & Sewell and Johnson, C. May 6. Berths which are convertible into settees and the like have at the middle of each end a<4> of the frame a trunnion b about which the frame turns for conversion. The trunnions have their bearings in trolleys or carriages c, shown in plan in Fig. 8, mounted on runners c<1> working on rail brackets d. To convert the frame from the sleeping-berth position, Fig. 3, to the settee position, Fig. 7, the frame is pulled into the position shown in Fig. 5, in which the trolley c abuts against the stop d<1>, and the stud e enters the gap or opening d<3> of the rail. The frame is then turned bodily over upon its trunnions, and pushed inwards until the studs e, f enter the recesses d<5>, d' and lock the frame in position. Fig. 9 shows the frame turned vertically to lie flat against the bulkhead or cabin wall, in which position it is locked by one of the trolley runners c' entering the gap d<3>. When two frames. are arranged one above another, one may be used as a settee, Fig. 7, and the other as a back rest, Fig. 9. The bedding may be retained in position, during and after the reversing operation, by straps and the like. When the rail brackets d are not carried by the side walls of the cabin, the outer ends of the brackets are supported by folding or fixed legs. The rail brackets may also be hinged to fold horizontally out of the way when not in use, and the frames may be pivoted to a single runner, or the trolleys may be arranged to slide on the rail brackets without the intervention of runners.
Patent GB-190115335-A (GB)
Title: Trolley Catcher or Controller for Electric Cars.
Inventor: EARLL CHARLES ISAAC
Filed: 1901-07-29
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 15,335. Earll, C. I. July 29. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Relates to trolley rope holding and pulling-down appliances. Collectors.-The trolley rope 12 is wound on the drum 11, which takes up the slack by the spring 13. The tension of this spring is adjusted by the spindle 8 held by a catch 9. The drum is also connected by a stronger spring 18 to a sleeve 17, loose on the spindle and having an arm 16 carrying a pawl 21, which normally engages a tooth 23 on the drum so as to hold this spring wound up. If the drum is revolved rapidly by the trolley escaping from the wire, the pawl 29 pivoted on the pawl 21 is thrown outwardly to engage the rack in the casing 6. This action liberates the pawl 21 from the drum, and causes it to engage the rack, so that the arm 16 is held stationary and the drum is revolved to wind in the rope. The spring 18 is re-set by pressing in the spring bolt 33 to engage the arm 16, while the rope is pulled out to revolve the drum. The pawls are held by the springs 26,31.
Patent GB-190116930-A (GB)
Title: Composition for Removing Paint.
Inventor: WILLOCK GEORGE
Filed: 1901-08-23
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 16,930. Willock, G. Aug. 23. Paints, removing.-A composition for removing paint from woodwork and other surfaces consists of glycerine, soft soap, lime, and caustic soda.
Patent GB-190117503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cycle and other Driving Chains.
Inventor: GARRARD CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1901-08-31
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 17,503. Garrard, C. G., and Garrard, C. R. Aug. 31. Driving-chains for cyles &c. The pins or rivets are made hollow, and are produced by bending metal strips.
Patent GB-190123408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or Receptacles for Sand.
Inventor: GRIESE EMIL
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 23,408. Griese, E. Nov. 19. Sand bins.-A street sand box, sunk into the ground so as not to form an obstruction, has a false bottom c resting on levers d pivoted to a spindle h guided by slots in the sides of the box. The levers are drawn together by springs e, and carry rollers f running on rails g fixed to the false bottom and the box. The false bottom carries guide-rods i sliding in sockets k.
Patent GB-190123624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Desincrustant Apparatus for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: QUINLAN EDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1901-11-21
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 23,624. Quinlan, E. J. Nov. 21. Incrustation, preventing.-Petroleum is mixed with the feedwater by means of an apparatus fitted in the feed-tank as shown. It consists of a vessel a, with a depending pipe and nozzle k enteting the end of the feed-pipe. The supply is regulated by the cock d.
Patent GB-190123950-A (GB)
Title: A Game of Skill
Inventor: BARTONE THOMAS
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 23,950. Bastone, T., and Jones, W. J. Nov. 26. Games played with balls and boards; puzzles.- A board B is formed with a spiral groove A with blind offsets C and cross-grooves D, the object of the game being to manipulate the board so that a ball passes along the groove to the centre or other specified part. The board may be provided with a handle E, and a stand with a pivot is sometimes provided to support the board. Numbers marked on the board indicate penalties for taking a wrong course.
Patent GB-190124937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polyphase Alternating Current Induction Motors.
Inventor: LANGDON-DAVIES WALTER
Filed: 1901-12-06
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 24,937. Davies, W. Langdon-, and Soames, A. Dec. 6. Motors, alternating-current.-A polyphase alternating-current induction motor is so constructed that it may be started without using the winding on the induced member, the circuit of which is closed only when full speed is attained. To effect this, the body of the induced member is made of solid metal, such as cast or wrought iron or steel, of such thickness as to afford a path of high resistance for Foucault currents, and the windings thereon (which may be ring or drum) are made of high conductivity, so that, when the circuit is completed, slip is reduced. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the induced member consists of a solid rotor C, provided with a winding D, connected to slip-rings E, F. Alternatively, the induced member may be the stator, and the field magnet the rotor. If the resistance is insufficient, the solid body of the induced member may be divided into two or more pieces at right - angles to the induced currents.
Patent GB-190125795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candle Lamps.
Inventor: RICHARDS THOMAS COLE
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 25,795. Richards, T. C. May 17, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Candle lamps. - In order that the outer ornamental tube F may be replaced by another to permit of the colour or design being changed to correspond to the colours used in the table or other decorations, the inner metal candle tube A has struck-up portions c, which engage with the bayonet slots d in the detachable candle nozzle B, and other struck-up portions h, which engage with recesses h' in the ornamental tube F, and prevent it from rotating, when its upper edge is pushed up beneath the bezel ring g on the nozzle B by attaching, by means of the screw i, the lower shouldered bezel ring H and the spring or equivalent device G for securing the candle lamp in the candelabrum.
Patent GB-190202858-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Table Ornament or Appliance for the Use of Smokers
Inventor: BERNHARDT MAX
Filed: 1902-02-04
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 2858. Bernhardt, M., and Salomon, H. Feb. 4. Money boxes. - Relates to an apparatus comprising a platinum cigar lighter b connected by the flexible conductors c to an accumulator contained in the casing a, and hung upon an interruptor d of the telephone-hook description. The top of the casing a may constitute a money box. Ashtrays m, a cigar cutter k, and a bell g operated by a hammer are provided. Advertisements or pictures may be shown in the frames e.
Patent GB-190205140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Glass Tiles and Glass for Decorative, Glazing and other Purposes.
Filed: 1902-03-01
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 5140. Thompson, C. H., and Crystalline Co. March 1. Facing-tiles.-Glass tiles for decorative, glazing, and other purposes, are formed with a wavy or rippled effect throughout the thickness by heating them while they are supported on a number of fixed or movable projections arranged irregularly. A suitable bed may consist of a metallic or fireclay plate sprinkled with partly-calcined grains of silex which will not adhere to the glass. The bed may also be formed of a metallic plate having irregular projecting points. The tiles &c. may be afterwards decorated or coloured ; or a plain tile &c. may be treated with coloured glass, which will fuse and form a design when the tile is heated to form the ripples. Facing-tiles for walls, ceilings, &c. may be formed with a backing or key, as described in Specification No. 20,414, A.D. 1897.
Patent GB-190205394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Voting Machines.
Inventor: CARY HENRY BOUNDS
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 5394. Cary, H. B. March 4. Voting-apparatus. -The recording- apparatus is made up of repetitions of the tape counter shown in perspective in Fig. 18, and the overlying operating - mecha - nism shown in elevation in Fig. 13, as many of each being provided in the upper and lower cases D, E as there are candidates for the offices, and as many pairs of cases being laid side by side as there are offices. The tape counter consists of a numbering-tape R to be wound from one reel P to another by means of a pair of feeding-wheels I, J, one having a ratchetwheel T attached to it and the other showing the tape through a window S when the upper case D is removed. The operating-mechanism consists of a chain of linked levers H, 10, 15 on respective fulcra 6, D<1>, 14, between a push-down key G (showing the candidate's name), and a driving- pawl 18 which has a pin 19 to travel round a guiding-lug 21. Bars laid across the cases and between the keys prevent the removal of the name cards, which are put into them through hinged end pieces. More than one vote for each office is prevented as follows :-A bundle of flat bars, shown separately in Fig. 8, lies in front of the mechanism shown in Fig. 13, one bar for each counter. Supposing there are four counters in each case, each shifts to the right a corresponding bar L<1>, L<2>, L<3>, or L<4> by means of a pin 28 on the bell-crank lever 15 engaging a hole 27 in the particular bar, but passing through slots 29 in the other bars. Three lugs 0 on the shifted bar of the operated counter are consequently put out of register with three notches 5 in the upper operating-levers H of the other counters, so preventing their action. A slotted bar K bearing vertical pins 25 is also shifted by the pin 28 on any of the bell-crank levers, and a cross-bar 48 pinned to the slots of all these bars is consequently pulled, to count the number of voters. The attendant officer draws these bars back to their normal position, and in so doing sounds a gong. At the conclusion of the election, the upper cases are removed from the lower ones, and spring bolts, which are drawn by dowels when the cases were put together, engage the counters.
Patent GB-190212057-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Water Gauge for Steam Boilers
Inventor: GIBBONS ROBERT PEARCE
Filed: 1902-05-27
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 12,057. Gib- bons, R. P. May 27. Water - level indicators. - Plugs d of glass are inserted, from inside, in tapered boles in a metal gauge tube.