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Patent GB-189815431-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lifting Apparatus.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-07-13
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 15,431. Thompson, W. P., [Nack, F.]. July 13. Scaffolding; look-out stands. -A lifting - platform E is mounted upon the upper ends of three lazy-tongs such as A, B, C. The front and back ones are connected by crossbars k and l, which are approximated to operate the lift by a left and righthanded screw r worked by handgear. To secure a uniform velocity in the rising platform, the operative part of the screw r is made to increase in pitch as the tongs elongate. The apparatus may be employed as a scaffold or look-out station.
Patent GB-189823626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Connected with the Fastening of Cylinder Covers in Four-stroke Gas, Petroleum and like Motors.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-11-09
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 23,626. Thompson, W. P., [Gesellschaft f³r Automobilwagenbau]. Nov. 9. Gas and explosivev a p o u r engines.- The cylinder covers of gas, petroleum, benzene, and like engines are secured to the framing 9, instead of to the cylinder, by long bolts 3, to which the cover is pivoted. By disengaging the nuts 5 on one side of the cylinder, the cover can be turned about its pivots on the other side. An extension of the bolts serves to carry a bridge 11 that acts as a guide for the airvalve spindle.
Patent GB-189824211-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Drying White Lead.
Filed: 1898-11-16
Granted: 1899-11-16
Abstract: 24,211. E a s t Ferry Road Engineerings Works Co., Tuckett, F. S., Johnson & Sons, W.W. & R., and Johnson, E. M. Nov. 16. Drying white lead.-White lead is dried in layers, by means of hot air, on rotary tables 3 in a cylindrical chamber 1. The hot air enters the apparatus through openings regulated by dampers, and escapes by a passage 7 and an uptake 8. Adjustable scrapers 10 on rock shafts 11 are provided to discharge the dried material into a passage 7 with an outlet 9. Charging-doors 13 are provided. The shaft 2 may be operated, through gearing 15, by an electromotor 16.
Patent GB-189825387-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Railway Points.
Inventor: GRIMME JOHANNES
Filed: 1898-12-01
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 25,387. Grimme, J. Dec. 1. Drawings to Specification. Points and switches.-The tongues, instead of being pivoted, are fixed at their rear ends to the railway rails and sleepers, and are formed at some point in their length so that they can bend laterally with a spring action and without twisting. The tongues are connected together as usual, and may be connected to a counterbalance lever which equalizes the power of the spring.
Patent GB-189901116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Road Vehicles and Devices for Controlling the Various Operations relating to Starting, Stopping, Accelerating, and Retarding the same.
Inventor: SPERRY ELMER AMBROSE
Filed: 1899-01-17
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 1116. Sperry, E. A. Jan. 17. Brake rinzs; hubs.- Relates especially to electrical vehicles, and Fig. 11 shows the magnetic brakes for the hubs of the steering-wheels. The brake magnets L are mounted on the short swivelling axle L<1> pivoted in the jaws of the fixed axle L". The magnets act on the lateral surface of a disc k<11> secured to the hub. A dust guard and brake-releasing springs are provided.
Patent GB-189908374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pillar, Wall, and other Postal Receiving Boxes.
Inventor: HOOLE FRANK
Filed: 1899-04-21
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 8374. Hoole, F. April 21. Numbering-apparatus. - Letter-boxes are fitted with coin-freed apparatus by which the letters are franked and stamped with the amount of the postage and with the time and date of posting, and also numbered to facilitate the detection of fraud, an apparatus for counting or registering the coins such as is described in Specification No. 21,381, A.D. 1898, being also provided. The coin, which, according to its value, is inserted through one or other of the shoots 2, drops on to a counterbalanced bucket 3, which, being thus tilted downwards, withdraws an arm 4 affixed thereto from under a perforated drop-slide 5 in the arm 6 of the lever 7, thus permitting the slide to drop to arrest the movement of the rod 54 of the pusher 57, when this is pushed by hand, which thus actuates one or other of the levers 7. The lever thus actuated operates through the corresponding spindle 8 and arm 10 the franking and dating stamp 15 carried on the arm. The numbering- stamp 13, by which the letters are consecutively numbered, is at the same time actuated, it being carried on an arm loose on the shaft 8 and provided with a crossbar 20 with which the rod 10 engages. The levers 7 have depending arms 22, terminating in cams by which the counting - apparatus 25 is operated as described in the before-mentioned Specification. The type of the dating &c. stamp is carried on endless bands, which can be readily set by hand. The unit numbering-disc of the numbering-stamp is moved a step, by ratchet gearing, through the rod 10 before it reaches the cross-bar 20. Arms 27 on the levers 7 cover one side of the buckets 3, so that, when each bucket is tilted, the coins fall in succession down a glass shoot, where fraudulent coins can be detected, and, the letters being consecutively numbered, the letter corresponding therewith can be discovered. The letters are inserted through a slit 79 which is normally closed by a flap 32, on opening which the levers 34, 35, 36, 37 and tumbler 38 are operated to tilt the spring bottom 39 of the letter shoot 30. The letter shoot has a weighted hinged side 47 to adjust the letter &c. before the pad 34 for being stamped &c.
Patent GB-189909519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating the Skin from the Edible Parts of Fruits and Vegetables.
Inventor: YOUNG WILLIAM THOMPSON
Filed: 1899-05-05
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 9519. Young, W. T. May 5. Fruit and vegetables, dressing.-Relates to a machine for separating the skin from the edible parts. Cooked potatoes or the like are placed on rotary perforated plates A<1>, and are pressed or mashed by a plate U having a vertically-reciprocating and a rotary movement. Rotary scraping or cleaning plates T and Z are also fitted in the framing. A chamber or vessel C', in which mashing-arms E<1> rotate,. receives the edible part of the fruit.
Patent GB-189909776-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Working Peat or Turf Blocks for Forming Firelighters.
Inventor: BIAL RICHARD
Filed: 1899-05-09
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 9776. Bial, R. May 9. Boring and drilling; sawing.- Peat or turf firelighters consisting of rectangular blocks. Fig. 6, formed with series of perforations I', L<1>, and slits Z<1>, are made by means of the machine shown in plan in Fig. 2. Irregularly-shaped blocks of peat or turf are fed successively past three pairs of saws U, U<1>, U', which trim the sides of the blocks, the saws U, U<2> being vertical, and the saws U' horizontal. The feeding of the blocks to the saws U<2> is effected by a pusher F<5> connected by links F<4>, F<2> to a rocking lever F, which is actuated by a cam-groove formed in the face of a toothed wheel D. After leaving the saws U<2>, the blocks are perforated successively by vertically-reciprocating drills and horizontally-reciprocating drills I. The drills I are reciprocated by means of the levers G<2> and link G<1> connected to the lever F. The trimmed and perforated blocks are pushed beneath slitting-saws by a hooked or bent plate O<5>, mounted upon a rocking lever and connected to a slotted oscillating lever O<2>, which alternately raises and depresses the plate so as to release or engage with the peat blocks. The finished firelighters are discharged along a grating Z<2>.
Patent GB-189911326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoof-pads.
Inventor: ERICHSEN HEINRICH PETER LUDWIG
Filed: 1899-05-31
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 11,326. Erichsen, H. P. L. May 31. Hoof pads.-The pad consists of a plate r of leather, rubber, &c. p e rforated for the bunches of tow or oakum k. The pad is held between a short shoe a and the hoof b as shown.
Patent GB-189912892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clippers for Animals' Hoofs.
Inventor: COURT EDWARD
Filed: 1899-06-21
Granted: 1900-06-21
Abstract: 12,892. Court, E. June 21. Tools for shoeing. -Shears for hoofs are made with crossed handles a, c and curved blades d, e, and the cutting-edge of the concave blade is serrated.
Patent GB-189915658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam and other Expansive Fluid Engines.
Inventor: HORNSBY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-07-31
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 15,658. Hornsby, W., Roberts, D., and James, C. July 31. Compound and multiple-expansion engines.-Relates to steam and other expansive fluid engines in which the high and low pressure cylinders are placed one behind the other tandemwise, and in which the distribution of steam to and from both cylinders is effected by a single valve. The arrangement is such that the coarse the steam has to traverse is shorter and more direct than is usual in such engines. The distributing-valve c is cylindrical and tubular with open ends, and has five annular spaces d, e,f, g, h around it. The space e communicating with the high-pressure exhaust cavity has ports e' leading into the interior of the valve, which serves as the intermediate receiver, and the space g and lower end of the valve have similar ports for allowing steam to pass from inside the valve into the low-pressure cylinder. Admission to the high-pressure cylinder is effected through annular spaces l, m in the valve casing and grooves d, f in the valve.
Patent GB-189918243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Back-pedalling Brakes for Cycles.
Inventor: SANGSTER CHARLES THOMAS BROCK
Filed: 1899-09-09
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 18,243. Sangster, C. T. B. Sept. 9. Brakes.-Relates to actuating - mechanism for back - pedalling rear-wheel rim brakes. The brake shoes are mounted on links pivoted on the rear stays and connected to a forked frame c fixed to a rod c', the forward end of which is pivoted to an arm e' carried by a rocking sleeve e mounted under the bottom bracket. The outer end of the sleeve e carries a downwardlyprojecting arm g which is recessed to receive a sliding piece h with an inclined outer face. This piece is forced outwards by springs i, so as to come in the path of a bevelled stud f<1> carried by the chain-wheel. During forward driving, the stud acting on the inclined face forces the piece h inwards, and wipes past it. Back-pedalling causes the stud to force the arm forwards, thus applying the brake. Fig. 5 shows a modification, in which the sliding block &c. is replaced by a pivoted arm q, which moves freely backwards but, when forced forward by a stud on the chain-wheel, comes in contact with shoulders on the hinge. This arm q is maintained in its middle position by a spring h encircling its pivot, or connected to a stud carried by the arm, or by one or two spiral &c. springs.
Patent GB-190002989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Stoves.
Inventor: OEHME REINHARD
Filed: 1900-02-14
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 2989. Oehme, R. Feb. 14. Gas burners.-The burner consists of a shallow metal casing a having feet b, a gas inlet j, and a conical inwardly -projecting rim i. A ring c, of slightly-conical section and having the widest part uppermost, rests upon the rim. Upon the ring c rests an inner similar ring d, and on the latter another e. Upon the ring e rests a centre disc or plug f, which can be screwed tightly into the base by means of a key, fitting two holes l, and the screw g. The upper edges of the rings, centre disc, and outer rim are provided with small notches i<1>, which provide the only outlets for the gas and serve as burners. The parts.are easily separated for cleaning or renewal.
Patent GB-190003863-A (GB)
Title: Improved Level Indicating Device for use in the Filling or Emptying of Barrels, Casks and the like.
Inventor: COUPE THOMAS EDWIN
Filed: 1900-02-28
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 3863. Coupe, T. E. Feb. 28. Cask and like gauges.- A tube 1 containing a float 4 is secured in the bunghole by a clamp 3, a second indicating-tube 2, partly of glass and carrying a scale, being mounted above. The float 4 is connected by a wire 6 with a light indicating- disc 5. The upper tube may be replaced by a slotted index and guideplate, and an electric bell alarm apparatus may be used, either fixed to the index plate or placed at a distance. Where the apparatus is intended to give an alarm only when the cask is nearly full or nearly empty, the weight of the float and index may be caused to separate the contacts of the bell until movement begins, but the apparatus may be lengthened to show the level of the liquid at anv time and to sound the alarm at any required level. A funnel may be combined with the apparatus, and, where delicacy of reading is desirable, an index-finger travelling over a dial and operated by a rack and pinion or cord and pulley may be employed.
Patent GB-190004691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Valves for Flushing Water Closets and Drawing off Liquids.
Inventor: BEDELL HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1900-03-12
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 4691. Bedell, H. G., and Welsby, J. March 12. Lift and waste-preventing valves.-The valve 2 is made with a hollow stem 3, which works over a spindle 5 fixed to the grating 6 and fitted at the top with a cup-leather 9 between which and the valve proper a spring 10 is interposed. At the top of the stem 3 a time-passage and screw 14 are placed. The valve, when raised, is pressed back on to its seat by the spring 10, the time being regulated by the leakage of water through the passage 14. An air pipe 15 has its end closed normally by a float valve 20, which falls near the end of the flush and admits air to the discharge pipe. In a modification, the spring 10 is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190005839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: KOENIG EDUARD
Filed: 1900-03-28
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 5839. Konig, E., and Mager, I. March 28. Superheaters, steam.-In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the steam enters the collecting-pipe b, and passes through the coils c, and from these to the coils d and to the supply pipe and the engines, cooking- vessels, &c, the passage of the steam through both series of coils being downwards. The pipes in the hottest part have a smaller total cross-section than those situated above, either by reason of their diameter being less or their number fewer, in order to accelerate the motion of the steam and prevent overheating of the pipes.
Patent GB-190008660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspensory Bandages
Inventor: MOSS ALFRED CHARLES
Filed: 1900-05-10
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 8660. Moss, A. C. May 10. Suspensory bandages.-The bandage comprises a bag, Fig. 6, of suitable shape, having loops E, F, G as shown and an elastic or other band, Fig. 8, provided with a celluloid or other tip a at one end and with a fastening-device b, Fig. 4, consisting of layers of cloth &c. secured together, covered with cloth, and provided with loops c on the surface as shown. The loops E and G may be made larger by securing one end of each loop to the sides of the bag. In use, the bag is secured in position by passing the band through the loop E, round the leg and through the loop F, round the other leg, and through the loop G, and then round the waist or shoulders, the ends being connected by passing the tip a through the loops c. Suitable body harness may also be used, in which case the fastener b is attached to one side and the band to the other.
Patent GB-190009596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Light-bath Apparatus.
Inventor: OTTO ROBERT
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 9596. Otto, R., and Otto, K. May 24. Drawings to Specification. Light, treating diseases with.-The casings of light baths for medical purposes are built up of glass panels.
Patent GB-190012480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Means for Actuating the Points of Tramways.
Inventor: TOMKINSON RALPH
Filed: 1900-07-11
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 12,480. Tomkinson, R. July 11. Points and switches operated from tramcars. By depressing one or other of the spring-supported rods g, g<1> on the vehicle into grooves between the rails, the bell crank e is knocked over to one side or the other, thereby setting the point tongue a, to which it is connected by the rod b, toothed sector c, and spur-wheel d on the axis of the bell crank e. A casing A with removable lid B encloses the mechanism in the road. The rods g, g<1> are provided with foot-plates i, i<1>, and are mounted in the attachment C to the underframe of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190015194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stereotype Plate Holders.
Inventor: WESEL FERDINAND
Filed: 1900-08-25
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 15,194. Wesel, F. Aug. 25. Printing-surfaces. - A holder for stereotype, electrotype, and other printing-plates comprises a block A, Figs. 2 and 3, provided with a series of parallel grooves a, preferably of the cross-section shown in Fig. 3 and inclined at 45‹ to the sides, for the reception of margin clamps B or bars C. The clamps B comprise a bevelled base portion b to be slid in one of the grooves a, a face portion b<1>, and a screw b<2> with the head fitting in a countersunk hole in the part b<1>. The clamps may be right or left handed, or double. In the single form, shown right-handed in Fig. 7, an approximatelydiagonal shoulder b<3> on the underside of the part b<1> is provided with a projecting lip b<4>, and the lip side of the part b<1> is bevelled, the other side being preferably cut off square. The double form shown in Fig. 9 has two lips b<4>, and both edges bevelled. The bars C, Fig. 2, are provided with lipped shoulders and base portions similar to those of the clamps B. In fixing a plate P to the block, the bevelled edges of the clamps or bars are placed over the correspondingly-bevelled edges of the plate, the lips on the shoulders extending under the plate, and the screws are turned to apply the face portions to the edges of the plate and hold the base portions frictionally in the grooves.
Patent GB-190017300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutch or Transmitting and Steering Mechanism for Motor Cars or Automobile Vehicles.
Inventor: RIEGEL ALFRED
Filed: 1900-09-29
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 17,300. Riegel, A. Sept. 29. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the steering and driving of motor cars, and comprises means whereby, without the use of balance gear, differential action of the wheels is permitted in running round curves. The two wheels, as shown in Fig. 1, are driven from the continuouslyrotating shaft j, through the medium of electromagnetic-clutches l, m. The coils of these clutches are connected to contacts x, y controlled by the movements of the steering-lever c in such a manner that whenever the lever is adjusted for the purpose of steering the vehicle, one or other of the clutches is put out of action.
Patent GB-190022833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Telescope Spring Cylinder for Bicycles.
Inventor: KENNEDY JAMES
Filed: 1900-12-14
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 22,833. Kennedy, J. Dec. 14. frames ; forks.-Telescopic spring cylinders are used in the structure of bicycles to reduce vibration and shocks. Each leg a of the front fork is attached by a lug c to a cylinder b having slots l in which slide the ends of a hollow bridgepiece e carried by an inner cylinder d, the spring f acting between the outer cylinder and the bridgepiece through which the ends of the wheel axle pass. In applying the invention to the back wheel, the springs act between the outer cylinders and adjustment clips carried by the inner cylinders and sliding in slots in the outer cylinders.
Patent GB-190106956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engine Governors.
Filed: 1901-04-02
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 6956. Browett, Lindley, and Co., and Stead, W. April 2. Centrifugal and inertia governors.-Relates to combined centrifugal and inertia governors of the kind described in Specifications No. 291, A.D. 1894, and No. 27,098, A.D. 1898. According to the present invention, the weighted body is formed in two parts mounted on pivots parallel to, but outside and on opposite sides of, the axis of rotation of the governor. These parts are so arranged that under the action of gravity they counterbalance each other, but under the action of centrifugal force and inertia they act conjointly as one weighted body. Each of the bars 3, 4 has secured to it a weight at each end, the weight 7 in the example shown being greater than the weight 8, and the pivot 6 correspondingly nearer the weight 9 than the weight 10; and the bars are connected on one side by a spring 12 and on the other side by a link 11. The weights may, however, be equal, and the pivot 6 be placed centrally in the bar 4, the points of attachment of the link then being correspondingly altered. Another modification consists in employing a singlearmed bar for counterbalancing the effect of gravity. Governors constructed as above are powerful in proportion to weight, and are capable of governing at slow speeds.
Patent GB-190110187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads.
Inventor: BRECHT ALFRED
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 10,187. Brecht, A. May 16. Bedsteads and cots.-Relates to collapsable lattice side frames for children's bedsteads &c. A plate a fixed to the end frame carries a rod on which is pivoted the lazy-tong frame c. The end bar d is forked at its lower end, and drops over one of a series of eyes e on a plate secured to the bed bottom. The frames may be made to enclose the bed, or, when partially drawn, prevent disarrangement of the bed-clothes.
Patent GB-190111046-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Hoe
Inventor: WADHAM SIDNEY CHARLES
Filed: 1901-05-29
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 11,046. Wadham, S. C. May 29. [Grant of Patent refused.] Hoes, hand.- The blade is made of the shape shown, with one corner turned up at rightangles to the blade, as shown at B. The handle socket is split and burred, and the handle is secured therein by means of a ring C driven up the socket.
Patent GB-190111150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Connected with Flexible Sheets suitable as a Cover or Envelope for Columns, for the Construction of Walls and for other Building Purposes.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1901-05-30
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 11,150. Wetter, J., [Mack, 0.]. May 30. Fireproof coverings. - A flexible covering for protecting walls, ceilings, columns, vaults, &c. from fire and water is produced by placing prismatic or wedge-shaped moulding-strips over a woven textile backing a, and filling in the spaces with plaster of Paris, cement, mortar, or the like d. Reeds or wood cores c are embedded in the plaster. After the plaster has set, the surface is roughened, and the moulding-strips are removed. The sheet can then be rolled up, and is secured in place by nails or screws, and finished with a coating of plaster. Fig. 5 shows a method of protecting a wood column f or an iron column e. Segments g are applied to the column, the covering is wrapped round the segments, and a coating of plaster is applied over the covering. The plaster slats may be more or less convergent, as shown in Fig. 3, for covering a conical column or the like.
Patent GB-190112587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Lighting and Heating by Means of Electric Lamps.
Inventor: BOYD RICHARD WADE
Filed: 1901-06-20
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 12,587. Boyd, R. W. June 20. Supporting lamps; heating by electricity. - An incandescent lamp c, or a group of lamps, is carried below an open metal guard d on. an upright stand a, which may be extensible. The guard d may be used to support a shade or globe, for lighting, or a kettle recessed to fit over the guard. Or the apparatus a, c, d may be placed within a wire or other open metal stand h, of U-form in plan, on which is placed a double hot-plate j, or a hot-closet, for warming or keeping warm food or other things ; the stand h may also be used to support wearing-apparel to be aired, or the lamp stand a when this is used for lighting.