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Patent GB-189700654-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Method of, and Apparatus for, Purifying Water, Sewage, and other Foul Liquids.
Inventor: DUCAT WALTER MARDON
Filed: 1897-01-09
Granted: 1898-01-08
Abstract: 654. Ducat, W. M. Jan. 9. Filter beds.-A filter bed for use in treating sewage, water, and foul liquids is shown in vertical section in Fig. 2. The walls A have apertures formed by honeycombed brickwork or earthenware pipes a' laid with open joints in the filtering- medium. The sewage &c. is supplied to the filter bed from a trough E and crosschannels e, which are vertically adjustable by means of screws d. Clean-washed gravel, pebbles, pumicestone chips, or other equivalent material may be used as filtering-media, the coarsest portions being placed at the top and the finest at the bottom of the filter bed. Between the walls of the filter bed and the filtering-media a wall of very coarse lumps of material may be built up. The sewage &c. is slowly fed to the filter bed, so as to allow a free passage of air through the filtering- media. The temperature of the filter bed may be kept uniform by means of an air chamber G provided with large doors g<1>, which can be opened or shut as may be required, and also by means of a chamber provided with a stove and communicating with the outer air and with the filter bed.
Patent GB-189702354-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hot Water Cylinder for use in Bath Rooms, Hot Houses, and the like.
Inventor: ELWELL GEORGE
Filed: 1897-01-29
Granted: 1898-01-29
Abstract: 2354. Elwell, G. Jan. 29. Baths.-A hot-water cylinder for use in bathrooms is formed with fluted or corrugated ends A to increase its strength, and the cylindrical body has a double riveted diagonal seam B for the same purpose.
Patent GB-189704048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cement and Concrete.
Inventor: ROBINSON WINFIELD SCOTT
Filed: 1897-02-15
Granted: 1897-03-27
Abstract: 4048. Robinson, W. S., and Brookfield, S. M. Feb. 15. Paving.-Gravel, sand, earthy matter, or broken stone mixed with iron filings or shavings or crushed hematite or sulphate of iron are spread, and wet with a solution of common salt and allowed to rest till set. For immediate setting, ammonium nitrate may be added and the mass wetted with a solution of silicate of soda.
Patent GB-189710740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process and Apparatus for Removing Burrs and the like from Wool.
Inventor: JOWETT SAM
Filed: 1897-04-30
Granted: 1898-04-09
Abstract: 10,740. Jowett, S., and Dodson, J. April 30. Burring; gill boxes or frames.-The wool is passed through a gill box, and the burrs are crushed by a pair of rollers H, H<2> at the delivery end thereof. In Fig. 3, E are the ordinary delivery rollers of the gill box, the endless apron D being arranged in the manner shown, so as to guide the wool to the crushing-rollers. Beyond the crushing-rollers are an endless apron K, to assist in preventing the lapping of the fibre on the top crushing-roller, and a rotary beater T for throwing the treated wool on to the floor. The feeding- apron for the gill box preferably consists of metal laths linked together and heated by means of a steam chest.
Patent GB-189712173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Lamps or Lanterns.
Inventor: BROWNE JOHN
Filed: 1897-05-17
Granted: 1897-07-10
Abstract: 12,173. Browne, J. May 17. Gas, oil, and candle lamps or lanterns for special or general use are formed with a conical lens a and a curved reflector b in combination with a perforated baffle f, a lamp - head or cowl e with gauze breakers, and pivoted handle h, and a hinged door secured by a catch.
Patent GB-189716898-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Gripping Apparatus for Cages, Hoists, and the like.
Inventor: GREEN JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1897-07-17
Granted: 1898-04-02
Abstract: 16,898. Green, J. H. July 17. Safety suspending-apparatus.- Each guide-rope k passes through a box on the cage fitted on one side with a cam b. This cam is held out of action by the pull of the lifting - rope through the arm e and lever d. Should the rope break, the spring h coming into action pulls down the lever d and thus causes the cam to jam against the rope k.
Patent GB-189726287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Making Cast Metal Panels for Holding Tiles and other Articles.
Inventor: MITCHELL JOHN NICOL
Filed: 1897-11-11
Granted: 1898-10-01
Abstract: 26,287. Mitchell, J. N., and Morrison, W. Nov. 11. Moulding panels. Metal panels A, Fig. 1, for holding tiles, mirrors, &c. are cast in one piece with a grilled or solid back a' and flanges a' in front; nuts a<2> are cast into the back at the points where four tiles meet and prints a<2> are formed on the pattern, Figs. 5 and 6, to make impressions in the sand for their reception. Figs. 5 and 6 show a mould with a pattern in situ. The strips a<5> on the patterns are loose and are drawn from the side. Openings a<8>, Fig. 1, may be left for the insertion of the tiles, or they may be inserted from the front.
Patent GB-189727932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Parts of Knobs, Terminal Ornaments, and Kindred Articles.
Inventor: CADBURY JOEL
Filed: 1897-11-27
Granted: 1898-10-22
Abstract: 27,932. Cadbury, J., Lambert, F. W., [trading as Green, Cadbury,& Co.], and Austin, J. T. Nov. 27. Metalwork, ornamental.-In making terminal ornaments, a disc of sheet metal is first formed into a cup, Fig. 4, by drawing-through or spinning operations, leaving the base of the cup of the original thickness. The base is pierced at b<1>, and by similar operations the cup is brought to the shapes shown in Figs. 5 and 7. The object of the invention is to leave sufficient thickness of material in the neck to enable it to be screw-threaded. The extended sleeve b<2> need not be formed.
Patent GB-189728653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Retorts for the Distillation of Shale and other Substances.
Inventor: GORDON ANDREW
Filed: 1897-12-04
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 28,653. Gordon, A. Dec. 4. Furnaces for destructive distillation.-Shale or other material is dropped from a hopper F into an annular retort or chamber A<3>, the walls of which enclose annular flues C, C' in which gas is burnt to heat it. Radial flues also extend across the retort, which is supported above the ground level by pillars B. The material rests at the bottom on an annular plate H, having a flat middle portion with inclined sides. This is supported within an annular hopper I, provided with counterweighted discharging-doors I<2>, held by latches, and sealed by placing water on them ; or a large conical hopper may be used, provided with a conveyer screw, and containing water. Four long scrapers J are reciprocated radially on the flat part of the plate H by rods J<1>, passed through stuffing-boxes in the hopper, and engaged with eccentrics K which are rotated by worm gearing. Doors M in the hopper I, and holes in the plate H, permit stirring-tools to be introduced. The upper part of the retort consists of iron rings a, a<1>; the products of combustion from the flues pass through openings a<5> into a central chimney a<3>. The products of distillation are delivered through tubes G.
Patent GB-189728945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Production of Slate Mantelpiece Piers or Jambs.
Inventor: LEWIS WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1897-12-07
Granted: 1898-10-22
Abstract: 28,945. Lewis, W. J. Dec. 7. Mantelpieces.-The jambs are made from solid rectangular-sectioned blocks of slate hollowed out for lightness at the back, front, or sides, as shown in section in Figs. 3, 9, and 10. The hollowed blocks may be ornamented by fluting or by forming pillars c<5> flush with the face, or separate pillars d<2> may be attached. The truss c<7> may be formed with the jamb, or be attached thereto. A number of sections showing different methods of ornamenting the jambs are shown.
Patent GB-189729728-A (GB)
Title: Improved Compounds applicable for Making a Substitute for Linseed Oil Body for Paint, Printing Ink, Floor Cloth Making, and the like.
Inventor: BANNER SAMUEL
Filed: 1897-12-15
Granted: 1898-11-05
Abstract: 29,728. Banner, S. Dec. 15. Paints, materials for.-Colophony dissolved in a suitable solvent, and treated with caustic soda or potash, is used as a substitute for linseed oil in the manufacture of paint and the like.
Patent GB-189802315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubbing Bars for Threshing Machines.
Inventor: SAUNDERS GEORGE
Filed: 1898-01-28
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 2315. Saunders, G. Jan. 28. Thrashing - machines.-Relates to the concaves of thrashing-machines. Reversible rubbing-bars a are secured by bolts b to the concave bars c, so that they project above the said bars and take the wear. The bars can be changed so that each of the four edges can in turn be brought into the working position.
Patent GB-189806084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicating and Recording Apparatus for Checking Fares, Cash Payments, and the like.
Inventor: STEIN FRANZ
Filed: 1898-03-12
Granted: 1898-06-04
Abstract: 6084. Stein, F. March 12. Platen presses for apparatus for checking receipts and fares &c. The indicating-segments a, b, &c. and the corresponding printing-segments a<1>, b<1>, &c. are formed in one piece so as to be adjusted simultaneously before the exhibiting aperture x and under the printing-hammer y. Preferably the indicating-segments are heavier than the printing, so that they return by gravity when released from the retaining springs k.
Patent GB-189817896-A (GB)
Title: The Production of Incandescent Materials Suitable for Use in Electric Lighting.
Inventor: PITT SYDNEY
Filed: 1898-08-19
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 17,896. Pitt, S., [Pharmaceutisches Institut, Ludwig Wilhelm Gans]. Aug. 19. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments are made by partly or entirely coating small rods or other pieces of porcelain, glass, or other heat-resisting material with organic compounds of osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, or iridium, prepared in the same manner as those used in the decoration of porcelain, as by heating oil of lavender with chlorides of gold or platinum. The coated rods are then baked, coherent metallic coverings being thus formed on them. Osmium coatings must be heated in a reducing - atmosphere. The coatings may be strengthened by electrodeposition. They may be separated by partially dissolving the rods in hydrofluoric acid, and then curved to the forms desired, coppered at the ends, mounted on metal or carbon supports by soldering or otherwise, and used as filaments in the air or an indifferent gas, or in exhausted bulbs. Hydrochloric acid may be used as the solvent, if the rods are of suitable glass. Preferably, however, the baked rods are again coated with similar resinous organic compounds of thorium, zirconium, magnesium, or like metals, and again fired, coatings of the oxides being thus produced. The Provisional Specification describes the production of a filament by coating a glass rod successively with silver and an organic compound of alumina, before the application of the coatings described above ; the silver is afterwards removed by nitric acid.
Patent GB-189818855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Admission Valves of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: EVANS ARTHUR FREDERICK
Filed: 1898-09-03
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 18,855. Evans, A. F. Sept. 3. Gas and explosive-vapour engines. -The air is dried and purified in the cylinder jacket before being drawn into the engine. The valves, which in Figs. 1 and 3 are shown to admit the charge to the crank chamber, comprise an air valve F with a projection J on its spindle which opens the oil, spirit, or gas valve K. The valve F is controlled from the crank shaft by a lever D. The oil supply is regulated by a screw-down valve Q with an index V and dial W. The air from the cylinder jacket is led to the valve by the pipe C.
Patent GB-189824344-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition to be Used for Dressing Leather.
Inventor: CLIFF FRANCIS AUTHUR
Filed: 1898-11-18
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 24,344. Cliff, F. A. Nov. 18. Leather-dressing compositions. - Irish moss is boiled in water, liquid Chicago glucose is added. and French chalk and cod oil are stirred with the mixture to constitute a composition to be applied to wet leather for dressing purposes.
Patent GB-189826926-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stoppers and Fastenings for Bottles, Jars, Casks, and other Vessels.
Inventor: SHUTTLEWORTH JAMES JOHNSON
Filed: 1898-12-20
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 26,926. Shuttleworth, J. J. Dec. 20. Stoppers; sealing bottles &c.-Relates to means for securing the stoppers of bottles. jars, casks, drums, &c. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the neck of the vessel is closed by an ordinary cork D, above which is inserted a seal or disc C bearing a brand. A glass keeper B, through which the brand is visible, is placed on the mouth, and is secured in position by two wires A fixed to lugs A<1> embedded in the neck during manufacture. The wires are passed through holes or notches in the keeper and knotted together on the top. the ends being cut off close, and the knot buried in wax, lead, cement, glass, &c. contained in the undercut recess A<2>. The wires are broken to enable the cork to be withdrawn, and cannot be again united. In a modification, the lugs A<1> are omitted, and the wires directly embedded in the neck. The keeper may be omitted, or it may be secured by a metal band riveted &c. to the neck at one side and secured by knotted wires at the other. In another arrangement, a ball of such a size that it cannot be withdrawn is enclosed within the vessel during manufacture, and is provided with wires, which are knotted over the cork when the latter has been inserted. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the wires A, attached to the loose block G within the vessel, are threaded through holes in the screw stopper H, the ends being knotted together and sealed &c. in the recess A<2>. Fig. 7 shows a similar arrangement applied to the screw stopper or bung J of a cask.
Patent GB-189904909-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means Applicable for Use in Preserving, Aerating and Storing Liquids or Substances.
Inventor: NASH RICHARD GRAINGER
Filed: 1899-03-06
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 4909. Nash, R. G. March 6. Drawings to Specification. Milk cans.-A milk can or churn for storing sterilized milk &c. is fitted with an airtight lid, which is secured by means of spiral grooves formed on the can, and is provided with a cock by which sterilized air &c. may be introduced. The tap at the lower end is formed with a cylindrical extension to enable it to be secured to the supply of milk.
Patent GB-189907880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mowing and Reaping Machines.
Inventor: BIRTWISLE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-04-14
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 7880. B i r t w i s l e, W. April 14. Lubricating the reciprocating heads of knife-bars of reaping and mowing machines. The oil cup I is placed on the cover of the guideway. Partitions g, g are formed in the cup. The oil is placed in the central division, and is fed by wicks to the oil-holes G<1>, G<1>.
Patent GB-189911975-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Coin Freed Weighing Machine.
Inventor: SCOTT JOHN TWEEDY
Filed: 1899-06-08
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 11,975. Scott, J. T. June 8. Weighing-apparatus.-Hydrostatic apparatus is used with a draw-bar I attached to the platform and turning an index spindle K. Normally a lug R on the draw-bar is obstructed by a roller N at the end of a hanging arm M. Coin action.-The coin in descending the shoot T strikes a bell-crank lever Q, which is connected by a link P to the hanging arm M. The obstruction to the lug R on the draw-bar is thrust aside, but swings again into position to re-engage it after the weighing is concluded.
Patent GB-189912594-A (GB)
Inventor: MCDOUGALL ISAAC SHIMWELL
Filed: 1899-06-16
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 12,594. McDougall, I. S., and Haigh, N. N. June 16. Feedwater, purifying, filters for. A removable filtering- cartridge, consisting of two concentric perforated shells C, C', with an intervening layer of finely-broken coke or other pulverulent material resting on a sole-plate E, is supported in an outer casing A so as to make a tight joint between the surrounding annular space and the lower portion of the casing. R is the inlet and S the outlet for the water. The material in the cartridge may be compressed by a plate H and screw I. Within the shell C' is an additional cartridge L consisting of alternate layers of wire gauze and jute cloth or the like supported on an inner framework L<1> or perforated pipe, and covering the opening into the lower chamber of the casing. A pressure gauge U is fitted to indicate clogging. This cartridge may be placed in the lower chamber to cover the outlet S. The shells C, C' may be covered with wire or jute cloth. By closing the valves R', S<1>, the filter may be isolated for cleaning etc.; and by opening the valve T<1> the feed may be passed directly to the boiler without filtration. Two or more such filters may be combined with a single feed-pipe, so that one can be cleaned while the other is in use. A swivelling arm is, in that case, attached to an upward extension of the feed-pipe to support tackle by which the cartridge may be lifted from the casing. Oil or grease in the water remains at the surface of the water in the filter.
Patent GB-189920939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cast Blocks or Masses of Steel and other Materials.
Inventor: PERIN LOUIS
Filed: 1899-10-19
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 20,939. Perin, L. Oct. 19. Casting.-Waste steel and scrap iron of any kind are melted in a cupola furnace in presence of ferro-manganese, ferro-silicon, aluminium-lime, magnesia, and coke, and the molten metal is cast into pieces of any desired form in sand moulds. Tungsten, ferro-chromium, and nickel may also be added to the charge in the cupola. The cast pieces are placed in steel and other suitable receptacles, and are surrounded by a mixture of iron ore, lime, and scales from rolled iron, and then heated in re-heating or annealing furnaces until the ore &c. has taken up the excess of carbon contained in the pieces. Tool and other kinds of steel may be obtained by means of a similar process carried out in the melting-pots or crucibles.
Patent GB-190003452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut-locks.
Inventor: FERRIS SMITH
Filed: 1900-02-21
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 3452. Lake, H. H., [Ferris, S.]. Feb. 21. Locking nuts.-The nut b is locked by the cap c, which fits the nut, and also the polygonal end f of the bolt a. The cap is kept in place by a transverse key d shown in section.
Patent GB-190004397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tack Hammers.
Inventor: SAVAGE ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-03-07
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 4397. Savage, A. W. March 7. Hammers.-Relates to magazine tack hammers with a magnetic head. Figs. 3 and 6 show sectional elevations of the tool head at rightangles to one another. Fig. 4 corresponds to Fig.3. The tacks T pass along the slotted channel e, which forms the magazine, until stopped by the catch v pivoted at t to the head b. The slide i, slotted for the pin t and notched at j for the shank of the tack, is then operated to carry the tack from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 4, where it rests against the poles of the horse-shoe magnet c in a position for driving. The catch v is rocked by a projection on the slide i, and the slide is actuated by a sliding bar o provided with a trigger for the finger. The end s of the bar is first withdrawn from a notch in the slide i, and then the pin n travelling in a slot m of the lever k rocks it upon its pivot l and thus depresses the slide.
Patent GB-190010188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boots and Shoes
Inventor: ABBOTSON ALBAN
Filed: 1900-06-02
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 10,188. Abbotson, A., and Knox, W. J. June 2. Heels; repairing.-A tapered dovetailed recess is cut in the heel, to receive a similar projection on a metal or other plate d, which may have a facing h of leather or india-rubber. The plate may be secured in position by a screw g, as in Fig. 2, or by a pawl, detent, turn-button, or other fastening.
Patent GB-190012327-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for the Mercerisation of Yarns in the Hank or Skein.
Inventor: DOLDER JULES
Filed: 1900-07-07
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 12,327. Dolder, J. July 7. Yarns and threads, mercerizing. - Relates to machines for mercerizing hanks of yarn, in which the hanks are carried by pairs or rollers arranged round a drum, one roller of each pair being carried by bell-crank levers operated by a cam surface a, b c for stretching the hanks. The cam surface is made in three parts a, b, c, connected by racks i, f, h with a spur-wheel e, which can be rotated so as to move the parts a, b, c towards cr from one another according to the size of the hanks to be treated. A fourth rack g has a wedge-shaped head l, which is forced between or withdrawn from the adjacent ends of the parts b, c when the latter are operated ; k are switches for guiding the rollers m of the levers o, p into the inner curve of the part a, so as to slacken the hanks in this part of their course to facilitate removal &c.
Patent GB-190023088-A (GB)
Title: Knock Down Furniture.
Inventor: GUNN WILLIAM STERLING
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 23,088. Gunn, W. S. Dec. 18. Bookcases, shelves, cupboards, chests of drawers, &c.-Relates to bookcases, shelves, cupboards, chests of drawers, &c. which can be readily taken to pieces. The invention is described with reference to a bookcase, made in sections which can be placed one on another or end to end and connected together. Each side piece a has on its upper and lower edges grooves m, Fig. 3, with notches n, and on its inner rear face a groove o. The back b slides in the grooves o. A metal plate e, Figs. 4 and 7, has beads i which engage the grooves m, lugs k which enter the notches n, and hooks l; the plates e are secured to the shelf or bottom. When one case is put upon another the beads i and grooves m align them in one direction, and the lugs k and notches n in the other. When one case is put alongside of another, a staple p, q is engaged with the hooks l of the two plates e, and so connects the cases. The glazed front has hooks f, which normally hang on rollers h when the front is lifted to the horizontal position, it may be pushed in, the hooks f being guided by the strips g. The lower edge of the front is concave, and bears against the convex upper edge of the front of the case below.
Patent GB-190106090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1901-03-22
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 6090. Hadfield, R. A. March 22. Chrome steel; nickel steel manganese steel.- A steel containing carbon, chromium, nickel, manganese, and aluminium or silicon, or aluminium and silicon, may be produced in a manner similar to that described in Specification No. 27,753, A.D. 1897. The steel may also contain tungsten. A steel suitable for projectiles may contain carbon, silicon, sulphur, manganese, phosphorus, nickel, and chromium, in certain proportions. The steel may be hardened by a process described in Specification No. 6089, A.D. 1901. The Provisional Specification states that the steel may be used for parts of ore or other crushing-machinery, car wheels, railway wheels, and cutting-tools.