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Patent GB-189908605-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Electric Rivetting Machine.
Inventor: DUDGEON FREDERICK SCHEER
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 8605. Dudgeon, F. S. April 25. Riveting.-A portable electric riveter, which can be suspended from a crane &c., has a fixed jaw y and a movable jaw t. The lower tool u is pivoted at v, and is caused to m o v e vertically by a drag link w as the jaws are closed by toggle - levers q. The levers are pivoted to a nut p travelling on a sleeve m driven by an electromotor. The sleeve is mounted on a spindle b, pivoted to the frame at d, and carrying a fixed armature a and commutator l. Field magnets g are mounted in a casing, which revolves on the spindle and is held laterally by a thrust bearing c. The motor circuit is completed through rings i by rubbing contact. The screwed sleeve is driven when desired by completing the circuit of an electromagnetic clutch through rings j. The clutch consists of a coil h in the end of the casing and an armature o carried by a spring disc n on the sleeve. When the jaws have closed to the desired amount, the clutch circuit is broken, and the reaction of the jaws &c. reverses the rotation of the sleeve and opens the jaws sufficiently to allow them to be placed over another rivet. The circuit may be broken automatically by a rod 6 carrying an adjustable contact 4, which makes or breaks circuit with a fixed contact 3. The contacts are placed in the clutch circuit, and the rod 6 is mounted on the movable jaw. The outer ends of the sleeve and spindle carry discs m<1>, z between which friction rollers 2 are placed.
Patent GB-189909817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-making Machines.
Inventor: HAKEWESSELL REINHOLD
Filed: 1899-05-09
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 9817. Hakewessell, R., and Henn, E. C. May 9. Lathes; screwing.-A screw-making machine has a number of hollow work spindles 6, carried in a cylinder D in a headstock 5, and each provided with a feed-sleeve and split chuck for holding the rods R to be operated on. The spindles are all driven from a shaft 10 through a shaft E and pinions 7. A suitable number of tools is mounted in a turret B<1>, some of which may be rotated from the shaft E which passes through the turret. The cylinder D is intermittently rotated by a toothed sector 12 on the cam shaft F, to bring the rods successively opposite different tools. The feed of each rod is effected in its lowest position by levers 64, 65 operated from the cam shaft. The cam shaft is driven by change-speed gearing H from a pulley 26, giving a quick return to the turret through the cam C, and a quick change of position to the cylinder D. The gearing H include,; a pin clutch arranged to reduce shock in changing the speed. One set of engaging-pins is carried by a ring, driven through coiled springs, which yield when the clutch is put into engagement. The spindles are clutched to the pinions 7, so that the rod may be held stationary when desired and a rotating screwing-die pressed against it to thread the rod. After a certain length of thread has been cut, the die is stopped and the rod rapidly rotated to screw it out of the die. The alignment of each spindle with the corresponding tool is secured by a cam-operated taper pin r, Fig. 7, engaging one of a number of recesses r' in the cylinder D. Each recess has an adjustable abutment s, which engages a spring pin s<1>. The cylinder has a slightly excessive rotation given to it, and is then pressed back by the pin r till the stop and abutment engage. In a modified form of screwing-device, chasing-dies are moved radially at the desired periods by a coned sleeve and crank levers to engage or disengage the rod, adjustable stops determining the length of the thread. A "starting." device is provided to apply pressure to the die spindle when the screwing commences. A tool-slide T, operated vertically by cam-plates 106, 107 on the turret, carries a knurling-tool, and cross-slides L are provided for turning and cutting off.
Patent GB-189910258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Stentering Machines.
Inventor: JACKSON CHARLES LOXTON
Filed: 1899-05-16
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 10,258. Jackson, C. L., and Hunt, E. W. May 16. Stretching a n d tentering.-To prevent the curling up of the edges of the fabric, the feeler or finger e is pivoted wit h a limited movement to the movable jaw d of the clip, so as to fall away from the fabric through a slit in the plate when the finger passes the edge of the fabric.
Patent GB-189910860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Railways and Tramways Worked on a Mixed Power System.
Inventor: ANDREAS ERNST
Filed: 1899-05-24
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 10,860. Andreas, E. May 24. Electric railways and tramways worked on a mixed power system with accumulators and line conductors. To prevent unintended discharge of the accumulators d, or to cut them out if the line potential is too high, a resistance wand cell bare placed in the main charging-circuit, which can be broken by the electromagnetic cut-out s in the shunt circuit shown in dotted lines. The cell b is of the type which allows current to flow in one direction only. Reference is made to Specification No. 17,507, A.D. 1898.
Patent GB-189915186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Trees or Lasts.
Inventor: KING JOHN BARAGWANATH
Filed: 1899-07-24
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 15,186. King, J. B., and Pool, F. R. July 24. Trees.-Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a bottom plan, of a last in the shortened position. The heel B has a web b fitting a slot in the forepart A in which are fixed two pins a' sliding in a slot in the web b. The last is lengthened and shortened by means of a lever c which moves in a recess b<2> in the web. Notches b<3> receive the end of the lever and lock it in any desired position. When packed for transit, the lever lies in the position shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-189918787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Artificial Stone.
Inventor: OWEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-09-18
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 18,787. Owen, W. Sept. 18. Grant of Patent refused. Stone, artificial.-In the manufacture of artificial stone from lime and sand or other materials, the moulded blocks are immersed in hot water under pressure as the last stage of the process. When lime and sand are employed, they are mixed dry, slaked, allowed to rest exposed to the atmosphere, mixed in an edge-runner mill, and compressed into blocks of the required shape. After partially hardening in the air, the blocks are immersed for from six to ten hours in hot water at a pressure of not less than 85 lbs. (absolute) and a temperature of not less than 316‹ F. The blocks may be run on trolleys into a chamber provided with a steamtight door and heated by steam or by adjacent flues.
Patent GB-189921633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lasting Jacks for Use in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: DONOVAN HORACE HENRY
Filed: 1899-10-30
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 21,633. Donovan, H. H. Oct. 30. Last-holders.-On an inclined block a base-plate B is revolubly secured by a bolt a'. This baseplate has at one end bearings for an arm C, to which is detachably or permanently secured an upright, carrying a concave toe-rest b<4>. This toerest is held in any desired position by a spring D and an adjustable fastening d'. The heel-pin is carried by a piece e straddling a block d secured to the base-plate and held in any desired position by a pin e<2> passing through one of a series of holes e<3>in the block d.
Patent GB-190002344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheels and Tires therefor.
Inventor: ANDERSON JAMES CALDWELL
Filed: 1900-02-06
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 2344. Anderson, J. C. Feb. 6. Disc - wheels ; dustexcluders ; felloes or rims; hubs; tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to pneumatic tyres and to a disc wheel adapted to receive them. 'The outwardly-flared metal discs E, E<1> are secured to a hub F, which rotates on ball-bearings R provided with dust-excluding plates S. One disc E has its periphery bent outwardly to form one half J of the rim, the other half J<1> being formed from a removable metal strip. which is secured to the discs by bolts K. The apertures M prevent the tyre from creeping. The tyre consists of a rubber base A, in which tubes B are embedded, their ends being connected by short rubber tubes D of the same internal diameter. The tubes are lined with a layer of asphaltum or the like, and they are permanently inflated by gas, generated from a small quantity of liquid air, carbide of calcium and water, or the like placed in the tubes before seeing. In modifications, a pneumatic tube inflated in the ordinary way is employed, with or without the tubes B.
Patent GB-190004607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Gas Lighters.
Inventor: ARNSWALDT HUBERT VON
Filed: 1900-03-10
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 4607. Arnswaldt, H. von. March 10. Torches. - In electric torches for igniting gas, the incandescing igniting- wire 14 is so attached to the battery or source 1 of electricity that the distance between the wire and the battery may be varied. This variation is effected in the construction shown in Fig. 1 by inserting in the sockets 24, 25 rods 26 of different lengths, around which rods the flexible lead 8 containing the wires 5, 6 is coiled, the circuit being completed by depressing the stud 22 until the spring 21 makes contact with the terminal 3. The wire 14 and its protecting-tube 10 may, however, be adjustably mounted upon a supporting- rod by a spring clip or the like, and the circuit may be completed by a push-button placed elsewhere than on the source of electricity.
Patent GB-190007584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: HEADSON FRANK ANTHONY
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 7584. Headson, F. A. April 24 Centrifugal governors.-The governor G for a rotary engine is mounted on the driving-shaft C, and its spindle g<1> actuates a bar g<2> to which are coonected cut-off blocks E, which regulate the supply of steam. The speed at which the governor works is regulated by a spring g<5>. The plug g<6> which regulates the tension of the spring may be connected to an adjustable hand-lever, not shown, so that the tension of the spring can be quickly varied as is required in marine engines.
Patent GB-190008539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Waggon Couplings.
Inventor: HOLMES GEORGE SOCKETT
Filed: 1900-05-09
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 8539. Holmes, G. S. May 9. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-The coupling-link A is supported by the jaws e of a cradle d telescopically mounted in the arms c adapted to be lifted by the cross-shaft b. The arms c are also pivoted to the shaft b, so that they may be moved sideways by a plate on the spring rod h, to allow the link A to be coupled when the vehicles are on a curve. The automatic and non-automatic releasing-devices shown are those described in Specification No. 5782, A.D. 1900.
Patent GB-190010735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Propelling, Steering, and Manoeuvring Navigable Vessels.
Inventor: VOGT HENRIC CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1900-06-12
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 10,735. Vogt, H. C. June 12. Propelling by vibrating rudders; rudders.-Relates to improvements on the apparatus described in Specification No. 12,509, A.D. 1894. The rudder-head t passes through a tube T formed in one with, or secured to, the oscillating shaft A. The rudder-head, in the axis of this shaft A, is connected by a universal joint with the spindle t'. This spindle has on its upper end a disc R held in a central position by springs connected to a ring R<2>, which can be rotated by worm or other gear to steer the vessel. Radial springs are shown, but others may be used. The rudder is preferably composed of steel sheets to give elasticity.
Patent GB-190013326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fur and other Collars for Coats and the like.
Inventor: JUNG HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-07-24
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 13,326. Jung, H. July 24. Coats and jackects.-Relates to fur and other collars for coats and the like, and particularly to fur collars for military uniforms. It consists of a lining B and a fur collar A, which form between them a pocket F' in which the collar of the great coat is placed. The part C of the lining is provided with buttonholes by which it is fastened to buttons on the outside of the great coat below its collar. The part D of the fur collar which lies inside the collar of the great coat is stiffened by a spring frame E. The collar may have extensions at its front ends to cover and protect the chest.
Patent GB-190014116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tooth Brushes.
Inventor: PETRI RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1900-08-07
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 14,116. Petri, R. J. Aug. 7. Tooth brushes.- Relates to the method of attaching the handle a to the head c provided with bristles e for simultaneously cleaning the back, front, and crown of the teeth. The head c carries a pin f fitting in a transverse bore in the handle in which the pin is kept by a spring h. The spring is wound round and engages with a neck on the pin, and has a head k closing an axial bore in the handle in which the spring lies. The head c can swivel on the handle, and also move slightly up and down at right-angles to it.
Patent GB-190016717-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Draw-off Tap for Jars and other Receptacles.
Inventor: CLARK WALTER HOUSTON
Filed: 1900-09-19
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 16,717. Clark, W. R. Sept. 19. Plug cocks.-A draw-off tap for jars or barrellike vessels for beer, spirits, cordials, or other liquids is shown as applied to a jar in Figs. 1 and 2. A tubular plug a fits inside a tubular rubber or cork seat c, and both fit in a recess in a body portion d. The jar f has a horizontal cylindrical socket e, into which the body d is inserted, and the body is pressed against a seat m on the side of the jar by a turn-button n the ends of which work on inclined ledges o formed in the socket. In a modification, the tarn-button is replaced by a cap. The device for securing the tap enables it to be readily removed for cleaning the jar.
Patent GB-190022627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Stocks of Stock or Plate Locks and Banbury Locks.
Inventor: HECKFORD CLARENCE ROBERT
Filed: 1900-12-12
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 22,627. Heckford, C. R. Dec. 12. Locks, key.-The stocks of stock or plate and Banbury locks are made of wood or paper pulp, moulded to the required shape, instead of being made from wooden blocks.
Patent GB-190101375-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Treatment of Cast Iron for the Purpose of Obtaining an Alloy.
Inventor: GRUNAUER GEORG
Filed: 1901-01-21
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 1375. Grunauer, G. Jan. 21. Alloys.-An alloy of nickel and iron may be obtained by mixing nickel with molten cast iron ; the proportions employed may be 40 to 50 per cent. of nickel, and 50 to 60 per cent. of iron.
Patent GB-190102160-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Cooling and Lubricating Working Parts of Fluid Pressure Motors
Inventor: NAEF DR PAUL
Filed: 1901-01-31
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 2160. Naef, P. July 7, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Cylinders, cooling locally to reduce friction; piston; piston-rods.-Comprises a method of and means for cooling and lubricating the working faces of the cylinder and piston in fluid-pressure motors. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a refrigerating-agent such as water or compressed gas or cold lubricating- oil is introduced through a hollow piston-rod 4 to ducts 1, 2 within the piston near the periphery. After circulating in these ducts, it is withdrawn through the piston-rod 5, the hollow rods 4, 5 being connected with the source of supply and with the discharge by flexible tubes 7, 11. A local cooling of the cylinder walls in advance of the piston, or on the non-working side, may be effected in addition to the above by oblique jets of the refri- gerating-fluid directed at 16 against the cylinder and supplied from ducts 14 connected with the ducts 1, 2. Any suitable valvular device may be used with double-acting engines for causing this discharge to take place only on the non-working side of the piston. Preferably the fluid injected is one that evaporates at the temperature of the cylinder. The refrigerating-agent may be intro- duced, as shown in Fig. 2, through a fixed pipe 21 telescoping into the hollow piston-rod 20, which is also made with discharge passages 19. As shown also in this Figure, the cooling-agent may be brought into direct contact with the cylinder walls by means of a peripheral groove 17, or admitted into space behind the packing-rings as shown at 18.
Patent GB-190102927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Preventing the Deterioration of Dyed Cotton.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1901-02-11
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 2927. Ransford, R. B., [Cassella & Co., L.]. Feb. 11. Dyeing.-For the purpose of preventing the deterioration of cotton dyed with direct-dyeing sulphur colours, subjected to a treatment with acids, the goods are afterwards treated with acetates or salts acting in a similar manner, e.g., formates, borates, and tungstates. The invention is particularly applicable to the treatment of goods dyed with lmmedial black, Immedial blue, Immedial brown, Katigene black, Katigene green, Katigene olive, Katigene brown, Cross-dye black, Vidal black, Sulphide black, Kyrogene blue, Anthraquinone black, and St. Denis black. Examples are given illustrating the process as applied, (1) to cotton yarn dyed with Immedial black, (2) to fabrics consisting of a cotton warp dyed with Immedial black and a wool weft dyed with Napthylamine black S, and (3) to velvet dyed with Immedial black.
Patent GB-190104912-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Saw Set.
Inventor: MITCHELL JOHN
Filed: 1901-03-08
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 4912. Mitchell, J. March 8. Saws, setting.-Relates to a saw set in which the tooth to be set is pressed against the bevel plate b by the setting plate d. The plate d is mounted on a spring fastened to the frame a by a screw E, and pressed against the saw-tooth by a thumb-screw f. The bevel-plate b is fixed to the frame by screws c. The screw G is so set as to hold the saw blade against the plate b during setting.
Patent GB-190108944-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tie Adjuster or Holder
Inventor: HUMPHRY HENRY EQUITT
Filed: 1901-05-01
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 8944. Humphry, H. E., and Brown, W. F. May 1. Necktie retainers. -A bow or tie retainer comprises a spring clip made from a piece of xylonite, vulcanite, steel plate, &c., and having a front portion a, side portions b bent over and secured by a wire clip or staple to form a loop c, the central part of the upper edge bent back to form a hook or loop e for engagement with the stud h, and strips f bent upwards to pass behind the collar g. The tie is threaded through the loop c and tied. Ready-made bows may be sewn to the part a, dispensing with the loop c, or to the loop c if this is retained.
Patent GB-190109572-A (GB)
Title: Improved Coupling-device for Railway-cars.
Inventor: SCHLEGELMILCH STEPHAN ALBERT
Filed: 1901-05-08
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 9572. Schlegelmilch, S. A. May 8. Couplings, automatic.-Fig. 1 is a plan showing the hook of one vehicle in the position for coupling, while the hook of the other vehicle is swung open. Pivoted to each draw-bar 1 is a coupling-head 2, Figs. 1 and 4, carrying a swing hook 4, shown detached in Fig. 10, which has a notch 6 and notches 7 cut in its convex surface. A " shifting rod " 8, pivoted to the head 2, terminates in a hook 12 attached to the spring rod 11, Fig. 6<A>. When the parts are set for coupling, the hook 12 engages the notch 6, and the hook 4 is in the position marked B, Fig. 1. On bringing two vehicles together, the hooks automatically engage with the shoulders 38 on the heads 2. The parts are supported after coupling by levers 18 pivoted to the heads. Uncoupling is effected by withdrawing the levers 18 and inserting one of the ends 15 of the " key 14 in the eye 16 of the hook 12, and drawing it into the position marked A, Fig. 1, when the spring 13, Fig. 6<A>, swings the corresponding hook 4 open. The draw-bars 1 are tensioned and adjusted by the device shown in Fig. 1, the chains 28 being attached to hooks on the nuts 31. Couplings, non-automatic.-Each head 2 has a hook 41, Fig. 4, and a cavity 37, Fig. 1, which receives the boss 33 of the rod 32, which is screwed into the cross-bar 35, Fig. 8<A>, of the link 36. Fig. 4 shows the method of connecting two vehicles.
Patent GB-190113414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Weft Forks of Looms
Inventor: WHITE WILLIAM BELL
Filed: 1901-07-02
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 13,414. White, W. B. July 2. Forging; rolling.-In the manufacture of weft forks, the sockets and shanks are formed in the usual way, but the prong portions are shaped by means of swages A, B, which may form parts of a Ryder's forging-machine, and have their operative surfaces inclined to each other so as to produce the required taper in the fork blanks, as shown in Fig. 5. The prongs are formed by means of a punching-machine. Weft forks may also be made by means of rolls having cylindrical parts E for forming the shanks, tapering parts F for shaping the prong portions of the blanks, and grooves E<1> for forming the socket portions. Rolls adapted for rolling blanks, from each of which two weft forks may be made, may also be employed.
Patent GB-190116613-A (GB)
Title: A Puzzle and Game of Skill.
Inventor: KNIGHT HARRY VIDLER
Filed: 1901-08-19
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 16,613. Knight, H. V. Aug. 19. Puzzles; games played with balls, marbles, and rollers.- An open-ended cylinder or roller D, fitted with external rubber rings a and having a cord wound round the central portion between the rings, is placed over a ball or marble E, which is to be guided by means of the cord over a course provided with obstacles.
Patent GB-190126131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulators for High Potential Lines.
Filed: 1901-12-21
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 26,131. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Barry, C. E.]. Dec. 21. Electric railways and tramways.-Relates to a multiple insulator for high potential currents adapted for use with the suspension wire for trolleys. Each section of the insulator consists of a two-part metal case A, B, the part B of which forms a screw collar. The part A has a central screwed surface c, in which is received the shank of a disc stud U, the disc being larger than the opening in the part B. The disc is surrounded by insulating-material D which fills the metal case A, B. End connections in the form of eyes C<2>, 0' are shown.
Patent GB-190200131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seals for Freight Cars and the like
Inventor: RICHARDS CHARLES WESLEY
Filed: 1902-01-02
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 131. Richards, C. W. Aug. 29, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Seals and sealing.-A seal for a freight car &c. consists of a doubled metal strip 1, which is passed through a staple so as to secure the hasp of the door fastening. The head of the seal is provided on each side with suitable descriptive matter, and below the head are the words "sealed" and opened." A series of holes 13 are located beneath the word " sealed," and each hole has a corresponding station number. If the car is loaded at a station " O," a lead or other soft-metal rivet 14 is inserted through the hole corresponding to the number " O," thereby securing the seal. When the car arrives at a station " 43," the rivet is removed to allow the door to be opened, and, upon re-sealing, the rivet is inserted in the hole corresponding to the number "43," and a hole or other mark is made opposite to this number and under the word "opened." By this means the seal will indicate where the car has been opened and re-sealed, and any unauthorized opening and place of opening may also be detected.