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Patent GB-189813735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tension Spokes and Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: FICKELSCHEER CARL
Filed: 1898-06-20
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 13,735. Fickelscheer, C. June 20. Spokes; hubs; felloes or rims.-Wheel spokes are made of double lengths of wire twisted together at a and having eyes c at their outer ends to engage with hooks d attached to the rim. The inner ends of the wires pass through notches in annular projections of the hub, and are joined by tubular connecting-pieces b. These spokes are readily replaced.
Patent GB-189823425-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Morphium Compounds capable of being Easily Absorbed like Mekonate.
Inventor: FICKEISEN REINHARD
Filed: 1898-11-07
Granted: 1899-04-01
Abstract: 23,425. Fickeisen, R. Nov. 7. Anµsthetics; teeth, stopping.-Relates to a process for converting morphine into a substance adapted for use as a local anµsthetic and in extracting or filling teeth. Morphine hydrocloride or sulphate is converted into a soluble form by mixing it with excess of borax or other alkaline salt, and iodoform. Phenol is then added, and forms with the mixture an easily-soluble phenolate, which may be used in making fillings for teeth, or in the local treatment of the body.
Patent GB-189824942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Signal-bells for Cycles.
Inventor: THIEME JULIUS HERRMAN
Filed: 1898-11-25
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 24,942. Thieme, J. H., and Alt, O. O. Nov. 25. Velocipede bells. -A gong A is mounted on the fork h, and a lever c', pivoted inside the fork, carries a spindle f on which are mounted hammers g and a disc a. By operating a cord &c. i from the handlebar, the disc is brought into contact with the rotating front wheel B, and the bell is sounded. The lever is normally held in the inoperative position shown by a spring.
Patent GB-189903177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Illuminated Advertising Mediums or the like.
Inventor: BELL WILLIAM THOMSON
Filed: 1899-02-13
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 3177. Bell, W. T. Feb. 13. Advertising.-Relates to switch mechanism, for lighting electric lamps in succession so as to form words, such as is described in Specification No. 16,220, A.D. 1897. Wires D in connection with the lamps are mounted in parallel lines on blocks B, B', under which are pins in which loops on the wire ends engage. The wires are suitably stretched by screw rods F, and are connected with the lamps by wires D<1>. Contact is made with the desired wires to light the lamps in succession by means of serrated plates J, which are broken away where contact is not to be made, the serrations serving to keep the wires apart. The plates are removably mounted on a rotating skeleton drum consisting of longitudinal bars G<1> secured to end discs G. In modifications, the contacts may be mounted on endless chains or slides, and they may be of star-wheel section mounted on arms on a rotating shaft. A device to prevent sparking consists of a contact bearing on a toothed disc provided with insulating-blocks on which the contact rests while the plates J are out of contact.
Patent GB-189905329-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Coupling for Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: FRAENKEL SIEGMUND
Filed: 1899-03-10
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 5329. Fraenkel, S., and Held, J. K. March 10. Couplings, automatic draw-gear.-Two vehicles are coupled by claws A pivoted at C to draw-bars B and pressed together by springs F. These claws have curved surfaces E and W<1>, and are disengaged by turning one of them about a spindle G carried by a frame H moving in guides I and elastically connected to the vehicle by a bolt K and a spring L. Means are provided at the side of the vehicle to actuate the draw-bar B, which is shown connected to a piece 0, with which engages a projection P on a sliding wedge Q. The wedge Q is moved by a lever V pivoted at T and pressed against a stop Y by a spring X, when the vehicles are coupled.
Patent GB-189908340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Welding or Metal Working Apparatus.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
Filed: 1899-04-20
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 8340. Berry, A. F., and Wallis-Jones. R. J. April 20. Welding; working by electricity.-An electric welding-apparatus has clamps l, m or other known devices for holding the plates n to be welded, the current being supplied from a transformer of the kind described in Specification Nos. 2801 and 9457, A.D. 1897. The clamp l is moved towards the clamp m by a bell-crank lever p and spring o. When the plates have been sufficiently upset, the movement of the bell-crank lever operates a trip device to allow the circuit to be broken by a switch with a spring-actuated arm. The switch, which is of known construction, is re-set by hand.
Patent GB-189909411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in relating to Eye-pieces for Sighting Telescopes.
Inventor: OTTWAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-04
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 9411. Ottway, W. May 4. Telescopes.-Relates to the eye-pieces of sighting- telescopes. The frame A carrying the lens B has a screw thread for the adjustment of a long tube E, to the flange F of which the cross-wires are attached. Approximate adjustment is obtained by these parts, and is completed by the movement of the screwthreaded tube H carrying the lens C. The collar D, in which the tube H works, is split to take up slack.
Patent GB-189912505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats for Railway and Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: HALE HENRY STAFFORD
Filed: 1899-06-15
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 12,505. Lake, H. H., [Hale, H. S.]. June 15. Seats and seat backs; foot-rests.-Relates to reversible seats for tramcars &c. The side arm D is bent inward below the cushion C at one end, as shown, or at both ends. This construction allows a longer cushion without limiting the aisle space. The back B is carried by the arms D, D', which are provided with lugs d sliding on the curved guides E on the side frames A. The tilting of the cushion is effected by pins b on the side arms which slide in the curved guides I on the cushion. A shaft H carries end fingers G, which move in slotted plates F on the arms D, D<1>, thus causing the arms to swing together. In modifications, (1) the connections at the ends of the shaft Hare racks and pinions, (2) arm-rests are provided to the cushions, and (3) the foot-rests M are carried on the lower ends of the arms D, D', so as to provide space for luggage beneath the seat.
Patent GB-189915317-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Teaching Reading.
Inventor: DALE ELLEN
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 15,317. Dale, E. July 25. Drawings to Specification. Reading, teaching.-The letters are marked upon cards or blocks, which are classified phonetically in a folding frame, divided into a suitable number of compartments provided with hooks or grooves to receive the cards &c.
Patent GB-189917176-A (GB)
Title: Contents Indicators for Bottles and other Receptacles.
Inventor: BAUMAN WILLIAM VERNARD
Filed: 1899-08-24
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 17,176. Bauman, W. V., and Rosenfield, I. Aug. 24. Refilling, preventing.- Relates to means for preventing the refilling of bottles &c. containing medicines, wines, &c., from which the contents are taken in small quantities. A vertical groove 2 is formed in the side of the vessel, and at the bottom of this groove are formed suitablyspaced elongated recesses 3. A strip 4, preferably of paper, is perforated to correspond to the recesses 3, and is mounted in the groove 2. A frangible crystal or seal 5 is placed behind each perforation, or flush with the surface of the paper, and, when a portion of the contents are taken from the vessel, the crystals are broken by the purchaser or consumer down to the level of that remaining. In a modification, the strip 4 is not perforated, and, in another modification, it is omitted.
Patent GB-189920766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulverizers.
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
Filed: 1899-10-17
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 20,766. Mills, C. K., [British Aero-Pulverizer Co.]. Oct. 17. Impact pulverizers applicable for reducing combustible material, such as coal or coke, and for forcing the pulverized material with the proper propoition of air for perfect combustion into the firebox of a boiler, and also applicable for reducing cement &c. Series of beaters 17, secured to the shaft 9, rotate in chambers 3, 4, 5 of graduallyincreasing diameter. The material is fed into the chamber 3, and escapes into the fan chamber 12, the outlet 13 of which is connected to the furnace. In order to ensure the delivery of the fuel into the furnace in a thin flat stream, the delivery pipe is made somewhat of hour-glass section. The feeding-device is shown in Fig. 6. It is surmounted by a hopper 31, Fig. 1. The shaft 48 carries a disc 59, upon which the material passing down the cylinder 30 collects, and from which it is swept by a stationary shear blade ; a hand-lever serves to adjust the rate of feed by raising or lowering the shaft so as to vary the distance between the end of the cylinder 30 and the disc. The air required for pulverizing is drawn in with the feed at 33 ; its supply is regulated, simultaneously with the adjustment of the feed, by a gate which is coupled to the lever. The extra amount of air required for complete combustion in the case of fuel is supplied from a chamber 21, Fig. 1, having a branch 22 provided with a valve 24 which may be connected to the above-mentioned gate.
Patent GB-190004182-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Automatically Igniting Gas-lamps.
Inventor: PRAGER ALBERT
Filed: 1900-03-05
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 4182. Prager, A. March 5. Lighting gas.-Catalytic igniters are supported over the upper edges of the glass chimneys or cylinders of incandescent and other lamps. In the construction shown in the Figures, the igniter is supported by a carrier b attached to a slip a, which fits upon the upper edge of the glass chimney or cylinder, but other methods of supporting the igniter in the desired position may be employed.
Patent GB-190007442-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Buffing or Grinding Machine for Cylindrical Articles
Filed: 1900-04-23
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 7442. Walmsley & Co., C., and Walmsley, C. April 23. Surfacing and polishing piston-rods, rollers of wood or metal, &c. The bed of the machine is made with a trough b, under the article being treated, and another c parallel to it, to receive the screw by which the carriage e of the grinding-disc is moved to and fro. This screw is driven by an open-and-crossed belt reversing-gear, the belt forks p of which are fixed to rods t connected to levers on a spindle t<2> ; this spindle is also provided with a lever jointed to a link r, a roller at the end of which works in a slot in the lever m ; the lever at its upper end is forked to carry a sliding weight n on the rod nx; it is coupled by a link to a rod 7c extending along the bed of the machine and provided with tappets in the path of a stop on the carriage. The roller or the article being ground is rotated by a spindle h, which is geared to a spindle j provided with a driving-pulley ; in order to permit of the gearing being changed, when it is required to vary the speed of the roller, the bearings of the spindles are made adjustable.
Patent GB-190008247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Handles or Knobs to the Spindles of Locks and Latches
Inventor: ALBERT HENRY WILLIAM GROVE
Filed: 1900-05-04
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 8247. Grove, H. W. May 4. Knobs and handles, attaching.-The spindle A is provided with slots, grooves, or notches a', and holes or slots b<1> are pierced through the neck of the knob B, through which a staple &c. C is passed to engage a slot a' in the spindle, when the knob is in position. The projecting ends of the staple are clinched over or otherwise fastened. Grooves are formed in the neck of the knob, to receive the head and ends of the staple. In cases where a rose embracing the neck is provided, slots are formed in the rose for the insertion of the staple, the parts being arranged so that, when the knob is in the normal position, the staple is concealed by the rose. In a modification, holes are formed through the spindle and the knob, and a split collar replaces the staple.
Patent GB-190015193-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method or Means for Adjusting Electrodes Enclosed in Vacuum or other Tubes.
Inventor: REYNOLDS RUSSELL JOHN
Filed: 1900-08-25
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 15,193. Reynolds, R. J. Aug. 25. R÷ntgen-ray apparatus. -Relates to a method of adjusting the electrodes of vacuum tubes for X rays and like tubes. The electrode end plates e are mounted o n sleeves c, which are loaded at one side with weights which prevent the sleeves from rotating when the tube is turned round. Attached to the sleeves care screwed spindles g, which engage with nuts on fixed tubes connected to the terminals a and b. The screws being right and left handed, the plates e can be made to approach or recede by rotating the vacuum tube.
Patent GB-190022019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Storage Batteries
Inventor: MEYGRET ACHILLE
Filed: 1900-12-04
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 22,019. Meygret, A. Dec. 4. Secondary batteries. - The active material is formed into tubes by mixing it with acidulated water and forcing it through a draw-plate. The tubes may be of any suitable shape in cross-section. They are covered with a coating of celluloid or collodion, or a coating of metal is electrolytically deposited on them. They are rendered porous by passing them between toothed rollers, or by mixing with the solution with which they are coated substances such as calcium carbonate, which are subsequently dissolved out. A number of these tubes 1 are laid side by side, and are united along their top edges by casting antimonious lead on them so that the lead enters the tubes 1 and forms cores 2 therein. The lead frame may be cast all around the sides and ends of the tubes 1.
Patent GB-190101160-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Waterproof Fabrics, Imitation Linen Goods and the like from Casein
Inventor: BOUSFIELD JOHN EBENEZER
Filed: 1901-01-17
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 1160. Bousfield, J. E., [Cant¨, F., Miglioretti, G., and Maffei, G.]. Jan. 17. Coated fabrics.-Fabrics are coated with casein, which is afterwards rendered insoluble by treatment with the vapours of formaline, for the production of waterproof materials resembling fabrics treated with wax, india-rubber, varnish, &c., or of imitation linen goods.
Patent GB-190101172-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Cushion and Stop for the Pickers of Looms.
Inventor: CROWTHER DAVID
Filed: 1901-01-18
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 1172. Crowther, D., Glover, L., and Glover. C. Jan. 18. Looms, checking pickers in. - A combined stop and cushion for pickers is provided with single or compound springs e, g, encircling a pickerspindle d, which is fitted within a socket formed in a fixed bracket a. The wire of the springs is of square or rectangular cross-section. The spindle d may pass through an aperture in a rectangular frame c, which is mounted to slide upon the bracket, and has its ends connected by a bar or bolt h.
Patent GB-190101468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-motors.
Inventor: HODGETTS WALTER BEST
Filed: 1901-01-22
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 1468. Hodgetts, W. B. Jan..22. Motors, controlling; armatures.-For the purpose of varying the speed of a continuous-current motor, the armature is provided with two or more separate sets of windings bearing a fixed relation to one another. In the case of a double armature, the ratio between the numbers of wires in the two windings B and C may conveniently be 3 : 1. The slowest speed is obtained by connecting up the two windings in series in such a manner that the current flowing through them acts upon the field in the same direction, Fig. 2. An increase of speed is obtained by cutting out the winding C, Fig. 3 ; a further increase by connecting the two windings in series in such a manner that they oppose one another, Fig. 4 ; and, finally, the highest speed is obtained by cutting out the winding B, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190104571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Increasing the Combustion in Boiler Furnaces and the like.
Inventor: APSEY JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-03-04
Granted: 1902-03-04
Abstract: 4571. Apsey, J. March 4. Smoke-consuming.-In rectangular furnaces, such as are employed with water-tube boilers and brewing-coppars, air-supply tubes or channels a<3>, Fig. 2, are fitted or embedded in the side walls above the fire level. They are preferably rectangular in cross-section, and divided longitudinally as shown, the upper portion being perforated for the delivery of the air, while the lower portion is open at the front, where an inducing steam jet b<3> is fitted. Air supplied above the fire of a cylindrical boiler by steam jets is first heated in a chamber c<3>, Fig. 4, projecting from the front of the furnace, so that the steam jets are not condensed.
Patent GB-190106916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Card Clothing for the Flats of Carding Engines.
Filed: 1901-04-02
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 6916. Lake, W. R., [Saco and Pettee Machine Shops]. April 2. Carding-engines.-Relates to means for stretching a card fillet and attaching it to a carding-engine flat. The fillet is stretched by means of a metal backing-plate C, which is provided with prongs c punched from the material of the plate, for engaging with the edges of the foundation. Before the prongs are engaged with the fillet, the plate C is bent in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to cause the lines of prongs to approach one another, and either before or at the time the fillet is applied to the flat, the plate is pressed flat so as to stretch the foundation fabric. The plate is made longer than the fillet, and its projecting ends are turned over the ends of the foundation. It may also be made wider than the stretched fillet, and its edges turned so as to protect the edges of the card clothing, or over the side edges of the iron flat, thereby dispensing with the usual fastening-clips, as shown in Fig. 4. The fillet may, however, be secured to the flat by separate clips D, Fig. 5. Instead of being plain, the backing-plate may be provided with inclined or longitudinal slots e, Figs. 11 and 12, which weaken the plate and allow it to be distorted by transverse strains. Or it may be made in two parts g, g<1>, Fig. 15, hinged together, a suitable groove being formed in the flat to accommodate the hinge ; or the two parts f, f, Fig. 13, of the plate may have their edges abutting against one another. When apertures or joints are made in the backing-plate, an additional plate g<x>, Fig. 15, may be interposed between it and the back of the foundation, to prevent the teeth from being pushed through at the places where apertures or joints occur.
Patent GB-190108453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Ventilating Sashes
Inventor: ANGER JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1901-04-24
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 8453. Anger, J. E. April 24. Ventilating vehicles. The application to a tramcar is described. Sashes A are so hinged that alternate ones can be opened on each side of the car according to the direction of travel. A continuous slide rod C is connected by pins I to the slots of oppositely-arranged brackets G, and pivoted guided levers B are arranged at each end of the car, and, when moved to one extremity of the slots F, the pins I enter the curved portions of the slots H of alternate brackets and open the corresponding sashes, while the pins of the other brackets slide in the straight portions of their slots and the corresponding sashes remain closed. When the levers B are at the other extremity of the slots, the sashes previously opened are closed and the other set opened. On bringing the levers B to their central positions, the pins I are in the straight portions of the slots, and all the sashes are closed. Each lever B has an auxiliary handlever fitted at its end with a cam adapted to engage the lever and prevent it from moving accidentally.
Patent GB-190115523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lemon Squeezers and the like.
Inventor: COOMBER JAMES
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 15,523. Coomber, J., and Naret, C. C. July 31. Lemons, limes, and the like, squeezing.-A squeezer for lemons, limes, and the like comprises two frame members A, B, the former with a handle a, ring portion a<1>, and a lug a<2>, and the latter with a handle b, cone or plunger b<1>, and a lug b<2> pivoted in the lug a<2>, and a holder C with a cup-like body notched at c<4> for the exit of juice, a lug c' pivoted to the part a', and a slotted operating-arm c<2> fitting over the part b'.
Patent GB-190123098-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition of Matter for Copying or Reproducing Prints, Drawings, Circulars and the like.
Inventor: KIRKLAND REYNOLD J
Filed: 1901-11-15
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 23,098. Kirkland, R. J. Nov. 15. Copying documents &c.-Relates to compositions for copying documents &c., such as are known as hektographic &c., especially intended for applying to sheets of absorbent material. Chondrin or a commercial glue containing a sufficient proportion of chondrin is dissolved in water and mixed with about an equal quantity of the officinal preparation of glycerite of starch or other viscous substance which will make an elastic and absorbent compound. The composition, while hot, is flowed upon the surface on which it is to be used. When solidified, the composition is hardened by treating with a solution of acetate of lead or other acetate, or an alum, which will precipitate or coagulate the chondrin.
Patent GB-190200683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valve Mechanism Specially Suitable for Engines for Compressing Air and Gases.
Inventor: DAW ALBERT WILLIAMS
Filed: 1902-01-09
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 683. Daw, A. W., and Daw, Z. W. Jan. 9. Compressing.-Relates to fluid-pressure valve gear of the kind described in Specification No. 11,762, A.D. 1900, and to an improved delivery valve. The delivery valve 1 is opened by air from the reservoir admitted by a pipe 18 to the valvechest 46 of its operatin-gcylinder 13, from which it is also supplied by a pipe 66 to the cylinder 30 of the inlet valve 23. The cylinder 13 may be arranged to close the valve 1, as well as or instead of opening it. The slide valve 47 may also control the air pressure to the cylinder 30. The movements of the valve 1 are cushioned by a cylinder 8 or by throttling the exhaust from the cylinder 13. The slide valves 47, 34 are worked from the crank shaft through screw gearing and tappet levers. The delivery valve, Fig. 7, is constructed to deliver equally all round. It has a curved surface 4 entering the delivery port at the top.
Patent GB-190209004-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Strop or Device for Sharpening Razors
Inventor: COOPER ALLAN ERNEST
Filed: 1902-04-18
Granted: 1903-04-18
Abstract: 9004. Cooper, A. E., and Bennett, W. J. April 18. Strops.-A razor strop is constructed with two flaps a, b, of leather or leather-faced material, arranged parallel to one another and secured together at one end, with an interposed distance-piece d, by rivets c, clips, stitching, or otherwise. The outer side of each flap is provided with a loop e, which may be formed by passing a light leather or elastic strap through slits f<1> cut in the flaps. The strop is held while the razor is wiped between the flaps, in one direction only, by passing the finger and thumb of the left hand through the loops.
Patent GB-190212735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Night and like Oil Lamps
Inventor: MENGE EDUARD
Filed: 1902-06-04
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 12,735. Menge, E. June 4. Night lamps.-A fine or small wick 8 is arranged so as to occupy only a small portion of the interior of the glass or other wick-tube 7, which extends nearly to the bottom of the reservoir 1. Sufficient vapour is thus generated in the space in the tube 7 which is unoccupied by the wick 8 to supply a flame covering the whole of the upper end of the wick-tube.