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Patent GB-189916139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Refrigerating Machines.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-08-08
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 16,139. James, R. W., [Marshall, A. T.]. Aug. 8. Refrigerating.-Relates to ammonia compression machines with means for automatically regulating the supply of ammonia to the evaporating-coils, the circulation of water in the condensing-tank, and the electric motor for driving the pump. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in a portable form, with the pump 17 driven by an electromotor 19, the condensing-coil and tank 25, the liquid ammonia receptacle 26, the ammonia supply valve 30 controlled by diaphragm apparatus 35, 36, and pipes 12, 31 leading to and from the evaporating-coils in a brine tank or space to be refrigerated, beside the pipe connections to gauges &c. from the headers 13, 21. The construction of the several parts is shown in detail. Fig. 10 shows a section of the apparatus controlling the supply of liquid ammonia through the needle valve 30, which is operated by the lever 42 pivoted adjustably at 137 and connected to the two diaphragms 39, 49. The diaphragms 39, by means of the pipe 15, is placed under the pressure existing in the expansion coil, while the other diaphragm 49 is connected to a pipe H leading into the refrigerated space and filled with ammonia so as to act thermostatically. The lever 42 may also be operated by hand. In a modified form, shown in Fig. 14, the two pressures act on opposite sides of a single diaphragm 160, which is connected to the supply valve 360. In this form, a bye-pass valve 320 is provided for filling the thermostatic tube H, and also a spring adjustment 210 for the diaphragm. A valve used where required in the apparatus for closing the ammonia passages is shown in Fig. 11 ; it has a flexible metal and rubber diaphragm 55 closed by a screwed plug 57 in the casing shown. The means for regulating the water circulation in the condenser 25 is shown in Fig. 12. Pressure from the condensing-coil acts through the pipe 22 on the diaphragm 98, which acts through the lever 100 on the water supply valve 105. The pressure on the lever is regulated by an adjustable spring 107. In case the pressure in the coil rises unduly owing to failure of the water supply, the lever 100 rises further, compressing the spring 110, until the rod 113 tilts the lever 114, which is connected to a switch that cuts off the current from the motor driving the pump. The motor driving the pump in the refrigerating-apparatus is automatically controlled by a thermostat and rheostat R, Figs. 3 and 4. The thermostat 231 on a rise or fall of temperature completes circuits to solenoids which actuate pawls 401, 391 engaging with notched discs 361, 351 in a train of clockwork which drives a switch arm 291 over a series of contacts 480 connected to the motor and resistances 491. A third pawl 411, interconnected with the others, is operated if the current fails, so that the switch arm may be returned to zero position, and a separate switch S to supplement the thermostat is also provided.
Patent GB-189923298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor-cars and to Means for Propelling the same.
Inventor: GILLETT EDWARD HENRY JAMES CEC
Filed: 1899-11-22
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 23,298. Gillett, E. H. J. C. Nov. 22. Road-vehicle motors.-Relates to steam-propelled motor cars, and comprises chiefly means for compensating for disturbance of the motor apparatus due to vibration, also differential or balance driving-gear, and means for changing from compound to simple working in order temporarily to increase the power exerted. Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the vehicle. The compensating means consists (1) in a construction of crosshead that permits the crank-pin to pass out of alignment and (2) in a method of mounting or supporting the valve gear where Joy's gear is employed. The connecting-rod head g<1> is secured by rods g to a plate g<2> so that it can turn about the axis of the rod f while longitudinal force is still transmissible. The reversing blocks and shafts m by which floating levers k<3> of the Joy's gear are constrained are mounted in pivoted brackets n, which are supported by a compensating bar or link p. This bar is connected at one end to the axle-box of the crank shaft, and at the other to the engine framing. The differential or balance gear is designed so that an undivided crank shaft can be employed. The wheels s, as shown in Fig. 3, are mounted on sleeves r on the crank shaft, and these sleeves are geared together by means of toothed wheels and an intermediate sleeve r<2> and short shafts t passing through the crank-pins. The toothed gearing includes an idle-wheel t<2> at a suitable point so as to give the required opposite movement of the two wheels s. The valve for changing the engine from compound to simple working is shown in section in Fig. 5. The hollow plug 7 works in a casing with a steam branch 2, branches 3 and 4 being connected respectively to the high and low pressure cylinders and the bottom branch being connected to the final exhaust.
Patent GB-189924647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Commodes for Bedrooms or the like.
Inventor: COWLEY HENRY
Filed: 1899-12-11
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 24,647. Cowley, H. Dec. 11. Commodes.-The receptacle A with cover B rests upon a shoulder E at the upper end of a metal cylinder D, the lower end of which rests in an annular groove in a disc J, supported by feet K. Aseat F with a hinged cover G is fitted to the top of the cylinder D. The parts, being readily detachable, can be packed in a cylindrical box and thus portably secured. The Provisional Specification states that the cylinder D may be made in telescopic sections.
Patent GB-190002711-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Folding Table Napkins and other Flat Linen Articles.
Inventor: COLLON EUGENE
Filed: 1900-02-10
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 2711. Collon, E. July 11, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Folding napkins &c.-Table napkins &c. are folded by apparatus as shown in Fig. 1. The napkins are placed on a table c and fed between the rollers a, b to a pivoted plate d, which rests at one end on the roller b. When a certain length of the napkin is fed over the plate d, the knife e descends between the plate and the roller band folds the napkin. The fold is next pressed between the rollers f, b, and then another fold is formed by means of the plate j and knife k, as before. The folded napkin is then pressed between the rollers b, l and drops on to a band which carries it to a similar device, by which cross folds are formed. It finally falls into a receptacle which has a movable diaphragm or false bottom.
Patent GB-190006490-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Weighing Machines for Railway Trucks.
Inventor: EMMING CARL
Filed: 1900-04-06
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 6490. Emming, C. April 6. Weigh-bridges for railway vehicles.-A series of vertical ratchet bars b, projecting at the side of the rail a, are depressed by the vehicle wheel so as to rotate toothed rollers d on a shaft c. The rotation of the shaft causes a weight g to be raised, by means of a chain f, until it engages with the releasing lever l. By pulling over the hand-lever m, an arm o by means of cams p disengages the ratchet bars, and, the releasing-bar being also freed from its catch t, it descends, and the weighing operation can be effected. On turning back the hand-lever, the releasing-lever is freed from the catch u, and rises. The machine is automatically set by means of a bar placed adjacent to the ratchet bars and connected by links to the shaft q, which carries the cams p, so that, when the bar is depressed by the vehicle wheel, the cams are withdrawn from the ratchet bars, which then rest against the toothed rollers.
Patent GB-190011953-A (GB)
Title: Process & Apparatus for the Manufacture of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: ATKINS GEORGE JONES
Filed: 1900-07-03
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 11,953. Atkins, G. J. July 3. Drawings to Specification. Mills; grinding deliquescent substances.-Carbide for the production of acetylene is reduced to powder by any suitable kind of mill, such mill being enclosed in a more or less airtight casing for preventing explosions and deterioration of the carbide by the moisture of the air. The casing is charged with acetylene, or with hydrogen, hydrocarbon, or other suitable gas.
Patent GB-190016452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handles for Tools and the like.
Inventor: BOERNER EMIL
Filed: 1900-09-15
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 16,452. B÷rner, E., and Schurk, E. Sept. 15. Handles.-A handle for files, chisels, saws, &c. has a wooden part b, recessed for the collar g of paper, over which is a metal cap or ferrule h.
Patent GB-190022171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Pots.
Inventor: TWAMLEY ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1900-12-06
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 22,171. Twamley, A. J. Dec. 6. Chimney tops.- The head A of the pot bears internal brackets of T-section fitting slots in the body B and secured to it by screws.
Patent GB-190022825-A (GB)
Title: Appliance for an Automatic Change of Shuttles Shortly Before Running Out, with only Occasional Tendance of the Loom,
Inventor: IMMER EDMOND
Filed: 1900-12-14
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 22,825. Immer, E. Dec. 14. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism.-The shuttles f are arranged in shuttle-boxes e on an endless chain d passing over two drums, and are brought successively into position to be operated by the picker o after a definite number of picks. For this purpose the drum c is driven by a ratchetwheel and pawl t from an arm r on the shaft q, another arm s on which is operated by a catch u from a cam-actuated lever v. This lever carries pawls 5, 6 for operating a ratchet-wheel 7 against the action of a spiral spring 10. After a certain predetermined number of picks, according to the length of yarn on the cop, an arm 9 on the ratchet-wheel acts upon an angle-piece 4, which releases the pawls 5, 6 and at the same time engages with the oscillating hook 3. A chain connection z causes the lever y to put the catch u into engagement with the lever v, which then operates the pawl t and brings a fresh shuttle into action.
Patent GB-190100878-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Drawing Curtains.
Inventor: BOOKER THOMAS JONES
Filed: 1901-01-14
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 878. Booker, T. J. Jan. 14. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-Relates to curtains or screens for doors &c. The rod a is fixed to the frame above the door. The curtain is hung by the usual rings. A cord c is fixed to the ring d on the opening side of the door, and passes over pulleys b, the ends hanging down on the inside of the room. Another cord attached to the same ring passes over horizontal pulleys in slots in the rod, and then through the wall and over vertical pulleys F. The curtain can thus be drawn or withdrawn by pulling one of the falls E inside or outside the room.
Patent GB-190116044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnace Doors
Inventor: HARVEY GEORGE
Filed: 1901-08-09
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 16,044. Harvey, G., and Blackburn, H. Aug. 9. Doors.-The cast-iron door a of a boiler furnace or the like is hinged to its door frame e, so that the door is removable only when it is opened wide against the furnace front. The downwardlypointing lower hinge pin c' fits into a socket d' on the door frame, and is shorter than the upwardlypointing upper hinge pin c, which fits into the socket d. The base f of the upper hinge pin has a rib g extending round a quarter of the circumference of the pin, and the socket d has a corresponding rib i extending round three quarters of the circumference. When the door is opened wide against the furnace front, and is raised, one rib slips past the other, and allows the lower pin to escape from its socket, whereby the door can be removed.
Patent GB-190118567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Heads of Casks, Vats, and like Vessels for Aerated Water and other Contents.
Inventor: SELBY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-17
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 18,567. Selby, J. W. Sept. 17. Heads; vats.-The heads of casks, vats, and the like vessels for aerated water and other contents are formed with flanges which fit in corresponding grooves in the body of the cask &c., as shown in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, which show various modifications which may be adopted. By this arrangement, the chimes are stronger than ordinarily.
Patent GB-190120361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas
Inventor: THIERSANT HENRI DE
Filed: 1901-10-11
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 20,361. Thiersant, H. de. Oct. 11. Acetylene. - Relates to acetylenegenerating apparatus, especially applicable for use in connection with velocipede and other portable lamps. For the purpose of automatically controlling the flow of water to the carbide by the pressure of the gas generated, the water-supply pipe is made of a tortuous or sinuous form, e.g., spiral or helical. The apparatus comprises a body part a, divided by a partition b into an upper water container c and a lower carbide chamber d, the latter of which is provided with an opening f for inserting the carbide container g; this opening is closed by a cover h, acted on by a hand-lever j with cam surface n. Water is supplied from the water container c to the carbide chamber d through a helical pipe o, provided with plug valves p, q at its upper and lower ends respectively. The valve p can be adjusted by a screw r, acting on an arm p<1> against a spring s ; and it is furnished with a spindle p<2>, extending through the cover, for opening it when starting the apparatus. The valve q is adjusted by a spindle q<1> with milled head q<2> and indicating finger q<3>. Gas generated in the chamber d passes through a tortuous pipe t, situated in the water container, to a purifier u, containing pieces of pumice and asbestos fibre, whence it is conducted through the opening v to the lamp or lamps to be lighted. A safety-escape device is provided, consisting of a pipe w, extending upwards from the partition b, and a pipe w<1>, communicating with it at the top and extending downwards nearly to the bottom of the water container, a non-return ball valve being introduced at x.
Patent GB-190120454-A (GB)
Title: Mixing Apparatus for the Manufacture of Soap
Inventor: KARUTZ PAUL
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 20,454. Karutz, P. Oct. 12. Mixing in soapmaking.-The lye, fat, resin, and other ingredients a r e brought into the container 1, in raw or melted condition; they are forced down the inner chamber 5 by a rotating worm, and pass up through the perforations in the false bottom 3 in fine jets, and then down through the central chamber, and so on.
Patent GB-190126736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chairs.
Inventor: FARISH EDWARD ALPHONSUS
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 26,736. Farish, E. A. Dec. 31. Trouser presses.-Relates to a chair fitted with a trouser press. The back consists of two panels G,H, hinged at F to a rod e, the ends of which engage slots in the inside faces of the back uprights. Brackets K fixed to the uprights have rounded parts k, notches k<1>, and stops k<11>. Plates I, with hooks, one of which opens upwards and the other downwards, are secured to the edges of the panel G. A leaf spring J having hooks j at each end is pivoted at its centre to the other panel H. Normally, the hooks j engage the hooks on the plate I, and the notches k<1> in the plates K. After slightly lifting the back, it may be turned down on its hinges F, and, after turning the spring F on its pivot, the panels may be opened on the hinges F, to receive a pair of trousers. The panels may then be fastened together by returning the spring J, and brought to their normal position, the hooks j riding up the inclines k and dropping into the notches k<1>.
Patent GB-190201869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joints
Inventor: BARR ADDISON
Filed: 1902-01-23
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 1869. Barr, A. Jan. 23. Rail joints.-Two angle-plates extend under the rail at a, and bear under the head at c', and may embrace the edges of the flange b. They may rest on a chair-plate 3 of the section shown, or the lower parts a may interlock as shown in Fig. 4. In either case they are held by the ordinary spikes 5. The inclined member c may be separate from the lower part as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190202367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incubators for Hatching Eggs by Artificial Heat.
Inventor: WILSON-WILSON THEODORA
Filed: 1902-01-29
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 2367. Wilson-Wilson, T. Jan. 29. Incubators.-Relates to the construction of a hot-air incubator of the kind described in Specification No. 23,112, A.D. 1896. The body a of the incubator is preferably dome-shaped, and is made of metal covered with a jacket of felt or the like. The body a is supported on a dish-shaped stand e, having a central opening at g, and covered with a layer of felt upon which the eggs are placed. The incubator is heated by a lamp h situated within the opening g and standing in a pan i filled with water, which prevents the lamp reservoir from becoming overheated and at the same time supplies moisture to the air in the incubator. A thermometer k is supported on the stand e, and can be observed through a sight-hole a<2> in the body a. An opening c in the top of the body a is closed by a damper d pivoted on trunnions mounted in slotted standards a' and operated by a link s from a lever r. The lever r is actuated by a thermostat m, of any suitable form, acting through a vertical rod and the pivoted cam p.
Patent GB-190202380-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manner of Unwinding Cloth or any other Material from a Roller
Inventor: MCKEAN JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-29
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 2380. McKean, J. Jan. 29. Unwinding.-Cloth or other material is stripped from a roller C by means of a stripping-roller D, which is suitably rotated, and round which the fabric &c. is passed from the roller C, first, as shown by the arrow 1, over the roller D and back over the roller C, and, secondly, from the roller C over the roller D, as shown by the arrow 2.
Patent GB-190202489-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Producing Motive Power
Inventor: MAICHE LOUIS
Filed: 1902-01-30
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 2489. Maiche, L., and Maiche, C. Nov. 11. A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Closed-circuit engines.-The steam is caused to traverse a closed cycle without condensation, a small quantity only of fresh steam being added to set the steam in motion. The engine cylinder b exhausts into the chamber c whence the steam is drawn by an injector i supplied with live steam from the boiler g. The mixture of live and exhaust steam then traverses the re-heater r and is used again in the engine cylinder b. The reservoir is kept at a lower pressure than the re-heater by the aspiration of the injector, surplus steam being allowed to escape through the safety-valve s, and utilized to heat feedwater.
Patent GB-190203214-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game.
Inventor: MOELLER ADOLPH
IPC: A63F3/02
Filed: 1902-02-08
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 3214. M÷ller, A. Feb. 8. Games played with boards and pieces.-A board of irregular hexagonal shape is divided into triangles, which are alternately white and black, as shown. The shape of the board results in there being a central triangle d, d, d. Games are played on the board with several sets of distinctivelymarked pieces or men, an example of one set being represented below the board.
Patent GB-190203754-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means or Method of Packing the Piston or other Rod or Ram Stuffing Boxes of Steam, Hydraulic or other Cylinders.
Inventor: EELES ROBERT
Filed: 1902-02-13
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 3754. Eeles, R. Feb. 13. Stuffing-boxes.-Relates to packing for the rods or rams of steam, hydraulic, or other cylinders. The main body of the packing consists of two sets of metal rings, each made in two or more parts, the inner rings D bearing against the rod or ram and the outer rings E surrounding them. The inner and outer rings have sloping faces, so as to enclose between them diamond-shaped or triangular spaces. In these spaces are placed correspondingly-shaped rings F, also each in two or more parts. The outer rings have tongues and the inner rings peripheral grooves in which the tongues fit. The parts of the rings are butted together with stepped joints. A soft ring H may be inserted at the end.
Patent GB-190203905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar Bunching Machines.
Inventor: GARDNER MICHAEL MORRIS
Filed: 1902-02-15
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 3905. Gardner, M. M. Feb. 15. Cigars.-Relates to machinery for the production of "filler sections." Fig. 2 shows a vertical section of the cutting- mechanism &c., Fig. 6 shows a side elevation and Fig. 7 a plan of the knife, Fig. 10 shows a horizontal section of the knife and allied parts, and Fig. 11 shows a modification of the transferring - me - chanism. The stripped leaves, fed between the travelling belts c, Fig. 2, are pressed by them into a continuous strip t, which is fed forwards at suitable intervals and cut into sections t<1> by the vertically-reciprocating knife K operated by the rotating cam L. The knife K, Figs. 6 and 7, resembles, in cross-section, the letter W, and is provided with sloping cutting-edges. The upper and lower sides of the chamber c<6>, Fig. 2, are shaped to correspond with the knife K, and a steel plate k<8> to form a shear plate with it may be removably secured in the position shown. After severing the tobacco, the knife K remains in its lowered position while the chamber c<6> is moved down by the action of the rotating cam M, until it is clear of the knife and in position for the plunger E, Fig. 10, to push the filler into the glass-covered magazine m, which communicates with the charging-pockets of the rotating cylinder for discharging the fillers upon a flexible apron, where the binder is applied and rolling is effected. The transferring-mechanism shown in Fig. 11 comprises a rotating cam v engaging a roll v<2> on a spring-held bar v<1>, which is provided with spurs v<3> travelling in slots e<5>, so that after the filler section t<1> is cut by the knife K, the spurs V<3> enter the tobacco and carry it along the fixed chamber c<6> until it is clear of the knife and in position for the plunger to carry it into the magazine.
Patent GB-190209632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tooth Brushes.
Inventor: GAITZSCH-NEE-MORENZ ELISABETH
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 9632. Gaitzsch [nÚe Morenz], E. April 25. Tooth brushes.- The handle s is centrally pivoted to the brush b, which is connected by a spring strip f to the lateral brushes b<1>, b<11>. The three brushes envelope the teeth and clean every part thereof.
Patent GB-190215046-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Reducing Copper Matte to Refined Copper.
Inventor: MITCHELL GEORGE
Filed: 1902-07-05
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 15,046. Mitchell, G. July 5. Copper.-Matte is charged into a converter and blown until the iron and sulphur are oxidized, the slag is then run off, and the copper is blown until a portion of it is converted into oxide of copper. The charge is run direct into a reverberatory furnace, and poled. Preferably several converter charges are run into the furnace, the last charges being over or under blown sufficiently to give the desired proportion of copper oxide. Any copper which is chilled on to the tuyeres is knocked off by inserting a bar through a suitable opening in the tuyere or air box.