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Patent GB-189904416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Direct Current Systems of Electrical Distribution.
Inventor: LAMME BENJAMIN GARVER
Filed: 1899-02-28
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 4416. Lamme, B. G. Aug. 4, A.D. 1898, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c Act, A.D. 1883]. Distributing; regulating. - In direct - current systems the generator is so wound and connected to the circuit that it will supply the required current at near and distant points. This is done by causing different fractions of the current supplied to the sets of translating-devices to pass through the coils of the generator. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement, in which 1 is the armature, 2 the shunt coil, 3 the series coils, and 4, 5, and 6 bus bars. Resistances 7, 8, and 9 connect the bars 4 and 5, and these resistances are connected at intermediate points to the translating-devices, such as 16, 17, and 18. In a modified arrangement, only one resistance is employed, and the translating- devices are connected to different points.
Patent GB-189905823-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Curtain Rod Bracket.
Inventor: ENDERLEIN GUSTAV
Filed: 1899-03-17
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 5823. Enderlein, G. March 17. Brackets.-The curtain rod shown in plan in Fig. 2 is connected to the L-shaped slotted bar c, which can be adjusted on and clamped by a bolt and winged nut to a slotted bar b, which in turn is adjusted on and clamped by a bolt d and winged nut e to a nail d shaped as shown in Fig. 3 and driven into a wall.
Patent GB-189916411-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Cutting Zeds, Tees, and Angle Bars of any Bevel to any Bevel.
Inventor: HUNTER WILLIAM WALLACE
Filed: 1899-08-12
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 16,411. Hunter, W. W., and Mitchell, W. M. Aug. 12. Punching; shearing. - A pair of tools are adapted for use in a punching or shearing machine for cutting zeds, tees, or other angle bars to any bevel. A block 1 has secured in it a U-shaped cutter 2 on which the horizontal member of the bar rests. The vertical member is placed at any desired angle in a recess 13 in the block. A cutter blade or punch 3 is secured in the head of the machine to co-act with the inner edges of the cutter 2.
Patent GB-189923562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consumers for Furnaces.
Inventor: ORMEROD JACOB
Filed: 1899-11-25
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 23,562. Ormerod, J. Nov. 25. Smoke-consuming. -When the furnace door K is opened, a telescopic hinged rod, not shown, turns a shaft, forcing up the lever G,rod H, lever c', and pistonrod of the dash-pot A, opening the valve c to supply steam to the jet D. At the same time, the pin n forces the top of the pivoted lever M outwards, and opens the door L, allowing air to enter and become heated in the chamber O before escaping through the openings o to the furnace. When the door K is closed, the dash-pot slowly rotates the shaft and closes the door L. In a modification, means are provided for automatically uncovering ports in the furnace door after it is closed.
Patent GB-189924083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Registers for Coin Freed Apparatuses to Prevent the Fraudulent use of Wire, Paper or other Foreign Matter.
Inventor: LAWRENCE CHARLES
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-12-04
Abstract: 24,083. Lawrence, C. Dec. 4. Money shoots; fraud, preventing.-The coin inserted at a slot c<1> drops down a shoot f, and passes two swinging baffles e, e' which trap a string if used to suspend a coin. Registers.-The coin encounters a lever s which rocks an escapement anchor t so as to pass one tooth of an escape-wheel u urged by a spring barrel l. A counting-wheel on the escape-wheel arbor shows the number of coins inserted.
Patent GB-190001911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mowing Machines.
Filed: 1900-01-30
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 1911. Lake, H. H., [Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Co.]. Jan. 30. Mowing-machines.-Relates to means for mounting and adjusting the cutting-apparatus so that the knife-bar may always be maintained in alignment with its driving-rod. The Specification describes several modified forms adapted to machines of different construction. In Fig. 1, B represents the cutter-bar, C the coupling-rod for the yoke or shoe D, carrying the cutter-bar, and G a stay connected to the pole H. The yoke D is mounted on the inclined end of the rod C, so that, by rotating the rod C, the yoke is turned to bring the cutterbar B into proper alignment with the connecting- rod L. To provide for the rotation of the rod C, it is made in two parts, screwed together and adjustably secured in position by a bolt 18 passing through flanges on the two parts of the rod C. In one of the modified forms, the yoke D is mounted on a sleeve mounted eccentrically on the end of the rod C. Other modifications refer to machines in which the yoke D is provided with a rear stay bar in addition to the rod C.
Patent GB-190012052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Form of Dried Blood and Blood-albumen and the Preparation thereof for use as Ingredients of Foods for Man and the Feeding of Dogs and other Animals, and Poultry and other Birds, and in Biscuits and other Foods in which Dried Blood and Blood-albumen may be use as ingredients.
Inventor: WILLCOCKS HAROLD SMALLEY
Filed: 1900-07-04
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 12,052. Willcocks, H. S., and Riley, W. July 4. Biscuits.-Relates to the treatment of dried blood or blood albumen for use in foods for man or animals. The dried blood or blood albumen is washed once or several times with boiling water, so that the blood shall not discolour the other ingredients of the food. The Specification describes a biscuit containing the specially-treated blood or blood albumen, together with flour, barley-meal, brewer's grains, and ground bones, with or without salt or other materials.
Patent GB-190016996-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Adjusting and Fixing the Prisms in Prismatic Field and Opera Glasses and Telescopes.
Filed: 1900-09-24
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 16,996. Ross (Limited), [Warner & Swasey]. Sept. 24. Telescopes &c.- Relates to a means for adjusting the prism A in prismatic telescopes and opera and field glasses. A slotted plate C has a projection c engaging a groove a in the prism ; the plate can be moved in a recess in the body B to the required position for adjustment, and can then be clamped by means of a screw d.
Patent GB-190017940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rasp, File or like Holders.
Inventor: FOCKE HANS
Filed: 1900-10-09
Granted: 1900-12-08
Abstract: 17,940. Focke, H. Oct. 9. Files and rasps; handles.-The detachable blades a are secured to the holder by a pin d, and by the ends e of a piece f, which slides in a slot in the shank h of the holder, and is screw-threaded at i to engage with a socket k fixed to the handle l by a pin m. The action of screwing the handle to the holder also serves to tighten the blades on the holder.
Patent GB-190022372-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Discharging or Neutralizing Electricity, Developed or Collected in Wool or other Fibres During the Process of Manufacture
Filed: 1900-12-08
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 22,372. White & Co., J. G., and White, J. G. Dec. 8. Electricity, discharging from fibres.-Relates to a method of, and apparatus for, discharging and neutralizing electricity developed or collected in wool or other fibres during the process of manufacture. In the arrangement shown, one terminal of the secondary circuit of an induction coil is connected with a comb or series of metal points 7 arranged in proximity to the wool 8 as it passes through the rollers 9 of a carding-engine, combing- machine, drawing-frame, spinning-machine, &c. A frictional or inductional machine or other means may be employed for supplying static electricity, which is discharged on the fibrous material and neutralizes or discharges the electricity therefrom, Or the material may be passed, subsequent to the spinning operation, in front of a Crookes' tube arranged to emit X or cathode rays in the well-known manner.
Patent GB-190101922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cabinets for Holding and Displaying Brushes and other Articles.
Inventor: BUCHANAN ROBERT JARVIE
Filed: 1901-01-28
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 1922. Buchanan, R. J. Jan. 28. Displaying.-Cabinets for holding and displaying brushes consist of frames A, hinged together screenlike, and supported, preferably, on standards D' having rollers d<2>, as shown. The frames are divided vertically into two compartments X, Y, Fig. 2, by partitions B, on which the articles are suspended from hooks &c. on each side. The outer compartments of the end frames are closed by hinged glass doors C. When the frames are folded up, like a screen, they may be held closed in any suitable manner, such as by a pivoted bar which engages with a stud.
Patent GB-190105241-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fitting for Acetylene Gas
Filed: 1901-03-12
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 5241. Thorn & Hoddle Acetylene Co. and Thorn, F. S. March 12. Acetylene lamps.-To minimize the shadow thrown by pendant lamps and fittings, the lower part c of the gas-supply pipe is cranked or bent in such a manner that it is parallel to, but out of alignment with, the upper portion d thereof, which is in alignment with the burner a. The globe or shade h is supported from above, and may be adjusted relatively to the burner either by forming the collar e of the holder f to slide upon the pipe d, or by constructing the arms g of the holder to slide in a collar e, which may be rigidly fixed on the pipe d, the sliding parts being secured by set-screws in either construction, or the adjustment may be effected by fitting the arms with a continuous screw (or thread) and nut at the upper end, the nut resting on the ring or collar e.
Patent GB-190106418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Fastenings of Bangles and the like.
Inventor: SOUTHALL CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1901-03-27
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 6418. Southall, C., and Hill, W. H. March 27. Jewellery fastenings. -Fastenings for bangles, scarf slides, and like articles are formed by bending the part A to form at one end a hinge or pivot a<1> for a link B, and at the other end a spring hook a<2>. When the part A is formed of round wire, the parts a<1>, a<2> may be flattened before bending, and also the link B is preferably formed with square corners.
Patent GB-190109708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Combing Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: HEY ISHMAEL
Filed: 1901-05-10
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 9708. Hey, I. May 10. Combing-machines.-In order to facilitate the depression of the fibres into the teeth of Noble and like combs by apparatus such as the blade c, disc h, jets of air, &c., the comb teeth d are fixed in the base a so that they incline in the direction in which the comb travels. The Provisional Specification describes also the use of rotary discs, toothed plates, or brushes for the purpose of assisting the well-known knives or blades in lifting the fibres from the pins.
Patent GB-190111850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recoil Apparatus for Field Guns.
Filed: 1901-06-10
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 11,850. Wise, W. L., [Fahrzeugfabrik]. June 10 Fiedd carriages.-The trail is telescopic, the outer or spade-carrying tube b being provided with longitudinal corrugations to render it more capable of resisting bullets and other external influences. The inner tube a is provided with two ball-bearing rings c, the balls of which travel in the corrugations of the outer ring. Holes f, i are provided for the insertion of a locking-bolt e. In a modification, the corrugations on the outer tube are helical, so that, when the trail is shortened, the spade k is directed upwards.
Patent GB-190114004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Port Lights for Ships
Inventor: NIEMEYER GEORG
Filed: 1901-07-09
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 14,004. Lake, H. H., [Niemeyer, G.]. July 9. Cabin lights.-In those circular lights which are rendered water-tight with the aid of a frame adapted to fit simultaneously on to the edges of a glazed turnable sash, uniform horizontal movement and pressure of the tightening-frame hare obtained by simultaneously turning toothed nuts or pinions i working on screw-threaded guidebolts f carried by the flange e on the sash frame d. The toothed nuts i gear with a toothed ring k, and are actuated by turning a handle m on one of the nuts. Axial movement of the nuts i is prevented by an annular cover l, l<1>, and a packing-ring g is provided to receive the tapered edges b<1>, d<1> of the sash b and the sash frame d.
Patent GB-190119072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermostatic Switches.
Inventor: SINGER WILLIAM FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-09-24
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 19,072. Singer, W. F. Sept. 24. Switches.-Relates to switching-apparatus controlled by a thermostat for starting and stopping machines. The apparatus is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1 as applied to a refrigerator. 1 is a thermostat fitted with contacts for closing momentarily, under certain conditions, the battery circuit 5 through an electromagnetic device 2, which in turn closes a circuit around one or other of the solenoids 33, 331 to close or open the main switch 31, 32 for supplying current to the motor 4. The thermostat employed is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The pointer 12 is electrically connected with the terminal 102, and is adapted to engage with one or other of two contact-plugs which are passed through openings in the dial and fit in holes in contact-plates 14, 15 against which contacts 18, 19 press. The arrangement of the magnet or relay 2 is shown in Fig. 6. The armature 22 of the electromagnet carries a finger 223 and detent 224. A contact-disc 25 is adapted to be rotated by a spring 23, and is provided with notches 252 and insulating-wings 251, which hold up a spring contact 276. When the magnet is energized, the disc rotates, and the contact 276 engages it, thus completing a circuit through, in the position shown, the coil 33, and closing the switch 31, 32. When the switch is 'on,' the arms 316, 326 lift spring contacts 35, 36 to make connections, so that, when the circuit is next closed by the magnetic device 2, the coil 331 is energized, and the switch opened to stop the motor 4.
Patent GB-190123972-A (GB)
Title: Improved Expanding Boring Bar and Turning Tool
Inventor: LESTER DAVID JOHN
Filed: 1901-11-26
Granted: 1902-11-26
Abstract: 23,972. Lester, 33. J. Nov. 26. Boring - bars; tools and toolholders.-A boring- bar and turning- tool comprises a shank A in which two round holes C are diagonally drilled. The tools D are of half-round section of the same diameter a the holes, half - round packing - pieces G being placed with the tools, so that both may be secured by a screw F and washer E. When use for turning, only one tool is used, a round packing-piece being placed in the other hole. Strengthening- sleeves H may be placed round the projecting portions of the tools and packing-pieces and secured by set-screws I. Set-screws J keep the packing- pieces in position while the tools are adjusted. The Provisional Specification describes another form of support for the projecting portions of the tools, consisting of a coned disc screwed against the end of the bar and having recesses to take the tools.
Patent GB-190124560-A (GB)
Title: Combined Stay and Fastening for Tailboards of Road Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: CHILDS ERNEST
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 24,560. Childs, E. Dec. 3. Fastenings.-Relates to a combined stay and fastening for the tailboards of road vehicles &c. A stay c pivoted to the tailboard f passes through a guide-block b attached to the vehicle body, and is provided with a number of teeth d. A pivoted pawl g is forced by a spring i into engagement with the teeth d, so as to retain the stay in an adjusted position. By pressing the free end of the pawl, it may be raised from engagement with the stay to allow of adjustment. The stay slides upon a roller j mounted in the block. A stay may be arranged on one or both sides of a vehicle.
Patent GB-190125058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ore Concentrators.
Filed: 1901-12-09
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 25,058. Wilfley Ore Concentrator Syndicate, [Wilfley, A. R.]. Dec. 9. Washing ores &c.-Relates to ore-concentrating machines of the type described in Specifications Nos. 25,213 and 25,214, A.D. 1897, and No. 5122, A.D. 1901. The reciprocating table 7, which is provided with riffles, is supported on rails running in angular guides on an intermediate frame 4 having transverse beams 6, 6. Wedge - shaped blocks 16, 16 are secured to the underside of the beams 6, 6 at each side of the frame, and rest upon similarly-shaped blocks 15, 15 carried by rods 14 provided with racks 17 gearing with pinions 18 on a shaft 19 actuated by a hand-lever 20 The wedges are arranged in the reverse directions on the opposite sides of the frame 4, so that a movement of the rods 14 by the mechanism described simultaneously raises one side of the table and lowers the opposite side. The rods 14 are suitably supported on a bed frame 1. The actuating-mechanism for the table 7, part of which is shown on a larger scale in Fig. 5, consists of a skeleton link or frame 51 connected at one end to a rod 53 secured to the table 7 and supported at the other end by a spring bar 57. The latter end of the link 51 bears against a plate 59 connected to springs 62, which tend to hold the link 51 against the action of the driving- mechanism, consisting of a pair of toggle-levers 41 and 42 connected to a crank shaft 35 by means of a connecting-rod 43. One end of the lever 41 is supported in a box 46 with a lubricating-chamber mounted in the frame 51. One end of the lever 42 is supported in a similar box 47 adjustably carried by hanger from a standard 55 integral with the base-plate. The connecting-rod 43 is connected to the shaft 35 by a removable block 48 secured by a wedge 49. The float or fine material which passes off the lower edge of the inclined table is carried by a trough to an elevator which delivers it into the feed-box 13. To economize wash-water and deposit the slimes further forward on the table, the slime water may be collected, carried to the elevator, and then discharged into the wash-water box 38.
Patent GB-190205349-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Means for, Producing Raised Surfaces upon Card, Wood, Metal and other Substances, for Ornamental Purposes
Inventor: CARD JAMES
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 5349. Card, J. March 4. Coating surfaces, compositions for.-Relates to the production of a raised or irregular or cameostippled, gilded, or otherwise ornamented surface on cardboard, wood, metal, or the like having originally a more or less flat surface, and particularly to the production of photograph and picture mounts and frames, boxes, and ceiling and wall decorations. The surfaces is coated several times with a composition containing whiting, plaster of Paris, and hot gelatine solution or clear parchment size, and each coating is stippled irregularly with a soft hogs' hair brush before it sets. The surface is then coated several times with a composition containing white clay, bincklead, and hot gelatine solution or clear parchment size, and stippled as before. The surface is now ready for gilding, silvering, or colouring. Gold or silver leaf is laid on with cold water after the prepared surface has been burnished in the usual way and sized, and, when dry, is burnished and smoothed with cottonwool as usual, and coated with a hot weak solution of gelatine.
Patent GB-190213089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atomizers.
Filed: 1902-06-09
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 13,089. Clark, A. M., [Whitall Tatum Co.]. June 9. Spray -producers. - Relates to an atomizer for producing a spray of liquid, such as a perfume or a medicament. A receptacle A for the liquid is provided with a screw cap B, a tight joint being obtained by means of a washer &c. A mixing or discharge tube C extends through the cap, the lower end of the tube preferably being cut off obliquely. An air-supply tube D extends along the side of the tube C, and at one end is connected to a bulb or other source of compressed air, while at the other end it is turned up to form a nozzle, located in the axis of the tube C and preferably below the upper edge and above the lower edge of the oblique portion of this tube. A tube F, extending down into the liquid, is provided with a nozzle, arranged laterally above the nozzle of the tube D and preferably below the upper edge of the oblique portion of the tube. The tubes C, D may be soldered together, and the tube F soldered to the tube D, so that all three tubes are removable along with the cap B. Air supplied through the pipe D draws the liquid up the tube F, and the spray produced is delivered through the tube C.
Patent GB-190219354-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Fermentation of Beet Residues (Melasses) Beetroots and other Amylaceous Materials for the Production of Alcohol and Yeast.
Inventor: EFFRONT JEAN
Filed: 1902-09-03
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 19,354. Effront, J. Sept. 3. Spirits ; yeast.-In the fermentation of beet residues, beetroots, and other amylaceous materials for the production of alcohol and yeast, fatty acids, soaps, resin acids, or alkaline salts of resin acids, are added to the wort.
Patent GB-190223486-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Preservative Covering for Articles of Food and the like.
Inventor: BUTTERWITH ROBERT
Filed: 1902-10-28
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 23,486. Butterwith, R. Oct. 28. Preserving food.-Articles of food, such as hams, bacon, cheese, sausages, cured fish, and the like, are preserved by enclosing them first in a wrapper of vegetable parchment or other similar material, and then in a wrapper of woven fabric, such as cotton cloth. The covered article is afterwards coated with a composition containing gluten, gum, alum, glycerine, and water, the article being dipped into the hot composition so as to expel air and sterilize any remaining air. Finally, when this coating is dry, a lacquer made of natural gums, mixed in spirit oil or water, is applied.
Patent GB-190302030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Metal Tubes Containing Electric Wires
Inventor: BARBER JAMES GRESHAM
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 2030. Barber, J. G. Jan. 28. Sleeve joints.-Relates to couplings for metal tubes or junction boxes carrying electric wires. The coupling described ensures any leakage of the electric current being earthed, and so prevents injury from accidental contact with the pipes. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation, and Fig. 3 an end elevation through the line A-A. The coupling a is indented to form projections b, so that, as the pipes are inserted, the projections scrape off the enamel or other coating, making a metal-to-metal contact. Fig. 4 shows a coupling made in two parts, electrically connected by a wire d.
Patent GB-190302056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Basins, Dishes and the like.
Inventor: MUELLER JOSEF
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 2056. M³ller, J. Jan. 28. Plates, dishes, saucers, &c.-Relates to a holder for basins, dishes, &c., in which the basin is firmly secured between a board H clamped to the table or other support, and two rubber-padded hooks A. These hooks are fastened by springs and tensioning devices C to chains D, the latter being connected to the slides E by either of the hooks e or e', Fig. 5, in such a manner that their length may be altered by half a link at a time. The board H is fitted with rubber cushions G for the basin to rest upon, and with slide-bars F to carry the slides E. The basin is first put on the cushions, and the chain pulled fairly tight, as shown in Fig. 1, when, by turning the lever C of the tensioning device, the basin is firmly forced on the rubber cushions G.