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Patent GB-189810130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines.
Inventor: SCHMIDT JULIUS HEINRICH
Filed: 1898-05-03
Granted: 1898-07-09
Abstract: 10,130. Schmidt, J. H., and Schemer, P. H. May 3. Cigarette - m a k i n g machines; c i g a r s.- Relates to a machine designed chiefly for rolling all-tobacco cigarettes, which may in some cases be of sufficiently large size to be termed cigars. The tobacco is spread upon the endless belt 57, Fig. 5, and is fed past the pressure roll 61 to the picker-roll 62, which showers it into the charge box 65 carried at the end of the arm 90, pivoted at 91. The feed-belt 57 is operated intermittently, being brought to rest after a certain quantity of tobacco has passed the roll 61. By the partial rotation of the cam 92 the charge box is now lowered, the depending flange 97 forming a loop 109, Fig. 23, in the rolling-apron 103. At the same time the door 98 opens, by the action of the cam 105 on the crank arm 102, and the tobacco is deposited in the loop in the apron, while the charge box returns to its normal position. A pressure roll 112, Fig. 17, now advances and nearly closes the loop about the tobacco, being then temporarily arrested, while the roller 111 takes up the slack in the apron and tightens it about the filler. A wrapper is cut from a tobacco leaf 134, Fig. 6, by the action of the punch 131 and die 132, and towards the end of the stroke of the plunger 130 the platen 137 is pushed out by the action of the lever 140 and stop 143, and presses the cut wrapper upon the wrappercarrier 136 then in position beneath it. The wrapper-carrier is seen in plan in Fig. 13. It is mounted on the rod 156 capable of partial rotation in the sleeve 157, and bearing arms 168, 169 which control its rotation therein by the action of the surfaces 166, 171, 172 upon the wheels 167, 170. The wrapper-carrier is horizontal when it receives the wrapper, but turns into an inclined position as it is swung towards the loop in the apron 103 by the partial revolution of the vertical shaft 15 which carries the sleeve 157. Fig. 17 shows the wrappercarrier in this position, the edge of the wrapper projecting so as to be gripped on the further advance of the pressure roll 112. At the same time the paste brush 194 has been swung from the position seen in Fig. 13, where it contacts with a paste-supply roll, not shown, into contact with the opposite end of the wrapper, against which it revolves for a short period. The wrapper-carrier and paste brush now retire, and the wrapper is rolled about the filler as the pressure roll 112 advances along the table 104. The cigarette is discharged to the conveyer 211, which deposits it on a pair of hook-shaped stationary cutters 217, Fig. 5. The ends are then trimmed by a pair of cutter-blades 218, and the finished cigarette falls into the receptacle designed to receive it. The various operative parts of the machine are actuated by cams on a shaft 42 driven from the main shaft 41, which is set in motion by a clutch operated by a treadle-lever and is brought to rest automatically at the end of each revolution.
Patent GB-189810351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Regulators.
Inventor: HAWKYARD JOHN
Filed: 1898-05-06
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 10,351. Hawkyard, J., and Braddock, J. May 6. Regulators.-Relates to the form of regulator in which two cylindrical valves e, f connect two chambers a, b. The valves have taper slots e<x>, f<x> of varying length, and are mounted on a rod g, attached to the upper part of the balanced gas holder k. The back-pressure pipe l may surround the rod g, or a separate pipe p may be employed, leading to either the outer or inner chamber according to the direction of flow of the gas
Patent GB-189810792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Vapour Lamps.
Inventor: REDFERN GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1898-05-11
Granted: 1898-07-09
Abstract: 10,792. R e dfern, G. F., [Posno, V., and Morrison, L.J. May 11. Incandescent v a p o u r lamps.- The vapour for supplying the main Bunsen burner J is obtained by beating an extension B of the main wicktube A by means of a secondary Bunsen burner H. The plug P, normally immersed in the oil in the filling-aperture F, is withdrawn, ignited, and held beneath the wick-tube C<1> to start the secondary burner. Radiation of heat from the vaporizing - a p p aratus is prevented by a perforated cover D, and transmission of heat to the reservoir is prevented by the use of a disc E of n o n - conducting material.
Patent GB-189817179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Underfeed Stokers and Furnaces thereby.
Filed: 1898-08-09
Granted: 1899-01-21
Abstract: 17,179. American Stoker Co. and Wood, W. R. Aug. 9. Mechanical stoking; heating-furnaces for iron and steel.-Relates to underfeed stokers of general application, and to improvements in forge furnaces in which such stokers are used. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the fuel is conveyed from the hopper E by a screw conveyer F, made in sections which are mounted on a shaft of polygonal section. It is delivered into a " retort" C, whence it rises into the furnace, through an opening surrounded by a series of air openings c<2>. These openings are formed in hollow blocks which communicate with the jacket or casing H of the conveyer tube and retort, the supply of air being regulated by a valve J, and by adjustable and fixed baffles. The blocks have openings also on their outer faces. Air is also supplied to the fuel conduit at e<1>. The screw F is mounted in an end-thrust ball bearing at its outer end, and is operated by reversible ratchet gearing of special construction, which is actuated by a steam cylinder G. The motion of the screw is reversed to relieve choking &c. The method of mounting the screw, and the arrangement of the actuating-mechanism, are described in great detail in the Specification, as are also the construction of the hollow air-supply blocks and the method of securing them in place. To prevent injury to the retort C by irregular breakages due to expansion and contraction, it is made thin between flanges which are provided with bolts, so that if breakage takes place it occurs at these thin places, after which the bolts hold the retort together. The forge furnace is shown in section in Fig. 20 fitted with a modified arrangement of stoker. In this case the ratchet mechanism for rotating the screw is operated by a rod 36 provided with a special device for allowing an adjustable amount of lost motion. Air is supplied from a pipe 16 to the jacket 17 and to a casing surrounding the door 15. From the former it escapes through perforations 23, and from the latter it issues through a space around the inner part of the door 15 when this is closed, and also passes through passages 103 to a flue passage (not shown) connecting the combustion chamber 20 with the upper chamber 28 in which the bars &c. to be heated are placed. The products of combustion finally escape through an opening in the crown, no chimney being used ; but deflectors are in some cases fitted to protect the workmen from the heat.
Patent GB-189819276-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Oil and Acetylene Lamp.
Inventor: MORRIS WILLIAM RICHARD
Filed: 1898-09-10
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 19,276. Morris, W. R., and Spraggett, P. E. Sept. 10. Acetylene and oil lamps; velocipede lamps.-Relates to a combined oil and acetylene lamp for cycles &c. Acetylene is led to a burner D by a tube B embracing the wick-tube.
Patent GB-189823250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Sounding-boards of Pianos and other similar Musical Instruments.
Inventor: RUSHTON THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1898-11-04
Granted: 1899-09-16
Abstract: 23,250. Rushton, T. H. Nov. 4. Pianofortes and other like musical instruments. Soundboards which are liable to distortion from the tension of the strings are braced by ties B consisting of wires passing over supports C. The tension of the wire is regulated by a pawl and ratchet or other device D.
Patent GB-189827218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket Knives for Artisans and Mechanics.
Inventor: SCHMIDT JACOB ALBERT
Filed: 1898-12-24
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 27,218. Schmidt, J. A. Dec. 24. Combination tools.-A pair of pincers is combined with a pocket knife, and it is used as a detachable handle for tools such as corkscrews, gimlets, and turnscrews. One jaw C of the pincers is a rigid projection from one end of the knife, and the other C' is part of a lever D which shuts down against a spring F and is caught by a hook H. The root of the tool is formed with an open slot O, which takes over a pin K<1> in the knife, and with a flat M. In a modification, the tool is in line with the handle instead of perpendicular to it, and the pincer lever is formed with a flat to bear on the tool flat.
Patent GB-189900593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Travelling Trunks and the like.
Inventor: KAHN SAMUEL
Filed: 1899-01-10
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 593. Kahn, S., and Polack, M. Jan. 10. Trunks &c.-The parts are made detachable, so that the trunk may be folded into a small space when not in use. Fig. 5 shows the sides B, B<1> and end C' of a trunk united to the bottom A and to one another by hinges, the pins of which are removable, so that the trunk may be taken to pieces and the parts packed in the hollow lid &c. The lid may be hinged to one of the sides by hinges which allow of the removal of the lid. In a modification, the sides and ends may be hinged, detachably or otherwise, to short vertical portions projecting upwards from the bottom. When the trunk is in use, the ends and sides are united together by removable hinge pins f, and when not in use they are folded upon the bottom and upon one another and covered with the lid. The trunk may be provided with partitions dividing it into compartments, and with suitable fittings, fastenings, &c.
Patent GB-189901327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metallic Rims and Elastic Tyres for Vehicle Wheels, and in Apparatus for Putting such Tyres on the Wheels.
Inventor: TIPPET HENRY GRENDON
Filed: 1899-01-19
Granted: 1900-01-19
Abstract: 1327. Tippet, H. G., and Smith, J. Jan. 19. Building wheels; felloes or rims; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. -Relates to means for attaching rubber tyres to wheel rims. The rubber tyre B is held in position within the shallow channel-shaped rim A by an embedded metallic band C, the ends of which are provided with studs E and slotted holes H to engage together. The rubber, which is of greater length than the periphery of the wheel rim, is forced back to allow the exposed ends of the band C to be drawn together by means of the pivoted arms I operated by rotating the wheel K upon the right and left handed screws L. When the ends of the band have been engaged, the rubber is expanded by suspending the wheel on an axle Q, and slowly rotating it while the rubber is gripped either by the screw clamp N secured to the frame M or by a cam. A keyhole slot in the band may engage with a headed screw fastened to the rim.
Patent GB-189905218-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Monoacetyldiamidodiphenylaminesulphonic Acid and its Homologues.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1899-03-09
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 5218. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius, & Br³ning]. March 9. Monoacetyl-p-diamidodiphenylamine sulphonic acid and its homologues and derivatives are produced as follows :-Acetyl-p-phenylenediamine, or acetyl-ptoluylenediamine, or acetyl-methoxy- or ethoxyp-pbenylenediamine is heated with p-nitrochlorobenzene-o-sulphonic acid and sodium acetate in a closed vessel at about 150‹ C. and the yellow solution thus produced, containing acetyl-p-amido-pnitrodiphenylamine o-sulphonic acid, is reduced by means of zinc dust or iron and acetic acid. The product is dissolved in soda, filtered, and acidified, whereupon the acetyl-diamidodiphenylamine sulphonic acid, or the corresponding derivative thereof, crystallizes out. The acetyl-diamido compounds, when hydrolysed, yield the corresponding diamido compounds. They may also be diazotized and used for preparing azo dyes, which may be saponified, re-diazotized, and combined with other dyestuff components to form new mixed azo dyes.
Patent GB-189905875-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Tanning and Treating Hides and Skins.
Inventor: COMBRET RAYMOND
Filed: 1899-03-17
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 5875. Combret, R. March 17. Tanning; furs.-Hides and skins are tanned by the use of solutions containing formic aldehyde together with acetic acid or other acids such as lactic, oxalic, and sulphuric acids. The acid may be obtained by the fermentation of spent tanning- liquors. Solutions weak in formic aldehyde and strong in acid are first employed, and the proportion of the one is gradually increased while that of the other is diminished. In no case does the proportion of either exceed 2À5 per cent. Skins with the wool or feathers may be treated in a single bath containing formic aldehyde and acid in almost equal proportion. For the preparation of white or chamois leather the process is carried out with pure water, but ordinary tanning - agents, or coloured extracts of oak, chesnut, fir, &c., may be subsequently used for colouring purposes, or the skins may be dyed. Rotary drums working at moderate temperatures are preferably employed in the process.
Patent GB-189909153-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means of Suspension for Sticks, Umbrellas, and the like.
Inventor: MUELLER JACQUES
Filed: 1899-05-01
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 9153. M³ller, J. May 1. Hooks.-Relates to a spring hook fitted in a recess in the stick by which the umbrella or walking-stick can be suspended. The hook b is pivoted at c in the recess a near the handle of the stick. When the hook is pressed back into the recess, it is held by a spring latch g as shown in Fig. 1. When the latch g is released, the hook b is forced out by a spring f as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-189910801-A (GB)
Title: Valve Gear.
Inventor: LENTZ HUGO
Filed: 1899-05-23
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 10,801. Lentz, H. May 23. Eccentrics; valves and valve gear.-Relates par ticularly to engines with lift valves. The eccentrics for working the admission valves J move on slides fixed to a shaft geared to the crank shaft of the engine, and are connected by pins or links to the sleeves of a governor of the type described in Specification No. 11,671, A.D. 1898. Each eccentric-rod K rocks a cam-plate U, which engages a stud S on the hollow cylindrical extension R of the valve rod Q. The exhaust valves are operated in a similar manner from fixed eccentrics. In a modification suitable for vertical engines, each cam-plate actuates two admission valves.
Patent GB-189911435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coffee Pots.
Inventor: GOLDSMITH DUVAL POPE
Filed: 1899-06-01
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 11,435. Goldsmith, D. P. June 1. Coffee-making apparatus strainers.-A strainer with which is combined a water-circulating device is adapted to fit the body A of an ordinary coffee-pot. The strainer &c. consists of a base C, having a marginal flange c, which is connected by one or more tubes G to the strainer D. An opening d is formed in the base c, above which a corrugated deflector H is disposed which has passages g to admit water to pass through the opening, while at the same time the upward passage of steam and hot water is prevented. A valve may replace this deflector. The underside of the base C is provided with U-shaped flanges C' to facilitate the passage of water &c. to the tubes G. A rim E on the strainer D partially closes the pot, the closure being completed by a lid I. The coffee is placed in the strainer D, and boiling water poured over it, which percolates through and finds its way through the passages g and the hole d to the space below the base C. When the pot is placed on a stove, the hot water and steam are forced up the tubes G, and again caused to percolate through the coffee.
Patent GB-189917173-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Position of Looking Glasses.
Inventor: HOLLAND ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1899-08-24
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 17,173. Holland, A. J. Aug. 24. Stays. - A stay a, Fig.1, with ratchet teeth is hinged to the bottom bar of the frame of the looking-glass, and engages with a detent plate fixed on the base of the standard. The stay may be made with spur teeth. In another modification, the end of the hinged stay is hooked, so as to catch in perforations in a plate, clipped on the base of the standard.
Patent GB-189917706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tongs Employed in the Manufacture of Bottle Necks.
Inventor: SIMPSON THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-09-01
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 17,706. Simpson, T. W., Simpson, J., and Bradshaw, W. H. Sept. 1. Bottle necks, making.-Relates to improvements in the tongs described in Specification No. 12,643, A.D. 1899, for shaping bottle necks and forming external indentations therein. In the present invention, the neck is shaped by rollers K instead of by dies. The rollers are mounted on the spring bow D, so that, when pressed inwards to shape the neck, they move tangentially to the central spindle A. This movement allows the punches L on the second bow E to be operated to form the indentations. For forming necks without indentations, the rollers may be mounted on a single bow, so as to have a tangential movement, the punches L &c. being omitted.
Patent GB-189919953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Nests for Fowls.
Inventor: HIBBERT JAMES
Filed: 1899-10-05
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 19,953. Hibbert, J. Oct. 5. Poultry houses.-Relates to the arrangement of the laying-boxes so that the fowls which have laid eggs are separated from those which have not, to enable the poultry-keeper to determine how the individual hens in a pen lay. Several arrangements are described in the Specification. In Fig. 1, 2 represents the nest situated in a box 5 having two doors 6 and 7 communicating with separate divisions of the pen. The doors 6 and 7 are connected together by the cords 9, 9 and pivoted beam 8, so that, when one is shut, the other is opened. An opening 3 is formed in the nest, and a lever 10 is arranged below the opening. A catch 13, connected to the lever 10, holds the door 7 closed as shown. The weight of an egg rolling from the nest 2 upon the lever 10 disengages the catch 13, and the door 6 is closed by its superior weight, thus opening the door 7, through which the fowl leaves the box 5 and passes into a separate pen ; in so doing, the fowl treads upon the pivoted platform 16, and depresses it. The platform 16 is connected by a cord 18 to a pulley 19 on the spindle of the beam 8, and when depressed causes the door 7 to close and engage the catch 13 ; the door 6 is thereby opened in readiness for another fowl to enter the box 5. Other arrangements are described. In one form, a single door is employed, which commands the entrances to the divisions of the pen. In another form, the nest is rotated horizontally, so that its entrance is brought from one division of the pen to the other. In another form, the nest rises and falls to come opposite the divisions of the pen, and, in another arrangement, similar to that shown in Fig. 1, the egg remains on the lever 10, and is mechanically removed therefrom when the platform 16 is depressed as the hen leaves the nest box.
Patent GB-189922421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors for Gas Engines.
Inventor: LHOTEL LUCIEN
Filed: 1899-11-09
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 22,421. Lhotel, L., and Plancher, F. Nov. 9. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. An oil chamber b, supplied by a pipe d, is secured by screwing its flange y between the parts x, v of the casing. A valve g rests over the apertures e in the top of the box. The valve is lifted and rotated by the passage of air from the mouthpiece g to the pipe p leading to the cylinder. The lift of the valve is limited by the rod l. The part v may be jacketed for the passage of the exhaust around it.
Patent GB-190003878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alarm Apparatus for Engine Room Telegraphs or the like.
Inventor: BELL THOMAS
Filed: 1900-02-28
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 3878. Bell, T. Feb. 28. Signals, electric-bell; telegraphs, mechanical.- Relates to alarm apparatus for use in connection with engine-room telegraphs &c., the arrangement being such that an alarm bell rings as long as the order transmitted is not complied with. The dial b of the order telegraph &c. is provided with three pairs of contacts G, G', H, H', K K<1>, the pairs corresponding respectively to the Ahead,' Stop,' and' Astern ' orders &c. The pointer a is furnished with contact springs, adapted to connect each pair of contact-plates when the pointer is set to the corresponding order, the pointer being also connected through an alarm bell to the battery c. The contact-plates are interconnected, and are also connected to three corresponding contact-plates g, h, k, one of which, according to the position of the reversing-lever or the weigh-shaft e, is connected through the contacts d and a plate l &c. with the battery c. The connections of the various contacts are such that the circuit of the alarm bell is completed except when the position of the weigh-shaft or reversing-lever corresponds with the order transmitted.
Patent GB-190007268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Barrels.
Inventor: SCHOCK GUSTAV
Filed: 1900-04-19
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 7268. Schock, G. April 19. Cleansing c a s k s.- The cask or barrel is moved along guides y, Fig. 2, to an endless c a r r y i n g - chain h having transverse bars i against which the cask rests. The hose, which may be made to communicate with a steam supply by pulling the handle z, and with a hot-water supply automatically, is now placed in the bunghole, and is put i n t o communication with the steam supply. The lever 7, which actuates the steam valve, is, when the valve is thus opened, held down automatically by a notched catch 9. When the cask reaches detectors or projections O on an oscillating shaft n, which is in gear with a cam shaft x by chain gearing, the catch is removed by one of the cams, and the lever 7 is returned by a spring to close the steam valve. Then an arm on the shaft x depresses a lever 8, by which the hot-water valve is opened, the lever being held down by a catch 10 until released by a cam on the shaft x when the cask reaches another set of detectors t on a shaft S, which is connected with the shaft n by a link q and cranks. The cask then passes over rotating rollers 17 between the scrubbing- brushes 18, by which it is scrubbed on the ends and body. It is afterwards passed along guides 19 to a sprinkling-device, consisting of a nozzle 23, which is lifted by a treadle to enter the bunghole, the valve which admits hot water to the nozzle being at the same time automatically opened.
Patent GB-190007664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dark Slides for Cameras
Inventor: STANLEY WILLIAM FORD
Filed: 1900-04-25
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 7664. Stanley, W. F. April 25. Dark slides.-Relates to a dark slide for films. The film is doubled round the central diaphragm C, so as to cover both sides, the ends being held by a spring clip D, or by other suitable means. The diaphragm is pushed into a groove in the open frame A. Over the whole is pushed a casing or envelope E, which is held closed by a clip F. When the slide has been placed in the camera, the film is exposed by pulling out the envelope E. The Provisional Specification states that, when the groove does not pass completely through the frame A, the frame may be fitted with ordinary shutters.