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Patent GB-189701789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cables.
Inventor: SMITH WILLOUGHBY STATHAM
Filed: 1897-01-22
Granted: 1898-01-22
Abstract: 1789. Smith, W. S., and Granville, W. P Jan. 22. Cables.-Conductors of the kind described in Specification No. 8573, A.D. 1895, are provided with leaks b between the conductors of any pair where more than one pair exists in a cable. The leaks consist of lengths of or spirals of ribbon or wire with or without an iron core c. In some forms, the leaks consist of perforations through the insulation, the inner coating of which is coated with plumbago. Stops or plugs of insulating- material may close the central cavity between the leaks. The central cavity may be filled with material having low specific inductive capacity, or having the power of decreasing the resistance of gutta-percha. The surface of the insulation may be varnished &c.
Patent GB-189706137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper File Clasps.
Inventor: MUNGER VERRENICE
Filed: 1897-03-09
Granted: 1897-05-22
Abstract: 6137. Munger, V. March 9. Filing papers.-Relates to clasps for holding together bundles of papers of varying thicknesses. The clasp consists of side bars 4 united by coil springs 2, 3 with end pieces 5 which are secured to sliding pieces 7 connected together by loops 8. The papeis are held between the sliding pieces 7 with the bars 4 at the sides of the bundle. A modification is described, made entirely of wire, in which the end pieces 5 are prolonged and bent at right-angles to overlap and are looped round each other at the ends, to form a sliding connection in place of the pieces 7 and 8 as shown.
Patent GB-189708826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candle-shade Holders.
Inventor: KENDRICK FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-04-07
Granted: 1898-02-12
Abstract: 8826. K e n d - rick, F. W. April 7. Candle - shade holders.-The sleeve d of the shade holder c slides upon a rod a and is supported by the wire e with which it descends as the candle is consumed. The rod a is carried by a clip b or other attachment on the candle or candlestick.
Patent GB-189712816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Umbrellas.
Inventor: KOELLN THEODOR
Filed: 1897-05-24
Granted: 1897-07-03
Abstract: 12,816. K÷lln, T. May 24. Holding open and closed; runners.-Relates to an umbrella runner a, Fig. 1, which is slit longitudinally at the upper end so as to form a series of spring tongues which are bent at the ends into the claw form b. These claws catch on the ring d on the stick i, and hold the umbrella open. The umbrella is held closed by a tip-cup mounted on a similar split spring runner f. Both the runners are fitted with rings e and k, which are pushed over the springs to prevent them from springing open.
Patent GB-189716688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp, Chandelier, or the like Fittings.
Inventor: READ EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1897-07-14
Granted: 1898-05-14
Abstract: 16,688. Read, E. T., and Griffiths, A. H. July 14. Lamp shade and globe holders, also adapted to carry ornamental scrolls, for incandescent and other lamp, chandelier, and like fittings. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the globe 15 and the scrolls 20 are carried by a ring 14, which has projecting guides to slide over and engage with the down-rods 11, and, in addition, other grooved projections which rest upon the radial spurs 12 of the burner. In a modification, the ring 14 is arranged within, and the scrolls 20 without, the rods 11, the connecting-arms being curved or recessed to receive the rods.
Patent GB-189718254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Photographic Development and the like without a Dark Room.
Inventor: SIMON RICHARD
Filed: 1897-08-05
Granted: 1898-07-30
Abstract: 18,254. Simon, R., [Mandl, J.]. Aug. 5. Changing-bags and the like.-Relates to an appliance for developing, fixing, &c. without a dark room. The exposed plates or films are transferred from the camera to a sleeve N, which is then tied by draw-cords P, P<1> at each end of the bundle of plates. One end of the sleeve is fitted light-tight over a shuttered aperture in one end of the box D. The sides B and the top C of this box are of glass or other transparent material. A plate is transferred from the sleeve N to the box D by untying the string P<1> and pulling back the shutter over the opening in the end of the box D. The developing and other solutions are poured in by a funnel G, having a covering-plate I to exclude light ; and waste solutions are drawn off by the tap H. A sighting-bag L prevents the entrance of side light when the plate is being observed through the glass top C. The bag is supported by folding legs M.
Patent GB-189718300-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Appliance for use in Cycling, Adapted to Act as a Cut-wind or Prow and Dust Guard, and for other purposes.
Inventor: RIMMER JAMES
Filed: 1897-08-06
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 18 300. Rimmer, J., and Pewtress, E. Aug. 6. Screens, weather and like; sails for propelling.- Relates to screens for attachment to bicycles, tricycles, &c., to protect the riders from dust, rain, wind, &c., and to serve as sails when the wind blows from behind. The Figures show the application to a lady's bicycle. A screen C, shaped as shown and preferably formed in two parts, is secured to the steering-post by inserting hooks formed on it into eyes formed on clips A secured to the steering-post. Stays D connect similar eyes formed on a clip B secured to the frame, to eyes formed in the screen C.
Patent GB-189719776-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Attachment for Bicycles and the like to Protect the Legs of the Rider from Rain.
Inventor: NORTON WILLIAM EARDLEY
Filed: 1897-08-27
Granted: 1897-12-18
Abstract: 19,776. Norton, W. E. Aug. 27. Screens, weather and lilce.-An attachment for bicycles and the like, to protect the legs of the rider from rain, consists of an apron a, Fig. 1, having along its upper edge straps a<1> which serve to secure it to the handle-bars It is pierced with a hole a<4> to accommodate the lamp bracket, and has its edges stiffened by strips of cane or whalebone. At its lower end it is secured by fastenings a<2> to a rod c, which is secured by a bracket d to the fork crown as shown in Fig. 2. The bracket d has arms d<1>, having holes d<2> which carry the rod c, and downwardly-extending arms d<3>, which pass through the fork crown and are secured thereto by clips g<1> and nuts g as shown. The bracket d may be adjustably secured to the arms d<3> in order to permit adjustment of the handle-bars.
Patent GB-189722534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hats.
Inventor: THOMAS ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1897-10-01
Granted: 1898-09-03
Abstract: 22,534. Thomas, A. G., and Roberts, P. Oct. 1. Leathers or sweat bands ; ventilating. -The leather or sweatband A is strengthened by securing to it, either in front only or throughout its length, a metal strip. The band is then corrugated as shown so as to leave air channels between the hat and the band, and also between the band and the head. The leather extends beyond the metal band sufficiently to be sewn in place.
Patent GB-189723424-A (GB)
Title: Improved Knocking-off Motion or Stop-gear for Steam Engines.
Inventor: CLEGG JOSEPH
Filed: 1897-10-12
Granted: 1898-10-08
Abstract: 23,424. Clegg, J., and Clegg, T. Oct 12. Stop gear.-Consists of means for causing the stop valve to be closed automatically upon the engine beginning to race. The weight R, by which the valve is closed, is normally prevented from coming into operation by a detent N. For withdrawing this detent when racing commences, a trigger device to which it is connected by a line L is provided in proximity to the valve spindle, on which is mounted an inertia releasingapparatus. This consists of a pendulum E carried by a standard attached to the valve spindle, so that the amplitude of its swing depends upon the engine speed. When the speed becomes excessive the catch N is withdrawn, through the medium of the tappet Q and spring 0, and the weight R coming into action closes the stop valve.
Patent GB-189725173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Storing and Preserving Eggs.
Inventor: CHRISTIANSON THEODORE RUDOLPH
Filed: 1897-10-30
Granted: 1898-10-08
Abstract: 25,173. Christianson, T. R. C. Oct. 30. Preserving eggs.-Relates to improvements in the apparatus for storing and preserving eggs described in Specification No. 21,035, A.D. 1894. The sections carrying the trays are built upon an angle-iron framing A, to which are secured bearings B supporting the axles C and wheels D. The axles are driven by levers F through the double-acting pawls f and pinions E.
Patent GB-189730916-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Rendering Textile Materials, Paper, Wood Substances, and the like Waterproof, and for Finishing and Protecting them against Spotting and Moths.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1897-12-31
Granted: 1898-04-02
Abstract: 30,916. Thompson, W. P., [Rudolf, J.]. Dec. 31. Preservative compositions.-Relates to means for waterproofing textile materials, paper, wood, and the like and protecting them against spotting and moths. Solid hydrocarbons, stearine and palmitine, or metallic salts of stearic and palmitic acids, beeswax, vegetable wax, resins, and the like are applied either by making an emulsion of them in hot water or by melting them and conveying them to the material by means of a pressure roller.
Patent GB-189800019-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney Top and Ventilator.
Inventor: WRIGHT JOHN DENNY
Filed: 1898-01-01
Granted: 1898-12-31
Abstract: 19. Wright, J. D. Jan. 1. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.- A broad strip is bent into a sharp spiral with overlapping edges so as to make a pipe with a spiral outlet, the draught being assisted by lateral holes. The highest section is cut ornamentally into fingers which are bent in towards the axis. A hood is added sometimes t o a ventilator of this construction.
Patent GB-189801992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Label and Stamp Affixing Machines.
Inventor: KARGES JULIUS JOHN
Filed: 1898-01-25
Granted: 1898-07-30
Abstract: 1992. Karges, J. J. Jan. 25. Damping and affixing labels and stamps.-The labels &c. M are contained in a magazine A with vertical guides B, and are retained by spring arms G and bevelled projections J, Fig. 4, on the guides. The guides are adjustable vertically by screws C and radially by screws F. A plunger L rests on the labels. The lowest label is damped or gummed on a suitable pad, and then applied to the required surface, the plunger being pressed downwards. The tips of the arms G remain under the lowest label till the pressure is removed, the next label being supported by the projections J, serrations on the guides also serving to retain the labels. After removing the apparatus, the arms G again project under the lowest label. The finger may be used instead of the plunger L, and the shape and arrangement of the magazine and guides may be varied to suit different shapes of labels.
Patent GB-189807182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Studs, Buttons, Cuff-holders, and the like.
Inventor: FLOMERFELT JAMES ARMSTRONG
Filed: 1898-03-24
Granted: 1898-05-28
Abstract: 7182. Flomerfelt, J. A. March 24. Cuff suspenders.- Fig. 5 shows a cuff suspender having a folded spring fastening 2 for attachment to the cuff and a rod 8 provided with a sliding securing-clip 9. The rod 8 may be rigidly or pivotally connected to a button head carrying t h e fastening-device f o r the cuff.
Patent GB-189810752-A (GB)
Title: Powder Distributor.
Inventor: PANNETT EDWARD CHARLES
Filed: 1898-05-11
Granted: 1898-10-01
Abstract: 10,752. Pannett, E. C., Neden, W. P., and Hawkins, J. May 11. Powder blowers.- Consists of a case having a cap lid fitted with a tube A by which the powder is blown through a perforation at the bottom of the case.
Patent GB-189813236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Road Traction Engines and Draught Road Vehicles adapted to be used therewith.
Inventor: MANN JAMES HUTCHINSON
Filed: 1898-06-14
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 13,236. Mann, J. H. June 14. Carts and wagons. - Relates to a construction of road traction engine and draught road vehicle such that they may be employed together or i n d ependently as may be desired. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the engine combined with a two-wheeled cart, and Fig. 2 shows a section through the main axle and body of the cart. The body of the draught vehicle m is formed with a troughshaped centre m<1>, and is carried on a pair of wheels n of the same diameter as the driving-wheels of the engine. The vehicle wheels have short axles running in bearings outside the wheels, the clear space between the wheels being wide enough to allow the vehicle to be brought over the rear of the engine until the axes of the vehicle wheels and of the engine wheels come into line. The engine and vehicle wheels when in line can be locked together, and the engine and vehicle can be coupled together at w. A chain and windlass may be provided when the vehicle is adapted for tipping. Brackets or springs may be used to transmit a portion of the weight of the vehicle to the engine horn-plates. Provision is made for securing shafts or other draught gear to the vehicle when it is to be used separately from the engine, and when so used a cross-bar may be fitted between the wheel studs to give lateral support to the bearing-brackets p. These brackets may be secured to the vehicle body by a sliding connection, so that the centre of gravity of the vehicle and its load may be brought over the centre of the wheels when required.
Patent GB-189817961-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Making Glass Signs, Plates or Tablets and for Decorating Glass or Porcelain generally.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-08-20
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 17,961. Thompson, W. P., [Schell, W.]. Aug. 20. Transferring designs, pictures, and the like; transfers.-Designs, names, and the like may be produced upon glass signs, plates, or tablets, or decorations may be obtained upon glass, by using transfers showing all the designs and the ground colour in which places to be shown in metal are left open ; after the design has dried upon the glass, it is covered by a backing of tin foil or other thin metal. Any parts intended to appear dull in the blank spaces may be etched or made dull by a suitable impression before the metal backing is applied. In order to prevent the open or blank parts through which the metal is to show from being smeared by the transfer varnish, the latter is applied to the picture by means of a plate in which blank parts have been formed. The abovedescribed process may be employed for decorating porcelain.
Patent GB-189818729-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Enamelled Cloisonne.
Inventor: PFISTER THEOPHIL
Filed: 1898-09-01
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 18,729. Pfister, T. Sept. 1. Enamelling; slabs, cloisonnÚ Metal contour or divison strips are secured to an opaque or transparent foundation plate as described in Specification No. 17,140, A.D. 1898, or contour strips of threaded beads may be attached as described in Specification No. 17,141, A.D. 1898. The spaces between the contour strips are partially filled in with ground glass particles, and a backing of fireclay slip, or plastic fireclay, is applied. After the clay has set, the work is placed in a water bath to free the contour strips from the foundation plate. The free glass particles fall away, leaving a number of glass-lined cells between the contour strips. The contour strips are painted with enamel paint, the cells are filled in with coloured soft glass particles to form any required design, and the work is placed in a kiln or oven. A flame is caused to play over the surface to melt the glass, and the work is annealed in an oven, and polished with fire. The contour strips may be ground and polished, and gilded or bronzed. The foundation plate may be flat or curved, and a metal plate may be attached to the clay backing.
Patent GB-189819271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axle Boxes for Pit Corves and other like Purposes.
Inventor: HAYNES JOHN
Filed: 1898-09-10
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 19,271. Haynes, J. Sept. 10. Axle-boxes, lubricating.-In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the lubricant is carried in the box B and passes by the openings E, H to the axle, where it is raised by a collar on the shaft. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the lubricant is carried in the box K over the axle, which is provided with two collars M and with a protecting-cover B. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the axle C projects into the grease box N.
Patent GB-189821268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Holding Devices or Apparatus for Rivetters.
Inventor: MOORE ROBERT S
Filed: 1898-10-10
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 21,268. Moore, R. S. Oct. 10. Riveting.-Relates to apparatus for riveting the circumferential seams in lines of pipes. A frame is mounted on the pipes which consists of two rings B united at intervals by bridge-pieces B<2> and provided with adjustable clamps 2. The rims B are made in sections which are clamped together when in position. The riveter C is mounted in a holder which can be moved round the frame and is united by tie rods D to the wheels e', e<3>, E. The bottom wheel E is made large and heavy to serve as a counterbalance weight. The bridge-pieces B' are pivoted, and their free ends are secured by means which are readily undone to allow the riveter to pass round. The rivet holder E<2> is supported within the pipe on the stem E<3>, and is moved into position by a workman within the pipe. The riveter and rivet holder are actuated by compressed air supplied through flexible pipes F. The rivet holder may placed outside the pipe and the riveter within ; in this case, a modified supporting-device may be used within the pipe. This modified support has three legs which are fixed in position by screws. In the centre, where the legs meet, is an axle on which the riveter is mounted so that it can be turned round. Instead of a rigid frame surrounding the pipe, a flexible band or cincture may be employed to support the riveter or rivet holder. In a modification, the rivet or rivet holder is carried by a chain of rollers encircling the pipe and revolving round it.
Patent GB-189902486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Quick Running Piston Motors.
Inventor: BUSS EDWARD
Filed: 1899-02-03
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 2486. Buss, E. Feb. 3. Engines with reciprocating cylinders; balancing moving parts.-Relates to quick running piston engines which are balanced for rotation by means of weights, and for reciprocation by causing the cylinder and its appurtenances to move to and fro in opposition to the other parts. One form of motor is shown in plan in Fig. 1<a>. The connecting- rod is attached direct to the piston, and the motor shaft is provided with a double crank. The cylinder has a forked prolongation C', and slides in channels n and n<1>. The eccentrics p connected with the crank e reciprocate the cylinder. In another form, shown in Fig. 2, the cylinder is made to reciprocate by means of links worked from the crank shaft, and in a further modification the links are worked from the crosshead. Such engines may be supported in any position, and be used as stationary engines or for the propulsion of motor road vehicles.
Patent GB-189905857-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Use in connection with Electrical Advertising Signs and Display Boards.
Inventor: BROWN FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-03-17
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 5857. Brown, F. March 17. Advertising; signs.-Electric switches, for lighting a series of lamps on a display board so as to form letters, figures, signs, signals, or the like for advertising purposes, consist of a drum a having on its periphery a series of longitudinally - slit tubes c to receive contacts d, and of a series of flexible strips or contacts e<2> which the contacts d touch in the desired order as the drum is rotated.
Patent GB-189908589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Liquid Fuel into Furnaces.
Inventor: VETILLARD ERNEST ARMAND
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 8589. VÚtillard, E. A., and Scherding, E. April 25. Liquid-fuel fittings.-The application to a locomotive furnace is shown in Fig. 1, the injecting- apparatus being shown separately in Fig. 4. The liquid fuel is preliminarily heated by steam, and being drawn up by the jet apparatus flows from the reservoir through the pipe a into the filtering- cylinder B, Fig. 3, where it is forced through a filtering-plate or sieve B', and through the pipe b<4> and branches to the injectors or jets, where it mixes with the steam and air and is injected into the furnace. The jet apparatus has the ejector portion C<1> for drawing up the fuel and mixing it with steam, and the other two parts C<2>, C<3> for transforming the cylindrical jet of steam into an annular one between inner and outer streams of air, whereby the fuel and steam are thoroughly mixed together.
Patent GB-189909986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brass Bedsteads and Cots.
Inventor: HOYLAND JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-11
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 9986. Hoyland, J. W. May 11. Bedsteads and cots.-Relates to pillars, and to means for connecting the corner blocks thereto. The pillar is formed from one length of brass tube, preferably of angular section, and the block is attached to one side of it. According to the construction shown in Fig. 1, the screw c<2> on the block c engages with a bar d which extends to the bottom of the pillar. The bar d may be integral with the block e which carries the castor. When the corner block c has been screwed home, a small screw f is inserted to lock it in position. Fig. 3 shows a method of connection according to which the tapered end of the rod d is passed through a portion of the corner block c which passes into the pillar. In another modification, a projection on the rod d passes out through the pillar to support the block. Fig. 5 shows the rod d screwed into the block c. A lock-nut g may be used in addition, or screwed angle-pieces may be mounted in the pillar above and below the block.
Patent GB-189910945-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Fastening Brushes to Handles.
Inventor: HILL JAMES HULLEY
Filed: 1899-05-25
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 10,945. Hill, J. H. May 25. Handles, fixing to stocks.-The handle f of long -handled and other brushes is removably fastened to the stock b by ferrule e, which is fixed to the handle and has a pin &c. g to engage in a bayonet slot c, d in a socket a fixed to to the stock.
Patent GB-189919657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horse-cars, Char-a-bancs, or the like.
Inventor: SIMMONS WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-09-30
Granted: 1899-11-04
Abstract: 19,657. Simmons, W. Sept. 30. Carriages; coaches.-The floors of brakes, char-abancs, and the like are arranged to form a series of steps b, on which the seats s are placed. The rows of seats are separated by a central passage.
Patent GB-189920056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of a Certain Part of Ball Floats.
Inventor: LEVICK JOHN
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 20,056. Levick, J. Oct. 6. Making valves.-Studs for connecting the floats and float arms of ball and float valves are made of wrought metal instead of cast metal. The stud a is stamped from a sheetmetal blank, and one side is shaped to fit the float b and the other side to screw on to the float arm c. The shape of the stud may be varied, and it may be made by spinning or drawing. The sheet-metal blanks may be replaced by tubular blanks.
Patent GB-189924766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Antiseptic Fabrics.
Inventor: GEIRINGER CARL
Filed: 1899-12-13
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 24,766. Geiringer, C. Dec. 13. Surgical appliances, fabrics for.-An antiseptic fabric which will remain moist for some time is produced by saturating cotton or linen with a solution containing alkaline salicylate and chlorides, and freeing from the loosely-adhering liquid by wringing or drying.