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Patent GB-189906733-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Combined Sensitive and Compound Drilling Machines.
Inventor: MELHUISH ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 6733. Melhuish, A. G. March 28. Drilling.-The spindle F of a sensitive drilling- machine is driven from a fast and loose pulley shaft by a belt Q, passing over a single pulley B, a cone pulley L, and guide-pulleys N. The guidepulleys can be adjusted in notches P or by a screw &c. The cone pulley contains compound or back gear which can be operated without stopping the machine. The table R is balanced by a weight T inside the pillar A, and attached to the table by cords. The spindle may be fed downwards by a hand-lever J or a treadle I, each of which is pivoted to a central rod H. The upper end of the rod may be screwed and have a hand-wheel nut X. The position on the screw occupied by this nut determines the position to which the spindle rises, and thus determines the depth of hole which can be drilled by the depression of the spindle. The wheel X may be replaced by a toothed wheel W, Fig. 4, rotated by screw gearing from a handwheel near the spindle, and also the nut a may be feathered in the wheel boss, so that the feed may be effected by the hand-lever, treadle, or screw gearing.
Patent GB-189906916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine Gearing.
Inventor: HOWELL JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1899-03-30
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 6916. Howell, J. C., Humpage, T., and Jacques, H. J. March 30. Cranes.-Relates to speedreducing and clutch reversing - gearing, applicable to electrically-driven overhead travelling - cranes &c. The motor B is geared to the shaft C by a reducing-train, preferably such as that described in Specification No. 20,542, A.D. 1892, in which a loose spindle 6 carries on inclined arms bevel-wheels 2, 5, of which the wheel 5 is in gear with a wheel 7 on the driven shaft C, and the wheel 2 with a pinion 1 on the motor shaft and with a wheel 3 fixed to the casing A which is fitted with a brake band 8 controlled from a convenient point. The shaft C carries three pairs of clutch pinions ; by the first of these the travel of the carriage in either direction is obtained ; by the second the winding-drum E may be driven in either direction ; while the third serves for operating the endless chain of the jenny.
Patent GB-189906992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switching Contrivances for Two Electric Incandescent Lamps Connected Up Together.
Inventor: SCHLOESSER WILHELM
Filed: 1899-04-01
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 6992. Schloesser, W., and Moeres, H. April 1. Incandescent lamps, holders for. A key switch is fitted in one of a pair of lamp-holders, and the contacts and connections are arranged so that only one lamp of the pair can be alight at one time. Fig 1 shows one arrangement. The lamp 4 and switch 3 may be in front of a loom, and the lamp 7 at the back. The switch, Figs. 2 and 10, comprises a drum 12 carrying contact-faces with which engage contact-springs 9, 10, and 11. The contacts on the drum are so arranged that, on turning the key successive quarters of a turn, the lamp 4 is first alight, then the lamp 7, next the lamp 4 again, and lastly both lamps are extinguished. By modifying the connections both lamps may be alight when the drum is in one position.
Patent GB-189909233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriers for Pneumatic Tubes.
Inventor: BATCHELLER BIRNEY CLARK
Filed: 1899-05-02
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 9233. Batcheller, B. C. May 2. Fastenings.-Fig. 2 shows a face view of the lid F in a carrier for pneumatic-despatch apparatus, one of the packing-rings B of the carrier being also indicated. The dished lid fits as a plug, being connected to the inside of the carrier by a flat link E<1>, (indicated in dotted lines with the hinges marked E and E<2>). The closed lid is secured by four bolts M. which are jointed to and operated by a flat lever J on a central pivot K. A second lever H<1> on an eccentric pivot H operates the first lever by turning an eccentric I within a slot J therein.
Patent GB-189909275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engines Worked by Motive Fluid, such as Steam, suitable for Driving Pumps.
Inventor: HALL JOHN PERCY
Filed: 1899-05-02
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 9275. Hall, J. P. May 2. Valves and valve gear.-Fig. 2 shows a part section of a compound pumping - engine, and Fig. 8 a section of the valve casings. The piston valves 12, 13 of the cylinders 1, 2 respectively are actuated by steam from the hollow valve 17 worked from the piston-rod 7 by the links shown. The valves 12, 13 have rings 12<a>, 12<b>, 12<c>, 12<d> and 13<a>, 13<b>, 13<c>, 13<d> and the valve rod 23 is connected to the valve rod 24 by the pivoted lever 25. Steam passes through the ports 17<a>, 14<a> to the space between the rings 12<b>, 12<c>, and then flows alternately through the ports 14<b>, 14<c>, which communicate with the passages 8, 9 respectively. The steam passes from the ends of the cylinder 1 through the port 14<b> to the space between the rings 12<a>, 12<b> and through the port 14<c> to the space between the rings 12<c>, 12<d>, and then through the ports 14<d>, and 14<e> to the casing 15, where the valve 13 distributes the steam to the cylinder 2 in a similar manner. A cataract device fitted to the valve 12 comprises a cylinder 27 containing oil or water, a piston 28 connected to the rod 23, and a passage 29 communicating with both ends of the cylinder. In a modification, the distributing-valves are worked by means of an independent steam cylinder.
Patent GB-189910957-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Attaching and Securing Metal Mounts to the Edges of Leather Goods, such as Note Books, Pocket Books, Purses, and the like.
Inventor: DOWNES WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-05-25
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 10,957. Downes, W. J. May 25. Bags. - Metal mounts for protecting the edges of leather goods, such as bags, and the like, are secured to the edges by means of ribbed portions b, b<1>, produced by tooling the edges of the mounts after being placed on the leather goods. The edges to be protected may be formed with grooves for receiving the ribbed portions of the mounts.
Patent GB-189911520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: LIVERSIDGE JARRATT
Filed: 1899-06-02
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 11,520. Liversidge, J. June 2. Wooden wheels; axle-boxes; hubs; spokes.-The hub H is composed of wedge - shaped wooden segments 1, between each adjacent pair of which the wedge-shaped end 7 of a spoke 5 is interposed. The end of the spoke has a tongue 2<1> which fits into a corresponding hole in the shoulders 2 of the segments 1. The parts are secured together by pressure, and are retained in position by metal side flanges 8, fixed by bolts passing through holes 3<1>. The flanges 8 may receive wooden insertions into which the axlebox is fixed, or they may form part of the axleboxes. The wheel and the flanges 8 may be flat or dished.
Patent GB-189918334-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Separation of Metacresol and Paracresol.
Inventor: RASCHIG FRITZ
Filed: 1899-09-11
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 18,334. Raschig, F. Sept. 11. m-Cresol and p-cresol are separated from the commercial mixture by heating the mixture with an excess of concentrated sulphuric acid at 100‹ C. for an hour and then allowing the mixture to stand at the ordinary temperature for about a week. Crystals of p-cresol sulphonic acid form and are separated by filtration, pressure, or centrifugal action from the mother liquor, which contains m-cresol sulphonic acid. Alternatively, the p-cresol sulphonic acid may be precipitated as sodium salt by adding the requisite quantity of sodium sulphate or other sodium salt to the sulphonated mixture. The separated sulphonic acids are then split up into the corresponding cresol and sulphuric acid by means of superheated steam in the usual manner. The liquor containing the m-cresol sulphonic acid may be directly nitrated for the production of trinitrocresol.
Patent GB-189919927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Hammering or Beating Metal Foil and Leaf Metal.
Inventor: HEINRICH JACOB
Filed: 1899-10-04
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 19,927. Heinrich, J., and Dorsch, H. Oct. 4. Foil; hammers, power.-Relates to machinery for hammering or beating metal foil. The anvil a of a hammer b supports a sliding carriage c, on which is a toothed ring d driven by a pinion e and flexible shaft or other suitable means from the main shaft f through a countershaft l. The pile of leaves t is held in the toothed ring by adjustable spring bars, not shown, and a sliding cover-plate w. The carriage is reciprocated by a conical cam m on the countershaft through the connecting-rods q, rocking lever p, and roller o. The cam has ratchet-shaped teeth, so that the carriage is slowly moved in one direction and quickly returned by a spring. The cam teeth are made of different depths, to correspond to the varying lengths of the radial lines a, e, f, g, h, Fig. 5, along which the blows are approximately delivered in the order shown, the first blow being struck at the centre. which is not struck again until the second quadrant is operated on. As the leaf is gradually beaten out from the size shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, the cam is moved along the countershaft by a lever n to increase the travel of the carriage. The hammer b is carried by a strap H and spring G on a rod J pivoted at K to levers L and operated by a rod N' from the main shaft. The pivot K is adjustable vertically by adjusting the outer ends of the levers L on a standard N, thus varying the force of the blows. The hammer is stopped after any desired period by shifting the belt fork p<1> from the fast to the loose pulley on the main shaft. This is effected automatically by a rocking shaft y, rocked to the " stop " position by a spring z, but held in the operative position by a lever x having a lug x<1>, Fig. 10, engaging a disc w<1>. This disc is rotated at a slow rate by ratchet gearing &c. from the shaft l, so that, after the desired interval, a notch w<2> registers with the lug x<1>, allowing the lug to pass through, and the shaft to be rocked to shift the belt to the loose pulley. When the hammer is restarted by pushing back the belt fork, a wedge x<2> on the lever x rotates the disc w<1> slightly to prevent the machine from being stopped immediately.
Patent GB-190011638-A (GB)
Title: Improved Chimney Cowl or Top for Reducing and Consuming Smoke and Saving Fuel in Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: GERMAINS ADOLPH ZALKIN
Filed: 1900-06-27
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 11,638. Germains, A. Z. June 27. Ch i m n e y tops.-Relates to improvements on the chimney top described in Specification No. 315, A.D. 1898, so that it may be used in connection with steam-boiler and other furnaces to consume smoke and save fuel. The upper end of the apparatus consists of two parts a, d, Fig. 3, secured some distance apart, the space between being covered by a perforated ring damper e, Fig. 2, operated by a lever and chain. A number of small rotary fans b<2>, b<3>, &c. are arranged as shown in Fig. 3. Over the parts a and d is placed a hood c, Fig. 1. The part d<2> is perforated for the admission of fresh air. From the part d<3> is suspended a socket h, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, the socket h projecting into the shaft i. A sleeve g actuated by a lever and chain contracts the opening between the parts h and d<3>.
Patent GB-190011684-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Holding Bottles and Allowing Liquids to be Withdrawn therefrom
Inventor: INNES GEORGE PEACOCK
Filed: 1900-06-27
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 11,684. Innes, G. P. June 27. Emptying bottles; bottle holders; opening internallystoppered bottles.-Relates to a bottle holder and tapping-arrangement, for use in drawing off the contents of aerated-water and other bottles. Figs. 1 and 6 show the apparatus as employed for internallystoppered bottles. The bottle is held between the screw cap 26 on the yoke 22 and the packing 6 in the mouth socket 5, the yoke and socket being pivoted eccentrically, at 4 and 3 respectively, on the stand or support 1. The cap 26 permits of adjustment to bottles of different sizes. The arm 20 fits on a square on the end of the socket spindle, and engages with the yoke, so that the yoke and socket turn together. The yoke is held horizontally while the bottle is being inserted, and is then turned to the vertical position, so clamping the bottle in position. The socket 5 is provided with a spout 15, and with a seating for the valve 8, which is normally closed by the spring 13, and is adapted to be opened by the thumb lever 17. During the movement of the yoke aud bottle to the vertical position, the valve 8 releases the ball stopper 27, so that the contents can then be discharged, as required, by operating the lever 17. Fig. 7 shows a modified form, adapted for corked bottles, such as champagne bottles. In this form, the valve 8 is pointed, and, with its casing 7, is adapted to be forced through the cork of the bottle, the screw 25 of the cap 26 being made of sufficient length to permit this operation. For bottles containing liquids not under pressure, the valve and its stem are formed with a passage communicating with a nozzle, through which air or gas can be forced into the bottle, to replace the liquid discharged.
Patent GB-190012029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Engines.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-07-03
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 12,029. Mackenzie, J. W., [Safety Motor Co.]. July 3. Gas engines.-The engine has two high-pressure cylinders A, B, working on a four-stroke cycle, which deliver alternately into a low-pressure cylinder C placed between them, the low-pressure crank d<2> being opposite the high-pressure ones d, d<1>. The three cylinders are cast in one piece with the part e of the crank chamber. The cylinder covers and valve-chest E<1>, E<2>, E<3>, E<4> form another casting. The exhaust valves a<3>, b<3> from the cylinders A, B, and that of the cylinder C, are worked respectively by cams f, f<1>, f<3> on the shaft F. The engine is suitable for vehicles.
Patent GB-190012800-A (GB)
Title: Improved Two-piston Pump with Constant Direction of Flow.
Inventor: POTULICKI MIECISLAW
Filed: 1900-07-16
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 12,800. Potulicki, Count M. July 16. Combined lift and force pumps ; governing or controlling pumps.- The suction pump a is made of larger diameter than the forcing-pump b, and the connecting-pipe h is also of large diameter, so as to act as a pressure regulator. Modifications in the arrangement and connections of the two pumps are described, in one, for instance, the stuffing-boxes being formed in the part h so that the connections l and m are unnecessary.
Patent GB-190012910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compositions for Making Sizing to be used in the Manufacture of Paper as a substitute for Starch and Glue as heretofore employed, and for other purposes.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1900-07-17
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 12,910. Fell, J. C., [Milligan, T. P.]. July 17. Sizes.-Starch, soda ash, and resin, with or without the addition of other substances, such as clay, are mixed together in a dry and powdered state, and, when required for use, the mixture is sprinkled on to the surface of hot or boiling water, when it dissolves and the size is ready for use. The size may be added to the paper pulp in the beating- engine in the usual way, and the starch and resin precipitated on to the fibres by means of alum.
Patent GB-190015367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Cylinder Pressing Machines for Pressing Fabrics.
Inventor: RUDOLPH FRANZ
Filed: 1900-08-29
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 15,367. Rudolph, F., and K³hne, F. Aug.29. Pressing.-In a hydraulic press, au apper fixed press plate 4 and a lower movable press plate 5 are used, in combination with a central movable cylinder 8. The press plates are provided with a thin lining 12, between which and the cylinder 8 the fabric 15 passes, and the ram barrels 9 are preferably capable of adjustment along the bed 2.
Patent GB-190017743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Taps and Valves for Water and other Fluids and the Apparatus for Working the same.
Inventor: GRUNDY DAVID
Filed: 1900-10-06
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 17,743. Grundy, D., Grundy, D. R., and Grundy, R. C. Oct. 6. Measured quantities, delivering. - Relates to apparatus suitable for delivering fixed quantities of water or other fluid and primarily intended for use with flushing-apparatus for water closets of the kind described in Specifications No. 20,432, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Closets &c.], and No. 14,446, A.D. 1900. As adapted for measuring liquids, the supply pipe K is connected to a casing F containing a plug cock D formed with two branching supply ports Hand two waste ports E. Lateral pipes B connect the valve casing to containers J fitted with float valves Q. The plug cock is turned so that the water simultaneously passes up one pipe B to one container, and exhausts from the other container to the waste pipe C. In some cases, only one container is used, and the valve is suitably modified. By replacing the handle I by a link connected to a closet seat, the apparatus is adapted for flushing- purposes. The supply pipe is fitted with a non- return valve p<1>, Fig. 10, which is conical in shape and is fitted with a cap p<5>. The float valve Q, Fig. 12, may be fitted with an auxiliary ball 5, or with a box-shaped float carrying a spring-pressed arm, which acts on an air-admission valve in the container.
Patent GB-190018688-A (GB)
Title: Nailless Horse Shoe.
Inventor: HUNT JOHN
Filed: 1900-10-19
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 18,688. Hunt, J. Oct. 19. Band shoes embracing hoof; fixing; upper and lower shoes; hinged; sectional; materials for.-Fig. 2 shows a plan of a compound shoe, and Fig. 4 a transverse section. The shoe consists of an upper part A of copper &c., hinged at B and drawn together at the heels by springs C or by straps. The part A embraces the hoof, and is attached to the wearing-part or shoe F by a flange E engaging with a groove. Clips G are formed on the shoe F, and studs D project through the part A and enter holes in the hoof.
Patent GB-190101347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchange Systems.
Inventor: KINGSBURY JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1901-01-21
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 1347. Kingsbury, J. E., [Western Electric Co.]. Jan. 21. Telephone systems. - Relates to an exchange system of telephones in which the main exchange is connected with a branch exchange, such branch exchange having a number of instruments connected thereto of which some can only be connected to others on the branch exchange whilst the others can also be connected to the main exchange. Fig. 1 shows such an arrangement, in which A is an ordinary central exchange operating with a common battery. f<3>. B is the branch or local exchange, of which the instrument G can be connected to the main exchange and the instrument H cannot be so connected. The junction line 1, 2 terminates at the exchange B in two contact-levers which normally rest against stops connected to the jack springs. A magnet C is arranged between the levers, and is in circuit with the jack ring a<3> and local battery d, so that, if the exchange should be connected to the instrument H, the circuit of the battery d is closed through the plug cord 7 and the ring h of the spring-jack for the instrument H. The circuit of the magnet C is always closed when the plug i is inserted, but this circuit includes a high-resistance coil n. Normally the battery d is in circuit across the plug circuit 5, 6 by means of the retardation coils o<1>, o<2>, but, if the magnet n is excited, this circuit is broken, and the resistance coil p substituted, thus allowing the central exchange battery f<2> to oparate the lines. In a modification of the connections, three lines are employed, connected at the exchange to the jack ring and springs, while at the subscribers' instruments one line leads direct to the bell and back through a second line and the microphone, the receiver being connected between the first line and the third when the receiver is taken off its book. The exchange is arranged on the central battery principle, and, when a divided repeating coil is employed, may have one limb of one coil left disconnected, so that one side of the exchange is for a three-wire circuit and the other a two-wire circuit.
Patent GB-190102242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Eye Glasses.
Inventor: FINCH ROBERT BROOKS
Filed: 1901-02-01
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 2242. Finch, R. B., Jones, E. T., Sweet, L. D., and Griswold, W. E. Feb. 1. Eyeglasses.- Fig. 1 shows a rear view, and Fig. 2 a plan. The rigid bridge 5 is pivoted to U - pieces 13 fixed to the lens frames. The adjustment of the lenses with respect to the bridge may be effected by bending these connections 13. Arms 9<a> are pivoted at 10 and pressed inwards to grip the nose by springs 12. The upper ends of the arms 9<a> are fitted with gripping-discs 9<h>.
Patent GB-190103445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Locking Gear for Lifts.
Inventor: MANKE ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-02-18
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 3445. Manke, A. Feb. 18. Lifts.-Relates to apparatus for locking the cage at a floor, and preventing vehicles from running into the shaft when the cage is away. As the cage reaches the floor, an arm 3 strikes the inner end of a pivoted lever 11, the outer end of which, by means of a pin 10, locks in its disengaged position a bolt 6. When this bolt is operated by the lever 8, it enters a socket 4 on the cage, and locks it. The lever 8 simultaneously through bell-crank levers removes a block 7 from the rails 17.
Patent GB-190109176-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Hand Stamp for Endorsing and the like.
Inventor: MANKIEWICZ EUGEN JOHANNES
Filed: 1901-05-03
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 9176. Mankiewicz, E. J. May 3. Hand-stamps.-The frame or casing consists of an upper part a sliding vertically in a lower part b. In the part a are journalled two polygonal rollers c, d, carrying an endless band or chain provided with a series of printing-surfaces 1, 2, 3, 4, &c. On the ends of the rollers are toothed wheels carrying an endless chain f provided with a pointer g moving over an index h on the casing a. The size of the wheels is so proportioned that the movement of the pointer over the index h brings any required printing-surfaces into position. The surface 7 in printing position is inked, as the casing a is depressed, by a roller l on bell-crank levers k pivoted at i and pressed by springs n which engage the rollers m. On the ends of the roller are discs o engaging the edge of the sides of the casing a so as to guide the roller. The printing-band is held in its adjusted position by spring arms engaging a polygonal nut on the eud of the shaft of tne lower roller d. Springs r raise the upper part a to the normal position shown.
Patent GB-190112785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Bottle-stoppers.
Inventor: SINDING-LARSEN ALF
Filed: 1901-06-22
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 12,785. Lake, H. H., [Sinding-Larsen, A.]. June 22. Stoppers. - The stopper a is pivoted on a wire b, which is secured round the neck of the bottle by the clamp e. The lever d, which is pivoted at f on the ends of the wire b, is bent to fit round the neck, and formed with eyes to receive the ends of the bail c, which is threaded through the stopper. The bottle can be opened and closed by manipulating the lever d, without touching the stopper with the hands.
Patent GB-190115495-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Advertising Devices, or Means for Displaying Advertisements, Announcements and the like.
Inventor: HUCKSTEPP ARTHUR CHARLES
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 15,495. Huckstepp, A. C. July 31. Advertising; displaying.-A device for advertising, or for displaying announcements or the like, consists of a card or tablet a, bearing the advertisements &c., which is connected with a card b by an elastic or other spring d, so that, when both cards are inserted into an envelope or box c, the spring will be under tension, and, when the envelope &c. is opened, the card a will be thrust forward by the spring. The card b may be dispensed with, the card a being attached by the spring to the envelope.