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Patent GB-189702561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for the Treatment of Vegetable Fibres.
Inventor: EKE ROBERT JAMES
Filed: 1897-01-30
Granted: 1898-01-29
Abstract: 2561. Eke, R. J. Jan. 30. Breaking and scutching apparatus.-The machine consists of pairs of tension rollers and beaters arranged alternately. When long stricks are treated, they may be supported between the rollers and beaters by travelling bands or tables. Beyond the last pair of tension rollers a is a rapidly-rotating beater b, preferably triangular in cross-section, the blades projecting beyond the angles. The material falls from the beater b on to an endless shaking hand or table f, consisting of a pair of endless chains connected by slats i. One set of chain-wheels h are carried by brackets on the frame, while the others are connected with the frame by pivoted links l.
Patent GB-189709395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding and Packing Metallic Films for Decorative Purposes.
Inventor: COE WALTER HAMILTON
Filed: 1897-04-13
Granted: 1898-04-09
Abstract: 9395. Coe, W. H. April 13. Gilding and silvering.-Metal leaf for decorative purposes is transferred from books to continuous paper, and this is rolled up, in the machine shown in section. The paper G is supplied from a roll D around guides and a pressing-roller J to a roll 0. The roller J is turned a definite extent in the proper direction, when a hand-lever K is depressed against the pull of a spring i<7>. The lever K is carried by a shaft i<6>, an arm of which is jointed to a rack i<4> ; this gears with a pinion attached to a larger wheel i<8>, which carries a spring pawl to engage and drive ratchet teeth on the roller J. A sliding support L is reciprocated under the roller J by rack teeth gearing with the wheel i<8>. The reciprocating support L is provided with bell cranks j<3>, j' carrying a table M, on which the book is secured by springs. The bell cranks j<3>, j<4> are linked together and connected by a spring (not shown) with another bell crank ; this is provided with a stud to ride over a pivoted cam k<4> in the forward movement of the support L under the pressure roller, the book and table being thus pressed up into yielding contact with the paper on the roller. The movements of the pressure roller are such that a certain overlap of the leaves is allowed. When the stud leaves the cam k<4>, the table drops, a spring k<5> cushioning its fall. In the return movement of the support L, the stud passes under the cam k<4>, and the book returns clear of the paper on the roller J. The leaves are turned by the operator. The paper is powdered on one side with material from a hollow wire-cloth roller E, provided with stirring-blades d<4>, held by links d<1>, and driven by a rubber band on it bearing on the paper. The powder is spread by a cloth e<1> carried by a loose bar F, and superfluous powder is removed by a pad H. The other side of the paper is waxed by a waxed cylinder I, carried by pivoted supports g, adjustable by a screw. The roll 0 is supported between a roller N, the pressure roller J, and a roller N<1>, which is carried by links m<4>, its weight being partly balanced by a cord and weight m<8>. The rollers N, N' are geared through intermediate wheels with teeth on the pressure roller J, so as to move slightly faster than this. The shaft of the pressure roller carries an eccentric pin which oscillates a pawl-lever to drive a ratchetwheel ; this carries a cam to drop a spring hammer on a bell after a definite number of revolutions of the pressure roller. An inclined mirror (not shown) is fixed on a support Q, so that the operator of the handle K can see the condition of each leaf on the paper without moving.
Patent GB-189715211-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Lock.
Inventor: DUBOIS TIBURCE
Filed: 1897-06-25
Granted: 1898-03-19
Abstract: 15,211. Dubois, T. June 25. Locks, key.-An operating-bolt E, mounted to slide on the lock (asing on the inside of the door, is operated by a special bit L, Fig. 9, on the end of the lock key, simultaneously with the lock bolt. The operating-bolt is connected to and operates a number of sliding bolts by means of links and levers, and may be protected by a cover-plate on the inside of the door, and by a circular ward M preventing picking from the outside. The operation of the lock bolt by an ordinary key does not affect the operating-bolt. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the operating-bolt E has bolt arms B and a pin i engaging in one of a number of recesses in a vertically-movable plate Q, normally pressed down by a spring r to lock the operating-bolt in any required position. A stem o, with a head k, is screwed into the plate Q and may hold the latter in a disengaged position by raising the stem and slightly rotating it, a pin on the stem passing through a keyhole slot in the lock case. By unscrewing the stem and removing it, the operating- bolt is blocked in position.
Patent GB-189715277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Film Carriers, and the Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1897-06-26
Granted: 1898-05-14
Abstract: 15,277. Thornton, J. E. June 26. Dark slides; change-boxes.-Relates to a film carrier or sheath made of very thin metal strengthened by ribs. Figs. 1 and 2 show in plan and section a sheath suited for small films. The principal rib B runs round near the periphery, and diagonal offshoots b run out at the corners to prevent buckling. For larger films the arrangement of ribs shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is adopted. In this form diagonal ribs B run across the whole back of the film. a, a<1> are the bent edges on three sides for holding the film.
Patent GB-189715373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Printing Frames.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1897-06-28
Granted: 1898-06-28
Abstract: 15,373. Wilkinson, J. June 28. Printing.-Relates to a printing-frame with a device for recording the number of photographs printed. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the back is in two parts, one of which 3 is hinged to 2 and the other 2 is hinged to the frame. The part 3 is opened to examine the paper during printing ; the part 2 is only opened when a fresh piece of printing-paper is being inserted. Both parts when closed are held by spring clamps 4. A projection 5 on the part 2 actuates a sliding rod 11 when the part 2 is opened and closed, and thereby turns the ratchet-wheel 9 of a counting-apparatus. In a modification, the counter is applied to the ordinary printing-frame with flat springs, the rod 11 being actuated by the movement of one of the springs.
Patent GB-189717752-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Funnel.
Inventor: MORRIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-07-29
Granted: 1898-06-18
Abstract: 17,752. Morris, W., and Wilkinson, L. July 29. Making funnels for liquids.-The cylindrical extension A of the funnel is formed integral with the conical body B, instead of being made separate. The metal blank is first shaped to conical form and the extension A is then drawn out, and the flange U formed, by stamping with suitable dies. After the edges have been joined by soldering, the flange C is curled over the wire D.
Patent GB-189720581-A (GB)
Title: A Portable Seat or Form.
Filed: 1897-09-07
Granted: 1897-10-09
Abstract: 20,581. Military Equipment Stores and "Tortoise" Tents Co. and Milne, A. Sept. 7. Seats.-The legs A are hinged at B to the top C. A stay D is hinged at E between the leg and fillet L. A projection D' on the stay fits a hole in the leg, and is retained by the end K of a plate spring H bearing against a plate P on the inside of the leg.
Patent GB-189723692-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Organ or Harmonium Attachment for Pianofortes.
Inventor: HILLIER JAMES
Filed: 1897-10-14
Granted: 1898-02-19
Abstract: 23,692. Hillier, J. Oct. 14. Pianofortes; organs; harmoniums.-Consists in combining a small organ or harmonium with a pianoforte. The organ, which has its own keyboard, may comprise two, three, or more octaves, and may be situated either to the right or left of the performer, being attached underneath the piano keyboard, so that it can be slid in or not. Underneath is a bellows D, operated by the foot, and communicating with a receiver F, hinged at its ends, so that it can be turned up to escape the passages to the reeds when it is desired to obtain access to them. The reeds are disposed in two or more rows, the lower row, when two are used, being controlled by a mute P. L is a swell, which is automatically operated by the receiver F, when it collapses, so that the sound is not lessened by the reduction of the wind pressure.
Patent GB-189724076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycles, Vehicles, Motor Cars, and the like.
Inventor: O'REILLY HENRY
Filed: 1897-10-19
Granted: 1898-10-19
Abstract: 24,076. O'Reilly, H. Oct. 19. Motor road vehicles.-Driving- gear for cycles, motor cars, and the like. Fig. 1 shows the application to a cycle. A wheel F, mounted on the pedal-crank axle, gears with a wheel D which gears with a pinion C. A wheel B, secured to the same axle as the pinion C, gears internally with a pinion A fixed to the hub of the driving-wheel. The wheels are provided with roller teeth and the intermediate wheels are mounted on cross-stays H, H fixed to the frame E, E which forms the sidestay of the cycle. In an alternative form of the gear, one of the intermediate wheels C is dispensed with and the wheel B is made to gear internally and externally with the pinion A and the wheel D.
Patent GB-189802112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplers for Railway Carriages, Wagons, and the like.
Inventor: WHEATLEY EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-01-26
Granted: 1899-01-21
Abstract: 2112. Wheatley, E. W. Jan. 26. Couplings, non-automatic.-Each vehicle has a hooked rod B, and a socket C with an elongated opening c<2>, attached to spindles b, c respectively, which can be rotated by means of worm-wheels F gearing with worms G on the rods H. The parts are brought together so that the hooks pass through the openings in the sockets, and one of the rods H is turned by a handle h until the hook and socket at one end of the vehicle are at right-angles to the adjacent socket and hook, and the hooks engage across the edges of the openings c' and couple the vehicles.
Patent GB-189802236-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sun-blind for Shops and Show Windows.
Inventor: COONEY WILLIAM RUTHERFORD
Filed: 1898-01-28
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 2236. Cooney, W. R. Jan. 28. Window blinds.-An outside blind a and inside blind c winding on spring rollers f, g are simultaneously operated. The roller f is carried by lugs on grooved half pulleys j pivoted at v. A cord or chain h fixed at q to the stay b passes round the half pulleys, and is secured to the blind c. A cord or chain x secured at l passes through a hole m in the frame round a pulley on the weight n, round a groove on the half pulley, and over a pulley i to the weight o. On lifting the bar p, both blinds wind up and the half pulleys rotate till the roller f comes against the stop w. The cords h can slide in the grooves of the pulleys j, but the cords x are secured to the pulleys at v. A blind can be used to fill up the vacant space at the top of the window, if necessary to prevent sunlight from entering the shop as well as the window.
Patent GB-189803505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes, Cases, and the like.
Inventor: KING ALFRED STEPHEN
Filed: 1898-02-11
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 3505. King, A. S. Feb. 11. Wood boxes; lids and covers.-One of the sides or ends is in two parts a, b, hinged together, the upper part a having fixed to it a portion c of the lid. The portion c and the remaining fixed portion d of the lids have tongues or beads c', d<1> which engage with one another when the movable portion c is closed on the portion d. Two opposite sides or ends of the box may be similarly formed, the fixed portion of the lid being in the centre.
Patent GB-189806308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cast and Drawn Lead Traps.
Inventor: BURN ROBERT GEORGE LAING
Filed: 1898-03-15
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 6308. Burn, R. G. L. March 15. Traps for lavatories, sinks, baths, &c. Cast and drawn lead traps are fitted with an inlet C opening into the seal through which the overflow is made to discharge.
Patent GB-189807103-A (GB)
Title: Improved Weight or Buoyancy Motor.
Inventor: CABJOLSKY WILHELM MARTIN
Filed: 1898-03-23
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 7103. Cabjolsky, W. M. March 23. Buoyancy motors.-A cylinder, sphere, or other body A is mounted in bearings so that it rotates through a tank D containing water or other fluid. Owing to the wetted half being the lighter, the cylinder continuously rotates.
Patent GB-189807880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Luggage Carriers for Cycles and other such like Purposes.
Inventor: BADDELEY JOHN DODWELL
Filed: 1898-04-02
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 7880. Baddeley, J. D, and Cocks, F. J. April 2. Locks, key.-Relates to a lock with a shackle, shaped to embrace the seat pillar and crank of a cycle, but applicable also for other purposes. The form of the shackle a is shown in Fig. 1. It may be covered with rubber c, and is hinged at one end h to the lock b. The lock is tubular and is operated by a suitable key d.
Patent GB-189811503-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Piano Actions.
Inventor: HALLE CLIFFORD ROBERT STEPHEN
Filed: 1898-05-20
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 11,503. HallÚ, C. R. S. J. May 20. Pianofortes.-The hopper E is pivoted to the lever G or to an arm m thereon, and rests against the hammer-butt A in the usual way. A wire C, adjustably padded at both ends and screwed into the hammer-butt, passes through a slot in the upper end of the hopper. The pad B effects the set-off, while the repetition is effected by the engagement of the wire C with the lower end of the slot. The pad D forms a check. F is another check carried in the projection m.
Patent GB-189811786-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of, and Apparatus for Filtering Water.
Inventor: JEWELL OMAR HESTREN
Filed: 1898-05-24
Granted: 1898-07-09
Abstract: 11,786. Jewell, O. H., and Jewell, W. M. May 24. Pneumatic filters; decanting and settling.-The filter chamber 23 is supported in the upper part of a tank the lower part of which serves as a preliminary settling-chamber. The sand or the like forming the filter bed is supported on strainers, Fig. 4, carried by pipes connected to the pipe 51 in the bottom of the filter. The impure water, mixed with coagulant, enters tangentially at 42, the circular motion thus produced assisting the settling of a large part of the impurities. The water then rises through the pipe 30, and distributes itself over the filter. The discharge main 49, being some distance below the filter, produces a suction which causes the sand to be arranged in layers which are densest near the bottom of the filter bed. The flow of water is regulated by a controller 62, Figs. 1 and 12, which contains a valve 63 operated by a perforated piston 65. Cleansing.-In cleansing, the supply is introduced at 69, and, passing upwards through the filter, overflows into the annular space 25 and is discharged by the pipe'27. A crosshead 80 carrying stirrers 76 is at the same time rotated. The stirrers are so hung that when rotated in one direction they are vertical, but assume an inclined position for the purpose of merely scratching the surface of the filter bed when rotated in the other direction, chains 89 assisting this latter operation. To wash the settling-chamber at the same time as the filter, the pipe 27 is stopped, causing the wash water to overflow down the pipe 30, and to be distributed through the perforated rotating elbow 31 over the settling-chamber. Strainers.-These are connected to the pipes which carry them by passages 59, Fig. 4, the collective area of which is equal to that of the supply pipe. Each has a top partly perforated by slots 60 which distribute and receive the water laterally, while a coned part 58 acts as a reflector above the passage 59.
Patent GB-189817327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Lamps.
Filed: 1898-08-11
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 17,327. Spence, H. K., and British Acetylene Gas Generator Co. Aug. 11. Acetylene Lamps for cycles, railway carriages, and other purposes. Water from the chamber C is fed by a wick D' to the perforated bottom d of the carbide chamber D, and the latter is raised out of contact with the wick by a rod E to stop the generation of gas. The gas escapes through perforations d<1> to the burner tube F, and an annulus a is provided to retain the water away from the wick in the event of the lamp being upset.
Patent GB-189817795-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Time Checking Machine.
Inventor: STOCKALL JAMES JOHN
Filed: 1898-08-18
Granted: 1899-11-18
Abstract: 17,795. Stockall, J. J. Aug. 18. Time-checking apparatus for workmen. Relates to the type in which the checks are deposited in a funnel rotated at intervals by clockwork and discharging the checks into different radial compartments of a collecting-box according to the time of deposit. The times during the day when the funnel is to rotate at intervals are governed by a cam i, with notches, which is turned, say, every twenty-four hours. These notches allow the locking-lever k of the auxiliary clockwork which drives the funnel to drop so as to release the clockwork. The exact periods of rotation are, however, regulated bv a second cam j which rotates once in an hour and has notches j<1>, j<2>. When the lever k has fallen into a notch i, it is alternately raised and lowered by the cam j at the required times for changing the position of the funnel. For still greater accuracy, the escapement-wheel l of the auxiliary clockwork, which is controlled by a fly, is provided with two pins m, m<1> acting in connection with a pallet o on the locking-lever k so that, for each movement of the lever, one revolution exactly of the wheel l is obtained. An electric contact on the lever k may complete circuit for a system of time-checking apparatus controlled electrically.
Patent GB-189818015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Yarn Warping and Beaming Machines.
Inventor: KELLETT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1898-08-22
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 18,015. Kellett, B. Aug. 22. Yarns, warping, beaming, and leasing.-The speed of the swift on the shaft S is regulated by change gearing H, J between the driving-shaft A and a shaft K carrying a sliding pinion L to engage with the spur-wheel M on the shaft S. A sliding spur-wheel D on the shaft A drives the beaming- shafts G, B<1> through gearing E, F, G<1>, A'. The swift and beaming shafts are operated alternately by shifting the pinion L and wheel D on their shafts by arms L<1>, D<1> on a screw shaft N. The wheel M operates, through gearing 0, Q, T and shaft U, an eccentric V, which, by means of a connecting-rod W and ratchet-gearing W<1>, causes the warp beam to traverse as usual. The operating-screw 3 of the section carriage 4 is driven by worm gearing 2, 1 and bevel gearing Y, X from the shaft U. For forming the lease the ends are passed between bars 12 and through a leaded reed 5, which are mounted on arms 6 pivoted to a curved plate 7 on an arm 8 attached to the section carriage; the two halves of the lease are obtained by oscillating the arms 6 in opposite directions.
Patent GB-189820191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Moving Railway Waggons by Hand.
Inventor: MERAT LOUIS LUTHER
Filed: 1898-09-23
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 20,191. MÚrat, [known as MÚrat- Renard], L. L. Sept. 23. Turntables.-Fig. 1 shows a shunting- appliance which can be used to turn a railway wagon on a turntable. The end b<4> is forked to take into the ground, but may be made, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, to fix on to a rail. The wedge G is actuated by the bell crank H, H'.
Patent GB-189823615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Colouring Matters.
Filed: 1898-11-09
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 23,615. Lake, H. H., [Farbwerke M³hlheim (formerly Leonhardt & Co., A.)]. Nov. 9. Dyes, artificial.-Relates to mixed disazo dyes of the class described in Specification No. 18,783, A.D. 1891, and consists in combining with diazoazo compounds of the general formula- (in which y represents hydrogen or a sulphonic group and X represents 1 : 4-, 2 : 6-, or 2 : 7- naphthol sulphonic acid), with alpha1-naphthylamine-#3- or - #4-monosulphonic acid (ClÚve's acids). The process is preferably carried out as follows :-1 :4- amidoacetnaphthalide, or its 6- or 7- monosulphonic acid, is diazotized and combined with a naphthol sulphonic acid, the product is saponified, the resulting amidoazo compound is again diazotized, and the diazoazo compound produced is combined with Cleve's acid in acetic acid solution, and in the presence of common salt, whereby the dye-stuff is at once precipitated. These dye-stuffs, when diazotized upon the fibre, and developed with #-naphthol, yield fast blue shades.
Patent GB-189823870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Machines.
Inventor: BIRCH ALFRED
Filed: 1898-11-12
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 23,870. Birch, A. Nov. 12. Mounting and securing levers on shafts.-In order that the thread-hook a of a sewing-machine, for roughly sewing lengths of cloth together, may be easily removed and replaced, part of its boss is cut away, as shown by the dotted line b, and it is held on the shaft c between the remainder of the boss and a conical pointed screw d.
Patent GB-189900432-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Receptacle for Billiard Chalk.
Inventor: WILSON ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1899-01-07
Granted: 1899-10-07
Abstract: 432. Wilson, A. E., and Bowchier, W. H. Jan. 7. Billiards, chalk holders for. In order to chalk the tips and shafts of cues without handling the chalk, the ordinary chalk blocks are suitably carried in the casing shown in front view in Fig. 1 and in sectional views in Figs. 3 and 4 on the lines 1-1, 2-2, Fig. 1, the casings or boxes being suspended in convenient positions. Immediately behind apertures t in the front plate, the chalks are secured in sockets l and pushed forward by springs. For chalking the shafts, two blocks o are secured in a spring-supported carrier behind a roller v, the ends of cues being thrust between the roller and the chalks. The front of the casing is hinged to the back, and a spring j placed between the wall plate g and the casing.
Patent GB-189904419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toys.
Inventor: LEHMANN ERNST PAUL
Filed: 1899-02-28
Granted: 1899-04-01
Abstract: 4419. Lehmann, E. P. Feb. 28. Mechanical toys.-Automatic steering-apparatus is provided, and also mechanism for imparting finlike motions to projecting arms. The toy may take the form of any figure, human or animal ; or the steering-mechanism may be applied to the fore-carriage of a toy vehicle. Figs. 1 and 2 show in sectional elevation the arrangements as fitted to a toy representing a seal. The tail m, supported on rollers, is moved about a pivot n by a rod k secured to the lever g. The latter, pivoted at h, receives motion through the cam f or its equivalent pressing-against a projection l upon the cam. The cam is rotated by clockwork or by other suitable methods. To flap the fins w, the axle u of the front supporting-wheel t is cranked at its ends, the cranked portions v sliding in guides upon the fins, which are fixed eccentrically to the rotating axle.