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Patent GB-189823233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Railways and Tramways provided with Sectional Conductors or Surface Contacts.
Inventor: WEITER JASPER
Filed: 1898-11-04
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 23,233. Wetter, J., [Elektrizitõts-Aktiengesellschaft vorm. Schuckert & Co.]. Nov. 4. Electric railways and tramways on a road contact or like system with electromagnetic switches. Conductors; switches; collectors.-The circuit from the main s to the studs 3, 4, 5, &c. is completed by the armatures of the electromagnets a, which are excited by a shunt current from the collector r or at starting by a battery on the vehicle. This exciting current flows through contacts carried by the armature of the corresponding electromagnets h, w h i c h direct it through certain coils on this series of magnets to the right and left, and also through the drawing - off electromagnets d. The latter act on contacts which shortcircuit the magnet coils a, and so allow the armatures of the latter to fall and thereby cut out the studs over which the vehicle has passed. The circuits to the magnets h are so arranged that the vehicle can work in either direction. The collector is in two parts, so that one may be put out of circuit when two studs are covered at starting.
Patent GB-189824602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: MORRIS HENRY GURNEY
Filed: 1898-11-22
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 24,602. Morris, H. G. Nov. 22. Disc-wheels; felloes or rims; hubs; tyres, pneumatic &c.-A disc wheel provided with a resilient tyre is shown in section. Theflanges a on the hub A are connected to a felloe ring D and flange rings H, H<1> by two dished plates F. The felloe ring and flange rings form a seating for the pneumatic or other elastic tyre E, which is secured in position by clamps e, preferably of the screw and socket type shown. By unscrewing the clamps and removing the flange ring H<1>, the tyre may be easily detached, the valve tube, in the case of a pneumatic tyre, being passed through a hole in one of the flange rings. The ring H has an internal flange h<2> to which is secured an annular rack J, which engages with a pinion of the driving. mechanism.
Patent GB-189908152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Snap Hooks.
Inventor: HUBBARD RICHARD WHORTON
Filed: 1899-04-18
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 8152. Hubbard, R. W. April 18. Hooks. - Relates to wire snap-hooks. The shank b, eye c, and o p e n hooked end d are made from a single piece of wire the ends e<1> of which come together and lie in a curve or bend e<2> as shown. The tongue C with curved part h and straight part i is. made from another piece of wire bent inwards at f. The two wires are kept together by a sheet-metal sleeve B, which has a hole for the ontwardly-turned end of the partf.
Patent GB-189908501-A (GB)
Title: Feeding Apparatus for Horses and Cattle.
Inventor: EGEN CARL
Filed: 1899-04-22
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 8501. Egen, C., and Bockm³hl, E. April 22. Feeding - appliances for animals. - Relates to apparatus for supplying oats, chaff, and similar food to mangers or troughs in regulated quantities, for the use of horses or cattle. The hopper C, the exit of which is provided with a cut-off slide D, discharges its contents into a distributing-wheel E, the shaft of which is connected to ordinary clockwork mechanism so that its rate of speed can be regulated. The wheel E delivers the fodder into a trough placed beneath.
Patent GB-189910143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Motion Gear for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: MATHIEU JOSEPH CHARLES EUGENE
Filed: 1899-05-13
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 10,143. Mathieu, J. C. E. May 13. Drawings to Specification. Removal of parts, facilitating.-The journal of a gas-engine valve shaft is reduced so that it can fall through a slot in the top of the plummer block, and is retained in position by sliding a bush on to the end of it.
Patent GB-189910599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brick Machines.
Inventor: ADAMS ADAM
Filed: 1899-05-19
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 10,599. Adams, A., Neale, W., and Simpson, L. May 19. Moulding bricks.-Steam is supplied to the hollow plungers b, or other moving parts of the machine, by a pipe e, which slides through a stuffing-box d<2> of a cylinder d, and is connected to the crosshead or plunger by a tubular junction e', bracket e<2>, and bent tube e<3>, A steam-supply pipe c, fitted with a stop-cock c', is connected to the lower end of the cylinder. A similar arrangement is provided for leading the exhaust steam to the waste pipe. In some cases the pipes are provided with elbow or ball-and-socket joints to accommodate the movements of the parts. By this invention rubber tubing is dispensed with, and steam at higher pressure is used.
Patent GB-189911013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double Acting Fluid Pressure Motors, such as Steam Engines and the like.
Inventor: CHILTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-26
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 11,013. Chilton, W., and Macdonald, D. J. May 26 Central-valve engines.-Relates to various arrangements of simple, compound, and multiple-expansion engines with cylindrical distributing-valves disposed centrally in the cylinders. The invention comprises simple high-pressure engines with one or more cylinders working on one or more cranks, compound and multiple-expansion engines with two or more cylinders working on two or more cranks, and compound and multiple-expansion engines with one or more sets of tandem cylinders. Fig. 2 shows in vertical section the general arrangement of cylinders and valves in a vertical tandem compound engine. The high-pressure cylinder 10 is mounted over the low-pressure cylinder 11, and the annular pistons 16, 42, surrounding the central liner forming the valve chamber, are rigidly connected by side piston-rods in a plane at right-angles to that of the main piston-rods 36. The three cylinder covers are chambered to form the inlet and outlet passages, and are connected by pipes 21, 32. Steam is admitted at 18 and 25, and is distributed to the high-pressure cylinder by cylindrical valves 12, 13, exhausting into the central valve chamber above the valve piston 14. Thence it is distributed to the low-pressure cylinder by valves 14, 15, exhausting into the space below the valve piston 14 and escaping by the final exhaust branch 33. The valves 12, 13, 14, 15 are all mounted on the same spindle, and are worked by any suitable gear. The Specification also shows a form of the apparatus in which the high and low pressure cylinders are placed side by side.
Patent GB-189911233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brazing Machines and Brazing Processes.
Inventor: STEWARD ALDEN AARON
Filed: 1899-05-30
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 11,233. Steward, A. A. May 30. Gas burners for brazing-furnaces. Relates to brazing machines and processes, and particularly to the brazing of tubes and the like. The furnace consists of a base block A, a heat-retaining cover A', a gas burner C, shown to a larger scale in Fig. 6, and an intermediate plate A<3> forming a chamber for the tube D, and channels A<4> for the hot gases. The burner is formed with two orifices C' which produce a hot zone in the region of the seam D'. The orifices C<1> have internal covers C<4>, which give the mixed air and gas a circuitous course. The height of the burner can be adjusted by screws E<2>.
Patent GB-189913000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cycle Saddles.
Inventor: VEITH FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1899-06-22
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 13,000. Veith, F. June 22. Saddles, pneumatic. The saddle is fitted with a heartshaped air tube g, which is held in position by the leather cover c and an inner fabric e. The cover has wires d &c. fitted to its edge to engage a channel b in the base-plate a. The fabric is fixed to the cover, its lower edge being connected to a wire frame f which rests on the base-plate. The air tube is formed with a slot A, B in front, and the fabric is drawn down tight at this part by the frame f being clamped in position by the nut of the pneumatic valve h, so as to prevent the upper surface of the pommel from being forced upwards by the air pressure. A flap valve i is fitted to the base-plate so as to cause air to be drawn through it by the movement of the rider, the air escaping upwards through openings k to provide ventilation &c.
Patent GB-189922164-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic Ignition Device with Revolving Armature for Gas, Petroleum and similar Motor Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1899-11-06
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 22,164. Thompson, W. P., [Sturm, F.]. Nov. 6. Gas and explosive-vapour engines, igniting in. A revolving instead of an oscillating armature a is used in conjunction with magnets d for producing electric sparks for igniting. Uontact in the cylinder is broken twice for every revolution of the armature by apparatus operated by a double crank on one of the trunnions c<1>; the other trunnion carries an insulated axial conductor h which bears against the collector n.
Patent GB-189922862-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Destroying Disease Germs.
Inventor: JOHNSON CHARLES MORLEY
Filed: 1899-11-16
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 22,862. Johnson, C. M. Nov. 16. Electricity, administering; medicines, administering; medical treatment, special methods or systems of.-Relates to means for killing disease germs of such diseases &c. as fevers, tuberculosis, tumours, cancerous growths, carbuncles, bubonic and other plagues, leprosy, elephantiosis, &c. The portion of the body &c. to be treated is placed between electrodes consisting of a number of points, one electrode being connected to the positive pole of a Wimshurst electric machine or similar source of electricity, and the other to the earth or to the negative pole. The electrodes preferably consist of bundles of metallic fibres. The violet discharge produced is stated to destroy the germs in the body. Tourniquets may be used in order to subject a portion of the blood to continuous treatment. Drugs &c. placed on the body or on the electrode are stated to be carried by the current through the skin and into the affected part.
Patent GB-189922898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connected with Feed Water Filters and in Fittings for the same.
Inventor: MCDOUGALL ISAAC SHIMWELL
Filed: 1899-11-16
Granted: 1900-11-16
Abstract: 22,898. McDougall, I. S., and Haigh, N. N. Nov. 16. Feedwater, purifying.- Oily matters are removed by passing the previouslyheated water through a chamber containing zinc to decompose and precipitate the fatty acids, the precipitated matter being afterwards removed by filtration. The precipitation vessel, Fig. 2, consists of a casing containing a removable vessel b, having a perforated bottom, which is filled with fragments of zinc. The vessel b makes a tight joint with the ledge g. It is surrounded by a steam-heating coil d. Water enters at h, rises among the heating-tubes, and descends through the vessel b into the chamber 22, in which some of the precipitate is retained. Escaping at n, the water then passes to a filter constructed, as shown in Fig. 3, of a series of concentric filtering-diaphragms q, q, each composed of layers of jute and paper surrounding a perforated cylinder, and protected if necessary by a covering of wire gauze. The diaphragms are mounted in discs r, s, the lower of which makes a tight joint with the ledge t. The water enters the filter at k and escapes at 11. Two filters are preferably combined with one precipitation chamber, so that one may be in use while the other is being cleansed. Suitable pipe connections and steam blow - out fittings are provided.
Patent GB-190004716-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Construction of Spikes.
Inventor: STUART CHARLES
Filed: 1900-03-13
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 4716. Stuart, C., and Whitaker, A. J. P. March 13. Spikes.-Spikes for holding rails and chairs to sleepers, for setting in mortar &c., and for other uses are formed with an attachment which opens out when driven into the wood &c. or which is opened out by hand prior to fixing the spike in cement &c. In the case of hook-headed or dog spikes, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the projection d is forked, and in the case of spikes with round heads, as shown in Fig. 4, the projection takes the form of one or more curved or spiral feathers e, free at their lower end to enable them to open out.
Patent GB-190008045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or for Use in connection with Rifles, Revolvers, and the like.
Inventor: WHEELDON ISAAC
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 8045. Wheeldon, IMay 1. Cutters, wire. A revolver, Fig. 2, is provided with guides d, which lead the wire to the transverse slot b, where the discharge of the pistol causes the bullet to cut the wire. When the holding-device is attached to a rifle, it may be provided with either of the forms of guides shown in Fig. 5. The device may be carried on the bayonet g, so as to be removable with it.
Patent GB-190016731-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Chimney Top.
Inventor: ULLRICH AUGUST
Filed: 1900-09-19
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 16,731. U l l - rich, A. Sept. 19. Chimney tops.- Consists of a pipe b supporting four radial plates c, d, e, f, which partly fit inside it, and bear outside a band g and a cap.
Patent GB-190022304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: KNELL-SENN JEAN
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 22,304. Knell-Senn, J., and Knell- Meier, H. Dec. 7. Lubricators.-Lubricant is expressed from the chamber a by the piston d, actuated by the spring g. The arms i, passing through slots k in the stem, indicate the position of the piston and the quantity of lubricant remaining. They also serve as handles to draw down the piston, which can be held down while refilling the chamber by turning them into the side slots k<1>. The delivery of lubricant is regulated by the screw l, which controls the passage e through the piston-rod.
Patent GB-190023573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Attachment of Cycle Handle Bars to their Stems or Posts.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1900-12-24
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 23,573. Taylor, J. H., and Wasdell, E. C. Dec. 24. Handle - bars. -Relates to lugs for securing handle-bars to their stems so that, in building the machine, any desired position can be given to the handle-bars. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lug a, brazed to the stem e, has two horizontal projections c, d, which are inclined to one another. The inner ends of the two parts h, k of the handlebars are fitted on to these projections, so as to give the desired position to the handles, and are then brazed on. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the projections c, d are parallel, and the inner ends of the parts h, k take into them.
Patent GB-190101656-A (GB)
Title: Devices for Converting Rotary into Reciprocatory Motion, especially applicable to Percussion Drills and other Machines wherein a Rapid Reciprocatory Movement is Required.
Inventor: LOCKE BRADFORD HOMER
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 1656. Locke, B. H. Jan. 24. Rock drills, percussive. The working stroke of the tool h is produced by a spring, by gravity, by steam, air, or gas under pressure, or by other means. The return stroke is effected by an electric or other rotary motor g, and screw or cam mechanism which forms the principal part of this invention. The frame c, adjustable on the base h by means of a screw d, is formed with a cylinder for the shaft i of the tool; the end of the cylinder is closed by a ring u<1> retained by a spring washer u ; the shaft is formed with a series of helical grooves in which fit lugs on a toothed ring v adapted to engage with a series of pawls pivoted round the cylinder. The motor g is carried by arms f on the base ; its shaft is hollow and fitted with a spindle g<1> driven by a groove and feather ; the spindle is connected, by a friction coupling, consisting of a sleeve q slotted at q<1> and embraced by a spring r, to the spindle of a pinion p. The pinion gears with a toothed sleeve l which rides free on the shaft i. The sleeve is formed with an inclined groove m, which dies away at the ends as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and the shaft with a corresponding annular groove, a ball n or other rolling body placed half in one groove and half in the other converts the rotary motion of the sleeve into reciprocation of the shaft. The sleeve k is formed deep enough to receive the whole ball which is pressed into it as the end of the inclined groove is reached, the forward stroke is then made and the ball is again pushed out into the groove m by the spring o. The cam groove may be in the shaft instead of in the sleeve, and a series of balls and special return passages either in the shaft or in the sleeve may be employed as shown in Figs. 12, 13, and 14.
Patent GB-190106992-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing Cloth Embossed on One Side and Raised on the other Side.
Inventor: MOEHLAU EMIL
Filed: 1901-04-03
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 6992. M÷hlau, E. April 3. Embossing.-In producing fabrics which are embossed on one side and raised on the other, the fabric is sized, and, while still hot from the sizing- solution, it is embossed &c.
Patent GB-190115424-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Locking Mechanism for Safes or Vaults.
Inventor: HIBBARD HENRY DEMING
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 15,424. Hibbard, H. D. July 30. Safes and strong-rooms; locks, permutation and time.-The lockmg-mechanism for a safe or vault is so arranged that the operation of the bolts is controlled by combination locks which are in turn controlled by a time lock or locks. The body 2 of the door is provided with a flange 3, to which is secured a plate 5 for carrying the locking- mechanism. Bolts 7, working in tapered openings 6 in the flange, are pivoted to a rocking member provided with teeth engaging a worm 10. A bevel-wheel 13, connected to the worm shaft by a clutch 17 controlled by one or two combination locks, gears with a wheel 14 mounted on a spindle projecting through the door. A clamp 18 prevents the too free action of the worm shaft. When the clutch has been brought to the operative position, the bolts can be moved by turning the spindle. Two combination locks No. 1 and No. 2 are shown, each of which consists of a wheel 20, mounted on the dial spindle and gearing with a wheel 21, the spindle of which carries notched tumblers 22. A wheel 23 gears with the wheel 21, and on the spindle is mounted a fence 25 with a toothed hub gearing with the bolt or actuator 27. When the dial spindle is operated, so that the notches in the tumblers register, the fence is shifted into a position to enter these notches, and is rotated to move the actuator 27. In each lock, the actuator is coupled by means of levers to a shifting-device 32 for the clutch 17, so that, by the proper operation of either of the locks, the mechanism for operating the bolts 7 may be brought to the working position. The operation of the combination locks is controlled by a time-lock mechanism, so that it is impossible to employ these locks except at predetermined times. A time lock B is provided with an actuator 50, preferably slotted for engagement with a lever 40, which is coupled at one end to a lever 41 having a stop 42 for engagement with the fence of the lock No. 1, and at the other end is coupled to a lever 44 carrying a stop 45 adapted to engage the actuator of the lock No. 2. When the stop members are in the position shown in the full lines in Fig. 6, the locks cannot be operated, but, when the time lock has run the limit, the lever 40 is shifted to the dotted-line position, and the locks are freed. The time-lock mechanism is controlled by a spring 47. In another arrangement of the locking- mechanism, a time lock is provided for each of the two combination locks which operate separate clutch-shifters.
Patent GB-190120391-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Turning Crank Pins and for Shaping the Ends and Cheeks of Dip Cranks.
Inventor: CAPITAINE EMIL
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 20,391. Capitaine, E., and Baer, J., [trading as Capitaine & Co., E.]. Oct. 12. Lathes.-A machine for turning the pins and cheeks of dip cranks has a saddle C mounted on a bed B and carrying a spur ring D driven by a pinion F on a grooved shaft f. A slide E, Fig. 1, on the ring, carries a tool V for operating on the crank shaft A, which is secured on blocks H on the bed. A radial feed is given to the tool-slide by a screw and star-wheel R, and the saddle is traversed by means of a screw T. For machining the ends and cheeks of the dips, an oscillating movement is imparted to the spur ring by means of open and crossed belts y, u, Fig. 5, shifted by a tappet rod and stops r on the ring. Fig. 5 shows the ring provided with two tool-slides E, and with the saddle sliding on a vertical face, so that two such turning-heads may be arranged right and left hand on a bed to machine crank shafts with two dips.
Patent GB-190126349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Transmission of Power.
Filed: 1901-12-24
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 26,349. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Hewlett, E. M.]. Dec. 24. Cut-outs ; distributing. -In transmitting over long distances, duplicate sets of mains connected in parallel are employed. At the distribution points, automatic apparatus is fitted for cutting out one set of mains or section of such set, in case of short-circuit &c. in such set, the whole service then being conducted over the remaining set or sections. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement. 1 is a generator, and 2, 2<a> sets of mains leading to sub - stations 3, 4 by different routes. Automatic switches 6 are fitted on each side of the connections a t the station, ano operate to cut out a line section should a fault occur. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement uf switches and cut-outs at a station. Switches 6, 6<a>, 6<b> for the lines 2<a>, and 6<d>, 6<e>, 6<f> for the lines 2<b>, are controlled by a relay jointly responsive to the action of both lines. Transformers 7 ... 7<f> are arranged in series with each phase, and the secondaries are connected to differential relays 8, 8<a>, 8<b>. Thus, as long as the current on each side is equal, the relay is not affected, but, should there be a disturbance, the arm swings over, and closes the relay circuit from the generator 11 through one of the coils 9 or 10, and trips the circuit-breaker. The coils may be connected by the conductors 12, 12<a>, so that all on one side may be operated simultaneously. In order to prevent the relay from swinging over and opening the other switches, contacts such as 10<a> are opened at the same time as the switches.
Patent GB-190126606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Conveyors.
Inventor: ZIMMER GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-12-30
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 26,606. Zimmer, G. F. Dec. 30. Drawings to Specification. Sifting.-A jigging conveyer driven from a crank shaft is balanced by a similar trough or sieve placed above it and driven simultaneously and oppositely.
Patent GB-190202441-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shaft Coupling.
Inventor: INWOOD CHARLES
Filed: 1902-01-30
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 2441. Inwood, C. Jan. 30. Shaft couplings; pulleys; mounting and securing wheels on shafts.-The cylinder A is formed with two sets of radial claws B, arranged in pairs which are adapted to be drawn together to grip the shafts by bolts m. The device may be used for securing bodies to shafts, and the cylinder may be enlarged to serve for belt or other driving.