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Patent GB-189822954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Preventing Smoke in Steam-boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: YOUNG DAVID
Filed: 1898-11-01
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 22,954. Young, D., [Mills, W. R.]. Nov. 1. Smoke, preventing and consuming.-A cylindrical damper having a series of air ducts is mounted in a hollow casing attached to the front of a steam - boiler or other furnace, and preferably forming the fire - door. Steam jets are delivered into the furnace above the fire-door. Fig. 4 shows the damper 10 in its open position. A hollow space 14 is provided in the top of the casing with downwardly-extending passages at both sides having openings at the bottom. Air is admitted to the space 14 by a sliding grid 17, and passing through the side passages keeps the casing cool ; it also passes through ports 16, 16 into the spaces and ducts of the damper.
Patent GB-189825295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Locks for Velocipedes.
Inventor: BADONI MASSIMILIANO
Filed: 1898-11-30
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 25,295. Badoni, M. June 9, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Locks, key, for cycles. A box H, Fig. 2, carrying a sliding bolt D, is pivoted to a bracket C fixed to one side A of the rear fork so that the bolt can be passed between the w h e e l spokes to engage a loop F' fixed to the opposite fork member A'. The bolt when shot is locked by spring pins K<1>, Fig. 4, which engage holes in the bolt. To release the bolt, a key M, Fig. 8, is inserted in the box H, so that the screws m', m<2>, m<3> force back the spring pins. Suitable stops are provided to limit the movement of the bolt and the box. The bolts by which the bracket C is fixed to the fork can only be operated by a special key when the lock is out of action.
Patent GB-189911365-A (GB)
Title: Pictorial or Advertising Postcard Album and Travellers' Guide.
Inventor: LECHLEDER HEINRICH
Filed: 1899-05-31
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 11,365. Lechleder, H. May 31. Drawings to Specification. Postcards.-A number of postcards are detachably united together at the ends, so that they can be folded together and form a supplement to a guidebook, or be carried in a cover. The postcards bear advertisements, or a series of views illustrating a tour. An explanatory index may be printed on the cover.
Patent GB-189913048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for the Production of Acetic Acid from Acetates of Lime and Soda or from other Substances containing Acetic Acid.
Inventor: BOWERS WILLIAM HADFIELD
Filed: 1899-06-23
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 13,048. Bowers, W. H. June 23. Stills and like closed evaporators.-Relates to apparatus for the production of acetic acid from acetate of lime or soda or the like, and consists of a chamber b mounted over and between a number of parallel flues a and divided by ribs f into compartments b<1>, in which travels an endless chain g. The chain is driven and guided by wheels h, h<1>, and it carries at suitable intervals scrapers i, which serve to push the material along the compartments b<1> from the inlet d to the outlet e. The vapours evolved are carried off continuously from suitable openings c in the top of the chamber to condensers.
Patent GB-189917831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Dies for Cutting Screw-threads."
Inventor: WELLS FREDERIC ELISHA
Filed: 1899-09-04
Granted: 1899-10-28
Abstract: 17,831. Wells, F. E. Sept. 4. Dies, screw-cutting. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the die, and Fig. 3 shows a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1. The radial die-sections 7 are held rigidly between the plates 2 riveted or screwed together at 6. The plates are notched at 4 to engage with lugs a on the sections 7, and are bent so as to meet one another where the rivets &c. are placed.
Patent GB-189918647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Reduction of Condensation and of Loss of Tension in Vapour Engines.
Inventor: ELIAS GOTTLIEB BEHREND
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 18,647. Lake, W. R., [Behrend, E. G., and Zimmermann, F. 0. C.]. Sept. 15. Drawings to Specification. Vapour engines.-In engines, such as sulphurous acid or ammonia engines, in which the heat from the exhaust products from steam or other engines is utilized, the vapour, after being generated, is additionally heated on its way to the working cylinder, and is also therein additionally heated by means of a jacket.
Patent GB-189919704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Affixing Labels or Stamps.
Inventor: KARGES JULIUS JOHN
Filed: 1899-09-30
Granted: 1899-11-04
Abstract: 19,704. Karges, J. J. Sept. 30. Damping and affixing Labels and stamps.-The labels &c. 26 are held between guides 6 in a box 1, of which one side 2 is hinged and is normally held closed by catches 3, 5. The guides 6 are adjustable sideways and vertically by means of the slots 7, 9, and clamping-screws 8, and are also adjusted to take different sizes of labels by interposing washers 11, which may be compressible between the guides 6 and the walls of the box. Retaining-fingers carried by springs 13 project through slots in the lower ends of the guides to hold the labels. A follower 17 carried by the rod 19 is recessed to fit over the guides, and is held down by the spring 22 bearing at its upper end under a washer and ring 24 which grips the rod 19. Finger strips 25 are provided for holding the box, and a thumb-piece 20 and stop 21 are attached to follower rod 19. The stamps &c. may be placed with the gummed side upwards, and withdrawn by a section tube 27 for damping and affixing, or they may be placed in position by depressing the thumb-piece.
Patent GB-189920491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Spikes or Nails.
Inventor: KIRBY FRANK EUGENE
Filed: 1899-10-12
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 20,491. Kirby, F. E., Stanley, L. C., and Daly, D. A. Oct. 12. Nails and spikes for railways. The nail or spike has a body A of trough, V, or like section, a chisel point, and a head C formed like a turned-down collar. It may be formed from a sheet-metal blank, shown in Fig. 5, by acting upon it when in the cold state by dies. The head may be modified, e.g., by omitting the corner pieces f of the blank.
Patent GB-189922404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Convertible Belts and Braces.
Inventor: DYHRBERG LAVERUX NELSON
Filed: 1899-11-09
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 22,404. Dyhrberg, L. N., and Askin, G. K. Nov. 9. Belts; braces.-Relates to an article of wearing- apparel which can be worn either as a belt or as braces and consists in detailed improvements in the convertible belt and braces described in Specification No. 19,933, A.D. 1899. The shoulder straps A, Fig. 1, are passed through a ring k, and the rear tabs m are fastened to a ring l attached to the ring k so that, when the article is worn as a belt, the tabs m are fastened to buttons n on the strap A as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 shows a modified form in which the shoulder straps are formed of one length of material A' secured to a ring o by a strip p. The rear tabs q, also made of one piece of material, are similarly held on the ring o by a strip r. The tabs q are fastened to and lie inside the part A when the article is worn as a belt. Fig. 5 shows the front tabs h<2> fastened to the lower bar of a slip buckle f<1>, the middle bar of which passes through the loop of the shoulder strap so that the sliding ring described in the aforesaid prior Specification may be dispensed with. Fig. 7 shows one of the front tabs and the shoulder straps connected to a ring f<2>, to which is also hinged a clasp f<3> which forms one member of the fastening when the article is worn as a belt, the other member being attached to the ring attached to the other front tab.
Patent GB-189925472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Linotype Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1899-12-23
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 25,472. Thompson, W. P., [Rogers, J. R.]. Dec. 23. Linotype machines.-Relates to the combination in one machine of two or more magazines operated from the same keyboard, and to the use of an equal number of distributers, the matrices belonging to the two magazines being separated before reaching the distributers. The invention is described with reference to the Mergenthaler machine. Fig. 6 shows in vertical cross-section the lower ends of two magazines B, B', of which B is the ordinary magazine and B' a supplementary one placed beneath it. The matrices liberated from the magazine B<1> are received upon a carrying-belt b, which delivers them to a vertical chute terminating at the assembly-point. The depression of one of the key levers K causes the elevation of the corresponding key bar d<3> in the usual manner against the control of the spring d'. The escapement lever d of the magazine B is then free to move under the influence of the spring d', and the pin d' is withdrawn so as to release the lowest matrix Y. If, however, the lever d<11> is drawn forward into the position indicated by the dotted lines, the universal bar d<9> locks all the springs d<2> against movement, and at the same time the universal bar b<9> releases all the levers b<8>. The springs b<6> of the escapements b<5> are thus rendered effective, and the elevation of one of the bars d' will cause the release of the lowest matrix from the magazine B', the other magazine being inoperative. Fig. 7 is a rear view of the two distributers which return the matrices to their proper magazine-channels. The matrices Y, Figs. 13 and 14, differ from those in general use by the provision of slots y<1> in their sides, the slots being wider in the matrices belonging to the lower magazine than in the others. The distributer bars X, X<1> and teeth y<2> may be identical for both magazines. The leading matrix of the advancing line Y, Fig. 7, is pushed up by the finger X<2> so as to clear the shoulder x<1>, and is then carried forward along the rails x by the feed-screws x<3>, x<4>, x<5>, Fig. 11. As the matrix passes the shoulder x<6>, the horizontal flanges x<8> enter the slots y', and the matrix either advances into engagement with the bar X or drops sufficiently to clear it, as in Fig. 11. In the latter case the matrix falls down the guides x<12>, x<13>, and is fed to the lower distributing-bar X<1>. The separation of the two classes of matrix may also be effected by the use of matrices of the exact pattern usually employed for the upper magazine and of matrices having a slot in the lower edge for the auxiliary magazine. The matrices are supported by a horizontal rib which allows the slotted ones to drop sufficiently to clear the upper distributer bar as above described. An inclined flattened tube may be used as a guide for the falling matrices.
Patent GB-190002205-A (GB)
Title: Improved Springless Truss.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1900-02-03
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 2205. Sefton-Jones, H., [Reimanns, M.]. Feb. 3. Trusses.-Figs. 3 and 4 show a double truss. An elastic band 1, having a fixed pad 2 at one end, is secured round the body by placing one of a series of holes formed in a strap 5 secured to the other end, over a stud on the pad, the pad being first adjusted in position. An adjustable pad is next placed over the second rupture, and the parts are secured in place by connecting-straps 7 and 8 fastened by buckles 9 to the band 1 and passing between the legs, to studs on the pads. In a single truss, the second pad and the strap 7 are dispensed with.
Patent GB-190006881-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Stop Motion for Spinning and Twisting Machines, especially applicable to Machines for Spinning Rope Yarns.
Inventor: MCCONNAN CHARLES STODART
Filed: 1900-04-12
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 6881. McConnan, C. S. April 12. Stop-motions for spinning and twisting machines, especially applicable to machines for spinning rope yarns. The bobbin, with its drag pulley W, is dragged round by the tension of the thread. The drag cord X carries at one end a small weight Y, and at the other is connected to one end of a weighted lever S. When the thread breaks or becomes slack, the speed of the bobbin and of the drag pulley is diminished, and the lever S falls, and by engaging with a projection U disengages a catch lever P from its catch block O. The catch lever P is connected by a link Q with the weighted rocking rod K carrying the strap fork, and when released the strap is transferred automatically on to the loose pulley. The drag pulley W is of metal, and has clamped to it a disc Z of wood or other bad heat-conducting material, so that it may be turned by hand when desired.
Patent GB-190008990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Pleating Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: MIGNOT SINAVE
Filed: 1900-05-15
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 8990. Mignot, S. May 15. Pleating.-Relates to pleating-machines which are provided with a heater for pressing the pleats directly after they have been formed by the blade. Fig. 3 shows a vertical section of such a machine, in which K is a reciprocating blade which forms pleats F in the fabric, these pleats being then pressed by the gas-heated box C. The invention consists, firstly, in fitting an eccentric E on the arm of the blade K, which eccentric bears against an arm L fitted to the heater C so that, at the moment of the withdrawal of the blade from the pleat which it has formed, a slight upward motion is communicated to the heater, which allows the blade to be freely withdrawn without damaging the fabric by contact between the blade and the heater. The invention consists, secondly, in preventing irregularities in the size of the pleats by keeping the fabric always at the same tension, by feeding it between rollers R which are pressed together at their ends by springs r. The invention consists, thirdly, in preventing any irregularity in the advance of the fabric owing to the thickness of the hems along its edges. This is effected by providing the presser C with sliding angle-pieces at its ends, which bear against the hems and automatically adjust themselves to their thickness.
Patent GB-190009433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razors.
Inventor: GOTTERKE FREDRICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-05-22
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 9433. Gotterke, F. J. May 22. Razors.-A blade c having no tang is held by a separate close-fitting slit-sleeve a, which may have a resilient back d to clip with spring pressure and make a rib g near the end snap into a groove f in the blade.
Patent GB-190016657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Feed Water Regulators.
Inventor: RYAN THOMAS JEFFERSON
Filed: 1900-09-18
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 16,657. Ryan, T. J. Sept. 18. Feedwater, controlling.-A float 6 within the boiler operates by means of a weighted tumbler lever 11, shown separately in Fig. 2, to open and close an air-admission valve 5 in the feed pump 1.
Patent GB-190019271-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Directly Dyeing Sulphurised Dyestuffs from 1 : 8- and 1 : 5-Dinitro-naphthalene and Derivatives thereof.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-10-27
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 19,271. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. Oct. 27. Dyes, artificial.-Sulphuretted dyes are produced by heating 1 : 5- or 1 : 8-dinitronaphthalene, or the substances obtained by the action of sulphites upon these compounds, with alkali polysulphides in the presence of zinc or its compounds. An example is given in which a brown-black dye for unmordanted cotton is obtained from 1 : 8- dinitronaphthalene, and a violet-red dye, which is converted into black on treatment with copper salts, is obtained from 1 : 5-dinitronaphthalene, by heating these compounds for several hours with sodium sulphide, sulphur, and zinc chloride, first at 150‹-160‹ C., and then at 220‹ C. In other examples, the products of the action of sodium sulphite upon the said dinitro compounds are converted into bluish-black and brown-black dyes by heating them with sodium sulphide, sulphur, and zinc chloride at 155‹ C., and subsequently at 210‹- 240‹ C. The Provisional Specification refers also to the use of 1 : 8- and I : 5-dinitronaphthalene mono- and di-sulphonic acids.
Patent GB-190101452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horse-shoes.
Inventor: BROOKS WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1901-01-22
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 1452. Brooks, W. G., and Brooks, C. A. Jan. 22. Calks; roughing.- The toe calk e has a dovetailed projection to fit into a groove in a raised part b of the shoe a. The groove is closed at one end as shown. The heel calks f have taper shanks g of square section to fit into holes in the heels thickened at c. Countersunk screws h keep the toe and heel calks in place. The calks may be roughened or otherwise.
Patent GB-190105758-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or relating to Pug Mills.
Inventor: DISS ALFRED
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 5758. Diss, A. March 19. Pug-mills.-A grating A is fitted to the orifice of the pug-mill to separate the stones and divide or mix the clay or brick-making material. The bars a are made with wedge-shaped cutting-edges, and the grating is formed with eyes or studs which engage with pins or eyes projecting from brackets e bolted to the pug-mill cylinder.
Patent GB-190106084-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Book Marker
Inventor: TRUEMAN JAMES COBDEN
Filed: 1901-03-22
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 6084. Trueman, J. C. March 22. Paper-knives.-A bookmarker is shown in side view in Fig. 2. A strip a of spring metal or other material is shaped as a paper cutter and provided with a clip b to grip the back or side of the book, and a ring c for attaching marking ribbons, cords, &c.
Patent GB-190106154-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lubricating Arrangement for Slide Valve Slide Surfaces and the like.
Inventor: MICHALK WILHELM
Filed: 1901-03-23
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 6154. Michalk, W. March 23. Slide-va'ves. - Relates to the lubrication of engine slide valves and the like. The main feature of the invention is the provision of ducts and channels designed to ensure proper distribution of the lubricant without waste, numerous forms of the invention being given in the Specification. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the lubricant is fed by a pipe f to a receptacle g at the back of a horizontal slide valve, and thence conveyed by pipes b to the valve face. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the pipe f and receptacle g are shown in connection with a vertically-disposed slide valve sliding horizontally and furnished with a number of sloping channels b for conveying the lubricant to the valve seat. Additional grooves and ducts o,p are provided for returning lubricant pushed over at the end of the slide surface. Fig. 12 shows an inclined valve with reservoir d, ducts b, and grooves c for distributing the lubricant. Fig. 16 shows a vertical valve with channels b. Fig. 22 shows the provision of a non-return exhaust valve s in the exhaust passage q for use where grit or dust might be drawn in from the smoke-box, and anti-vacuum valve t in a passage provided for the introduction of pure air.
Patent GB-190108389-A (GB)
Title: Confectionery Cutter.
Inventor: SMITH MYRON ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 8389. Smith, M. A. April 23. Confectionery or sweetmeats.-Relates to machinery for cutting plastic confectionery into bars or strips. A circular cutting knife or disc 12, protected by a shield 13, is mounted on the end of a shaft 8 journalled in eccentric boxes which are mounted in arms 2 of the framing, and rotated by means of rings 10 to adjust the shaft 8, and fixed by set-screws 11. A driving-shaft 3 is geared to the shaft 8, and also to a shaft 16 geared in turn to a shaft 19 carrying at its ends cranks 20 with pivoted arms 21 connected to a bar 22 beneath a reciprocatory table 23. This table is carried by supports 24 engaging guide-ways 25, and is provided with a fixed front board 26, a back piece 27 adjustably secured by screws 28, and a holding- block 29 carrying a bar 30 mounted on springs. The bar 30 is pressed down in the forward movement by passage under the shaft 8, and released on the return movement to allow forward feed of the material on the table. A movable feed-bracket 35, carried by the part 26, has a finger 36 attached to a sprocket chain 34 passing over wheels 33 on shafts 32. The chain 34 is also engaged by a wheel 38 on a shaft 37, which is feathered through a sprocket-wheel 40 on a cross-bar fixed to the framing. A chain 43 connects the wheel 40 to a wheel 44 on a shaft 45 geared to a shaft 48. A collar 49 on the shaft 48 is provided with a V-shaped groove adapted to engage a rib 52 on a loose sleeve 51, in which case lugs 53 on a sleeve 57 carrying a ratchet-wheel 56 are forced out of depressions 54 in a fixed collar 55 by the action of a spring 49<1>. A slotted arm 60, carrying a pawl 61, is fixed to the collar 55. A rod 63 is adjustably carried in the slot of the arm, and is connected to a rock arm 64, to which is pivoted a rod 65 passing loosely through a bearing 66 beneath the table and provided with adjustable stops 67 and 68. The stop 68 coming against the bearing 66 will operate the ratchet-wheel and shaft 48, and move the feedbracket 35. When this bracket has been carried as far as a stop 82 on a rod 79, this rod is carried to the left, and moves an arm 76 and a cross-piece 78 so that the latter engages a bell crank 71 connected by a rod 70 to an arm 69 of the sleeve 51, disengaging the feeding-mechanism. The bracket 35 is then run back by hand as far as a stop 81 on the rod 79, and the feeding-mechanism is put into gear again by depressing a treadle 74 connected by a rod 73 to the arm 69.
Patent GB-190108716-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Continuous-current Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: ZANDER OSCAR ALFRED
Filed: 1901-04-27
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 8716. Zander, O. A., and Ingestr÷m, B. Oct. 12, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Armatures.-A continuous-current dynamo with unipolar induction, for producing current at ordinary potentials, e.g., from 65 to 220 volts, has its armature divided into segments A', A<3>, &c. connected in series and composed of a non-magnetic material having a low electric resistance,e.g.,copper or aluminium. To render the armature self-adjusting when being rotated at a high speed, it is mounted on a shaft C which has an elastic portion, as shown in the left-hand half of Fig. 1, and which runs in a yielding bearing D, comprising an elastic sleeve E surrounding the bush. Enveloping in special media.-To reduce aÙrial friction, the armature may be rotated in a chamber in which the air is in an attenuated state.
Patent GB-190109231-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Filing Letters, Bills and other Loose Papers, available also for use in Making Copies of Letters and other Autographic Documents.
Inventor: BOND FRANCIS THOMAS
Filed: 1901-05-04
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 9231. Bond, F. T. May 4. Filing papers.-Relates to a file or binder for use in securing papers together, or for holding the sheets and carbon paper while writing a duplicated letter &c. An elastic band G or two parallel elastic bands E are stretched and secured to cardboard &c. backs B by means of wires or metal tags H. The two backs B are secured together by rubber bands D passed through holes at the ends of slanting slots c. The covers may be secured in front by a band D' passed through the slots c<2>, c<1>; this form of fastening may also be used in place of the bands D and slots c.
Patent GB-190110155-A (GB)
Title: Improved Implement for Destroying Weeds.
Inventor: BLACKIE ALFRED
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 10,155. Blackie, A. May 16. Weeds, destroying.-Relates to an appliance for making an incision in the roots of weeds and applying a weed-destroying. liquid thereto. The appliance consists of an inner tube G, in which works a plunger E operated by a rod K and handle L. The movement of the rod K is limited by a stop J. A spring L<1> tends to keep the plunger in its lowest position. The Figure shows the plunger raised so that liquid can flow through the orifices I from the outer tube or reservoir M into the space in the tube G below the plunger. The liquid is forced through the lateral orifices B into the hole made in the root of the weed by the spike N, which is reduced in size at 0 to form a space for the liquid in the hole made in the root.