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Patent GB-189911280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Handle-bars for Velocipedes.
Inventor: BLAKER HUGH OSWALD
Filed: 1899-05-30
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 11,280. Blaker, H O. May 30. Handle-bars, adjustable, for bicycles, tricycles, &c. Each half handle-bar X is pivoted to a piece B carried by the usual T-piece on the stem by a pin D, and is provided with a spring plunger E which engages recesses on the part of the piece B which forms the fixed part of the hinge. The plunger can be withdrawn by a lever H connected to it by rods G, E<1>. The handle-bar may assume the three positions shown in Fig. 1. A pin J carried by the movable part C of the hinge works in a slot b in the fixed part, and serves to reduce the strain on the plunger &c. when the handle-bars are in the extreme positions. The handle-bar is secured to the part E of the hinge by a threaded collar K.
Patent GB-189912538-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Extracting India-rubber or Gutta-percha from Vegetables which contain them.
Inventor: DEISS JEAN GEORGES
Filed: 1899-06-15
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 12,538. Deiss, J. G. Feb. 14, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. India-rubber and gutta-percha, special processes for preparing.-Vegetable matter containing indiarubber or gutta-percha, such as tree bark, either fresh or old, is bruised, and treated for five or six days with sulphuric acid, of 50‹ BÚ., or other acid. The material is then drained, washed in water, and masticated between rollers in a stream of hot water, which removes the refuse matter, leaving pure india-rubber or gutta-percha. The acid used may be decanted and concentrated for use again.
Patent GB-189915240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screwing and Turning Machines.
Inventor: BARROW JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 15,240. Barrow, J. July 25. Lathes; screwing.-A screwing and turning machine, somewhat similar to those described in Specifications No. 3199, A.D. 1872, and No. 5241, A.D. 1883, for operating on shafting, rods, &c. has the dies or cutters A mounted on the end of a hollow spindle B, through which the work C can pass. One end of the work is held in gripping- jaws D on a saddle D<2>, and the other end is supported by a centre J mounted in a rod J<1> passing through the spindle, and, in the position shown, rotating with it. The outer end of the rod rotates in a bearing G', Fig. 3, in a tube G', supported by a second saddle G. The centre is adjusted to suit the work by a screw K<4> and hand-wheel K<5>, the screw being journalled in a bearing K<3> on the tube G'. The two saddles are secured to move together by rods D<3>, and are operated by a screw H and change gearing. When a certain length has been machined, so that the saddle G is at its outer limit, the saddle is unclamped from the rods D<3>, and a pin G<3>, connecting the bearing G<2> to the tube G<1>, is withdrawn. A screw M with a small head M' is substituted for the screw K<4>, and the saddle G is moved back towards the spindle B, and reclamped. The feathered collar L connecting the rod to the spindle is disengaged by a shoulder J<3> on the rod so that the rod no longer rotates with the spindle, but the two saddles again move together to machine another length.
Patent GB-189920960-A (GB)
Title: Churn.
Inventor: CUMMINGS JOHN NELSON
Filed: 1899-10-20
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 20,960. Cummings, J. N. Oct. 20. Churns in which a rotating dasher operates in conjunction with movable breakers. The churn E is secured to a platform A by means of posts. Standards C attached to the platform A carry a shaft H, operated by a handle h, to which is secured a bevel-wheel G gearing with a pinion f on the end of a dasher rod F. The rod F takes into a slot in a cross-bar D and is held in position by a sliding plate, and at the bottom the rod is carried in a bearing. The dasher J, which is adjustably secured to the rod F by a thumb-screw, consists of inclined blades j fitting into conical flanges k, k<1>. Diagonal holes l are bored through these flanges. The movable breakers L are made of wood, and are tenoned at their upper ends in brackets M so that they are inclined to the perpendicular and to the radius lines of the churn. The brackets M have lugs m which fit into clamps secured to the side of the churn. A plug P is provided in the bottom of the churn.
Patent GB-189923095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stereotype Casting Apparatus.
Inventor: LAM ISIDOR
Filed: 1899-11-20
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 23,095. Lam, I. Nov. 20. Stereotype.-An apparatus for use in casting stereotype comprises an outer casing A, and a hollow core B formed of segmental pieces held together by end pieces B<1>, Fig. 3. The outer casing A is constructed of two or more parts A', A<2>, Fig. 1, hinged together at a, and the part A' may be made in two parts hinged together at a'. A detachable piece A<3>, Fig. 2, is placed between the parts A<1>, A<2>, and end pieces A<4> are arranged to abut against the ends of the piece A'. Rings F, bevelled at one edge and having the part adjacent thereto of reduced external diameter, are fitted within the casing A for the purpose of holding the stereotype matrix. To facilitate manipulation, the rings Fare formed in separate sections. Longitudinal insertion pieces G, having their ends bevelled to correspond with the bevelled edges of the rings F, are employed for holding the rings in position. When the apparatus is to be used, the casing A is opened and the matrix, which may be an incomplete cylinder, is fitted upon the rings within which the core B is placed. The piece A<3> is then removed, an ingate C, formed of two parts hinged together, is substituted for it, and the apparatus is closed and secured by means of stirrups D and screws b<1>. If the matrix is in the form of a complete cylinder, the apparatus may be placed in a vertical position for receiving the molten metal from an ingate fixed to its upper end. In this case the insertion pieces G are not employed.
Patent GB-190002677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toys.
Inventor: WALKER ROSETTA JANE
Filed: 1900-02-10
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 2677. Walker, R. J. Feb. 10. Spinning-toys; eggs. -An "Easter" egg &c. a is mounted on a vertical spindle f in an egg-cup b, and may be caused to rotate by pulling a cord s wound on the spindle or on a pulley thereon. The spindle carries a weight w, the momentum of which causes the cord to be rewound. The egg may form a receptacle for sweetmeats &c., and may be suitably ornamented.
Patent GB-190006184-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Carburetting Air.
Inventor: HAUSLICH SIMON HUTTERER
Filed: 1900-04-03
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 6184. Hauslich, S. H. April 3. Gas holders.-In an apparatus for carburetting air, a gas holder B is employed which is surrounded by four basins C<1>, C<2>, C<3>, C<4> for the gasoline or like liquid used in carburetting, the actual carburetting taking place in the basin C<3> The bell of the holder is provided with two pulleys, over which two weighted cords pass, one connected to the valve for passing gas from the gas main to a hotair motor burner, and the other to a lever fixed on the air valve of an air pump which forces the air first through urine and then through the carburetting-basin C<3>. By this arrangement, the motor and the pump driven thereby are both regulated from the movements of the bell.
Patent GB-190007863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Coal Gas.
Inventor: LEWES VIVIAN BYAM
Filed: 1900-04-27
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 7863. Lewes, V. B. April 27. Gas manucfacture, processes for; gas retorts.- Decomposition of coal gases in the retorts is lessened by accelerating the rate of flow through the retorts by injecting hydrogen, carbon monoxide, water gas, or other diluting-gas capable of being consumed with or easily separated from the illuminant. In a preferable method, the diluent is conveyed from a holder by a pipe which is controlled by a valve, and passes through the top of the mouthpiece of the retort or through the ascension pipe, and is led along the interior close to the crown or laid in a channel in the wall, and extends to the opposite end and is left open and provided with spaced openings for the escape of the diluent. The supply pipe may be led down the interior of the retort or through the furnace space, or other means used to heat the diluent to about the temperature of the coal gas. The diluent may be passed amongst the coal itself.
Patent GB-190011609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Protecting Electrical Apparatus from Abrupt Changes in Static Potential.
Inventor: THOMAS PERCY HOLBROOK
Filed: 1900-06-26
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 11,609. Thomas, P. H. Nov. 27, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Lightning - arresters. - Relates to protective devices for electric circuits to prevent damage by excessive static potential. The leads of a system are connected by lightning-arresters 4, 5, in series with impedances 7, 7, which are earthed at 6. The arresters consist of a series of spark gaps, of which one or more is or are shunted by impedances 11, 11, and one or more is or are unshunted. One or more shunting- impedances may be employed in each arrester.
Patent GB-190013144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Working Railway Brakes.
Inventor: MCDERMID WILLIAM FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-07-20
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 13,144. McDermid, W. F., Trigg, H. C., and Bramham, W. July 20. Brakes, hand. In brakes of the kind described in Specification No. 21,495, A.D. 1899, means are provided for holding the operating- handles in the "off" position. The portions c of the guides are fixed, while the ends of the transverse rods a, b, Fig. 1, are bent to form movable portions which support the levers d in the inoperative position. By pulling, say, the right-hand lever d sideways, it is moved off the end of the rod b, while the end of the rod a is drawn from beneath the left-hand handle d. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which the guides are pivoted to the rods a, b and to the vehicle, while in Fig. 5 the hook e is pivoted to the vehicle and has a pin e<2> working in a slot in a transverse bar f. The whole of the movable portion of each guide may be carried by a rod g, Fig. 7, the inner ends of these rods being pivoted to the lever h, or, in a modification, one of the rods may form part of the lever h. When the handles on the two sides of the vehicle are at opposite ends, they are connected by links to arms on a longitudinal shaft.
Patent GB-190016655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1900-09-18
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 16,655. Haddan, H. J., [Goddard, C. F., and Wilcox, C. H.] Sept. 18. Wheels with motors; disc-wheels; spring wheels; spokes.-Relates to a combined rotary motor and vehicle wheel, in which reciprocating pistons connected with the wheel rim work in rotary cylinders revolving about an axis eccentric to that of the wheel. Figs. 1 and 2 show sections at right-angles to each other through a form of the invention in which the engine is enclosed by discs 12 forming part of the wheel, and the two cylinders 1 revolve about a fixed hollow or crank axle 6 through which fluid under pressure is supplied. The crank and cylinders are both ported so that admission and exhaust occur in proper succession as the wheel rotates. Passing through the hollow axle is a small tube 18 for enabling water of condensation to be withdrawn from the interior of the wheel. Fig. 4 shows a section through another form of the wheel, in which curved or other spring spokes are employed. In this case the yielding of the spokes permits the axle to take up the requisite eccentric position with respect to the wheel rim. The engine in this example has four cylinders, and the distribution of the motive fluid is performed by a stationary valve 25 prevented from rotating by pins entering the axle and working against a ported seating 20 carried by the wheel. The valve 25 may be turned slightly by means of the lever 26 for starting, stopping, and reversing the engine. A casing encloses the cylinder, sliding plates being provided for the piston-rod 3 to pass through.
Patent GB-190100904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: MITTON THOMAS EVANS
Filed: 1901-01-14
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 904. Mitton, T. E., [trading as Hunt & Mitton]. Jan. 14. Lubricators.-Relates to multiple-deliverylubricators for engines or machines, and consists in constructingthe oil vessel so that the height of the oil therein can be readily observed. Fig. 1 shows a drop-feed lubricator. The oil vessel A is made as a cylinder, or a prism with circular ends, and is fitted with end covers, each of which consists of a screwed ring B' or B<2> fitted with a glass disc C, packed with rings of cork, asbestos, &c. The filling-hole F of the vessel is closed by a screw, and the usual outlets and drop-feed regulators are provided. By removing one or both of the end covers the interior can be readily cleaned.
Patent GB-190111071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Connections.
Inventor: GRAY JOHN
Filed: 1901-05-29
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 11,071. Gray, J. May 29. Couplings.-Relates to means for connecting the leading-in wires to the terminals of a switch, fuse, lampholder, &c. The conductors are led through apertures in an insulaing-plate and clamped between that plate and a second fitted with suitable conducting-pieces. In the lamp-holder shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the conductors are threaded through openings in the upper part a and laid in grooves d. The blocks f, to which the terminals i are attached, are fitted with conducting-bars e, which enter the grooves d, a ring j serving to clamp them together. Fig. 7 shows the arrangement employed with a holder having a screw socket. Fig. 9 shows a means for gripping the conductors, a hollow metal top q screwing into the metal casing surrounding the block a.
Patent GB-190117109-A (GB)
Title: Improved Coin Freed Apparatus.
Inventor: ARGLES AUGUSTUS CHARLES
Filed: 1901-08-26
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 17,109. Argles, A. C. Aug. 26. Displaying time and like tables advertising- apparatus; actuating-mechanism.-A coin-freed apparatus for ascertaining the time of trains, tramcars, omnibuses, or the like to a given destination, consists of a number of cards 1 containing the desired information and advertisements, and guided by a slotted bracket 15 and rods 14 engaging plates 14<a>. The desired card is raised by a rod 3 on a sleeve 8 adjusted on a spindle 4, operated by a handle 5, by a fork 7 carrying a pointer 6 moving over a plate on which the names of stations &c. are printed. The cards are returned by their own weight. In a modification, the cards are depressed to the observation window, and are returned by a spring. In another modification, spring-returned pivoted cards are used. Coin action; coin-discharging mechanism.-A coin, dropped down a shoot 10, may fall into a pocket 11, and act on a pin 12 so as to raise a detent lever 13, after which it is discharged.
Patent GB-190200268-A (GB)
Title: Dressing for Water-proof Covers or Tarpaulins.
Inventor: PETERS MELVILLE GORDON
Filed: 1902-01-04
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 268. Peters, M. G., and Shepherd, J. A. Jan. 4. Coated fabrics.-Waterproof covers or tarpaulins are saturated or coated by a composition consisting of boiled linseed oil, gum tragasol, lime water, colouring-matter, such as lampblack or ochre, litharge or other drier, and " russoline " or petroleum spirit mixed in certain specified proportions. This composition or dressing imparts, it is alleged, a greater flexibility, and facilitates drying.
Patent GB-190200612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Centrifugal Machines.
Inventor: MCNEIL CHARLES
Filed: 1902-01-09
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 612. McNeil, C., [Petchell, C. W.]. Jan. 9. Motors, controlling. - Relates to centrifugal machines driven directly by electromotors. Two machines, or two groups of machines, are worked alternately, and the switch is arranged so that the motors may be coupled in turn to the supply main, or to each other. After the current is cut off from the working machine, it continues in motion and its motor acts as a dynamo to generate current to start the other machine ; when the speed of the two machines is nearly equal, the switch is turned to connect the motor of the second to the supply main, and the first may be brought to rest in any suitable way. Instead of utilizing the current generated in the motor of the first machine to start the second, it may be applied to charge a storage battery.
Patent GB-190202853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Soil Sterilization
Inventor: HOLMES ROBERT
Filed: 1902-02-04
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 2853. Holmes, R. Feb. 4. Sterilizing soil.-Relates to apparatus for sterilizing soil by means of steam, either in glass houses or in the open.. The apparatus consists of a framework a of pipes, connected at d by a flexible pipe to any form of steam generator. Vertical pipes b, perforated at b<1>, are connected to the pipes a, and are forced into the ground to supply the steam to the soil. A sheet-metal cover with turned-down edges c may be provided, to prevent the escape and waste of steam.
Patent GB-190202898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: HARGREAVES JAMES
Filed: 1902-02-05
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 2898. Hargreaves, J. Feb. 5. Steam-generator &c. furnaces;smoke-consuming; grates. - Relates to an inclined-grate furnace mounted on wheels, so that it may be removed from a boiler to which it is applied. It is provided with an inclined dead-plate 3, above which is a feed hopper 4, the fuel being pushed down by bars 5, operated by eccentrics, to a grate of inclined bars 7, which may be stationary or reciprocating, as shown. Below is a clinker chamber formed by horizontal transverse bars 15 at the front, and bent bars 16 below, the latter being capable of being raised round their rear support. The back bearer of the main grate is in the form of a water trough 12. The gases given off at the front of the fire are burnt with heated air supplied through the passage 8.
Patent GB-190204200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double-acting Air Pumps for Steam Engines.
Inventor: RICHARDSON ROBERT
Filed: 1902-02-19
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 4200. Richardson, R. Feb. 19. Air pumps; pistons.-Relates to dou ble-acting steam engine air pumps, and particularly to an arrangement and construction of automatic snifting-valves, which admit a regulative quantity of air and water under the delivery valves to cushion the blow of the pump piston or plunger at each stroke and to replenish the air vessel when the head of water is considerable. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section through the pump with the snifting-valves at D, D', and Fig. 2 shows a section through the upper snifting-valve casing. One of the valves, D, communicates with the upper side of the pump piston B, and the other with the underside, by passages j, and both communicate with the discharge casing G by passages d and pipe k. Each of the snifting-valves is open through a non-return valve E<1> to the atmosphere. On each valve spindle H are three valves, the two upper ones I' forming a double-beat valve, not quite in equilibrium owing to the upper valve being the larger, and the lowest I<2> being adjustable in position on the screwed spindle by the turning of a hard knob or wheel i outside the casing so as to regulate the admission of air to the pump. The piston or plunger B is formed with a central cavity or depression corresponding to a central boss on the cover, for the purpose of providing a water seal on the up-stroke. A narrow neck portion N is formed, to connect the lower water chamber F' with the pocket F through which the water passes to the delivery valves, and air tubes or ducts are provided in order to enable discharged air to pass into the pocket F without bubbling through descending water. Except as distinguished above, the air pump casing and the piston or plunger are preferably of the construction described in Specification No. 1726, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190207647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Building Blocks, Bricks, and other Articles.
Inventor: SELLARS JOHN CARRINGTON
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 7647. Sellars, J. C. April 1. Bricks, building blocks, slabs, tiles, &c.-Waste sand or materials from glass-polishing works, lead, iron, tin, and copper mines, slate, limestone, granite, and sandstone quarries or shale beds, burnt clay or ballast, and waste lime from gas and chemical works are ground or mixed, with or without the addition of ordinary sand, furnace slag, refuse-destructor residue, &c., with " air fallen" hydraulic or common lime, or slurried hydraulic lime, into a stiff plastic mass, which is allowed to stand for some time and is then pressed or moulded into bricks, building-blocks, or other articles. The articles are air-dried, and hardened and matured by supplying water to them gradually by means of wicks, or a box with a perforated bottom and a thick felt-pad bottom. Chippings or fragments of rock, stone, or the like may be mixed with the plastic material, and from 5 to 10 per cent. of Portland cement may be added. The hardening of the articles may be expedited by treating them with a solution of an alkaline silicate. The bricks or articles may be toughened by dipping them in tar, pitch, resinous gum, glue, or the like, dissolved in volatile oils or spirits, an alkali, or other solvent. Grooves or flutings may be made in the bricks &c., to receive mortar, wood slats, metal bars, &c. An electric current may be passed through the articles, to promote chemical action. The Provisional Specification states that the articles may be coated as described in Specification No. 3527, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Paints &c.], and also refers to Specification No. 24,612, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-190214305-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Closure for Bottles or other Receptacles
Inventor: WEBER ANDREW W
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 14,305. Weber, A. W. June 24. Stoppers.-A closure for bottles &c., particularly applicable to taper bottles made from paper or fibre, consists of a pasteboard &c. cap B in the form of a flanged disc, resting on a flanged ring A<3> cemented in the neck of the bottle.
Patent GB-190215093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Mules
Inventor: EVANS GERALD ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 15,093. Evans, G. A., and Meredith, J. E. July 7. Mules.-The object is to attach broken ends automatically to the spindles when the carriage approaches the roller beam. The loose ends hanging from the rollers fall into the notches of a plate I beneath, which, as the carriage completes its inward run, is moved horizontally close to the spindles, and is caused to follow them for a few inches on their outward run. The plate is carried by a frame G, which slides on rollers J and is connected to a weighted shaft E, so that, when the shaft is free, the plate I follows the spindles. The parts are shown in the position when the carriage has just completed its inward run. A bracket K on the carriage has passed the pivoted catch U on the lever M secured to the cam disc N on the shaft E without operating it, and the cam disc N, which, during the greater part of the outward and inward run, was blocked by the catch in the position shown by the catch 0, has been released by the pivoted stop P on the carriage. By the action of the weight T, the plate I is now pressed against the spindles and caused to follow them for a short distance on their outward run, until the bracket K engages with the catch U and moves the parts again into the position shown, in which they are blocked by the catch 0 until the carriage completes another inward run. A modification is shown in Fig. 1 (Sheet 2), in which the plate I is held in its most backward position by a weight Z, which is heavier than the weight T, is carried on the end of the lever Z', and is raised as the carriage completes its inward run by reason of the carriage moving an inclined slide beneath a roller Y on the lever.