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Patent GB-189920509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot-air Engines.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1899-10-12
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 20,509. Johnson, J. Y., [Wolf & Co., A.]. Oct. 12. Inertia governors for hot-air engines. On a slotted tube l, Fig. 3, projecting from the piston, is mounted a ball k, supported over the slot by springs g, so that, when the speed tends to become excessive, the inertia of the ball will cause it to uncover the slot and allow some air to pass. In a modified form, a lever o, Fig. 4, may be substituted for the ball.
Patent GB-190002909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Compressors.
Inventor: BROMHEAD SAMUEL SIDNEY
Filed: 1900-02-13
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 2909. B r o m - head, S. S., [Buss, J. B.]. Feb. 13. C o m p r e s s i n g. -The casing 1 of the compressor is cast in one piece, and is divided into compartments b y one or more partitions 13, each compartment containing a cylinder. Water enters the casing by the pipe 15, circulates around the cylinders and through the pistons, and escapes at 16.
Patent GB-190005199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycles Adapted for Attachment to the Feet of the User.
Inventor: GLADE HENRY
Filed: 1900-03-19
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 5199. Glade, H. March 19. Skates.-A cycle or skate of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is attached to each foot of the user, and is driven by moving the foot up and down as in walking. The foot-plate 7 with adjustable toe and heel clips 18, 22 is mounted on sleeves 8 sliding on vertical rods 9 carried by the frame 1, 2, in which are mounted pneumatic-tyred wheels 11, 15. Springs 10 encircling the rods 9 are arranged above or below the footplate. The movement of the footplate actuates a cranked axle 3 through a connecting-rod 6, and thus drives the front wheel 11 through chain gearing 13. The rear or steering wheel 15 is fixed to its axle, which turns on ball bearings in boxes free to slide in slots 39 in the frame. Convex guides 40 serve to control the movement of the axle in the slots. Spring uprights 27 are provided with straps &c. for attachment to the leg. The connecting-rod 6 may be made telescopic and fitted with springs to reduce shock. Guide-pulleys carried on lugs inside the sleeves 8 work on the rods 9.
Patent GB-190009426-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Forming Hay and other Materials into Bales for Preserving the same from Fermentation and other Deleterious Agencies.
Inventor: LOWRY GEORGE ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1900-05-22
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 9426. Lowry, G. A. May 22. Bales; baling-presses.-Hay and other vegetable products and rags and the like are compressed into bales of the form shown in Fig. 4, and are preserved from subsequent fermentation, or the growth of moulds or other deleterious agencies, by the expulsion of the air from the interstices in the material and the cooking of the juices by the heat generated by friction between the material and the mouth of the press, as the former is drawn into the latter. The press has a cylindrical body J, with a cover C revolving relatively to it. The cover contains radial openings D, Fig. 3, through which the material is drawn as it revolves. The pressure on the bale is produced by the follower K of a hydraulic press. When a sufficient length of material has been pressed to form a bale, it is severed by cutters N and bound by ties M. Composite rations of hay and coarser forage may be baled in the press ; and moisture may be added, which is converted into steam in the process of baling and assists in sterilizing and softening the material. The heat generated may be controlled by varying the number of apertures and the speed of baling. The press may be used for baling hay, clover, alfalfa, vetches, rape, millet, bines of peas, beans, and the like, straw, corn stalks, and green meat, various forms of sorghum, sugar cane, and the leaves, pulp, and refuse of beets, turnips, cabbages, and other vegetables, brewers' grains, grains and seeds, and their hulls, and chaff in various conditions. Rags and other material likely to contain infectious germs are sterilized by this process of baling.
Patent GB-190011289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads.
Inventor: WOOD FREDERICK
Filed: 1900-06-21
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 11,289. Wood, F., and Nathan, C. C. June 21. Bedsteads; curtains, suspending.-Relates to a folding and portable bedstead suitable for use when camping in tents. The two side pillars A are connected by pivoted stays E, E'. The upper stays E<1> are pivoted to a plate F, having stops H, and have eyes which tit over pins e<1> on the upper ends of the pillars ; of the stays E, one is rigidly connected to the plate F, and the other is hinged thereto, and both are pivoted to the lower ends of the pillars. The two end pillars are connected by stays I pivoted to the pillars and to a central plate I<1>. One pair of the stays has a rule joint at I<2> to allow of the whole bedstead folding as shown in Fig. 3. Mosquitonet supports consist of bars hinged together so as to be capable of folding ; the uprights drop into sockets on the upper ends of the pillars.
Patent GB-190018750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Devices, chiefly for use in the Lubrication of Engine Crank Pins.
Inventor: GARDNER EDWARD
Filed: 1900-10-20
Granted: 1901-11-07
Abstract: 18,750. Gardner, E., Gardner, T. H., and Gardner. L. Oct. 20. Lubricating. - Relates to lubricating - devices chiefly for use in connection with engine crankpins, and particularly for use in connection with the engine described in Specification No. 18,210, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines]. Attached to the side of the crank and communicating with holes leading to the pin D is a catch box A, in the mouth of which is fixed an adjustable wiper E. A drip-plate G with a curved edge is secured to the brass of the crank-shaft bearing, and at the top of this plate is a cup J provided wich a hole opening out on to the plate. In the cap H of the crank-shaft bearing is an oil cavity provided with a tube and feed-wick communicating with a drip button I immediately over the cup J. The oil passes from this cavity to the edge of the plate G, and is removed therefrom, on each revolution of the crank, by the wiper E, whence it passes to the box A and to the crankpin. The rear edge of the box A may be adapted tu scrape the edge of the plate G, to remove the oil not caught by the wiper.
Patent GB-190107847-A (GB)
Title: Pattern-reading-in Machine for use in the Production of Jacquard Cards.
Inventor: FRENZEL ANTON EMIL
Filed: 1901-04-16
Granted: 1902-04-16
Abstract: 7847. Frenzel, A. E. April 16. Cards, punching.-A reading-in machine comprises a vertically-reciprocating frame 2, fitted with lifting-blades 3, a series of blades 4, suspended from oscillatory levers b, c and carrying hooks d for engaging with the blades 3, and a lifting-frame 22, for actuating a series of wires 5. The cords, which are to be drawn for the purpose of selecting the punches in accordance with the requirements of the pattern, pass through harness corda secured to the wires 5 ; the first-mentioned cords are selected to form a shed through which a leasing yarn or cord is passed. The frame 2 is actuated by means of the arms 8, g, rod h, levers i, k, and rods l, m, and the frame 22 is actuated by means of the arms 9, n, rods o, levers p, q, and rods r, s. A series of steel rules or bars 7, for temporarily supporting the wires 5, after these have been lifted, is carried by the frame 22. Above the machine is a series of levers 10, one for each colour of warp and each weft, and these levers are oscillated by means of an arrangement of levers controlled in accordance with the requirements of the pattern. Inclined pins are arranged by hand on the levers 10, so as to be inclined either to the left hand or right hand, in accordance with the requirements of the pattern. These pins actuate the levers b, c, and thereby the blades 4 are brought into positions in which they miss or catch the corresponding wires 5, as may be required, during the descent of such wires, after they have been released by the withdrawal of the rules or bars 7. Before the commencement of the reading-in operation, it is necessary to set the levers b, c, so that the blades 4 will not be liable to collide with the blades 3 during the ascent of the frame 2. This is effected by means of a series of curved wires 26, carried by a hand-operated lever and arranged to press against the levers b, c when the former lever is rocked, in consequence of a temporary connection which locks it to the frame 2 during the ascent of the latter. During the operation of the machine, the frames 2, 22 are successively lifted, and the rules or bars 7 carried by the frame 22 are pushed longitudinally so that their rear ends are supported by a part f of the machine framing. The frames 22, 2 next descend, but the rules 7 and wires 5 remain stationary. The operator, with the aid of the design, adjusts the inclined pins and, by means of cords 6, draws from their temporary support those rules 7 required by the pattern, so as to allow the corresponding wires to fall until stopped by the blades. When a row has been read, the shed is formed by the ascent of the blades 3, which engage with the blades 4, corresponding to the read cords. A leasing-yarn is drawn through the shed in the usual way, and the series of operations is repeated.
Patent GB-190113780-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Corset Shield.
Inventor: BAYER CHARLES
Filed: 1901-07-06
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 13,780. Bayer, C., [trading as Bayer & Co., C.]. July 6. Corsets.-Relates to a shield or reinforcing device to afford such support to the side bones or steels above the hips as will tend to prevent buckling or breaking at those parts. It consists of a pair of straight springs a, a of whalebone, steel, &c. arranged in the shape of the letter X and secured to one another at their crossing b, where also there is attached a transverse strip of fabric forming tabs c, c by which the shield can be stitched to the corset. The shield is covered with a piece of stiffened netting g of the shape shown.
Patent GB-190116338-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Metallically Coating Metals.
Inventor: WATZL ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-08-14
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 16,338. Watzl, A., and Frankenschwert, L. Aug. 14. Casting and moulding. -Metal articles s are coated with another metal by placing the coating metal in position on the article, and immersing in a packing- material, or placing in a mould and heating to the melting point of the coating-metal. Or the article may be placed in a mould, and the coating-metal cast on it. In some cases, a metal of low melting point may be used between the two layers of metal to serve as a binding-metal. The mould may be made of a mixture of sand, silicate, or clay, and tar, which serves to absorb oxygen and so prevent oxidation. Fig. 2 shows one arrangement. The coating-metal g, g<1> is placed around the rods c, d which are placed in the double mould a, b packed with a refractory material f. The whole is enclosed in a fireproof box.
Patent GB-190118945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tires
Inventor: CRAWLEY CHARLES WILLIAM SCOTT
Filed: 1901-09-23
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 18,945. Crawley, C. W. S. Sept. 23. Tyres, pneumatic.-In order to prevent twisting of the air tube a when it is being placed in position, it is provided with one or more longitudinally-circumferential lines c or rows of marks, of which any distortion is easily seen. If desired, the material, before being made up into a tube, is correspondingly marked.
Patent GB-190119402-A (GB)
Title: A Medicine for Prevenitng Milk Fever especially applicable to Cows after Calving.
Inventor: WOODHOUSE HERBERT
Filed: 1901-09-28
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 19,402. Woodhouse, H., and Hudson, R. Sept. 28. Medicinal preparations.-A preparation for preventing milk fever, especially in cows after calving, is composed of nitrate and sulpbate of potassium, ergot, sulphur, and Armenian bole. Magnesium sulphate may be used in place of the potassium sulphate. The preparation is mixed with water before it is administered.
Patent GB-190200025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hats from Fur Wool and other Fibres.
Inventor: NEAVE JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1902-01-01
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 25. Neave, J. H. Jan. 1. Fur, wool, and like hats made otherwise than by felting.-The object is to make hats from fur, wool, or other fibres without felting, and to utilize in the manufacture fibres of shorter staple than can be used in felting. For this purpose the fibres are mixed with stiffening- material, the mixture is shaped into a hat, and is then heated under pressure to melt the stiffening-material and cause the fibres to adhere to each other. The stiffening - material may be in the form of powder, or may be deposited on the fibres from a solution. The bodies may be shaped on the perforated form B by placing in the vessel A a quantity of fibres, either with or without the stiffening-material, and then causing a continuous stream of water to flow through the vessel from the inlet G to the outlet D.
Patent GB-190202131-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Illuminants such as are used for Making Candles and the like.
Inventor: LEWY JULIUS
Filed: 1902-01-27
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 2131. Lewy, J. Jan. 27. Candles; night-lights.-Alcohol is added to the illuminants used in making candles and the like, such as fats, paraffin, ceresine, stearic or palmitic acid, or mixtures thereof.
Patent GB-190206832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Line Guides for Fishing Rods.
Inventor: CATTLEY EDWARD CONYINGHAM
Filed: 1902-03-20
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 6832. Cattley, E. C., Cattley, E. M., and Cattley, E. C. March 20. Rod fittings.- Rod rings A are made with a bent spring shank B, which enters the socket D and locks with a slot F. By fitting sockets on opposite sides of the rod, the latter may be reversed.
Patent GB-190208297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps
Inventor: ARNOLD GEORGE EDMUND
Filed: 1902-04-09
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 8297. Arnold, G. E. April 9. Steam traps.-Two collecting vessels or compartments c, d, which may be formed by dividing the drum a into two compartments by the partition b, are adapted to be alternately filled and emptied in such manner as to oscillate the vessels or compartments and to control the valve, Fig. 3, which puts the vessels c, d into communication alternately with the pipe i to be drained and the discharge pipej. The tubular control valve has a port k at one end and two ports l at the other end, while the compartments c, d have each ports k<1>, l<1> to correspond with the ports k, l. Stuffing- glands are arranged in conjunction with the plugs i<1>, j<1>, and the casing or shell g is mounted upon antifriction rollers h.
Patent GB-190209536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Making Anhydrous Sulphuric Acid.
Inventor: DAUB CARL
Filed: 1902-04-24
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 9536. Daub, C., and Deuther, J. C. April 24. Sulphuric anhydride.- Apparatus for making sulphuric anhydride by the contact process consists of a column formed of alternate sections A,B, through which the gases, sulphurous - a c i d and oxygen, are passed from above downwards The sections A are packed with a large number of small perforated iron boxes M contairing platinized asbestos as the contact material. The alternate smaller sections B contain vertical tubes L for the passage of the gases downwards, and also perforated horizontal tubes H, I, one or more of which enter from opposite sides and extend nearly across the compartments. By means of these tubes, a stream of hot gases from a heater F, or cold air from the atmosphere, is passed through the sections for the purpose of regulating the temperature within the column, as required to obtain the best results. The passage of the hot gases or cold air is regulated by dampers a, b, b<1>, K.
Patent GB-190211109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Motor Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: PACK MANUEL JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-05-14
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 11,109. Pack, M. J. May 14. Brakes.-Relates to band brakes for motor cars and other vehicles, and comprises also operating- mechanism by which two brakes on separate wheels may be simultaneously and equally applied. The brake, Fig. 2, is composed of an elastic band 1 surrounding a pulley 2 fixed to the wheel hub and enclosed by a casing 10, which limits its expansion when released and prevents it from slipping off sideways. Either one end, or both ends, of the brake band is furnished with teeth engaging with pinions, by the rotation of which the band can be tightened or slackened. The mechanism for applying two brakes is shown in Fig. 3. A short shaft with an arm 20 is supported in a bearing in one of the brake casings 10 and carries the actuating-pinion for that brake, and its end is bored to receive the end of a second shaft 18 with an arm 21, which shaft carries the actuating-pinion 6 for the other brake. The two arms 20, 21 are connected by a metal cord 22 passing freely through an eye 24 in a pedal lever. As the cord passes through an eye, an equal pull can be put on both brakes.
Patent GB-190211578-A (GB)
Title: A Cold-storage Safe
Inventor: RUEFENACHT JOHANN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1902-05-21
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 11,578. R³fenacht, J. F. May 21. Refrigerators.-A cold storage safe l is provided at the top with an ice-box b, which is perforated at the two sides and at the rear inclined end C. Between the front end and the wall of the safe is a passage for the ascending heated air, and another passage d is provided for a like purpose in the wall of the safe. The heated air thus ascending enters the box b, where it gets cooled, and again passes through the perforations into the safe. A perforation k at the top is covered by a valve e, which may be lifted to permit the escape of foul air, and the admission of fresh air. In a modification, the ice-box extends from the top to the bottom of the safe along the middle.
Patent GB-190214372-A (GB)
Title: Signal Indicator for Tramway Cars, Railway Vehicles and the like, and for Advertising or other purposes.
Inventor: NELSON ANDREW SCLANDERS
Filed: 1902-06-25
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 14,372. Nelson, A. S., and Stewart, A. June 25. Indicators, route, for vehicles.-A signal indicator for railway and tramway vehicles and the like, particularly applicable as a destination indicator, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Inside a suitable metal case A is the ribbon C, bearing appropriate names or characters, carried by the vertical rollers B, round which it is wound and traversed in front of a glazed opening in the case by means of the electromotor G. The motor pulley F gears with the cord E, which passes round pulleys on the rollers B, and the motor is supplied by current from a battery within the rollers or within the case. Single guide-pulleys or pairs of pulleys are provided for the ribbon, and electric lamps J are arranged at the back of the ribbon. Coloured lenses K, supported on the upper plate L, pivoted at l, may be brought in front of a lamp by pulling on a cord. In the modified arrangement sbown in Figs. 5 and 6, the series of ribbons C are stretched between the vertical slats C', and are pulled by the cords P, the ribbons being wound upon spring rollers B. In other modifications, the ribbon is endless, and passes round driving and guide rollers arranged at the back of the case, as well as round the end rollers. The apparatus may be worked by clockwork, by hand, or the like. Hand driving- gear comprises two spur-wheels or parallel shafts, one shaft carrying the hand-lever, the other a grooved pulley round which passes the driving- cord. According to the Provisional Specification, the apparatus may be worked automatically by a suitable lever on the moving vehicle engaging with a projection placed on the track.
Patent GB-190215104-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tin Opener.
Inventor: SHUKER TOM
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 15,104. Shuker, T., and Armitage, S. B. July 7. Cans, opening.-A. lever device for cutting open tins is characterized by the eccentric point band the rotatable peripheral cutter e adapted to slide along the lever.
Patent GB-190216981-A (GB)
Title: Combined Sounding Telegraph and Telephone.
Inventor: NORDEN CARL
Filed: 1902-07-31
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 16,981. NordÚn, C., and Andersson, A. H. July 31. Telegraphs ; telephones ; telegraph and telephone calls. - Telephones are constructed with a permanent magnet d, soft iron cores b, primary winding p in the circuit of a battery c, and secondary winding s in the line circuit L', L<2>. The diaphragm m has a contact-piece m<1>adapted to make contact with the contact-piece f. When the battery key k is depressed, the diaphragm is set in vibration, and the receiving-instrument gives out a loud note, which can be utilized as a call signal or for phonetic telegraphy. The instruments operate also as telephones in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190218419-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Moulding Flower Pots and like Articles
Inventor: MARY LOUIS
Filed: 1902-08-21
Granted: 1902-11-06
Abstract: 18,419. Mary, L. Aug. 21. Moulding flower pots &c.-A mould is arranged to slide on vertical guide-rods, and is connected by chains x to crank-pins z on discs on a spindle y rotated continuously by worm gearing from a shaft h driven by the main shaft a. The core b is caused to rotate continuously at the same height by bevel gearing, and the mould, with the clay, is moved up to it, and falls again by its own weight. The article is ejected from the mould by a loose bottom k mounted on a spindle s formed with a helical groove. A pin or key inserted in the groove causes the spindle to rotate as it slides up and down. The core may be grooved in various ways to facilitate the, escape of air, and the rim of the core may be formed with cutting-edges to shave off surplus material from the rim of the article. When tough coherent material is employed, a cutter 5, Fig. 7, is fixed to a vertical sliding block 6 pressed down by a spring 8 to an extent limited by a stop-pin 7. Surplus material escapes through inclined passages l in the mould.
Patent GB-190219274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Railway Points or Switches.
Inventor: WATTS WALTER
Filed: 1902-09-02
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 19,274. Watts, W. Sept. 2. Points and switches, railway. Consists in forming a rounded projection at the thick end of the blade joint, this rounded part working as a pivot within corresponding sockets in the fishplate and heel block, so as to allow the block to be operated easily, and in a true radial manner. Fig. 1 is a cross sectional elevation on the line 1-2 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view on the line 3-4 of Fig. 1, a being the stock rail, and b the lead rail. The lead rail is held in position by the fishplate extensions j, k. The heel block g is further held at its head by the pivot d and stock rail a, as shown in Fig. 1. The pivot blade c is shown in detail in Fig. 3, and as applied to a practical case in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190222458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras and Film Rolls therefor.
Inventor: ACRES BIRT
Filed: 1902-10-15
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 22,458. Acres, B. Oct. 15. Roller slides; sensitized films; cameras.-Relates to a method of making and of reading the indicating marks on the films of roller slides. The numbers and division marks are made on the back of the film itself close to one edge. These numbers &c. are read through a window c, in the back d of the camera. To prevent access of light to other parts of the film a, a bellows e is mounted over the aperture, the front of the bellows consisting of a spring b which presses against the film.