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Patent GB-189604722-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Lighting Fires by the Flame of "Sprayed" Oil.
Inventor: CHARLTON THOMAS
Filed: 1896-03-02
Granted: 1896-12-24
Abstract: 4722. Charlton, T. March 2. Blow-lamps for lighting fires in stoves and fire places. A standard A carries a vertically-adjustable tube B, provided with a transverse partition F and a bracket D, for supporting an oil reservoir E. An air-compressing pump is connected to a pipe G, which opens into an annular space surrounding a pipe T for conveying oil to a burner U. The pump shown comprises a valved piston J attached to a tubular rod K provided with a handle P. The air passes through an opening S in the casing C of the pump, and then through an aperture L in the rod K, past the valves N, H, and through the pipe G and thence into a reservoir E, forcing the oil along the tube T ; or the air may pass along the annular space around the tube, and draw the oil to the burner.
Patent GB-189702210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Filtering or Straining Milk, Coffee, and the like.
Inventor: WATSON CHARLES ROBERT
Filed: 1897-01-27
Granted: 1898-01-01
Abstract: 2210. Watson, C. R. Jan. 27. Milk strainers.- Relates to apparatus for straining liquids, and primarily intended for straining milk. The milk is poured into an ordinary funnel A, which may be fitted with a course strainer B. A receptacle C fits upon the end of the funnel A, and supports by means of a pipe D a vessel E having a cover F fitted with fine gauze or other strainer G, so that the milk flows through the said strainer in an upward direction and falls into a churn or other receptacle below. A squeegee K, operated by a rod passing through the side of the cover F, may be arranged to clear the under surface of the strainer when required. The apparatus may be made so that it can be attached to the spout of a coffee or tea pot.
Patent GB-189705618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Internal Combustion Engines Working with Liquid Hydro-carbons and Air.
Inventor: BOWDEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-03-03
Granted: 1898-02-26
Abstract: 5618. Bowden, W., and Urquhart, R. J. March 3. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-A. vaporizer for oil engines consists of a zig-zag pipe e inside a cylindrical chamber a having removable ends a<1> and connecting-pipes for passing through it the exhaust gases from the engine. Air and liquid hydrocarbon are admitted through a spring-controlled valve g and pass downwards through the heated pipes e to the pipe h which leads the vaporized mixture to the cylinder admission valve. A hinged cover d' is fitted below, and, when starting, this cover is opened and the vaporizer heated up by a lamp i, the engine being started by hand, after which the waste heat of the exhaust gases is utilized to maintain the temperature.
Patent GB-189713029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pails and Buckets.
Inventor: GOLLOP HERBERT
Filed: 1897-05-27
Granted: 1898-01-22
Abstract: 13,029. Gollop, H., and Baker, J. May 27. Buckets and pails.- Buckets and pails are made with a flat part A so as to stand more securely on stairs and steps or against a wall. A weight may be affixed to the top edge of the pail to unbalance it to facilitate filling by dipping overboard on ships &c.
Patent GB-189719995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Effecting Magnetic Transmissions.
Inventor: ENGISCH GUSTAV
Filed: 1897-08-31
Granted: 1898-08-13
Abstract: 19,995. Engisch, G., and Konig, T. Aug. 31. Signals, magnetic and indicator or visible.-A rod of loadstone or magnetic iron or steel is divided transversely into two equal parts, which are then placed together, end to end, and magnetized. The parts are then separated and used to form two corresponding sympathetic magnetic needles such as are shown in Fig. 1. Each needle consists of one of the magnetized parts e<1>, and a pointer e<2> of brass, and is mounted in a casing a above an aluminium disc and dial d. The dial is supported by an ebonite cylinder c on one or two zinc plates b. The apparatus may be employed, with or without a call-bell, for transmitting signals, either needle serving as a transmitter and the other as a receiver. The transmitting needle is moved over its dial to the desired letter or sign, and produces a corresponding movement in the receiver. The apparatus may also be employed for making and breaking an eletric circuit for firing shots in mines, or for starting and stopping machinery at a distance &c.
Patent GB-189720762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: SCHOENEBERGER FRANZ
Filed: 1897-09-09
Granted: 1897-12-04
Abstract: 20,762. Schoeneberger, F. Sept. 9. Drawings to Specification, Steam pumps.-Relates to the distributing-valves of the motor cylinder and to the pump valves and gear therefor in a direct-acting pumping-engine. The valves are lodged in transversely - disposed chambers, and are a variety of cylindrical or piston slide with an angular as well as a rectilinear movement. The latter component of the motion is given by tappet gear direct from the main pistonrod, and through the medium of suitable cavities in the valve effects a distribution of the motive agent in the valve-chest that produces the requisite endwise reciprocation of the valve. By this movement certain cavities are brought into use, through which the pressure fluid entering or leaving by the pipe passes to or from one or other end of the cylinder by the passages ; while exhaust or suction takes place from the opposite end through the corresponding passage and a tubular cavity.
Patent GB-189722121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Aromatic Aldehydes.
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
Filed: 1897-09-27
Granted: 1898-10-27
Abstract: 22,121. Ellis, G. B., [Soc. Chimique des Usines du Rh¶ne anciennement Gilliard, P. Monnet, et Cartier]. Sept. 27. Aldehydes.-Aromatic aldehydes are produced by direct oxidation of the methyl group in aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene or the xylenes, or substitution derivatives thereof, such as chloro- or nitro-toluene. The process consists in slowly stirring freshly-precipitated manganese dioxide or Weldon mud into a moderately-heated mixture of a large excess of a hydrocarbon, or a derivative thereof, and sulphuric acid. When the reaction is completed the aldehyde and unaltered original compound are distilled off and are subsequently separated by known processes. The methyl ether of p-cresol is also converted into an aldehyde by this process, but o-cresol derivatives do not yield aldehydes.
Patent GB-189722138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for use in Making Bicycle Nipples and similar articles.
Inventor: MORSE ARTHUR JACOB
Filed: 1897-09-27
Granted: 1898-03-05
Abstract: 22,138. Morse, A. J. Sept. 27. Milling.- Machines for use in manufacturing nipples for bicycle spokes and other articles are constructed with an intermittently-rotated disc G with chambers for the nipples &c: which are successively carried to the squaring - cutters I, to the nicking- cutter N, and to an ejecting-device for pushing the nipples &c. out of the disc G. The shaft G<1> is rotated intermittently b y a pawl J<1>, engaging a ratchet-wheel J, and operated by a roller k<1> carried by an arm on the shaft D acting on a bell-crank lever K. The shaft G is held stationary while the J, the spaces between cutters are in action by a projection on a lever p<1> engaging the ratchet-wheel J, the spaces between the teeth being preferably square so as to lock the shaft- G<1> in position. The lever p' is operated to release the wheel J by a cam on the shaft D. The cutters I, mounted on a shaft I' driven by a pulley I<11>, act upon nipples 90‹ apart in the disc G so as to form the square part of the nipple &c. The spindle I' is divided in the centre, so that either end may be removed independently. The outer ends of the spindle are supported by brackets m, and the inner ends overlap one another and a flat bar l between, which passes through the pulley I<11>. The rotating cutters I, N are carried in slides B, C advanced by cams F<1>, D<1>. To hold the nipples and prevent them from turning while being operated upon, their heads bear against a spring plate h<1> adjustable by screws i<1> on a segment of a disc h carried by a curved bracket H. The pin for pushing the nipples out of the disc G is attached to and moves with the slide B. The various cam-actuated slides and levers are returned by springs.
Patent GB-189722268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combination Machine Tools.
Inventor: SHANN MONTAGUE HERBERT CHURCHI
Filed: 1897-09-28
Granted: 1898-09-24
Abstract: 22,268. Shann, M. H. C. Sept. 28. Planing and shaping; slotting; Lathes; milling; boring and drilling.-Relates to a machine tool which can be used for planing, turning, boring, milling, slotting, shaping, and drilling. The machine resembles an ordinary planing-machine, but the bridge or cross-slide D is preferably provided with trunnions D', D<2>, so that it can be rotated or adjusted to any angle on the standards C, C', by hand, or automatically through worm gearing D<6>, D<7>. The end D<3> of the cross-slide is formed with a flange D<4> bearing on three sides, as shown, in a frame H formed with slides H<4>, H<5> vertically movable on the uprights C<2>, C<3> of the standard C<1>. The slide H<4> bears against the upright C<2> on all its surfaces, while the slide H<5> and the slide G' carrying the trunnion D<1> are free, on two sides, from contact with the upright C<3> and standard C' respectively. The cross-slide D and the slides G', H', H<5> are counterbalanced so that the cross-slide D may be reciprocated by a single screw D<5>. The carriage E, which can be traversed along the cross-slide D by a screw D<8>, is fitted at its lower part against the four surfaces D<12>, D<13>, D<14>, D<15> on the slide D, and at its upper part against the two surfaces D<10>, D<11> only. The vertical slide F, on which a tool carrier can be secured, is capable of being reciprocated in the carriage E by a screw J fixed at F<5> to the slide and driven from a shaft D<9> through the gearing D<16>, E<9>, shaft E<2>, and bevel gearing E'‹, E<11>, E<12> with reversing-clutch. The screw J engages a split nut J<1> in the carriage. The slide F may be given a feed motion by disengaging the nut J<1>, and throwing a split nut F<8> into gear with a screw K rotated through gearing K<3>, K<3> from a shaft K<4> driven in any suitable manner. The slide F is fitted with a spindle J<3> for milling, drilling, &c., supported in cone bearings. The ordinary sliding table A may be fitted with a removable table B which can be rotated. The various parts of the machine may be actuated automatically.
Patent GB-189806259-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Time and Instantaneous Roller-blind Shutter for Photographic Purposes.
Inventor: JONES CLARENCE
Filed: 1898-03-15
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 6259. Jones, C. March 15. Shutters.-Relates to a roller blind shutter with mechanism for giving time or rapid exposures. The blind is drawn from the roller B on to a spring roller A in the usual way. On the prolongation of the axis of the roller B is a pin H which, when the shutter is set, catches on a projection G on the lever F. When the lever F is pulled away from the side of the shutter, the pin H is released. It then catches on a projection I on a bell crank K, and throws a second projection J into the path of H by lateral displacement of the lever F. The projection J holds the shutter open till the lever F is released and returns to its original position. For rapid exposures, the stop J is removed from the path of H by turning the bell crank. The shutter is set by pulling a cord passing round a pulley on the roller B.
Patent GB-189808377-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Printing or Cementing Cards and the like, and Affixing Samples, Patterns, Specimens, or Pieces of Cloth, Paper, Paint and other substances thereto.
Inventor: CHALLIS JAMES
Filed: 1898-04-07
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 8377. Challis, J. April 7. Cementing.-Pattern cards and the like are cemented in definite places by means of a printing-block, and the patterns are then attached to the cemented spaces by means of an apparatus as shown in the Figure. The card is placed, f a c e downwards, on a block A, having channels containing the patterns, which are attached by means of spring plungers B operated by a treadle E or otherwise. The card is held in place by a lid F.
Patent GB-189814199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ammonia and Ammonium Chloride and certain Bye-products.
Inventor: CRYER THOMAS
Filed: 1898-06-27
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 14,199. Cryer, T., [trading as Deanhead Chemical Co.]. June 27. Ammonia; ammonium chloride.-Dolomite is decomposed by hydrochloric acid, a mixture of magnesium and calcium chlorides being obtained. The chlorides, (or a solution of magnesium chloride otherwise obtained), are heated with a paste of slaked lime, or of slaked magnesian lime, or of a mixture of both, whereby insoluble magnesium hydrate and a solution of calcium chloride are obtained. After separation, the magnesium hydrate may be distilled with ammonium sulphate to obtain free ammonia and magnesium sulphate ; and the calcium-chloride solution may be also treated with ammonium sulphate, to obtain ammonium chloride and calcium sulphate. Or another chloride, such as of zinc, may be mixed with the calcium chloride in the latter case, to obtain a mixed ammonium and zinc chloride in addition to the calcium sulphate.
Patent GB-189817087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Refining Oils.
Inventor: EKENBERG MARTIN
Filed: 1898-08-08
Granted: 1898-09-10
Abstract: 17,087. Ekenberg, M. Aug. 8. Fatty oils, purifying. In refining fatty oils by saponification of the free fatty acids, a solution of an alkaline hydrate in commercial glycerine is employed. It is stated that the presence of the glycerine makes the soap produced separate more readily, and that it also has the property of absorbing more of the colouring-matter present.
Patent GB-189819082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pockets or Receptacles for Watches or the like.
Inventor: WALLAS IRWIN CLARKE
Filed: 1898-09-07
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 19,082. Wallas, I. C. Sept. 7. Pockets for waistcoats and o t h e r garments are constructed to prevent watches or o t h e r articles attached to chains from being snatched from the pocket by a pull on the chain. The chain cl is passed into the pocket a through a hole c which is smaller than the object attached to the chain. The welt b of the pocket a is extended upwards on one side to facilitate examination of the watch or other article attached to the chain.
Patent GB-189820206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ozonisers.
Inventor: ANDREOLI EMILE
Filed: 1898-09-23
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 20,206. Andreoli, E. Sept. 23. Ozone.-An ozonizer consists of a glass tube a, coated internally with metal foil or deposited metal, or with a thin layer of a metallic or carbon powder, and surrounded externally at about one millimetre distance by metal rings c', connected by slotted longitudinal bars c<3>. The distance is maintained by providing the tube with enlargements a<1> on which some of the rings c<1> rest. The internal coating and external rings are connected with an induction coil ; or the internal coating may be unconnected, the tube being closed and exhausted, and provided with an independent electrode b connected with the coil. The invention is a modification of that described in Specification No. 21,707, A.D. 1893. Modifications are referred to. The rings c<1> may be serrated on their inner edges, and may be supported at the desired distance from the tube by making a few of the teeth longer. Wire or other electrodes may be used instead of the rings. In exhausted tubes the internal coatings may be replaced by any form of metal electrodes, light being then produced in the tubes.
Patent GB-189824904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Straining Paper Pulp.
Inventor: BEAUMONT WILLIAM WORLY
Filed: 1898-11-25
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 24,904. Beaumont, W. W. Nov. 25. Strainers.-Relates to improvements on the inventions described in Specifications No. 9953, A.D. 1892, and No. 20,148, A.D. 1893. The vat 1, pivoted at one end at 3, and supported at the other end by a crank rod 17 which gives an up and down movement to it, is provided with a strainer 19, and with a diaphragm 21, which receives a vibratory movement. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the vibratory movement is given by means of weighted arms 26 on a rotating shaft 25 mounted on brackets 24 depending from the diaphragm, which is supported by springs 22. In modifications, the vat is differently mounted ; the springs 22, instead of being in direct connection with the diaphragm, support the brackets 24, which may be pivoted to the diaphragm ; there may be two diaphragms, and two screens, with a pulp channel between them ; and there may be two vibratory shafts, or the vibration may be effected by cams or eccentrics.
Patent GB-189901931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Mode of Manufacturing "Unions" for Connecting Teats to Feeding Bottles and the like.
Inventor: STOCKER ALEXANDER RICHMOND
Filed: 1899-01-27
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 1931. Stocker, A. R. Jan. 27. Clip and sleeve joints; couplings, disconnectible.-Relates to the construction and manufacture of unions for attaching the teats of feeding-bottles, " soothers," &c. The union a', Fig. 7, is formed with three beads, the end bead b, which receives the teat, being larger than the other two. The teat is held in position by the shield and a rubber washer, the latter being sprung into the space between the shield and the central bead. The aperture in the shield is made sufficiently large to enable it to be placed over the smaller beads, but not over the bead b.
Patent GB-189908325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Railways Working on the Surface Contact System.
Inventor: LUNDELL ROBERT
Filed: 1899-04-20
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 8325. Lundell, R. April 20. Electric railways on a surface contact system with relay s w i t c h e s operated by magnets on the vehicle. Switches; conductors. - The field between long pole-pieces N, S on the vehicle excited by a battery acts on a magnetic switch arm N' in a closed box D to complete a low-potential circuit from the conductor F' through the coil M'. This coil completes the circuit at c<1>, c' from the main conductor F to the exposed road contacts or sectional conductors B. The rails are used as return for both currents.
Patent GB-189910042-A (GB)
Title: Appliance for Waving or Curling Hair.
Inventor: SCHROEDER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-12
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 10,042. Schroeder, F. W., and Moran, P. W. May 12. Hair curling and crimping appliances.-Two trough-shaped arms a, with projections b on n their edges, and two straight arms or wires c are pivoted together at d and are held closed by a loop f or stud fastening. The projections b on one arm are opposite spaces on the other.
Patent GB-189914784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Stays and Corsets.
Inventor: RAETHE ALBERT
Filed: 1899-07-18
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 14,784. Rõthe, A. July 18. Corsets are made in four parts a, b, c, d, Fig. 1, laced together. The fastenings are arranged on small plates h, which are riveted directly into the corset fabric. The covering-strips for the stiffeners are provided with fastenings l at their lower ends so that they can be unfastened at this part to allow of the withdrawal or introduction of a stiffener.
Patent GB-189917116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Toilet Paper Holders.
Inventor: WHEELER SETH
Filed: 1899-08-23
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 17,116. Wheeler, S. Aug. 23. Paper holders.-The sheets of paper H are suspended from a wire M in the case A, and are pressed by the spring G against the fluted roller D. The rounded part B of the case is cut away so that portions of the roller are exposed. The exposed portions are fluted so that the roller can be turned by hand when required. The top h of each sheet H is reduced, by cutting away the sides or otherwise, so that, when one sheet is withdrawn, the roller D acts on the parts h<1> of the next and pulls it downwards. When therefore a sheet is removed, a portion of the next sheet protrudes from the slot in the bottom of the holder. An indicator, consisting of a knob K connected with an arm L, is mounted on the top of the holder. The amount of paper in the holder determines the extent to which the knob K can be moved.
Patent GB-189918087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Lamp Chimneys.
Inventor: LECOMTE AUGUSTE
Filed: 1899-09-07
Granted: 1899-11-04
Abstract: 18,087. Lecomte, A. Sept. 7. Chimneys. - To prevent the flame from being cooled by the supply of more air than is necessary for combustion, a mica, glass, or other ring B is supported within the chimney A by a rib or recess R, and deflects the air supply as indicated by the arrows 1, 2, 3. In chimneys for use with globes, the ribs or recesses are preferably arranged so as not to project beyond the adjacent parts.
Patent GB-189918441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Flue Cutters and the like.
Inventor: HENRIKSON BERNHARDT
Filed: 1899-09-12
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 18,441. Henrikson, B. Sept. 12. Pipe-severing machines.-A machine for severing flues or smoke-tubes, such as those of a locomotive boiler, is shown in Fig. 2. A suitable rotary motor is connected either directly or by means of a pipe to the tube E, which has an extension F fitted to enter the end of the flue as far as a stop R. The motive fluid, after passing through and rotating the motor, enters the tube E, and passing through a hole Q into a cylinder L pushes forward the piston K. The piston carries a roller J, which depresses the end of a lever G pivoted at W so as to raise the opposite end and its cutter H, which severs the flue as the machine rotates. A ring T running on ball bearings supports the end of the machine in the flue.
Patent GB-190003343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraphic Transmitting Receiving and Translating Arrangements.
Inventor: MUIRHEAD ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-02-20
Granted: 1901-05-20
Abstract: 3343. Muirhead, A. Feb. 20. Telegraphs. - Relates to improvements in the arrangements of receiving and retransmitting siphon-recorder signals by local relay and other electrical and mechanical means for curbing and otherwise improving such signals. Fig. 3 shows diagrammatically the arrangement of the receiver coil d and its contact tongue or siphon h, which is vibrated through an armature k and is shown resting on a vibrating divided contact u. The contact u is shown in various forms, such as a divided vibrating plate with or without oblique divisions ; an obliquely-divided rotating cylinder in two or more parts with or without a central zero division ; a cylinder having cams for pressing the arm into contact with either of its stops ; and a built-up cylinder having the various sections connected by resistances, this form being used to give a bridge action. References are made to the following Specifications in various modifications and details, No. 3453, A.D. 1862, No. 3413, A.D. 1893, No. 10,908, A.D. 1897, No. 12,731, A.D. 1898, No. 7525, A.D. 1899, and No. 11,069, A.D. 1894. Fig. 4 shows one arrangement of the circuits in which the signals are retransmitted to the cable 2 by means of the split battery 5, 6. 8 is a relay arranged in the retardation circuit to control the curbing-currents through contacts 10 and 11. Ordinary post-office standard pattern relays may be employed, and a recorder may be placed in the retardation circuit. In other forms, the coil d is double-wound, one coil being in the retardation circuit. In another modification, two coils may be arranged in series, the second one controlling a third coil with a friction-mounted lever, this coil being supplied with a vibratory alternating current.