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Patent GB-189704902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distilling and Rectifying Processes and in Apparatuses therefor.
Inventor: GUILLAUME EMILE
Filed: 1897-02-23
Granted: 1898-03-23
Abstract: 4902. Guillaume, E. Feb. 23. Distilling spirits.-Relates to apparatus for the continuous distillation and rectification of spirits. The liquor to be distilled is preliminarily heated in the vessel 2 by the waste liquids from the columns 1 and 21, and then flows through the pipe 3 into the columnar still 1 wherein it is distilled by steam supplied through the pipe 4, and the supply of steam is regulated by the vapour pressure in the still acting on a float in a regulator 5 which operates the steam valve through levers a. The vapours pass through a separator 26 into the centre of a rectifying-column 27, wherein the 'ethers' or head products are distilled off and pass through a condenser 30 to a refrigerator 45, the supply of cold water through the pipe 34 to the condenser 30 being regulated by the vapour pressure in the condenser acting on a float regulator 39. The alcohol which descends the column 27 flows through the pipe 49 into a second rectifier 21, wherein the alcohol is distilled off and passes through the condenser 32 to the refrigerator 54, the condenser 32 being fitted with a regulator 39<1> similar to the regulator 39. In the column 21 the oils' or tail products which descend the shelves of the column 21 pass out of the column at the shelf 56 through the pipe 57 into a reservoir 58 wherein the oils rise to the surface and are drawn off, while the other liquid flows back through the pipe 61 to the shelf 62 of the column 21. The main feed to the still 1 through the pipe 3 may be regulated by the amount of alcohol present in the vapours at the shelf 62 of the column 21, these vapours passing partly through a pipe 72 into a condenser 73 in which is a float regulator 76 which acts on the valve 77 in the pipe 3, and as the amount of condensation, and therefore also the position of the float, varies with the amount of alcohol present in the vapours, the supply is regulated accordingly. The supply of steam through the pipe 86 to the column 21 is also regulated by a float regulator 80, which is operated by the vapour pressure in the column 21. Various forms of shelves for the columns are described. In a modification, the column 27 may be placed directly above the still 1, or an additional rectifier for ageing the spirit may be placed in this position. A column consisting of inclined shelves with stepped channels for distilling thick washes is also described. The small draw-off testing-devices 48, 70, &c. are constructed to prevent waste of alcohol.
Patent GB-189708344-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Means for Brazing Joints.
Inventor: CROWTHER DAVID
Filed: 1897-04-01
Granted: 1898-03-12
Abstract: 8344. Crowther, D. April 1. Brazing.-The brazing- metal and the flux are combined together in one piece, shaped as a ring, ferrule, sleeve, or strip, and applied directly into, on, over, or between the joint and then fused. The flux may be a dry powder enclosed in the folds of, or may form a film or coating on the surface of, the brazing-metal, or the brazing-metal may be perforated, indented, or in the form of gauze with the flux in the perforations or openings. Fig. 5 shows the method of brazing the tubes f, g to the ball-head lug e of a cycle. The combined brazing-metal and flux in the form of a ring a is held on the tubes f, g by the split wire ring d. When the ring a is fused in a vertical position, the brazing-metal flows down in the joint between the tube and the lug e.
Patent GB-189711996-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Smelting of Copper and Apparatus for that Purpose.
Inventor: DEER GEORGE
Filed: 1897-05-14
Granted: 1897-07-24
Abstract: 11,996. Deer, G. May 14. Metallurgical furnaces for use in treating copper or copper matt with air or steam. The chamber A, gas-producer C, regenerator B, and passages D, E, F are similar to those in the furnace described in Specifications Nos. 4644 and 20,083, A.D. 1889. A special chimney M, controlled by the damper N, is fitted over the chamber A for permitting the escape of gases during the operation.
Patent GB-189720522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Signalling Systems, applicable to "In" and "Out" Indicators and the like.
Inventor: OWEN EDWARD HOPSON
Filed: 1897-09-07
Granted: 1897-11-13
Abstract: 20,522. Owen, E. H., Williams, C. N., and Donaldson, F. H. Sept. 7. Signals, electric and indicator or visible; indicators, " engaged " and like.-Relates to a signalling system, applicable to 'in and out' indicators and the like, whereby a person can, by operating an electric contact at the entrance of a building, obtain information as to whether one or other of a number of persons in the building is 'in' or 'out' &c. A switch lever 24 is provided in each room &c, and the occupant when leaving or entering the room sets this lever on to the contact-stud 21, or the contactstud 22, thereby connecting up the battery 10 to the electromagnet 8 of the 'out' indicator 14, or to the electromagnet 7 of the 'in' indicator 13, mounted on the switchboard 1 at the entrance of the building &c. This switchboard is provided with push-buttons 2, 3, 4, 5, corresponding to the number of rooms, and opposite each button is marked the number of the corresponding room and the name of its occupant. When a person presses one of the buttons 2, 3, 4, 5, one or other of the magnets 7, 8 will be energized and will raise its indicator 13 or 14, showing whether the occupant of the room is 'in' or 'out.'
Patent GB-189725271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Top Bars or Trivets adaptable for Kitchen Fire Ranges.
Inventor: EGLIN WILLIAM PATERSON
Filed: 1897-11-01
Granted: 1897-12-11
Abstract: 25,271. Eglin, W. P. Nov. 1. Trivets or top-bars for kitchen ranges are formed of wrought iron, steel, or brass, instead of cast ron. Fig. 1 shows a plan view, and Fig. 2 a vertical section. The plate A is riveted to the hocked pieces C, and the right-angle pieces F are slotted so that the bolts H may secure them at the required position to properly fit the top bar E of the grate front.
Patent GB-189727908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprocket Wheels.
Inventor: CARVER GEORGE
Filed: 1897-11-27
Granted: 1898-01-08
Abstract: 27,908. Carver, G. Nov. 27. Chain-wheels for cycles, motor cars, &c. The disc A, provided with internally-screwed flanges a<1> and teeth C formed with noses c, is formed with recesses and fitted with balls or rollers between the noses. The balls are held up by rings screwed into the flanges a, and form a rolling and adjustable bed for the chain, the solid links whereof have V-grooves on their lower faces to fit over the balls. The rings are locked by screw pins e passing through the disc A. Prismatic blocks may be used instead of balls.
Patent GB-189729828-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Manufacture of Igniting-pills for Illuminating Gas.
Filed: 1897-12-16
Granted: 1898-10-22
Abstract: 29,828. J³rgens, E., J³rgens, J. F. C., and Automatic Universal Gaslighter. Dec. 16. Lighting gas.-Relates to a process of manufacturing "igniting-pills." Pills formed of pure silicious marl are heated red hot, and impregnated with platinic chloride until their weight is about doubled, the chloride being afterwards converted into platinum black by heating the pills in a current of pure dry hydrogen or water gas.
Patent GB-189801083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attachments for the Support of Horses' Nose Bags.
Inventor: HAMMERSLEY THOMAS JOHN
Filed: 1898-01-14
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 1083. Hammersley, T. J., and Flatman, T. Jan. 14. Nosebags, attaching.-The bag C is supported from the shafts or pole by hooking it to a pair of bars K, Fig. 4, or to a single curved bar I, Fig. 3, fitting into sockets on the shafts S or pole J.
Patent GB-189801601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Safety Razors.
Inventor: SILBERSTEIN ALBERT LYMAN
Filed: 1898-01-20
Granted: 1898-03-19
Abstract: 1601. Silberstein, A. L. Jan. 20. Drawings to Specification. Combination tools.-Relates to a safety razor. The end of the handle is formed as a screwdriver to be used in tightening the adjusting-screws in the frame.
Patent GB-189802976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bells for Bicycles and Horses.
Inventor: FRAINIER PIERRE
Filed: 1898-02-05
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 2976. Frainier, P., Frainier, A., and Frainier, A. Feb. 5. Velocipede and road-vehicle bells; animals, bells for; bell domes; bells, silencing.-The dome is formed of two stamped steel pieces A, B, welded together at C. The clapper D is suspended from a ring F, welded in at the top, the ring being attached to a band R for attachment to a horse or other domestic animal, bicycle, &c. A group of bells may be arranged to form a ringing collar. A chain &c. G, attached to the clapper rod and passing through the dome, may be held by a pivoted spring lever to silence the bell by holding the clapper against the dome. The latter may he suitably ornamented.
Patent GB-189810257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-cooling Apparatus.
Inventor: DAIMLER GOTTLIEB
Filed: 1898-05-05
Granted: 1899-03-25
Abstract: 10,257. Daimler, G. May 5. Cooling water. - The apparatus consists of a flat vessel a traversed by tubes b through which air is passed. It is especially applicable to explosion motors or motor cars, to which it is shown applied in Fig. 3. A fan d and a pump h are used for circulating the air and water.
Patent GB-189813733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Passenger, Cattle, and other Vessels.
Inventor: ROPNER EMIL HUGO OSCAR ROBERT
Filed: 1898-06-20
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 13,733. Ropner, E. H. O. R. June 20. Ships' hulls; ventilating; cattle ships.-Relates to the construction of gutters or channels for carrying off the moisture condensing on the walls of the trunk or upward extension of the hold in cattle, passenger, and cargo vessels of the Trunk type. The invention may be applied to vessels constructed as described in Specifications Nos. 10,680 and 10,954, A.D. 1895, and Nos. 3484 and 21,460, A.D. 1897. As shown in Fig. 1, the deck plates 1 are flanged and riveted to the beams 2, while curved plates 3 are also riveted to the beams and to the deck plating. The joint at 3* is caulked and cemented to make it water-tight. The water may be carried away from the channel thus formed by a pipe 5 or by a pipe running down the stanchion 6. The plate 1, instead of being flanged, may have an angle bar riveted to it to form the outer wall of the gutter. Various modifications are described in which the deck plates 1 are extended beyond the beams 2 to form the gutters. Others are described in which channels of wood or iron are secured to the beams 4 or to stanchions or pillars. The ventilating devices described in Specification No. 21,460, A.D. 1897, may be used with the drainage arrangements referred to above.
Patent GB-189818765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cleaning the Sieves of Sifting, Grading, and analogous Machines.
Inventor: STUBLEY CHARLES HESSEY
Filed: 1898-09-02
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 18,765. Stubley, C. H. Sept. 2. Sifting-surfaces, cleaning ; separating.-Relates to means for cleaning the sieves of grading- machinery or the meshes of purifiers &c. A rod A bearing the cleaning-brushes A<1> slides in guides in the sifting-box, and an extension C carries a pair of cylinders C' which are free to slide in the slotted guide D pivoted on a lever S which is itself pivoted at J. The lever S is oscillated by means of a pin H working in a slot in the lever and revolved by the worm F and worm-wheel E. The pivoted and slotted guide D enables the sifting- box to be oscillated transversely independently of the movements of the cleaning-brushes. Adjusting-screws enable the brushes to be approached more or less closely to the surface to be cleaned.
Patent GB-189822187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Dressing for Use in Preparing Cloths or Canvas for Making Waterproof Covers of all kinds such as Tarpaulins, Van Covers or Sheets, Railway Sheets, Drivers Aprons, Horse Loin Cloths, and other Articles.
Inventor: COUBRO THOMAS POTTER
Filed: 1898-10-21
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 22,187. Coubr¾, T. P. Oct. 21. Coated fabrics.-Relates to compositions for use in preparing waterproof covers, such as tarpaulins, van covers or sheets, railway sheets, drivers' aprons, horse loin cloths, &c. In Specifications No. 16,593, A.D. 1892, and No. 24,920, A.D. 1897, certain compositions containing non-oxidixing oil are described. According to the present invention, mineral oil of specific gravity between À880 and À920, or vaseline or the like, is mixed with powdered slate, fullers' or other earth, cement, vegetable or mineral black, or other colours, and other powdered materials. The paste thus prepared may be applied to the canvas &c. to be treated, and a dressing of tar, oxidizing-oil, or " patent dressing" applied afterwards, or the paste may be mixed with the dressing.
Patent GB-189823950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter or other Files and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: LLOYD HARRY LEWIS
Filed: 1898-11-14
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 23,950. Lloyd, H. L. Nov. 14. Filing papers.-Relates to files in which the part carrying the filing-wires is detachable from the body portion, so that they may be packed or stored separately. Fig. 4 shows a plan of the base piece. Fig. 6 shows a plan of a portion of the part containing the filing-wires. The base piece B is secured to the back of the ordinary body portion of the file by turning the clips b<2>, b<3> over the edge and passing the prong b<10> through a slot and bending back its end. The tapering edges a<5> of the part A carrying the filing-wires are slipped beneath the overhanging edges b<8> of the base piece B, and the clips b<1>, b<4> are turned down over the lugs a<2>, a<3>. Two modifications are described. In the first, the overhanging edges of the base piece are parallel, and stops are provided to fix the position of the part carrying the filing-wires. In the second, the part carrying the filing-wires is secured in place by clips which pass through slots in the body portion.
Patent GB-189824137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Goffering or Ironing Machines.
Inventor: BRADFORD WILLIAM LITLER
Filed: 1898-11-16
Granted: 1899-09-16
Abstract: 24,137. Bradford, W. L. Nov. 16. Goffering.- Relates to the construction of goffering-machines so that the upper roller may be raised from the lower without ceasing to rotate. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation. The upper roller y is rotated by means of the worm gearing l, m, and drives the lower roller k by frictional contact. The spindle f is connected to the stud e', which slides in the slot g<1>, and is raised by means of the rod e, connected to the lever d, operated from the treadle b.
Patent GB-189824607-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bearing for Shafs and like Axles.
Inventor: HOLLIER WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1898-11-22
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 24,607. Hollier, W. E. Nov. 22. Axle-boxes a n d other axle bearings. - Rollers F a r e mounted in recesses E in the brasses B, C. Air circulates through the spaces H, and keeps the bearings cool.
Patent GB-189824995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydro-carbon Burners.
Inventor: CROOK EDWIN ELLSWORTH
Filed: 1898-11-26
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 24,995. Crook, E. E., and Hunting, M. A. Nov. 26. Vapour burners. - The oil, which may be a heavy residue oil, passes from the reservoir A by the pipe A<1> to the vaporizing-chamber B, which is provided with internal heat-conducting baffles and flanges b, b<2>. The vapour is led by the pipe B<2> to the nozzle B<3> beneath the central mixing-tube B'. The mixed vapour and air burn at a ring of openings in the flanges C<1> of the conical spreader C. The flanged ring D can be raised by cams d so as to compel the flames to pass beneath it and to direct them downwards upon an oven &c. Vaporization is effected in the first instance by means of an asbestos wick G dipping into a recess e in the oil pan E and supplied with a limited quantity of oil through the pipe A'. The wick can be raised and lowered by an adjusting-rod g, and a hood H, with closable apertures for igniting purposes, surrounds the flame. When the burner is required to be started very quickly, the oil may be allowed to flood the bottom of the pan E, overflowing successively the annular ribs F'. The oil is then ignited in the pan as in the usual type of vapour burner.
Patent GB-189826527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulators for Electric Car Motors.
Inventor: MAXIM HIRAM STEVENS
Filed: 1898-12-15
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 26,527. Lake, H. H., [Maxim, H. S.]. Dec. 15. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to the automatic control or regulation of the motors on independently-propelled cars of an electric train. A rod E on each vehicle is geared to the controller arm 0, and is normally held in one position by the springs K and piston H in the cylinder G secured under the vehicle. The bore at the centre of the cylinder is enlarged to permit flow of fluid, and the reduced ends check the motion. The rods E are coupled throughout the train, so that forward or backward motion of any vehicle in relation to the others cuts off or increases the current by moving the controller O.
Patent GB-189827492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fastenings for Shoes, Gloves, and other Articles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1898-12-30
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 27,492. Boult, A. J., [Webber, G. S.]. Dec. 30. Fastenings, clasp. The sliding plate C is provided with guide-pieces, which engage similar guide-pieces A on the article to be fastened. The guide-pieces consist of wires so shaped that they form continuous guides S with projections S' for attachment. The projections may be passed through holes and clinched at the back, or they may be formed as loops and be attached by sewing. Suitable means are provided for securing the slide when drawn up, and for preventing it from becoming detached when drawn down.
Patent GB-189900503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Advertisement Frames adapted for use in Hotels.
Inventor: BELZON ELIE
Filed: 1899-01-09
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 503. Belzon, E., and Royer, P. Jan. 9. Electric clocks; alarms.-An advertisement frame for use in hotels is provided in the centre with an electric clock, which may be also used as an alarm, to attract attention to the advertisements. The advertisement clock is actuated by a clock which may be placed in the hotel office. The actuating-clock has a star-wheel P, which engages once a minute with a contact N to energize the electromagnets X of the advertisement clock. The electromagnets attract an armature, which has a pawl by which a ratchet-wheel on the minute-hand pinion is actuated. Inside the dial, and parallel with the hour-hand, is a flexible hand v forming part of the electric circuit of an alarm. If the occupant of the room desires to have the alarm operated at a certain hour, he puts a peg 0 in the desired hole of a series in the dial rim. The hand v, coming in contact with the peg, rings the alarm.
Patent GB-189902399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cooking Puddings and other Articles of Food by Steam.
Inventor: HILL GEORGE THOMAS
Filed: 1899-02-02
Granted: 1899-03-25
Abstract: 2399. Hill, G. T., [trading as Hill & Son, J.]. Feb. 2. Ovens or steam cooking-apparatus for puddings &c. A chamber B, shown in section, is lined with glazed bricks C and heated externally by the products of combustion, from the fireplace G, passing through the flues H, H<1>, H<2>, H<3>, H<4>. It is supplied with steam through a perforated pipe E, 'and the shelves F for supporting the articles are perforated.
Patent GB-189905039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Colouring-matters Containing Sulphur.
Filed: 1899-03-07
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 5039. Green, A. G., Meyenberg, A., and Clayton Aniline Co. March 7. Dyes, artificial.-Relates to dyes of the kind described in Specifications No. 21,832 and 22,460, A.D. 1898, and consists of the following modifications and extensions of the processes therein described, viz. :-(1) The diamines or amidophenols used as second components in the processes are replaced partly or wholly by aromatic amines, such as aniline, o-toluidine, dimethylaniline, m-toluidine, p-xylidine, o-anisidine, or alpha-naphthylamine ; phenols, such as phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, pyrocatechin, resorcin, guaiacol, or alpha-naphthol ; mono- or di-thiosulphonic acids of p-pbenylenediamine, p-amidophenol, or derivatives thereof. The order of operations may be varied ; the solution containing the thiosulphonic acids may be used directly for condensation with the second component ; or the formation of the thiosulphonic acid and its condensation with the second component may be effected simultaneously ; the two components may be oxidized together in presence of a thiosulphate; an indamine or indophenol may be produced from the two components and then caused to react with the thiosulphate; the indamine or indophenol may be reduced to a diphenylamine derivative, which is then oxidized in presence of a thiosulphate ; also sulphuretted hydrogen may be used in place of thiosulphuric acid, but no advantage is gained thereby. The reactions are carried out in the same general manner as in the prior Specifications, except that it is unnecessary to use a large excess of acid for effecting the final transformation. The quantity of thiosulphate employed may be varied from three or four molecular proportions to two or even one molecular proportion, the shade of the resulting dyestuff becoming darker as the proportion of thiosulphate employed increases, and monothiosulphonic acids or mixtures of mono- and di-thiosulphonic acids may be used instead of dithiosulphonic acids only. The products dye cotton from an alkaline sulphide both brown to indigo-blue and black shades of great fastness against alkalies, acids, soap, and air. Subsequent treatment of the material with chromic acid, or copper salts, increase the intensity and fastness of the shades.
Patent GB-189913147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor-cars.
Inventor: OPEL ADAM
Filed: 1899-06-24
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 13,147. Opel, A. June 24. Motor road vehicles.- A two-cylinder motor is used, the cylinders 6 and 7 driving a crank shaft which actuates pulleys 1 and 2 for the forward movement and 5 for reversing. The sprocketwheel 8, which actuates the driving - wheels, is driven by a chain from the pulley shaft. The straps for the high and low forward speeds are shifted by arms 15<a> and 15<b> pivoted at 17 and moved by a lever on a vertical shaft which is operated by a hand-wheel. The lever takes into cam slots in the arms, which slots are shaped so that the arms are moved separately. The clutch arrangement for the driving-wheels is shown in Fig. 3. The hub 14<c> of the sprocket-wheel 8 and the hubs of the wheels 11 run loosely on a central shaft on which sleeves 13 and 14 are splined. The hub 14<c> gears with the sleeves 14 by ratchet teeth, and the wheel hub and the sleeves 13 gear together in a similar way, but in the latter case the ratchet teeth are of less height than in the former. A spring is interposed between the sleeves 13 and 14, and an interval, intermediate in length between the heights of the sets of ratchet teeth, is left between them. When the vehicle is driven forwards the ratchet teeth gear together, aud when rounding a curve one wheel can over-run the other by pushing aside the corresponding sleeve 13. When the vehicle is driven backwards, the sleeves 14 are pushed aside by the hub 14<c>, but the teeth between the hub and sleeves cannot become disengaged since their height is greater than the interval between the sleeves 13 and 14. An electrical igniting-device is described, which includes an arrangement for regulating the period of ignition.