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Patent GB-189810615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Apparatus for Receiving the Charges for Telephone Conversations and Telegrams.
Inventor: ERICSSON LARS MAGNUS
Filed: 1898-05-09
Granted: 1898-06-25
Abstract: 10,615. Ericsson, L. M., and Ritter, S. May 9. Telephones; telegraphic apparatus. - Telephone call stations are provided with coin-freed apparatus so that a call can be sent to an exchange for either a through telephone connection or for the exchange operator to transmit a telegram received verbally. Fig. 1 shows the coin - freed apparatus. A shoot R<1>, slotted on its underside to reject too small coins, leads to a throat B<1> provided with pivoted insulated springs S<1>, S'. A coin closes the circuit between these springs, and enables the caller to make the necessary enquiries. If the through connection is clear, the caller pushes the knob k<1>, which allows the coin to pass down the shoot R' into the drawer B<2>, when it indicates the payment of the fee by sounding the bell K and signalling by the microphone m to the central station. If the through connection cannot be made, the caller presses the knob k<2>, when the coin is returned to him through the shoot R<3>. When coins of two values are to be used, two shoots and two gongs or bells are employed. The telephonic apparatus may be arranged either for calling only or for calling and being called. The clearing-out signal is sent by hanging up the telephone.
Patent GB-189810796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in India-rubber and like Balls.
Inventor: LORD EDITH EMILY
Filed: 1898-05-11
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 10,796. Lord, E. E. May 11. Balls.-India-rubber or the like balls are provided with a covering of tape or the like, crocheted or knitted on.
Patent GB-189810927-A (GB)
Title: Hot Air Bath for Medical Purposes.
Inventor: PHILLIPS RICHARD
Filed: 1898-05-13
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 10,927. Phillips, R. May 13. Baths, hot-air. A box A, lined with some non- conducting material and perforated at the top and bottom, has a current of hot air produced through it by a gas or other burner B. The limb of the patient is inserted by a side aperture guarded by a sleeve C.
Patent GB-189811882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knitted Fabrics.
Inventor: WATERFIELD JOHN
Filed: 1898-05-25
Granted: 1899-05-25
Abstract: 11,882. Waterfield, J., Badcock, W., and Edwards, H. B. May 25. Knitted fabrics.-The fabric is made up of warp threads a, unknitted weft threads b laid on one side of the warps, and knitted weft threads c. The loops c<1> of the threads c pass from front to back of the fabric, and lock the weft threads b in place. The threads c alternate with one or more threads b, and the loops c<1> are made between alternate pairs of warps, the loops breaking joint as shown, making a diagonal appearance on the face. The fabric may be made on the machine described in Specification No. 11,881, A.D. 1898.
Patent GB-189813409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement of a Boiler Combined with a Bath or a Sink or the like.
Inventor: MOULD WILLIAM DAVID
Filed: 1898-06-16
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 13,409. Mould, W. D. June 16 Water-heaters.-Reference is made to Specification No. 7917, A.D. 1896. The bath 5 shown in Fig. 1 is combined with a heater 6. The intermediate water chamber 7, provided above the fire, is covered by the perforated false bottom 8, which is removable, and may be made to cover the entire bottom of the bath. The casing 10 is made to receive a removable firegrate or bucket 11, which may be raised or lowered by means of the sliding grooves shown in Fig. 3 or by other means.
Patent GB-189814422-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Door Stop.
Inventor: HEYWOOD FREDERICK
Filed: 1898-06-30
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 14,422. Heywood, F., [trading as Tabberner & Co., T.]. June 30. Door stops. - Consists of an elastic material b, preferably a mixture of gelatine and glycerine, which is cast round a flanged core a of wood or the like. The core is screwed to the floor &c. In a modification, the' wooden core is replaced by metal discs or rings connected by rivets. Glucose and molasses may be substituted for glycerine.
Patent GB-189814517-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Acetylene-lamps for Bicycles.
Inventor: SCHROEDER HEINRICH FRIEDRICH A
Filed: 1898-07-01
Granted: 1898-12-03
Abstract: 14,517. Schr÷der, H. F. A., and Nehemias, M. J. July 1. Velocipede lamps.-The generation of acetylene gas is automatically controlled by the rise and fall of a floating carbide container e. When the cock d is opened, the escape of gas causes the container e to descend by gravity until water percolates through the small apertures i<1> and the felt disc h to the calcium carbide m, and generates sufficient gas to restore the equilibrium. Should the gas be generated faster than it is consumed, the container e continues to rise, and if the pressure therein becomes too great the gas escapes through the felt h, the aperture i<1>, the water, and the safety-valve b to the atmosphere. A cock j is provided for drawing off water from the chamber a, of which the cover a' can be hermetically closed by means of a binding-screw and a disc of india-rubber.
Patent GB-189821566-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Producing Circulation of Water Around the Cylinders of Gas-engines, Air-compressors, and the like.
Inventor: GIUSTI MIARI
Filed: 1898-10-13
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 21,566. Lake, H. H., [Miari Giusti & Co.]. Oct. 13. Raising liquids by aÙrating ascending column.- The cylinders A of air-compressors and gas engines are cooled by water jackets a, through which the water is made to flow to and from a tank B by the compressed air or gas from the compressor,.or the exhaust from the engine, entering the pipe s leading from the bottom of the tank B. In gas engines the part of the exhaust which is used is conveyed to a chamber C for producing a uniform flow of the products.
Patent GB-189900168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cases or Stands for Holding Razors, Knives, and the like.
Inventor: GRANGE WILLIAM D OYLY
Filed: 1899-01-04
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 168. Grange, W. D'O. Jan. 4. Razors.-A stand, as shown, fitted with a magnetic compass, is provided to support a razor in the magnetic meridian and under the influence of a magnet d lying in the stand and so preserve the edge. The stand may be contained in a box and the compass placed on top.
Patent GB-189905557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disappearing Targets.
Inventor: DOERR HERMANN
Filed: 1899-03-14
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 5557. Doerr, H., and Arens, R. March 14. Targets.-Hollow targets are made of mortar, gypsum, glass, earthenware, papier mÔchÚ, or other disintegrable water-tight material, and are filled with liquid and closed by plugs or stoppers c. When a target is struck, the internal fluid pressure shatters it into small fragments. Nicks or grooves are made in the target to cause it to break up into sections.
Patent GB-189907701-A (GB)
Title: A Two Manual Pianoforte with Pedals.
Inventor: MINNS JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1899-04-12
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 7701. Minns, J. E. April 12. Pianofortes.-The feature of the invention consists in the provision of a pedal and two manual claviers, so that organ music can be played. Each clavier has its separate set of strings. The strings E belonging to the upper clavier B, corresponding to the swell organ, are struck by hammers D, and are stretched over a front soundboard F, while those belonging to the lower clavier A, corresponding to the great organ, and to the pedal clavier R are struck by hammers D'. In Fig. 1, the strings E' appropriate to the manual A and the pedals, though forming distinct sets, are stretched over the same soundboard F<1>, situated at the back of the former one. In order to enable the strings E<1> to be readily tuned, their tuning-pins i pass through to the front of the instrument. The keys A operate the rear action through stickers J, back falls K, L, and stickers M. and the pedals R also operate stickers M through levers T. It will be seen that the rear ends of the levers L and T are split. This is an important feature of the invention, its object being to provide a resilient connection between the different parts of the action so as to compensate for unavoidable errors in adjustment. The same arrangement will be observed in the keys A and B, and the object may be attained by furnishing the keys or other parts with separate metal springs. Provision is made for coupling the claviers as in an organ, and a celeste action damper n and a swell box furnished with louvres o are used. Electric or pneumatic actions may be employed, and provision may be made for sustaining the notes.
Patent GB-189909115-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Removing Solids and Recovering Fats or Oils from the Waste Water of Sinks or from other Waste Liquids.
Inventor: ASHDOWN JAMES
Filed: 1899-05-01
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 9115. Ashdown, J. May 1. Drawings to Specification. Strainers.-An apparatus for use in removing solids and recovering fats or oils from the waste water from sinks, or from sheep or wool washing or like operations, comprises a tank fitted upon a settling-tank and provided with a perforated and removable false bottom.
Patent GB-189909893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Excavating.
Inventor: WHITAKER THOMAS
Filed: 1899-05-10
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 9893. Whitaker, T. May 10. Cranes.-The apparatus, shown in side elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively, is intended for excavating trenches and the like, and comprises a latticework jib A supported from a vertical pivot B. The bucket N is carried on an arm E, which can be moved along guide-rollers e by means of a rope L, which passes round a drum F and has its free ends adjustably connected to the arm at the points e<1>, e<2>. The drum F is rotated from a winch C by means of ropes K until the position of the bucket is properly adjusted as indicated in Fig, 3. The excavating is then performed by the crane rope 0 attached to the bucket N and operated by the winch P.
Patent GB-189918439-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Washing and Cleaning Compound.
Inventor: KUERTEN ARNOLD
Filed: 1899-09-12
Granted: 1899-10-28
Abstract: 18,439. K³rten, A. Sept. 12. Cleansing-compositions.-A liquid washing-co-npound for cleaning, bleaching, and disintecting fabrics is made by mixing in suitable proportions phenyl hydride, terebene, ammonia, and triolein. Phenyl hydride may be replaced by benzine &c., terebene by camphor oil, ammonia by potassium or sodium hydrate, and triolein by stearic or palmitic acid.
Patent GB-189925510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Preparation of Extract of Coffee or the like.
Inventor: DUNCAN JAMES
Filed: 1899-12-23
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 25,510. Duncan, J. Dec. 23. Coffee chicory.-Extracts of coffee, chicory, &c. are made by mixing the coffee &c. with cold water to form a paste and expressing the liquid, which is then mixed with fresh coffee and again expressed, the operation being repeated till the extract has a specific gravity of 1À100.
Patent GB-190001561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Record Cylinders for Phonographs.
Inventor: LAMBERT THOMAS BENNETT
Filed: 1900-01-24
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 1561. Lambert, T. B. Nov. 4, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Phonographs.-Records are reproduced by obtaining an electrotype matrix in copper, and moulding reproductions in cellulose or vulcanized india-rubber, such reproductions being g o f sufficient thickness to be rigid. Fig. 3 shows a view of a reproduced record. The matrix is secured in a casing by means of type metal, and the reproduction cylinder is expanded therein. The reproduction is removed by contraction and washing with hydrochloric acid and water.
Patent GB-190010500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Testing Textile Materials.
Inventor: GRANDAGE HENRY
Filed: 1900-06-08
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 10,500. Grandage, H. June 8. Yarns and threads, testing.-In testing single threads or hanks, an apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1 is used. The material to be tested is held between the jaws a, b,which may be flexible, or one member of each jaw may be pivoted, being tightened by screws c. The hanks of thread are preferably carried on rods d of vulcanite or flexible material, into which the threads sink when strained, the rods being held in the jaws. The jaw a is mounted on a yoke e which is guided on rods f, and is actuated by a screw h which is operated by worm gearing k, k<1>, or by other gearing. The jaw b is connected to the short arm of a pivoted elbow lever N by a link m, the long arm of the lever carrying a graduated liquid receptacle o. At the top of the receptacle is a pad p<1>, which normally rests on and closes the open end of a tube r leading from a water or other liquid tank R, and fitted with a cock r<1>. When the screw h is actuated, the yoke e moves along the rodsf, one of which is graduated, and the long arm of the lever N is lifted, thus permitting the flow of liquid from the pipe r into the receptacle o, until, when this is sufficiently weighted, it again falls and closes the pipe r. Thus when the thread &c, breaks or "gives," the scale on one of the guide rods f denotes the elongation, and the weight of liquid in the receptacle o denotes the load. When it is desired to twist the threads &c. while being strained, the yoke can be disengaged from the guide rods, and the screw secured to it. In a modification adapted for testing single or twisted threads, the screw h is replaced by a shaft having circumferential grooves so as to be moved longitudinally by toothed gearing while being rotated, a tank is provided in which the threads are submitted to liquid or other treatment, the shrinkage caused thereby being denoted by an index finger on the long arm of the elbow lever, which moves over a scale, and a microscope is mounted over the threads &c. for examining them as to diameter &c. while being strained.
Patent GB-190100968-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Securely Fastening the Backs of Photograph & Picture Frames, & the like.
Inventor: HANBURY MARY BEATRICE
Filed: 1901-01-15
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 968. Hanbury, M. B. Jan. 15. Picture frames.-A fastening for the backs of photograph and picture frames &c. consists of two thin brass or steel arms pivoted one on each side of the frame, one carrying a projecting screw A to be received in a hole B in the other and secured by a loose nut.
Patent GB-190114061-A (GB)
Title: A Detachable Sash Line Fastener.
Inventor: DEAREN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 14,061. Dearen, W. July 10. Windows.-The sash cord b is fixed to a block c, of dovetail shape, by nails through holes h, and the block is inserted in a dovetail recess d in the sash stile a. The recess is lined with sheet metal to prevent damage to the woodwork. The beads at the right-hand side of the frame are detachable, and are secured in place by dowel pins, so that the sashes can be withdrawn from the frame for cleaning and repairs.
Patent GB-190116229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steering Gear for Ships.
Inventor: NAPIER JAMES LANGMUIR
Filed: 1901-08-13
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 16,229. Napier, J. L. Aug. 13. Steering-gear.-In hand steering-gear operated by means of a right and left handed screw B, the nuts G, H on the screw are connected to the opposite ends of the rudder crosshead A by forked connecting-rods C, D, in which forks the pins E, F on the nuts G, H can slide unless held at the ends of the forks by pivoted arms or triggers I, J, which are arranged to fall into position when it is desired to operate the rudder by means of the hand-gear. Handles M may be provided for lifting the arms I, J out of gear, and the arms may be subsequently held in that position by means such as weighted levers j engaging with pins l, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190117418-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Motor Road Vehicle
Inventor: KIRBY EMILY FRANCES
Filed: 1901-08-30
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 17,418. Kirby, E. F. Aug. 30. Motor road vehicles.-The vehicle body is raised so as to place the occupants beyond the reach of dust and to give them a wider range of view, and so as at the same time to lodge the machinist apart and more conveniently. The body A is mounted on iron uprights, and the machinist's room B is situated beneath. This has a window C on each side and one at the back, and a door in two parts, the upper of which is glazed. A light staircase E is provided for reaching and leaving the body A.
Patent GB-190120429-A (GB)
Title: Candle Moulding Machine.
Inventor: RUEBSAM CARL
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 20,429. R³bsam, C. Oct. 12. Candles.-Relates to means for guiding the wicks centrally above the moulds of machines of the kind described in Specification No. 12,799, A.D. 1901. The irons p, p<1>, provided with wick recesses, are respectively fastened to sliding bars q, q<1> connected by slotted eyes r to rods s, s<1>, which are operated by levers t, t<1>. The toothed plates v, mounted on the irons p, guide the wicks into the central positions.
Patent GB-190203630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Swath Turning Implements
Inventor: PETO SAMUEL ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 3630. Peto, S. A., and Jarmain, T. M. Feb. 12. Haymaking.-Relates to means for adapting swath-turning implements to be employed for collecting the swaths into windrows preparatory to carrying the crops. Reference is made to the machines described in Specifications No. 20,795, A.D. 1894, and No. 15,171, A.D. 1896, or to others having two or more sets of revolving tines or the like for turning the swath. In Fig. 1, a indicates the main axle, to which the shafts d, d', carrying the swath-turning devices c, c', are adjustably fixed by brackets j, e. The rear ends of the shafts d, d' are supported adjustably on castor wheels g. The devices c, c<1> are driven by sleeves h mounted on the shafts d, d<1> and driven by bevel gearing from the axle a. An extension portion h' of the sleeves h is provided, and can be applied either to the device c or c', to alter the relative positions of the devices. In this way, the machine can be used either for swath-turning, as in Fig. 1, in which the device c<1> turns the swath into the space cleared by the device c, or for collecting two swaths into a windrow, as in the case when the device c<1> is in front of the device c and throws the swath upon that to be turned by the device c. The same effect can be obtained by mounting reversing-gearing upon the main axle a, so that the devices c, c<1> can be driven in either direction according to the result desired ; or the shafts d, d<1> may be jointed, and the sleeves h, h provided with universal joints, and the supporting-brackets made adjustable ; so that the inclination of the devices c, c' may be varied with the same results.
Patent GB-190213527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1903-05-07
Abstract: 13,527. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Robinson, L. T.]. June 14. Current meters.-Consists of an improvement on meters of the type described in Specification No. 18,618, A.D. 1900, and relates chiefly to means for increasing the angle of the scale. This is effected, as shown in Fig. 2, by mounting the piece of magnetic material 6, which acts as a counter-torque device, at an angle to the axis 5 of the index, and also by inclining the faces of pole-pieces N<2>, S which act on the piece 6. By this arrangement the angle between the positions of maximum and minimum torque on the piece 6 may be made considerably greater than 90‹. The deflecting-coils 2 are contained between two damping-discs 4, 4<a>, as in the before-mentioned Specification. The piece 6 may be made of an alloy of magnetic and non- magnetic material, to reduce its permeability.
Patent GB-190222712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Alternate Current Motors.
Inventor: FYNN VALERE ALFRED
Filed: 1902-10-18
Granted: 1903-10-17
Abstract: 22,712. Fynn, V. A. Oct. 18. Motors, alternating-current; motors, controlling.-Relates principally to means for starting and controlling the motor. The rotor consists of a direct-current armature in an alternating field, with one side connected to a commutator and the other to slip-rings, so that the motor has the constructive elements of a non-synchronous induction motor and of a repulsion motor. Fig. 1 shows a form adapted for a single-phase current. The rotor R has a drum or ring winding r connected to the commutator a and to the rings b<1>, b<2>, b<3>. The rings, the number of which is varied according to the number of phases desired, are adapted to be short-circuited or connected through resistances, capacities, &c. The brushes c<1>, c<2> may be short-circuited, or connected through resistances &c., or lifted off the commutator, or otherwise moved according to the effect desired. The stator may be connected directly to the supply or through a transformer, and preferably carries one winding only, embedded in slots. The power factor of the motor may be improved by supplying the rotor with current of the same periodicity as that supplied to the stator, either through the starting-brushes or through auxiliary brushes. This current can be obtained from an auxiliary winding on the stator, preferably disposed in the same slots with the main winding and in such phase relation to the main winding that as much of the motor winding as possible is enclosed between the starting - brushes and auxiliary brushes, and may be either single or polyphase. To vary the electromotive force, the winding may be so arranged that more or fewer of its turns are included in its circuit, or a variable transformer may be arranged between the winding and the brushes. The exciting-winding may be in such phase relation with the main winding that the starting-brushes may be employed to supply the rotor. The armature may have two windings r<1>, r<2>, one connected to the commutator and the other to the rings, as shown in Fig. 3. They may be independent, or may be interconnected by the conductors p. In cases where it is required to increase the voltage on the slip-rings, windings t may be arranged between the winding r and the rings, as shown in Fig. 4. The motor is started as a repulsion motor by short-circuiting &c. the brushes c<1>, c<2> through the conductor c ; the sliprings are then closed through resistances, gradually cut out, and the motor finally run as a non- synchronous motor.
Patent GB-190226169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Prismatic Telescopes, Binoculars, and the like.
Inventor: AITCHISON JAMES
Filed: 1902-11-27
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,169. Aitchison, J. Nov. 27. Opera and field-glasses.- Fig. 1 shows, in elevation, the optical elements of one-half of a prismatic binocular field glass. To enable a larger object glass to be used, for the purpose of increasing the brightness of the field of view, the usual pair of Porro prisms a, b are made of glass with a high refractive index, and are cemented together, it may be with a thin sheet of parallel glass between. A Barlow lens h, cemented to a thick lens h<1> which, again, is cemented to the plate e, may also be used. Similarly the field lens of the eye-piece may be cemented to the prism by an intermediate thick lens d. The other elements f, g of the eye-piece may be achromatized. One of the elements of the eye-piece may contain an anomalous glass. The Barlow lens may be used, as shown, with ordinary crown-glass prisms. Fig. 4 shows the mounting of the optical elements. The bevelled edge of the plate e engages with a groove in a plate o which is screwed to a post p. The two eye-pieces s are connected so as to rotate simultaneously and in opposite directions, to adjust for the inter-pupil distance.
Patent GB-190226910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of Stamped Metal Draught Hooks or Collar Plates for Cart Hames.
Inventor: PARKES THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-12-06
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 26,910. Parkes, T. W. Dec. 6. Brazing.-A hook for harness hames is strengthened by brazing a piece of steel c into a recess a in the hook. The closed bottom of the hook serves to facilitate the brazing operation by retaining the molten brazing- material.