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Patent GB-189908646-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Operating Railway Couplings.
Inventor: EVANS JABEZ
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 8646. Evans, J. April 25. Couplings, non-automatic.-Relates to means for manipulating the couplings from the sides of the vehicles without the use of hand-poles. The coupling-link C is attached to a cross-bar jointed to the slotted bars A', A<2> pivoted on the depending bars D', D<2> fixed to the rod E, which is capable of rotating and sliding and fitted with spring clutch boxes L. To couple, the pivoted handle J<1> is raised and pulled sideways, causing lugs on the rod H<1> to engage notches in the ends of the slotted box L to rotate the shaft E to lift the link C, which is also drawn to the side of the hook R by the sliding of the shaft E. The handle J' is now pushed inwards, and the link C, being central, can engage the hook R. Should the draw-bar break, the bars A', A', D', D<3> form a safety catch, and in this event the rod E is prevented from straining by the link S which connects it to the bar T.
Patent GB-189910951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Four-wheeled Cycles.
Inventor: SPENLEIN GUSTAV
Filed: 1899-05-25
Granted: 1900-05-25
Abstract: 10,951. Spenlein, G. May 25. Quadricycles; sociables.-Two bicycle-like frames, each carrying two wheels a, b, are connected by cross-bars c, d, e, f, the frame being strengthened by longitudinal bars g. Two saddles are mounted on each of the upper cross-bars c and e, and are arranged so that the riders sit face to face. The front riders drive pedals i, i<1>, geared by chains &c. with a cross-shaft k, and the rear riders drive pedals i<2>, i<3> similarly geared with a shaft k<1>. The two shafts k, k<1> are connected by central gearing l, l<1>, and the shaft k<1> actuates the rear wheels b through chains &c. as shown. The steering-posts of the front wheels carry arms m which are connected by a rod n. Steering is effected by a handwheel p carried on a longitudinal rod o which operates the rod n through bevel gear q, r and an arm s. Platforms t are provided for mounting &c.
Patent GB-189913891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets.
Inventor: PACKWOOD LAHVESIA PAXTON CARUT
Filed: 1899-07-05
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 13,891. Packwood, L. P. C. July 5. Corsets ; chest expanders.-A corset adapted especially for wear by women engaged in athletic exercises is made in two parts shaped to the person, viz., a front part A, Fig. 1, provided with horizontal stiffeners e, and a back part B, the two being connected together by buckled straps a, b, h. Shoulder braces b<1> may be attached to the back B, and their ariangement is shown in the inside view, Fig. 4, of the back part B. Buttons f, g serve for connecting the corset to the skirt band.
Patent GB-189918616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Boiling and Evaporating Water.
Inventor: SAYER ROBERT COOKE
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 18,616. Sayer, R. C. Sept. 15. Water-tube boilers; feedwater, supplying and controlling.-The water and steam drum 14 is connected to tubes 2, which are in turn connected to a water and steam drum 15. The tubes 2 have inner smoke-tubes 1, which have bell-mouths 5 at one end, opening into the heating-chamber 50, and exits 49 at the other end. The feedwater is automatically supplied by means of a solenoid 35 which works the valves 21, 22 so as to alternately admit water from the supply pipe 18 to the vessel 17, and from the latter vessel to the drum 14. The solenoid is worked by means of a float 43, which falls as the water level is lowered, and completes an electric circuit through the mercury cups 38 and the solenoid.
Patent GB-189919660-A (GB)
Title: An Open Fire Stove for Burning Anthracite or other Smokeless Fuel.
Inventor: BOYD RICHARD WADE
Filed: 1899-09-30
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 19,660. Boyd, R. W. Sept. 30. G r a t e s and fuel holders ; linings.-An open stove for burning anthracite coal or other smokeless fuel is lined with firebricks, so arranged that the upper portion A overhangs the grate or fuel holder D. The fuel holder consists of a grating D, which is pivoted, by means of a pin and socket, at E so that the ashes may be readily shaken out of the holder.
Patent GB-189923367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Sheet Metal Candle Sticks.
Inventor: HEPBURN ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1899-11-23
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 23,367. Hepburn, R. H. Nov. 23. Candlesticks.-Relates to means for connecting the parts of candlesticks without the use of solder. In the candlestick illustrated in its complete form in Fig. 2, and with its parts disconnected in Fig. 8, the tubular stem b with its beads b<6>, b<7> and projecting ends b<8>, f is formed from a metal blank. The lower part c' of the grease-guard is then passed over the bead b<6> by compressing the upper end of the stem. which is subsequently stiffened by the insertion of a metal disc e in the bead b<6>, and by the entrance of the sunk portion c<7> into the end b<8> when the upper part c<2> of the grease-guard is placed in position, the parts c<1>, c<2> being secured together by bending the edge c<5> over the flange c<4>, as shown in Fig. 2. The tray a is secured to the lower end of the stem b by passing the lip f through the boss a<2>, inserting the piece h, and curling over the edge with a pressure tool to form the bead shown in Fig. 2. If desired, the lower joint may be concealed by a cover i.
Patent GB-189925760-A (GB)
Title: A Manufacture of an Improved Food from Yeast.
Inventor: KNOWLES JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1899-12-30
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 25,760. Knowles, J. T., [Eichelbaum, G.]. Dec. 30. Food preparations.-Relates to the manufacture of a food product resembling meat extract from yeast. Yeast is killed by heating, and the product, which may be first dried, ground to powder, and remoistened, is sown with the spores of aspergillus oryzae or ventii, or allied fungus. Grape sugar and phosphates may be added, if desired, the mixture with occasional stirring being then allowed to ferment at a temperature of 32‹ to 38‹ C. for at least 8 days, when common salt is added. After standing another 2 days, the mass is extracted with hot water, filtered, and pressed, and the liquid evaporated to the consistency of a syrup.
Patent GB-190000901-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of Solid Hydrosulphites.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1900-01-15
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 901. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Jan. 15. Hyposulphites.-Solid hyposulphites are formed by adding to their solutions a readily-soluble salt which does not yield a precipitate of insoluble hyposulphite with any metal present. Sodium hyposulphite is produced by this method, by adding common salt to a heated solution of sodium hyposulphite. New double hyposulphites of zinc and sodium, potassium, ammonium, calcium, or magnesium, or of magnesium and sodium, potassium, or ammonium, are formed by adding the chloride of sodium, potassium, &c. to a solution of zinc or magnesium hyposulphite. In the case of zinc and sodium, the new salt has the formula, Zn(NaS2O4)2. The double salts may also be obtained by adding zinc or magnesium chloride to the corresponding hyposulphite solution. To obtain solid hyposulphites in a thoroughly dry condition, their moist precipitates, after filtration, are washed with a volatile body readily miscible with water, such as acetone or methylic or ethylic alcohol, a more volatile body, such as ether, being subsequently used, if desired. On evaporation, the hyposulphite is left perfectly dry. Reference is made to Specification No. 19,762, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-190002213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Tricycles or other Vehicles Propelled by the Rider, and Case therefor.
Inventor: MEISSNER FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1900-02-03
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 2213. Meissner, F. W. Feb. 3. Invalid carriages.-The invention is described as applied to a carrier tricycle, but is stated to be applicable to quadricycles, invalid chairs, and other vehicles. The steering-wheels a, a<1> are carried on short axles pivoted at c, c' to the ends of the crossbar f, which is itself pivoted centrally to the backbone g. Arms h, h<1> fixed to the axles are connected by a curved rod i, which works in a guide i<1> under the backbone g. The carrier box e is mounted on springs d, and its sides, ends, and bottom are hinged so that they can be disconnected, and, when so disconnected, the frame can be folded as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and fixed in position by a pin engaging the rod i. The cover of the box is detachable, or also hinged. In the case of quadricycles, both front and rear axles are arranged to fold.
Patent GB-190007433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Rods Carrying Electric Lamps, and other Purposes
Inventor: HIRST HUGO
Filed: 1900-04-23
Granted: 1901-04-23
Abstract: 7433. Hirst, H., and Collings, J. H. April 23. Drawings to Specification. Lamp brackets.-A straight rod carrying a lamp is supported adjustably on a base-plate by a ball, which is held between a stem on the base-plate and a slotted socket; the socket is retained by a flange engaging a coupling-ring screwed on the stem, so that the socket can revolve on the stem, to allow angular movement of the rod in any direction on the base-plate.
Patent GB-190010375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Plates for Accumulators or Secondary Batteries Discharging Heavy Currents.
Inventor: GARASSINO JEAN
Filed: 1900-06-06
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 10,375. Garassino, J. June 6. Secondary batteries.-Plates or electrodes, particularly adapted for use on motor road vehicles, tramcars, and the like, are made in the form of narrow boxes, Fig. 2, which enclose the active material. Each box is made by doubling on itself a perforated sheet of lead in which deep folds or ribs b have been made, and the box is completed by narrow perforated side pieces and an unperforated top piece. Pins a serve to retain the box in shape. A battery may be made up of five of these boxes, separated from each other either by ebonite combs or by corrugated sheets of ebonite. Litharge is placed in each box, and in " forming " the electrodes they are protected by two porous plates and immersed in an acidulated electrolytic bath containing positive anodes of pure lead. When the oxide has been reduced to metallic lead, the positive anodes are replaced by previouslyreduced boxes, which have been kept in pure water.
Patent GB-190012312-A (GB)
Title: Process for Winning or Refining Metals and for Obtaining Metallic Alloys.
Filed: 1900-07-07
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 12,312. Abel, C. D., [Siemens & Halske Aktiengesellschaft]. July 7. Metals, extracting and refining; alloys; copper; lead; nickel.-Relates to a process for obtaining metals or alloys or for refining metals. A mixture of a metallic oxide and a metallic chloride is heated with calcium carbide in such proportions that calcium chloride and carbon monoxide are formed, leaving the metal or metals in the form of an alloy. The sulphate of the metal may be used instead of the oxide, in which case lime is added. If much gangue is present in the ore, it is roasted to form sulphates and chlorides, which are separated by wet methods, evaporated to dryness, and then treated with the carbide. In refining a metal from oxide, metallic chloride is added and the mixture treated with the carbide. The Specification describes examples of the extraction of copper, lead, and nickel, and of the manufacture of aluminium bronze.
Patent GB-190019316-A (GB)
Title: Alloy and Process for Making same
Inventor: HATMAKER JAMES ROBINSON
Filed: 1900-10-29
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 19,316. Hatmaker, J. R., [Hennig, C. T.]. Oct. 29. Alloys.-An allov suitable for casting or forging is obtained by melting together in various proportions copper, zinc, iron, and manganese or cobalt, and then adding the carbonate of an alkali metal. The molten mass may be stirred with a green stick, if necessary.
Patent GB-190101517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Windows or Louvres in Railway Carriages.
Inventor: HYDE ROBERT
Filed: 1901-01-23
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 1517. Hyde, R. Jan. 23. Windows; window blinds.-Relates to raising and lowering apparatus for windows and louvres. Pivoted bell cranks 6, 7 connected at their lower ends by the adjustable spring 12, are jointed at their upper ends to levers 17, 18 jointed to the plate 19 having pins 21, 22 which fit into holes in the bottom of the window sash.
Patent GB-190102751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Billiard Boards or Tables.
Inventor: BURROUGHES JAMES SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-02-08
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 2751. Burroughes, J. S. Feb. 8 Billiards, boards and tables for. Relates to miniature tables &c. The block on the back of the cushion and the frame are made in a single piece A, B, as shown. The arrangement described in Specification No. 8293, A.D. 1896, is employed for holding the cloth, the groove c for the wedge being formed directly above the inner vertical edge b of the frame.
Patent GB-190112155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for use in the Manufacture of Mosaic or Inlaid Floor Cloth
Inventor: BATTEN EDWARD
Filed: 1901-06-14
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 12,155. Batten, E. June 14. Coated fabrics.-In making mosaic or inlaid floorcloth, an apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 1 is used, whereby the production of patterns containing a greater number of colours than heretofore is rendered possible, while at the same time the inspection of the fabric to detect and remedy defects is facilitated, though the speed of the apparatus may be increased. The first object is attained by carrying the backing and the attached tesserae around the greater portion of the card-covered roller a, as shown, thus permitting the use of more than the usual number of tesserµ cutters ; and the second object is attained by interposing a card-covered roller l between the heated attachment-roller c and a roller k, which takes up the fabric from the roller a, thus permitting a person stationed at m to inspect and remedy defects in the tesserµ as the fabric passes over the roller l. The tesserµ cutters b<1> ....b<6> are adapted to work in conjunction with card-covered rollers n, the pins of which take up the waste tesserµ, which are thrown off the pins by combs to bands, or brackets, by which they are carried or swept by brushes to receptacles. At the opposite sides of the cutters are card-covered rollers V, by which the mislaid tesserµ are similarly removed.
Patent GB-190113053-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Forming the Points of Nails between Four Blades set one against the other Diagonally.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-06-26
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 13,053. Mackenzie, J. W., [HultgrÞn, A. F.]. June 26. Nails, making. Nails are pointed between four blades f, which slide against one another and against fixed guides e<8> carried by the piece E. When one of the blades is moved along its guide, all the blades move similarly to enlarge or contract the opening o for the nail. The blades are actuated by pins fitting in the slots e<6>, e<7>. The pins are carried by a disc e<3> rocked by an arm e, connecting-rod e', arm M, and rock-shaft H<1>.
Patent GB-190120108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chain Stitch Sewing Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-10-08
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 20,108. Thompson, W. P., [Goodwin, J. C.]. Oct. 8. Chain-stitching machines.-Fig. 3 shows a plan, and Fig. 4 a cross-section of the looper and takeup mechanism, which are beneath the work plate. A frame F, pivoted at a<3>, is moved parallel with the feed by an eccentric G<1>, link g<4>, adjustable pin- and-slot connection, and link G. The looper I is secured to a bar H sliding in the frame F transversely to the feed, and held in place by plates f<3>. The bar H is reciprocated through a ball-joint from the angle-lever by which the needle-bar is reciprocated. The connection between the frame F and the link G comprises an eccentric-pin and a clamp screw g', by means of which the position of the looper can be adjusted. Governing needle thread.-A take-up lever J, co-operating with a yoke f<4>, is operated from the rod H, the connecting-link being pivoted to the lever J at a point less than half the length of the lever from its fulcrum j.
Patent GB-190204809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CAMPBELL HENRY
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 4809. Campbell, H. Feb. 25. Gas or explosivevapour engines. - Oil is admitted to a groove b in the face of the air valve c through a passage a in the seating, and i s drawn into o the cylinder with the air in the form of spray. The oil may be admitted to the space above a valve without a grooved face.
Patent GB-190207129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed and Reversing Gear for Transmitting Power
Inventor: BAL THEO
Filed: 1902-03-24
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 7129. Bal, T. March 24. Motor road vehicles, epicyclic variable-speed and reversing-gear for. The central wheel 1<1> is formed on a hollow shaft to which is secured a conical drum 1<2> lined with leather on its inner and outer faces and movable endways to engage with a fixed brake drum 6 or with a clutch on the driving- wheel 4<2>. A similar leather-lined drum, adapted to be engaged with a fixed brake drum 5 or with the clutch 4<3> on the driving-wheel, is mounted on a shaft 2‹ which carries the internal wheel 2'. The planet pinion 3<1> is mounted in a box provided with a brake band 8. The driven wheel 7 may be clutched either to this box or to the shaft 2‹. The gear gives three speeds forward and a reverse or, with a two-speed driving-gear, six speeds forward and two backward.
Patent GB-190209506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process for the Purification and Concentration of Saccharine Juices and Products from Sugar Manufactories.
Inventor: BESSON JULES ADOLPHE
Filed: 1902-04-24
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 9506. Besson, J. A. April 24. Purifying saccharine liquids and syrups.-Saccharine juices and products from sugar manufactories are treated with ammonia, amines, ammoniacal or amine salts, or their derivatives. In the case of saccharine juices, the addition may be made during the diffusion or the carbonatation process. The ammoniacal salts employed may be carbonates, sulphates, sulphites, phosphates, oxalates, borates, fluorides, tartrates, or stearates, or mixtures of these salts. The juices &c. thus treated are filtered and subjected to the action of finely-divided metals, such as magnesium, zinc, tin, antimony, and aluminium, or an alloy of aluminium, preferably during the concentration.
Patent GB-190213773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Justifying Type.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 13,773. Thompson, W. P., [McClintock, F.]. June 17. Type, setting. - Relates to type-justifying machines of the kind described in Specification No. 3486, A.D. 1902. The line-holder c slides by gravity down the inclined track b on the bed-plate a, and means are provided for controlling its movements. In a slot 4 in the vertical plate f is pivoted, at 2, a lever 1 having a projection 28 engaging the line-holder c as the types and space bars are being assembled in it. The lever is pressed by a spring 5 adjustable by a screw 6. The lever 1 is moved to release the line-holder, when the operator desires, by means of a cord 8 connecting it with a key lever. The cord 8 also operates a lever 10 pivoted at 11 and having a spring finger 14, which engages the line-holder c and stops or partly stops it as it reaches the justifying-mechanism. On release of the key lever, the spring 14 is moved out of the track b. A set-screw 12 is provided for adjusting the finger 14. Means are provided for preventing the second line-holder c', Fig. 1, as it is returned to the upper track b, from engaging the bottom of the line-holder c, and thereby preventing its movement. The arrangement shown consists of an escapement lever 22, pivoted at 23, and co-operating with a projection 20 on the lifter 807, projecting through a slot 21 in the plate f. The lever 22 is normally held by the spring 27, so that its tooth 24 engages and stops the lifter 807 as it is raised by the weighted lever 810, 812. The lever 22 is connected by a cord 19 and bell crank 17 to the cord 8, and, when the key lever is operated, the tooth 24 releases the slide 807, and the upper tooth 25 again stops it until the key lever is released. The slide 807 then carries the line-holder c<1> up to the track b, the filled lineholder c having moved down out of the way.
Patent GB-190223949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Influence Machines.
Inventor: ECKSTEIN AUGUST
Filed: 1902-11-03
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 23,949. Eckstein, A., and Coates, H. J. Nov. 3. Influence machines.-Relates to means employed for collecting, re-distributing, and neutralizing the charges in electric influence machines used for the ignition of gases or explosives, the production of ozone, illuminating vacuum tubes and X-ray apparatus, and medical purposes. Figs. 1 and 2 show the arrangement of the sectors or carriers A and the inductors H, H<1> of a Voss machine, in which each sector A or number of sectors constituting a set is provided with a projecting contact-stud C for connecting the sectors A and the inductors H, H<1> or electrodes G as required. The studs C are arranged as near the centre of rotation as possible, and the rubbing contact-springs D, D' are set tangentially to the circle in which they move. Stops E limit the vibratory movement of the springs D, D<1>, The electrode contacts F may be arranged similarly to the springs D, or may be fitted with brushes as shown. The sectors A and the inductors H, H<1> are enclosed between dielectric plates B ; cylinders may otherwise be used instead of plates. In a similar arrangement of a Wimshurst machine, alternate plates B, Fig. 3, carrying the sectors A, rotate with a hollow spindle I in the opposite direction to the pulley J<1>, the plates K' carrying the intermediate sectors A', and a disc L. The sets of sectors A, A<1> are provided with contact-studs C which project towards a fixed disc P on the central spindle N. The disc P carries the two pairs of neutralizing-conductors E of the sectors A, A', and also two collecting- conductors F, which are connected to the electrodes G by springs R rubbing on metal rings Q, Q on the disc L. Wear of the charging and neutralizing springs or brushes may otherwi-e be obviated by setting them upon pivoted levers which may all be operated simultaneously by means of a lever-plate on the central shaft so as to lift the springs &c, off the contact-studs after the machine is fully excited. Combs or pointed conductors, which are just clear of the studs, then take up the action of the springs. The springs may slide radially towards and from the studs so that they continue to act when moved out of contact with them, the combs being then dispensed with. Vibration of the springs may be prevented by insulating-stops between the studs. The arrangements described are applicable to machines in which the springs or conductors rotate and the sectors are stationary or movable in the opposite direction to the conductors.
Patent GB-190224226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Taps or Cocks.
Inventor: GUYOT ANTOINE
Filed: 1902-11-05
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 24,226. Guyot, A. May 9, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Lift valves.-The valve disc a, Fig. 1, has a stem b fitting stiffly in the recessed spindle c, so that the valve disc ceases to rotate when it contacts with its seat. In a modification, the valve disc a, Fig. 4, screws into a thimble k secured in a recess in the spindle c. The spindle has a flange c' adapted to contact with the cap d, when the valve is open, so as to prevent leakage.