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Patent GB-189909898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: MUMFORD ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1899-05-10
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 9898. Mumford, A. G. May 10. Water-tube boilers i feedwater, heating.-In a boiler of the kind described in Specification No. 8498, A.D. 1897, and comprising two longitudinal water chambers A and a longitudinal steam drum B connected by water tubes D, the tubes of the lowest row on each side are arranged to lie in direct contact with each other for the greater part of their length, so as to form a wall or baffle. They are separated near where they enter the steam drum and water chambers, the lower openings thus formed being covered by plates G. A feedwater-heater is placed in the uptakes on each side consisting of U-shaped tubes J projecting from chambers H. Each tube is preferably set with its parallel arms horizontal, but with the connecting portion in an inclined plane.
Patent GB-189915246-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spoon.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 15,246. Golby, F. W., [Adami, H.]. July 25. Moustache guards; spoons.-Relates to spoons with a fixed or removable cover or moustache guard. In Fig. 1, the cover b is shown fixed to the spoon a; in Fig. 2, the cover b is mounted on the end of a lever which is pivoted at e. By pressing down the end c, the cover can be raised from the spoon; or, by unscrewing the bolt f, it can be entirely removed to facilitate cleaning &c.
Patent GB-189916535-A (GB)
Title: Improved Support for Cycle Saddles.
Inventor: MAHONEY PHILIP
Filed: 1899-08-15
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 16,535. Mahoney, P., and Hunt, A. M. Aug. 15. Saddle springs and supports.-An inflatable air cushion is interposed between the saddle and its support. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the support a is recessed to receive an air tube and cover c with valve v. The saddle is mounted on a pin e fixed to a plate d, the edges of which are turned in to embrace ribs c' on the cover, so as to allow longitudinal adjustment. In a modification, the plate d is lengthened and the pin e is adjustable in a slot therein. The ribs c<1> may be dispensed with, the plate d being fixed to the cover by bolts. To prevent lateral movement, the ends of the recessed support may be shaped to embrace the ribs g<1>, and the plate d may be extended into the ends of the support, pins on the plate working through holes in the support. Longitudinal adjustment may be obtained by mounting the recessed part of the support on a shoe carried by the pillar. A clamp may be used in place of the pin e.
Patent GB-189918671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Teats for Feeding-bottles.
Inventor: CONTANT LOUIS
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 18,671. Contant, L. Sept. 15. Feeding-bottles.-An air-admission tube d is fitted in a plug a, which is removably secured in a slit in the teat c.
Patent GB-189924340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cigar Making Machines.
Inventor: HAARER JULIUS
Filed: 1899-12-07
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 24,340. Haarer, J. Dec. 7. Cigars.-Relates t o a n improved guiding channel or track for cigarmaking machines, and to mechanism for feeding the tobacco cores into the core moulds. Tobacco is fed from the hopper H, Fig. 1, by feeders F to a channel b provided with a bottom plate curved in cross-section to the desired shape of the cigar. One or more longitudinal bars fixed above the channel prevent the tobacco from expanding upwards. The feed of the tobacco along the channel is effected by the toothed bars d and carrier y. The bars d are pivoted to levers w oscillated by the cam q, and they are caused to rise and fall by the operation of the cam o and levers k, i. To the levers ware also jointed the arms z, which are connected to the carrier y by a link x. The tobacco issuing from the channel presses backward a spring-controlled plate 7, which rises out of its path as the cutter 3 descends. The holder 10 which receives the tobacco turns through an angle of 90‹, and a plunger forces the tobacco downwards on to the core path 11. The core falling from the lower end of the core path is received by a gripper 23, Fig. 4, which carries it into position above one of the cavities of the mould-block 14. The rod 20 then descends and presses the core into the mould. By means of the pawl 15 and rack 13 the mould - block 14 is moved step-by-step towards the right. When all the cavities are filled, the rod 32 comes in contact with an arm 32<a> projecting from the pivoted frame of a bell 31, and causes the finger 30 to project into the path of a pin 29, an alarm being thus sounded before the completion of the next revolution of the main shaft 18.
Patent GB-190007339-A (GB)
Title: Starting Gear for Motor Cars.
Inventor: PALLER ROBERT RITTER VON
Filed: 1900-04-20
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 7339. Paller, Robert, Ritter von. April 20. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to starting-gear for motor cars, which consists of the open belt r, terminated by handles g<1> and g<2>, passing over the roller o, and caused to drive the pulley s keyed on the driving-shaft of the motor by pulling on one of the two handles g<1>, g<2>, while the foot-lever f is depressed. The release of the foot-lever allows the belt to be drawn back into its loose or original position.
Patent GB-190011720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Ignition Apparatus for Exploding the Charges in Internal Combustion Motors and for other similar Purposes.
Inventor: DAWSON HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1900-06-28
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 11,720. Dawson, H. T., and Dawson, H. A. June 28. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A generator comprising an H-shaped armature A and permanent magnets M, which may be shunt-wound, supplies the primary circuit of an induction coil. The gearing E, E<1>, E<2>, E<3>, A<7> drives the armature fast enough at starting to produce a spark, while the construction is such that an excessive speed does not produce an excessive electromotive force. The primary circuit is closed just before the ignition period by a commutator B<2>, B<11> operated by gaps C' in a cam C, the gaps being arranged so that the current is continuously reversed to prevent a pitting of the sparking points. The cam C is operated through worm and toothed gearing C<8>, C<7>, C<5>, C<4> from the armature spindle, and it carries an arm D<4> which closes the secondary circuit to each cylinder in succession by joining up the central plug with the plugs C<3> in the insulating-disc D. The ignition period may be adjusted by turning the casing F carrying the wheels E<2>, E<3> about the shaft A<6>.
Patent GB-190012580-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Drying Machine for Mercerized Yarns.
Inventor: DOLDER JULES
Filed: 1900-07-12
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 12,580. Dolder, J. July 12. Drying yarns.-A rotary machine for drying mercerized yarn in the hank is shown in cross-section in Fig. 1, and in longitudinal section in Fig. 2. A number of frames are mounted on a shaft 8 in a chamber 1. Each frame consists of a pair of discs 6 fixed to the shaft and supporting rollers 5, while rings 9 are adjustably secured on the discs and carry arms 15 supporting rollers 4. The yarn is placed on the pairs of rollers 4, 5, and is kept stretched by adjusting the distance between each pair of rollers by worm gearing 11, which rotates the rings relatively to the discs. A system of steam pipes 17 surrounds the apparatus.
Patent GB-190022389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Extraction of Gold from Sea Water or other Solutions containing the same.
Inventor: DUKE JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1900-12-08
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 22,389. Duke, J. F. Dec. 8. Gold is obtained from sea-water and other solutions in a form which settles quickly, by adding a compound such as freshly-precipitated aluminium hydrate or a gelatinous silica compound. A preferable reagent is the precipitate produced by adding an alkali such as ammonia to mixed solution of an aluminium salt and a tin salt. In a modified method, a solution of tin salt, such as the protochloride, may first be added to the sea-water, and afterwards the aluminium hydrate or other similar reagent. The apparatus employed may be that described in Specification No. 12,610, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-190102768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surgical Trusses.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-02-08
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 2768. Thompson, W. P., [Hodgkins, S. N.]. Feb. 8. Trusses.-A truss comprises a metal rod 1 which can be bent to any required form, and is provided at its ends with a stay pad 2 and a supporting-pad 6, each consistiog of two parts secured together by angle-irons 3, 7, riveted to the parts. The pads are flat, and are adapted to screw on to the ends of the rod 1, the pad 6 being secured in position by means of a set-screw 10. Collars 14, secured to the rod 1, are formed with eyes to receive hooks 13 secured to a band 12 which gives further support to the pads and can readily be detached and changed.
Patent GB-190109517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Guns.
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 9517. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Noble, Sir A. May 7. Ordnance breech mechanism ; loading appliances.-Relates to means for automatically opening and closing the breech of quick-firing guns, and to means for automatically transferring the cartridges from a hopper to the gun chamber. Fig. 1 shows the right side elevation of the gun, and Fig. 3 the left side elevation. The verticallysliding breech-block b has its operating-shaft c connected by a crank c<1> and link c<3> to the rod c' of the spring cylinder a<3> carried on the gun cradle a'. When the gun recoils, the rod c<4> is drawn out, in which position it is held by the catch c<6>, and, when the gun returns again, (1) the rod c<4>, acting through the crank c<1>, lowers the breech-block and opens the breech, and (2) the projection c<8> on the gun releases the catch c<6>. When in its lowest position, however, the breechblock is secured by the spring bolt d entering the recess d'. The breech therefore remains open until a fresh cartridge is loaded into the gun, at which operation the flange of the cartridge engages with the inner end of the lever d' and withdraws the bolt d from the recess d<1>, whereupon the spring a' carries the rod c<4> forward again and closes the breech. The extractor e is pivoted to the breech-block, and, as the latter is lowered, the extractor is engaged by the trippers e<3> and operated. The cartridges are carried in a hopper h, and are received by a carrier i which is mounted on two pivoted arms i<1>. During the return movement of the gun, the carrier is swung down so as to bring a cartridge into line with the bore of the gun, while a spring which is carried in the shoulder piece g has been put into compression during the recoil movement of the gun. The advancing gun releases the spring, which thereupon acts upon an " injector," and drives the cartridge from the carrier into the gun chamber. In a modification, the hopper is arranged vertically over the shoulder piece g, and the carrier arms then swing transversely to bring the cartridges down into line with the breech
Patent GB-190110915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Windowblind Fittings
Inventor: ROBERTSHAW JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-28
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 10,915. Bobertshaw, J., and Robert- shaw, W. T. May 28. Window blinds.-Relates to bracket fittings. The casing a for the usual ratchet and pawl fitting is provided with a boss b, which is inserted into a corresponding recess in the bracket d, and secured by a nut e and screw. The bracket can be fixed in different positions, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5.
Patent GB-190111871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Shaving Brushes.
Inventor: GILES CHARLES TYRRELL
Filed: 1901-06-11
Granted: 1902-06-11
Abstract: 11,871. Giles, C. T. June 11. Shaving-brushes ; flexible rubbers.- Short bristles care arranged around a solid or hollow india-rubber ball or block b, which serves as a rubber.
Patent GB-190120403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Elbow and other Fittings for Pipes and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: SWALLOW BERNARD COOPER
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 20,403. Swallow, B. C. Oct. 12. Stamping; bending; welding.-Elbows, tees, and other pipe fittings are manufactured from sheet metal by first subjecting a cut-out blank, such as that shown in Fig. 10, to the action of dies which trough or shape the halves thereof to a form corresponding to the halves of the article to be produced and then finishing the partly-fashioned blank in a machine which gathers the blank round mandrels or internal supports and welds together the meeting edges to close the seams or joints. The blank a, shaped as shown in Fig. 10, is troughed and bent about the middle to the form shown in Fig. 12 by a pair of dies, and, after being raised to a welding heat, is transferred to the gathering-up and welding machine shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The machine has a pair of hinged dies r, s, mounted upon the axis t<1> and worked through the medium of jointed links from the reciprocating slide q, for the purpose of gathering or closing the partly-fashioned blank round the advancing and retiring mandrels m, n, arranged at angles corresponding to the form of the articles produced. The mandrels m, n work in conjunction with the welding-tools o, p, and the mandrels and tools are actuated by the reciprocating slides e, f, g, i, which make a pause or rest on reaching the ends of their forward or operative strokes. The slide h is operative when the fittings are produced in the machine. The slides or plungers are worked by crank plates, studs, and curved slot gearing, or other equivalent means. The number and angular disposition of the mandrels and tools may be varied.
Patent GB-190121481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Making Iron, and Steel and in Apparatus Used therein.
Inventor: MEININGHAUS EDUARD
Filed: 1901-10-26
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 21,481. Meininghaus, E. Oct. 26. Crucibles.-The production of iron and steel direct from the ores may be effected in a crucible 16 with external ribs which rest within a casing comprising an outer shell 1, and three concentric linings 9, 10, and 11 respectively made of a bad heat - conducting material, firebrick, and best refractory brick. The casing is fitted with a hinged cover 12 having a gas-outlet pipe 20, and the crucible is fitted with a self-closing valve 25, provided with a screw spindle 27, which passes through the cover. The crucible has an outlet pipe 28, and at the lower part is an opening 29, communicating with a discharge passage 31, the upper end of which is opened, or closed, by means of a sliding block 33 attached to a rod fitted within a passage 30. Gas is introduced into the space beneath the crucible by a pipe 14, and is burnt by means of air which passes from a pipe 21 through channels 22, 23 in the furnace linings.
Patent GB-190121935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: MCCULLOUGH JOHN
Filed: 1901-10-31
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 21,935. McCullough, J. April 2, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Switches. - An incandescent lamp with two filaments is made rotatable in its cap o (shown in section), to connect either filament in circuit. For this purpose, the bulb a is provided with a collar k carrying two insulated contacts h, f, connected to the filaments as described in Specification No. 2692, A.D. 1901, the other ends of the filaments being both connected by a wire to a central contact p on the cap o, and thus to one supply wire. A circular rib m on the collar k fits a corresponding recess in the cap o, permitting relative rotation of the collar and cap ; an indentation in the cap is situated in a gap in the rib m, to limit the rotation, so that a projection on the edge of the cap bears on either of the contacts h, f, to connect the corresponding filament through the cap to the second supply wire.
Patent GB-190123557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Raw Cotton and Cotton Goods to Reduce the Inflammability thereof.
Filed: 1901-11-20
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 23,557. Perkin, W. H., and Whipp Bros. & Tod. Nov. 20. Fireproofing fibres.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 9695, A.D. 1901. A soluble zinc salt is used in place of an aluminium salt, and the goods are further treated for the purpose of fixing the precipitate in the manner described in Specification No. 23,556, A.D. 1901. Four examples are given of solutions which may be used:-(1) 100 parts of zincacetate solution of 26‹ Tw. are mixed with 25 parts of acetic-acid solution of 11‹ Tw. and 100 parts of sodium-tungstate solution of 60‹ Tw. ; (2) 100 parts of zinc-sulphocyanide solution of 24‹ Tw. are mixed with 20 parts of acetic-acid solution of 11‹ Tw. and 90 parts of sodium-tungstate solution of 60' Tw. ; (3) 100 parts of zinc-sulphate solution of 26‹ Tw. are mixed with 25 parts of acetic-acid solution of 11‹ Tw. and 100 parts of sodium-tungstate solution of 60‹Tw.; (4) 100 parts of zinc-sulphate solution of 26‹ Tw. are mixed with 35 parts of formic-acidsolution of 11‹ Tw. and 100 parts of sodium-tungstate solution of 60‹ Tw. The goods are preferably dried slowly in a current of warm air, and, after about 15 hours, are steamed or passed over heated cylinders &c. to remove the organic acid, and then treated in accordance with the invention described in Specification No. 23,556, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190124984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shirts.
Inventor: MALTBY AUGUSTUS FRANK
Filed: 1901-12-07
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 24,984. Maltby, A. F. Dec. 7. Cuff suspenders; shirts.-Shirt sleeves are provided with a stiffened strip B, so that they can be shortened in length by folding this strip back on to the sleeve as shown.
Patent GB-190125074-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pin or Bolt for Vehicle Shaft Couplings, Shackles and like Purposes.
Inventor: DODD EDWIN
Filed: 1901-12-09
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 25,074. Dodd, E. Dec. 9 Shafts and poles. -A pin or bolt A for the shaft couplings of vehicles is formed with a spring bow D provided with bevelled teeth E, which snap behind the eye or lug in which the pin, is to be retained.
Patent GB-190201337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Draining and Sewerage Systems
Inventor: RICHERT JOHAN GUSTAF
Filed: 1902-01-17
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 1337. Richert, J. G. Jan. 17. Storm-water, separating.-For normal rainfalls the water collecting in a tank a runs off by a pipe b to the sewer c. In the event of a storm the level rises and the water escapes by an upper outlet to a rain-water conduit. The tank may be in compartments communicating by a passage regulated by a float valve.
Patent GB-190204575-A (GB)
Title: Loom for Weaving Gobelins and other Art-textures.
Inventor: WITTE FERDINAND
Filed: 1902-02-24
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 4575. Witte, F. Feb. 24. Loom shedding- motions; hand-power looms.-A loom for weaving gobelins and other art textiles has an inclined table T over which the warp threads pass, from a warp beam K, to a cloth beam B supported by tong-like arms m pivoted at n<2> and provided with adjusting-screws a. The design Z passes through a slot in the table and travels beneath the warp threads to the cloth roller. Within the table is fitted a board P, having two linear rows of apertures for series of needles N<2>; the needles of one row are suspended from evennumbered threads, and the needles of the other row from odd-numbered threads. These needles are raised according to the requirements of the design, so as to form a shed, by means of an oscillatory slide h, carrying arms g<1>, g<2>, which, respectively, press against the lower ends of the needles N<2>. The slide h carries springs f, which travel in slots s, and is actuated by means of a cord W, connected to an arm i, on the slide.
Patent GB-190206392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Earthenware and other Pipes and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: YARROW MATTHEW
Filed: 1902-03-15
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 6392. Yarrow, M. March 15. Earthenware and like pipes; metal pipes; spigot - and - socket joints. - Earthenware, iron, or other pipes are made with spigots and sockets having grooves and projections fitting together, as shown in Fig. 5, and with recesses b<5>, c<5>, which form an annular cavity for the reception of jointing- material. The pipes may have on the outside transverse and longitudinal strengthening - ribs. The socket is shown in section in Fig. 6, with openings e for introducing the jointing-material, and a flat or concave bottom b<6>.
Patent GB-190208755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Opera Glasses
Inventor: BATAULT EMILE
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 8755. Batault, E. April 15. Opera glasses.-Fig. 5 shows a plan, partly in section, of a pair of folding opera glasses. The objectives 19 are fixed on an axis 18 free to turn in bearings 17 on a frame 16. The eyepieces are fixed to a frame 9, with guide-pins 11, which is adjusted, for focussing, by a nut 23 engaging with a screw 8. When the case is unfastened fur use, springs 6 force it open. The objectives are then rotated through 90‹, the position being determined by a spring 21 acting on a seat on the axis 18.
Patent GB-190210060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blind Fixtures.
Inventor: KEELER HERBERT ELIJAM
Filed: 1902-05-01
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 10,060. Keeler, H. E. May 1. Window blinds.-Relates to spring window blinds and has for its object to provide means for guiding the bottom rod and prevent it from tilting and jamming. In a tube secured to the bottom of the guide-work spindles C pressed outwards by springs. The spindles carry trough-shaped shoes D having inclined slots E<3>, E' in which are pivoted rollers E', E<2>. The rollers work in suitable guides, and the effect of the slots is to cause the leading roller, in whichever direction the blind moves, to run freely and without friction while the trailing roller jams against the back of the trough and the guides. Owing to the free running of the forward roller, the shoes are made to keep the vertical and the bottom rod cannot tilt. Various methods of making the forward end of the shoe run freely are described and shown. The slots may be straight and the rollers pressed outwards against the turned-in ends of the shoe by springs, as shown in Fig. 4. Pivoted spring-pressed levers D<9>, Fig. 7, or quadrant-shaped pieces G, Fig. 8, produce the same effect. The shoes may be adjustable in length. The rollers may be carried in blocks N<3> pivoted to the shoe M as shown in Figs. 9 and 10 ; in this case, the guides K may be curved. The blocks N<3>, N' or the parts N of the shoes may be so arranged that slight tilting of the shoe makes the roller the sole bearing and so facilitates the motion of the forward end of the shoes. A cord K<3>, Fig. 14, or a plate K', Fig. 11, serves to retain the guides in their slots or recesses in the window frame.