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Patent GB-189808262-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Controlling Device for Electric Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: RAYNER GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1898-04-06
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 8262. Rayner, G. H., [Leitner, H.]. April 6. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to means for controlling electric motor vehicles, whereby great torque may be obtained at starting or when the resistance is great, and whereby the energy absorbed by electric braking in descending a gradient may be stored in accumulators. Two batteries are employed, the smaller being arranged to excite the field magnet nearly to saturation, and the larger and main battery to supply the armature and charge the smaller, the circuit being through both the exciting battery and the fixed magnet coils, which are in parallel The arrangement is such that the motor acts as a dynamo when the vehicle goes down hill. The motor may act as a shunt motor, as a series motor, or as an independently-excited motor. Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of one of the general arrangements. The main battery C in this is divided into two groups, which may be put in parallel or in series by the controller of which the contacts on one side are shown in Fig. 4. When the controlling-lever is in the position shown by the dotted line the motor is at rest, and when it is turned to the left-hand position it reverses the motor by connecting the main battery in parallel, and the exciter with the field magnet. In the first position on the right the switch puts the main battery in parallel, the field magnet being fully excited, in the second position the battery in series, in the third position the field strength is reduced by the insertion of a resistance, and in the fourth position a further resistance is brought into the field and exciter circuit. A large and small battery arrangement, with means for making the necessary connection, is also described and illustrated in the Specification. The controlling-apparatus or switch consists of an insulating-base carrying contact-pieces, and a lever with bridging-brushes to connect the contacts so that the current supplied to the motor may be varied and resistances introduced into the field-magnet circuit.
Patent GB-189812244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Pens.
Inventor: WEEKS JOHN
IPC: B43K5/18
Filed: 1898-05-31
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 12,244. Lake, H. H., [Weeks, J., Morch, J. H., and Morch, L. A.]. May 31. Penholders, reservoir. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section. The supply of ink to the nib can be cut off by rotating the head 13, thus raising the piston 15 and bringing the valve 22 tight against the seating 21. The nozzle 23 in which the nib is held by the plug 24 is detachable. Wires 28 are attached to the nib, and extend slightly behind it, and by their vibration keep the ink from clogging in the channel.
Patent GB-189822520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Purifying Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: DESRUMAUX HENRI
Filed: 1898-10-26
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 22,520. Desrumaux, H. Oct. 26. Water, purifying and softening; decanting and settling; liquids, purifying.-Consists of improvements in apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 7006, A.D. 1889. The supply of liquid to the distributing-tank A, Fig. 2, is controlled by a valve, Fig. 3, consisting of two parts G<1>, E, of which E is connected by a lever F<1> to a float M in the tank A, and G<1> by a lever F to a float in the settling-tank. The latter float may be arranged in a small vessel in the settling-tank, open at the top and with a float-controlled outlet valve at the bottom. The float is thus moved quickly, and onlv when the liquid in the settling-tank is at its extreme upper or lower level. When the tank A is supplied from a pump or the like, the liquid is received in a compartment A', Fig. 6, provided with an overflow U, and passes thence by a valve Q. connected to the settling-tank float, to the compartment A<2>, having outlet valves R, R<1>. The float M, as before, controls the outlet from the reagent tank, but has no other function. Liquid is withdrawn from the reagent tank at a constant depth below the surface, by a float. The hollow shaft of the mixing-tank is suspended by a ball bearing at its upper end, so as to reach as near the bottom of the tank as possible. A single transverse partition at the lower end of each of the helical depositing-surfaces is used for arresting the sediment and guiding it to the mud chamber. Each of the decanting-surfaces is composed of a number of plane elements arranged so to form an approximately-helical surface. Filters -The filter, which is arranged round the top of the settling-tank as described in the Specification above referred to, is divided into a number of compartments, which can be independently cut off from the settling-tank to allow of cleaning.
Patent GB-189905210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Bolting Mechanism and in Indicators therefor.
Inventor: DEFRIES HENRY
Filed: 1899-03-09
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 5210. Defries, H. March 9. Latches.-Relates to combined fastening and indicating mechanism for lavatory and like doors. The cranked lever c, the motion of which is limited by stops g, is projected into, or released from, the staple d of the door-post by means of the knob k, and is held in any position by the cam e, which presses against the spring f. When the hollow square spindle b moves with the lever c, it turns the square rod b<1> fitted into it, and the crank s causes the pin p to slide in the slot o of the guided plate n, which bears words ' engaged' and 'vacant,' which are alternately exposed when the door is shut and opened.
Patent GB-189906640-A (GB)
Title: Printers' Extension Furniture or Lock Up.
Inventor: SLAUSON WILLIAM GABRIEL
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 6640. Slauson, W. G. March 28. Type, setting; quoins &c. -An extensible bar is formed of two tubes A, B of rectangular section, sliding one within the other. They are held extended to the desired extent by a spring pawl 4, 5 on the tube A engaging ratchet teeth 3 on the edge of the tube B. In the end of one of the tubes is a sliding piece or quoin E operated, for locking up a forme &c. by a snail cam C which has a recess 10 for a key by which it can he turned. The snail has a spiral rib engaging segmental ribs on the piece E and on a piece fixed to the tube B. A recess 1 in the tube A permits of the operation of the key when the tube B is pushed fully into the tube A. Two or more of these bars may be adjustably connected together by means of rods passing through transverse holes in the tubes A and B. This extensible lock-up bar is useful for locking-up a small forme in a large chase, and for other purposes.
Patent GB-189907110-A (GB)
Title: Improved Steel and Process of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1899-04-04
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 7110. Wheatley, W. H., [Soc. GÚnÚrale des Aciers Fins]. April 4. Tools, metal for.-A steel for tools, such as gravers, chisels, scissors, screw taps, punches, boring- bits, smiths' set hammers, dies, hammers, and the like, is obtained in a Martin furnace, by adding ferromanganese, ferro-silicon, aluminium, and ferrochrome. Before treating with these materials, the charge is worked at a high temperature, until a sample, taken from the furnace and hammered, will stand a certain bending test.
Patent GB-189911621-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Advertising.
Inventor: HAYWARD FRANK WALTER
Filed: 1899-06-05
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 11,621. Hayward, F. W. June 5. Advertising.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 5199, A.D. 1898, in which two trains of clockwork serve to actuate a pointer which indicates the order in which certain words are to be read. The present invention combines, with the foregoing, figures or signs &c. which are displayed before openings while certain sentences are being indicated by the pointer. The figures &c. may be carried on a counterweighted frame E pivoted at C and oscillated by a crank W carried by the pinion of one of the clockwork wheels. In the arrangement shown, one or other of two figures &c. is displayed before the opening F as the frame is oscillated to its extreme position on either side. Modifications are described in which the figures &c. may be mounted on discs &c. for displaying more than one at a time.
Patent GB-189912672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Refrigerating Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1899-06-17
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 12,672. Boult, A. J., [Bergstron, 0., and Lindestrom, T.]. June 17. Refrigerating.-Relates to ammonia compression apparatus. A vertical section of the compressor is shown in Fig. 5. Expanded gas enters the hollow casing 10 at the side, and passes round the cylinders 15 to the inlet valves 21, while the compressed gas escapes through the outlet valves 22, passage 11, and pipe 12 to the condenser. The pistons are driven by a crank shaft 27 passing through the casing at one side. The valves are held to their seats by springs, and are contained in the cylinder heads 19. The gas liquefied in the condenser and receptacle 32 is passed to the evaporator through a valve 36, Fig. 2, which is connected to a diaphragm 39 and weighted lever 44 that control the supply. The diaphragm is held on the flaring valve casing by a ring 41, bolts, and washers.
Patent GB-189916221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wash Basins.
Filed: 1899-08-09
Granted: 1899-10-07
Abstract: 16,221. Lake, H. H., [Peck Bros. & Co.]. Aug. 9. Lavatory basins, waste fittings for. The plug valve B is mounted on a spindle B' to the lower end of which a disc B<3> is fixed. Rotation of the handle M, through a universal joint L<2>, transmits the motion to an inclined shaft I, fitted at its lower end with a disc C' and eccentric pin C. The latter raises and lowers the valve B by acting upon the disc B<3>.
Patent GB-189918605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: HOOKHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 18,605. Hookham, G. Sept. 15. Tyres, pneumatic.-The tyre shown in cross-section in Fig. 1 comprises an outer air tube D encased in canvas E attached by hooks and eyes N to the rim B, and two inner supporting air tubes I connected by a pipe L having an inflating valve. The separate inflating-valve of the outer tube is connected to the tube by a pipe passing between the two tubes I, a part of the canvas E being cut away to allow this. The tubes are enclosed in a cover C. In a modification, the two tubes I are replaced by a single tube, through which passes the pipe connecting the outer tube to its inflating- valve. The Provisional Specification describes also modifications, in one of which the outer and inner tubes are in pneumatic connection, and in another the inner tube is replaced by a leather, canvas, or like band.
Patent GB-189922456-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cooking Appliance.
Inventor: JUERGENS EMA
Filed: 1899-11-10
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 22,456. J³rgens, E. Nov. 10. Steam cooking-apparatus.-Relates to a steamheated cooker in which the bread, cake, or other article to be cooked is kept perfectly dry. It consists of a jacketed vessel b fitted over a water receptacle a. The bottom c of the vessel has a screwed flange f, on to which a cover g screws so as to be steam-tight. Outside the flange the bottom is perforated, and a safety-valve is fitted at c. The water receptacle a is fitted with a gauge h and a pump i for filling purposes.
Patent GB-189923141-A (GB)
Title: Controlling Arrangements for Switches for Direct Driven Cage Hoists and General Electric and Motor Work.
Inventor: GODDARD JAMES
Filed: 1899-11-21
Granted: 1900-11-21
Abstract: 23,141. Goddard, J. Nov. 21. Lifts; hoists; cranes.-Relates to means for controlling motors for cages, hoists, cranes, &c. Contact-levers are arranged in or in connection with the moving object so that it may be caused to stop at any desired spot. Fig. 17 shows one arrangement. On the wall of the hoist well are fitted conducting- strips S and S<3>, the strips S<3> being arranged opposite the gaps in the strips S. A continuous conductor S<2> is fitted in the well, and contact is made with it as shown. Contact-levers or triggers 9, controlled by handles H, rub on the contact-strips, and on operating the handles contact is made or broken and the cage stopped. The circuit may also be broken by switches S'. Means are provided for stopping the cage automatically at the top and bottom of the well, or at intermediate points. Projections or levers are fitted on the cage, and strike levers or triggers fitted at the desired point and adapted to control the electric circuit. The main switch is operated by a cord passing over a pulley geared to the switch, which is then held "on" by an electromagnet, and a weight is arranged to return the switch to the " off position when the circuit is broken. Reference is made to Specification No. 5423, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.].
Patent GB-190010573-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Automatically Opening and Closing the Lids of Vessels.
Inventor: WALTER GEORG
Filed: 1900-06-09
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 10,573. Walter, G., and Deppermann, W. E. June 9. Drinking-vessels. -Relates to means for opening and closing the lids of vessels, as they are lifted and set down respectively, and is shown applied to a beer glass. A metal strip b, which is bent round the bottom rim a of the vessel, is formed with an eye or guide k to receive the stud i on the handle k. A curved bracket e is screwed or bolted to the tongue c on the upper end of the strip, the inner end of the bracket being bent over the upper rim of the vessel. The extension f of the lid g is pivoted to the outer end of the bracket e and to the upper end of the handle h. When the vessel is lifted by the handle, the latter slides upwards in the eye k and raises the lid, the downward movement of the handle closing the lid when the vessel is set down. In a modification, the strip b is dispensed with, the bracket e and eye k being made integral with or suitably attached to the vessel.
Patent GB-190012233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Drying Apparatus.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-07-06
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 12,233. Boult, A. J., [Nicolas, A.]. July 6. Hydro-extractors, continuous-action. The drum wall is made up of a series of semi-cylinders A, in which are located worm conveyers B by which the material, fed in at the bottom of the drum, is worked upwards and discharged over the upper edge. The conveyers are rotated by pinions on their spindles gearing, through idle wheels, with a central pinion formed in one with a loose pulley F, which is driven at a different speed to the drum.
Patent GB-190013972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electrical Distribution.
Filed: 1900-08-03
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 13,972. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Lunt, A. D.]. Aug. 3. Distributing; transformers; converting alternating and direct currents.-Relates to alternating-current distribution, and especially to a system in which the alternating current is transformed and then converted by a. six-phase converter into a direct current for distribution on the three-wire system. The neutral wire of this system is connected to a neutral point in the alternating-current system. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement. 1, 2, 3 are the alternating-current mains, 7 and 8 are the primaries of transformers connected as shown, and 9, 10, and 11 are the secondaries. In 9 and 10 electromotive forces of the same phase are produced, and in 11 an electromotive force differing one quarter of a phase. The ends of these coils are connected to the brushes 16 ... 19 of the converter. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the relations between the electromotive forces. The direct current produced is supplied to the outside mains, and the neutral wire is connected to a neutral point on the coil 11, marked Z in the diagram, Fig. 2. In order to impress six-phase electromotive forces on the transmission mains, the coils 9, 10, 11 are connected by conductors 22, 23.
Patent GB-190014638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tea-chests and similar Packing Cases and in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of the same
Inventor: ROBERTS JOHN CORYTON
Filed: 1900-08-15
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 14,638. Roberts, J. C. Aug. 15. Packing - cases, such as tea chests, are formed of wooden parts which arc secured to fillets b, d, e of triangular section, which fill up the angles of the case, so that the lead linings will be less liable to be injured by the shipping of the contents. The sides may also be formed of a single sheet, which is scored for folding. To facilitate the attachment of the fillets to the sides, an arrangement, Fig. 14, is used consisting of a screw-actuated bracket i, between which and a guide j is a recess k to receive a fillet b. The side a to be attached is laid on the top and registers against the guide j, and is then nailed to the fillet, the position of the nai's being marked, or the perforations for them being made, if desired, by a templet. By means of similar or slightly-modified apparatus, the fillets are attached to the top and bottom, and the sides are attached together. To attach the bottom to the sides, an arrangement, such as that shown in Fig. 23, is used, in which the parts are mounted on a rotating block w, the bottom being held to the sides while being nailed by clamps x. Screws may be used instead of nails.
Patent GB-190103835-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Carving Forks
Inventor: SHAPCOTT ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-02-22
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 3835. Shapcott, A. Feb. 22. Carving forks.-Fig. 3 shows side views of the fork and the guard detached from each other. The boss c<1> of the guard c is formed on the inner side with two recesses g, h, one or other of which is engaged by a spring pin f in the boss a on the shank of the fork and holds the guard in either the erect or the prone position.
Patent GB-190121453-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Stoppering Bottles used for the Sterilization of Milk.
Inventor: CONTANT LOUIS
Filed: 1901-10-25
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 21,453. Contant, L. Oct. 25. Stoppers.-Relates to stoppers for bottles used for the sterilization or pasteurization of milk. The top or cap n of the stopper is mounted on the bail h, which is actuated by the lever a pivoted on the collar b. The rubber collar i is provided with a glass bead or ball m, upon which the vapours condense and then fall back into the bottle, the shank k of the bead being secured by the star-shaped nut p. To prevent the washer from adhering to the top n of the stopper, an insulating-disc o, of ebonite &c., is interposed between them. An insulating-strip f is fixed to the neck by the collar b, in position to serve as a pad or buffer for the lever a, to prevent the neck of the bottle from being broken by the lever when the latter is depressed. The strip f may also have lateral extensions, adapted to isolate the collar entirely from the neck.
Patent GB-190123216-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Watch Bows.
Inventor: SCHLESICKY GUSTAV
Filed: 1901-11-16
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 23,216. Schlesicky, G. Nov. 16. Bows for watches are prevented from coming out of the holes in the pendant by means of a diametral screw pin.
Patent GB-190125213-A (GB)
Title: Instrument for Measuring and Recording Distances Travelled and for Surveying Purposes.
Inventor: FERGUSON THOMAS TAPLEY HELENUS
Filed: 1901-12-10
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 25,213. Ferguson, T. T. H. Dec. 10. Odometers.-The instrument makes a plan of the route traversed by a pedestrian or animal, or in some cases a vehicle, and can be used for graphical triangulation. A shallow casing a, to be carried vertically, on the back of a pedestrian or otherwise, and parallel or at right-angles to the route, contains a rotatable drawing-board b which is geared to an index concentric with a magnetic compass in a compartment e and is provided with a hinged cover c clamped down to distance-pieces c'. The board being turned at each change of direction of travel until the index covers the compass needle, a tracer f descends or ascends vertically between the board and its cover, in consequence of the vibrations of travelling, and proportionally to the distance travelled in each direction. The construction of the tracer is shown in Fig. 4 to a larger scale. A U-spring f presses a pair of rollers h against the hinged cover c, and a pricking-wheel i against the board b itself, while a loaded spring lever m upon it shaken by the travelling drives the pricking-wheel, through ratchet and worm gear, the ratchet-wheel k being stroked by a light lever l, which is connected to the heavy lever m by a slotted link m<1> containing a screw to adjust the feed. The foot f of the U- spring f is provided with a bearing-roller g at right-angles to the others, and has a weight f <3> attached to it.
Patent GB-190204713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Roof Tiling
Inventor: PEGRAM CHARLES
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 4713. Pegram, C. Feb. 25. Roofing - tiles B are formed with undercut hanging-nibs b to fit over obliquely-cut laths, and thus secure the tiles without the use of nails or cement. The tiles may be made of glass and used for roof-lights.
Patent GB-190205032-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Pole Changer for use in Railway Signalling and the like
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
Filed: 1902-02-27
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 5032. O'Donnell, J P., and Irving, E. C. Feb. 27. Semaphore &c. signals; ground-disc s i g n a l s ; contacts, electric.-Relates to an electric p o l echanger or contactmaker for facilitating the action of railway signals, ground discs, points, crossing- gates, &c. controlled by a polarized relay &c. The contactmaker is shown in connection with a pneumaticallyoperated semaphore worked automatically on the "normal safety" system, but it may be employed in connection with electrically or normally operated signals, or other movable parts. The circuits 13, 14 of the polarized relay &c. are connected to contact springs 11, 12 on the supporting-bracket 10, on which the switch lever or arm 7 is pivoted at 9. The arm 7 is provided with a roller or pin 15 &c. for connecting the contacts 12 or 11, and is formed with a slot 8, 8<a>, in which is engaged a roller 17 on the slide 16 connected to the signal rod 3, the lower end 8<a> of the slot being at a suitable inclination to the upper end 8. In the normal position, as shown, the roller 15 completes the circuit 14. When the signal is put to ' danger,' the roller 17 acts on the slot 8, near the beginning of the movement, and throws over the switch arm 7 from the contacts 12 to the contacts 11, so breaking the circuit 14 and making the circuit 13. When the signal is lowered again, the roller 17 acts on the slot 8<a>, near the end of the signal movement, and returns the arm 7 to its original position. By employing additional contacts, the arm 7 may control other circuits.
Patent GB-190205437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Water Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: LEGG JOHN
Filed: 1902-03-05
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 5437. Legg, J. March 5. Heating water.- A hot-water apparatus or calorifier is shown in Fig. 1. The outside heater or cylinder a is preferably of galvanized iron and is connected up to a boiler or hot-water h e a t i n g system. The inner heater j is of copper, and may be in the form of a cylindrical shell or pipe or of tubes joined at the top and bottom by rings. The inlet and outlet pipes h, i for the water to be heated pass through gland joints f, g, preferably of gun-metal. The apparatus is suitable for heating water for lavatory basins.