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Patent GB-189818412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Malting, Drying, and otherwise Treating Grain and the like, and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WHITE SAMUEL
Filed: 1898-08-27
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 18,412. White, S., and Sleeman, J. Aug. 27. Steeping or washing grain.-Relates to a machine for use in malting, washing, or otherwise treating grain. A cylinder a is divided into large compartments d for the grain, and smaller compartments d<3>, d' for the supply and exhaust of air, the walls d<2> being formed of perforated metal or gauze up to the level to which the compartments d are filled when in use. Air is supplied to the compartments d<3> through trunks e, and passes through the grain to the opposite compartments d<4>, which communicate with the exhaust trunk c. The cylinder is adapted to rotate, and the grain may be washed and steeped in it before germination. Fresh air is supplied to the grain during germination, and kilning can be effected subsequently in the same machine by connecting the air trunks to a suitable furnace. Communication can be established between the compartments d through passages d<5>, so as to mix and interchange the grain while the cylinder is rotating. Covers such as those described in Specification No. 1804, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Drying], may be supplied to the grain sections, to prevent waste of air above the grain level. The machine may he constructed as a fixed vertical cylinder having compartments similar to those described above and furnished with hinged bottoms opening into a hopper-shaped chamber beneath. The grain is mixed and locsened in this case by passage from one such cylinder into another placed beneath it.
Patent GB-189821269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Revolving Chain Covers and Gear Cases, particularly adapted for Cycles.
Inventor: GILBERT WILLIAM EDMOND
Filed: 1898-10-10
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 21,269. Gilbert, W. E. Oct. 10. Chain gearing.-Relates to a revolving chain cover. Figs. 1 and 2 show the application to a bicycle. The cover E, which encloses the chain D, consists of a rubber band a upon the outer edges of which are tubes b. Springs c may be enclosed in these tubes, or the tubes may be filled with air or other fluid. When the cover has been cut to the required length, the ends are united by means of a tab b provided with a layer of textile fabric e, the parts being cemented together. The ends of the tubes may be reduced as at f and covered with inelastic fabric, so that they may be cemented into the tubes at the opposite end of the band. An opener or plough F may be placed just in front of the rear sprocket-wheel, to separate the tubes b previous to the passage of the cover round the wheel.
Patent GB-189822634-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in connection with Cyclometers.
Inventor: KNOTTESFORD-FORTESCUE JOHN NIC
Filed: 1898-10-28
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 22,634. Knottesford-Fortescue, J. N. Oct. 28. Odometers.-Consists in fixing a cyclometer to the spokes and the actuating-nipple to the fork, so that the cyclometer is less likely to be damaged. The nipple F is carried by an adjustable plate D clamped between the wheel and fork or nut and fork. Or it may be fitted to the fork as indicated at D<1>, F<1>. The cyclometer bracket B is held by a screw E between plates A, C which clamp it to the spokes.
Patent GB-189823227-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Amalgamator.
Inventor: SUTPHEN JOHN ELWELL
Filed: 1898-11-04
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 23,227. Sutphen, J. E. Nov. 4. Amalgamating.-Relates to a rotary amalgamator which can be heated by steam or the like. A cylinder A has longitudinal passages a communicating with chambers F formed between the double ends E, D. The central portions of the heads E are fitted with hollow trunnions G through which steam can be passed. The charge of mercury and ore &c. is placed into the cylinder through handholes C, and is subjected to the even pressure of a roller M when the apparatus rotates.
Patent GB-189905932-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Rapidly Transmitting and Recording Telegrams.
Inventor: POLLAK ANTON
Filed: 1899-03-18
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 5932. Pollak, A., Virag, J., Egger, J., and Silberstein, F. March 18. Telegraphs. - Relates to a system of rapid signalling for submarine and other work in which the message is transmitted from a perforated tape having two rows of short and wide holes. The message is received by a telephonic receiver, such as described in Specification No. 16,814, A.D. 1898, or oscillation meter in which a small light mirror a is caused to reflect a beam of light on to a photographic paper D. A slit screen C and cylindrical lens are employed for bringing the light to a sharp point. The paper may be in the form of a sheet on a drum or a ribbon. Weak and strong + and - currents may also be employed. When employed with a cable, a condenser and inductance may be used for sharpening the signals. The oscillation meter may be damped or checked to give clear rapid signals.
Patent GB-189905943-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing Hollow Ware.
Inventor: STAMPACCHIA LUIGI
Filed: 1899-03-18
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 5943. Stampacchia, L. March 18. Drawing.-Relates to apparatus for making deep-drawn articles from thin metallic plates or sheets. The metal plates are first cupped in the usual manner, and are then drawn through dies constructed as shown. The cupped plate is pressed into a conical die A by an annular punch Q, and is then drawn through by a punch P. A die B below the die A reduces the diameter still further, and gives a finish to the surface. Spring catches E strip the drawn article from the punch. The drawing operation may be repeated through a similar smaller set of dies. The punch P has a central passage for the escape of air. The die A is formed concave at a and convex at a<2>, the radii being suited to the metal. The dies are cut away where not required to be in contact with the article, in order to avoid friction.
Patent GB-189906430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tripod-heads.
Inventor: ATKINS GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-03-24
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 6430. Atkins, G. W. March 24. Cameras; tripod stands.-Relates to a method of readily attaching a tripod head to a camera or the like. A solid ring A is screwed on the baseboard of the camera. Inside this is fitted a ring C to which the tripod legs E are hinged. This ring is cut through at one side, and a bolt d with a conical end is fitted in the slit. On turning the nut D, the two halves of the ring C are forced apart and grip inside the ring A.
Patent GB-189906671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Packing Biscuits, Crackers, or the like.
Inventor: PETERS FRANK MAX
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 6671. Peters, F. M. March 28. Packing biscuits &c.-The articles are enclosed in an airtight case made by folding a cardboard blank and a waxed paper lining simultaneously. Fig. 2 shows the rectangular lining B with the box blank A beneath, its outline and folds being in dotted lines. The articles are placed on the bottom fold b ; the fold a is raised into a vertical plane in front, and the flaps a' turned against the ends, the lining being creased on a diagonal line 2-2 on the flaps b<1>. These are next raised against the ends, and then the fold c is raised into a vertical plane, forming the back of the packet, the lining at the same time being folded along diagonal lines 3, 4. The ends are now completed and secured by inserting the corners c<2> of the flaps e' into slits a<2> in the flaps a'. Next, the part of the lining which stands above the front a is folded down upon the biscuits, as in Fig. 10 ; then the flaps d<1> are depressed, and fold the back of the lining into a triangular flap, Fig. 13. This flap is next folded, and its point is tucked in between the front a and its lining, and finally the flaps d and e are folded. The biscuits D may be contained in a former C, Fig. 21, or the packets may be made on a former before filling.
Patent GB-189907729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Production of Pictures or Representations in Natural Colours.
Inventor: SZCZEPANIK JAN
Filed: 1899-04-12
Granted: 1900-04-12
Abstract: 7729. Szczepanik, J. April 12. Producing coloured photographs.-Relates to a method of producing tricolour photographs, which are projected by the same apparatus, as images in their natural colours. Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of the arrangement. A line screen e is placed between the lens c and the photographic plate a. The aperture of the diaphragm d is square, and is fitted with three panes of glass (red, yellow, and blue). Each transparent line of the screen is thus projected on the plate as a line of three colours (red, yellow, and blue). If the transparency obtained from the negative a is put in its place, and light from a condenser f is sent through, a coloured picture is projected on a screen placed where the original object b was situated. Two or more sets of coloured plates may be placed in the diaphragm aperture.
Patent GB-189914788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Buoy Lamps, Anchor Lights, and the like.
Inventor: PARROTT WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1899-07-18
Granted: 1899-11-04
Abstract: 14,788. Parrott, W. T. July 18. Buoy lamps.-A buoy lamp anchor light, or the like. comprises a lantern in which the air supply entering at G descends circuitously through four or other number of arms E to the burner D. The cap K is hinged and normally secured by a screw nut to the body of the lantern, and the body is similarly attached to the reservoir A, a rubber washer being provided at C to maintain a tight joint. The flue M is surmounted by a gauze cap M', the reservoir A is vented by a pipe fitted with a tap and a disconnecting-union, and the spindle of the wick-raising mechanism is formed in two parts, mounted on the burner and the lantern body respectively to facilitate the turning back of the latter, and gearing together when the lantern is closed.
Patent GB-189915542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Oil Lamps.
Inventor: BROADBENT ARTHUR
Filed: 1899-07-29
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 15,542. Broadbent, A. July 29. Oil-lamp reservoirs.-To prevent the escape of oil in the event of the lamp being upset, the communication between the reservoir D and the burner is controlled by ball or disc valves C, E. When the lamp is upset, a weight W closes the valve C, through which oil normally passes to the wick chamber B, and a weight W<1> simultaneously closes the valve E through which air normally passes to the reservoir D, while a tube A<1> deflects the oil already in the wick chamber B into the chamber, as indicated by the arrows.
Patent GB-189915944-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Railway Coupling.
Inventor: TUCKER GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-08-04
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 15,944. Tucker, G. W. Aug. 4. Couplings, non-automatic.-The coupling-link K is manipulated from the sides of the vehicles by turning the weighted handle D attached to the shaft A, which carries a cradle F having a curved surface J terminating in hooks G, G' adapted to bear against pins I on the sides of the link.
Patent GB-189918899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spades.
Inventor: KILLMER FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1899-09-19
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 18,899. Killmer, F. W. Sept. 19. Making spades.-Relates to the manufacture of a spade having a broad tread for the foot. The tread may be formed of a piece of metal bent into triangular form in cross-section and riveted to the top of the blade or the tread h as well as the handle socket f may be made by cutting and bending the upper part of the metal blank from which the blade is formed.
Patent GB-189921575-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Upsetting as also Welding Together the Edges of Metal Plates.
Inventor: SCHEIBNER JOHANN
Filed: 1899-10-28
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 21,575. Scheibner, J. Oct. 28. Forging; rolling.-In a machine for upsetting the edge of a metal plate, a pressure head d, Fig. 1, clamps the plate a on a table t. The head extends the whole width of the plate, and is operated by a hydraulic cylinder e. The thickness of the upset edge is limited by a block h adjusted vertically by wedges g, Fig. 3, which slide between the block and a flange f on the head and are adjusted by a screw n mounted in the standards S. The upsetting is effected by pushing a roller b along the edge of the plate, the reacting pressure being taken by antifriction rollers c mounted on the roll spindle and running on ways p. The edge may be thickened in successive operations by adjusting the block h and changing the roll. Welding.-A machine for welding plates or tubes has guideways k, k<1>, Figs. 4 and 5, on which rolls w, v can travel, being mounted on antifriction rollers c and pushed along as in the previous machine. Arms m, m<1> on the guideways, carrying blocks m<3>, m<2>, clamp the tube in place, the rolls and blocks being changeable to suit the curve of the tube. Water-gas burners i are drawn along in front of the rolls to heat the weld.
Patent GB-189923488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture or Treatment of Paper, Cardboard, Silk, Linen, Cloth, Buckram, Leatherette and the like, for Use in Printing, Bookbinding, and for other Purposes.
Inventor: ADAMS ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1899-11-24
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 23,488. Adams, A. J., Adams, F. C. A., and Beckley, W. B. Nov. 24. Printing on artificial leather, woven fabrics, &c.-Relates to the manufacture or treatment of paper, cardboard, silk, linen, cloth, buckram, leatherette, &c. for use in printing, bookbinding, &c., and consists in mixing with the paper pulp or steeping the material in a solution of albuminous material, with or without the addition of a small quantity of ammonium chloride. The albuminous material is prepared by adding about one or two per cent. of ammonium fluoride &c. to blood serum, or to a liquid obtained by treating bran &c. with water at a temperature of 25‹ to 30‹ C. and filtering &c., the albuminous liquid being subjected to dialysis and concentration by means of hot air or until it attains the consistency of a thick liquid ; 32 parts of the liquid, and also, if desired, 1 part of ammonium chloride, are added to 4480 parts of paper pulp. In treating fabrics &c., each piece is immersed in the albuminous solution, which is mixed with sufficient water to enable it to cover the material. By the use of this invention, the use of "glaire" is rendered unnecessary in the process of printing or "blocking" with gold &c., and, when printing in colours, a better impression than usual is obtained with cheaper inks.
Patent GB-189923720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Brakes for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: MUELLER HARRY OSCAR
Filed: 1899-11-28
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 23,720. M³ller, H. O. Nov. 28. Brakes, air-pressure. The axle 4* has a wheel 4 normally gearing with a wheel 3, which may be lifted with its sliding bearings 22 by pivoted levers 27 linked to the piston-rod of the controlling - cylinder 32. The air-compressing pumps, worked from the shaft 15 of the wheel 3, deliver through the pipe 43 to the valve 45, Fig. 5, which communicates through the pipe 71, Fig. 8, with the brake valve 87, the port 76* of which leads to the atmosphere. When the valve is in the position shown in Fig. 8, the trainpipe 67 is closed, the brake pipe 76 opened to exhaust, and the chamber 33, Fig. 3, open to the atmosphere through the pipes 74, 71 and chambers 46 and 58*. The pumps are now forcing air past the valves 49 and 62 to the pipe 70 leading to the tank 1, which has a pipe 38* leading to the chamber 34. As soon as the air in the tank 1 attains a certain pressure, the valve 62 closes, and the air from the pumps now lifts the piston 53, closing the valve 49 and allowing the spring 57 to open the valve 51 and close the valve 59*. Air now passes to the chamber 46 and through the pipes 71 and 74 to the chamber 33, and depresses the piston 37 and with it the valves 37** and 38, thereby allowing the chamber 32 to exhaust through the port 40*, and the piston 31 is depressed and the wheel 3 elevated out of gear, thus stopping the pumps, the parts remaining in these positions until the pressure in the chamber 45 falls. On bringing the valve 87 into the position shown in Fig. 10, air passes from the train-pipe 67 to the brake cylinder, the port 72 is closed, and the port 73 open to the atmosphere. The brakes are still kept applied when the valve 87 is turned to the position shown in Fig. 9, and are released by returning the valve to its original position, Fig. 8. Air from the tank 1 may enter the train-pipe 67 at any time through the valve 64* and is also used, when the pressure in the chamber 45 falls, to elevate the piston 31 and throw the wheel 3 into gear with the driving-wheel 4.
Patent GB-189923897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inkstands.
Inventor: SCHENKE ARTHUR LOUIS MARIA
Filed: 1899-11-30
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 23,897. Schenke, A. L. M. Nov. 30. Inkstands; pen and pencil trays and stands.- Fig. 1 shows a perspective view. The trays g, h are for pens, pencils, &c., and the drawers l, m, n, o and receptacles i, k for containing small articles. In a modification, the parts to the right of the dotted line are omitted.
Patent GB-189924946-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Road Cleaner, Elevator, and Dirt Cart.
Inventor: STOBBS MATTHEW
Filed: 1899-12-15
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 24,946. Stobbs, M., and Thompson, J. S. Dec. 15. Sweeping-machines; elevating sweepings into carts and other receptacles.-A combinea road cleaner, elevator, and dirt-cart is shown in Fig. 1. The outer casing g, wheels i, and receiver h are mounted on the axle f as shown in Fig. 4. The chain h<1>, in which is the spring i<1>, has one end secured to the frame c and the other end to the outer casing g, and keeps the brushes in contact with the ground. Dirt is driven by the brushes or scrapers towards the blades v, which convey the dirt between the casing g and the receiver h and deliver it into the receiver. By revolving the roller d', the apparatus is raised bodily, and the pawl k<1> engages with the rod c'. By hooking the rope e<1> to some point E on the outer casing and revolving the drum d<1>, the receiver may be emptied.
Patent GB-190001997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Coupling.
Inventor: DRESSER SOLOMON ROBERT
Filed: 1900-01-31
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 1997. D r e sser, S. R. Jan. 31. Sleeve joints; expansion joints.-A coupling for plainended pipes provides for expansion, and is made in two sections B, B', which on screwing up compress the ring C with wedgeshaped ends and elastic packing E, E<1>.
Patent GB-190003910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Ferro-aluminous Ores.
Inventor: PENIAKOFF DIMITRY ALEXANDROWIT
Filed: 1900-02-28
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 3910. PÞniakoff, D. A. Feb. 28. Aluminium.-Alumina is prepared from bauxite or other ferro-aluminous ore by roasting the ore alone or with carbon or reducing-gases, to reduce the iron in it to magnetic oxide or metal; the roasted ore is finely ground, and passed through magnetic sorting-apparatus, where a part containing most of the iron is separated from the remainder, which contains little iron, and is suitable for use in the chemical preparation of pure alumina and aluminium. By repeated sorting a product is obtained which can be used directly for the preparation of aluminium containing only a small proportion of iron.
Patent GB-190010450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Breaking or Scutching Flax.
Inventor: COURCY EDWARD JOSEPH DE
Filed: 1900-06-08
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 10,450. Courcy, E. J. de, and Crawford, R.. June 8. Breaking and scutching apparatus for flax. Relates to improvements on the apparatus described i n Specification No. 27,023, A.D. 1898. The first and second pairs of rollers are provided with coarse flutes, and the remainder with flutes of about half the pitch of those of the first two pairs. The first pair is driven at a greater speed than the second, to allow for the bending of the material between the flutes of the second pair of rollers, while the remaining pairs are driven at about the same speed as the first pair. The shafts of the lower rollers are connected together by spur gearing, each roller carrying a fast and a loose spur-wheel, which on adjacent rollers are arranged on opposite sides of the machine, the loose pinions serving as carrier-wheels between the fast spurwheels on each side. Two of the fast spur-wheels on each side of the machine are connected respectively with the spur-wheels D, D<1> on the shaft E, which is reciprocated through a larger and a smaller angle alternately, so as to give to the breaking and scutching rollers a reciprocating motion of which the movement in the forward direction is greater than that in the other. The shaft E is reciprocated by means of an epicyclic arrangement of three bevel-wheels H<1>, H<2>, H<3>, of which H' is fast to the shaft E, H<1> is loose upon an arm H, which is reciprocated by an eccentric on the main shaft K, and H<3> is attached to a spur-wheel J, which is loose on the shaft E and is driven continuously by a spur-wheel J<1> on the driving-shaft K.
Patent GB-190015321-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Treating Frozen or Chilled Meat of all Kinds while the same is being Thawed.
Inventor: CHAPMAN ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Filed: 1900-08-28
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 15,321. Lake, H. H., [Chapman, A. H.]. Aug. 28. Preserving meat.-Frozen or chilled meat is enclosed in a bag, sheet, or wrapper, made of waterproof and airproof or semi-airproof material, such as rubber &c., before thawing it, in order to prevent the meat from becoming damp.
Patent GB-190023854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriters.
Inventor: GRIFFIN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-12-31
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 23,854. Griffin, W. H., and Plummer, W. F. Dec. 31. Type-writers. - Relates to the mechanism employed for shifting the platen to vary the imprint, produced by the depression of a key. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of part of a Remington machine, in which g is the shift-key, which is situated at the left-hand side of the keyboard and effects. the shifting of the platen m in the well-known manner. The invention consists in the provision of a shift-key d<2>, consisting of a wide metal plate situated in front of the central part of the keyboard, so that it can be operated by either thumb without necessitating a movement of the hand. The plate d<2> forms the front portion of a lever d pivoted to a channelled block h, which is clamped by set screws i to the front bar k of the machine frame. The lever d has a lateral extension d<3>, which bears away to the left so that it can be connected by a link f to the shift-key g. The shift-lever d and plate d<2> may be subdivided when there are two shift-keys in the keyboard.