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Patent GB-190002357-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electromagnetic Bell Signalling Apparatus.
Filed: 1900-02-06
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 2357. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Aktiengesellschaft]. Feb. 6. Electric bells.-In signalling-apparatus for use on ships, in mines, &c., the bell mechanism is protected from moisture by the following arrangements :-Fig. 1 shows the electromagnet e, and the armature contact-maker h, j, enclosed within a case k, one side of which is formed by a flexible diaphragm b. The armature is fixed to the inside, and the striker i to the outside, of the diaphragm at the same point g. The bent arm of the striker i is protected by the sleeve shown. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the diaphragm b is of cylindrical form, and is fixed to the base d, the top being formed by the disc r, which has an aperture s affording access to the interior. The opening is normally closed by the bracket t, which carries the bell. The curved striker i and the armature g are fixed at the same point to the inside and outside of the diaphragm.
Patent GB-190004498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Couplings.
Inventor: BARR ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-03-09
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 4498. Barr, A. March 9. Butt-and-flange joints.- A pipe coupling for joining metallic pipes to articles or receptacles of glass, pottery, or fragile material is shown in Fig. 1. The pipe or nozzle A is swelled at the end, and fitted with the rubber or soft piece D. The pipe B is flanged, and is connected to the other pipe by drawing the glands or collars C, C<1>, together by bolts. The collar C' may be fixed to the pipe B, and a separate packing-ring might be used between the pipe ends.
Patent GB-190004614-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Drying Thick, Sticky Liquids.
Inventor: WENCK ALBERT
Filed: 1900-03-10
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 4614. Wenck, A. March 10. Evaporating s e w a g e, molasses' residues, distillers' refuse, and other thick sticky liquids. - Viscous liquids, such as molasses' residues, distillers' residues, and the like, are dried by passing streams of gas bubbles through the material. The fluid residues, previously filtered if necessary, pass from a reservoir a through concentrators b and through a second reservoir e into a mixing- chamber h, which is supplied with acid and powdered chalk from the reservoirs f and g. These materials cause bubbles of carbonic acid to be formed, which subdivide the mass and take up the moisture. The drying process is completed in drying-chambers l. The gas may be supplied from an external source.
Patent GB-190007040-A (GB)
Title: Register for Games.
Inventor: HAMILTON JAMES
Filed: 1900-04-17
Granted: 1901-04-17
Abstract: 7040. Hamilton, J. April 17. Scoring and marking.-A board is divided into a number of squares, each fitted with a pivoted plate, as shown, on one side of which a number corresponding to the position of the plate is marked. Normally the plates are arranged with their blank sides outermost, the score being indicated by turning the plate so as to expose the proper number. For scoring billiards, two boards, combined or separate, are used, one for the spot and the other for the plain ball.
Patent GB-190008054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: LUNANT JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-05-01
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 8054. Lunant, J. May 1. Wheels; tramcars.- Means for protecting the pneumatic tyres of tramcar and other vehicle wheels are shown in section in Fig. 2 as applied to a road-vehicle wheel. The air tube i is surrounded by a cover h provided with projections c, which take under the inturned edges d of a steel or similar protecting- band b. A metallic strip m embedded in the cover may help to hold the projections c in position, and the cover may be in one piece, as shown, or it may be divided along the tread. An outer iron hoop a is secured to the band b, and is flanged for railway or tramway vehicles. The whole may be enclosed in a rubber band.
Patent GB-190011189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Linings for Carpets, Refrigerator Cars, Cold Storage Houses, Dwellings, Buildings, and the like.
Inventor: LONG JULIUS DE
Filed: 1900-06-20
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 11,189. Long, J. de, and Homergue, J. B. d'. June 20. Carpet linings &c. are formed for insulating against heat and cold, and for deadening sound. A filling material 4 composed of raw cattle hair, used separately or mixed with cellulose formed from ground corn-stalk pith, is enclosed between sheets 2, 12 of paper or other suitable material. The edges of the bottom sheet are turned up at 6 and secured by chain stitching 7. Tapes or strips 8, 10 are arranged at intervals in the manner shown, and are connected together by chain stitching 9. The top sheet is fixed to the turnedup edges 6 and to the upper tapes 10 by cement, glue, or paste.
Patent GB-190012420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets.
Inventor: SCOTT MARGARET
Filed: 1900-07-10
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 12,420. Scott, M. July 10. Corsets.- In order to prevent the vertical stiffeners 3 from becoming bent out of shape at the waist, a number of horizontal stiffeners 4 are attached at their extremities 6 only to the inside of the corset below the breast parts.
Patent GB-190016283-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Support or Rest for Bicycles.
Inventor: ANDERSSON BENGT SALOMON
Filed: 1900-09-13
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 16,283. Andersson, B. S., and Carlsson, C. V. Sept. 13. Stands or supports for bicycles. The supports or rests consist of two tubes or rods 1, bent at the tops and carried in the bearings 6. The bearings 6 are formed in a metal piece secured to the chain stays by the bridge-piece 8 and bolt 7. The levers 4 secured to the ends of the props 1 are slotted, and receive the link 11, which is in engagement with the operating-bolt 12. The bolt 12 is secured to the frame by the clips 20. In a modified supporting-device, the levers 4 are dispensed with, the ends of the props 1 are secured together, and a foot-lever for actuating the device is fixed to one of the prop legs.
Patent GB-190022820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Brushing or Scraping Roads and for Collecting the Refuse therefrom.
Inventor: EMERY SAMUEL CHARLES
Filed: 1900-12-14
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 22,820. Emery, S. c. Dec. 14. Sweeping-machines; scraping-machines; refuse, collecting ; elevating sweepings into carts and othe receptacles.-In a machine for scraping or brushing roads and collecting refuse, an inclined scraper or brush D directs the mud &c. to an opening at the bottom of an oblique casing L mounted on an eccentric boss on the wheel axle B, and having an outlet at the top communicating by a spout 0 with a cart or other receptacle. The refuse is elevated by a circularfan-like conveyer or elevator K with brushes, vanes, or buckets k' and having a hub k<3> mounted on the eccentric boss and rotated by gearing R<2>, R<1>, Q, Q<1> from the wheel axle B, which is also geared as shown to the brush shaft connected to a swinging frame H turned on a shaft F by a lever J and a chain or link. The elevator is put out of gear by sliding the wheel Q on its shaft, or by turning the casing L and its eccentric boss about the axle B, the movement of the casing being limited by stops carried by the spout and a rod attached to the frame C. According to the Provisional Specification, one of the wheels may form the conveyer casing, the vanes being made with sides and the wheel rim provided with internal flanges ; or the wheel has internal flanges at both sides and divisional plates at intervals, the refuse being swept up an inclined guide-plate into the buckets and being discharged into an inclined outlet spout.
Patent GB-190100857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Instantaneous Grip Vices
Inventor: BEVIS ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-01-14
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 857. Bevis, A. W., and Hutchings, W. J. Jan. 14. Vices.-The movable jaw B is carried by a stem which slides in the fixed jaw A. Within the stem and capable of rocking therein is a bar D with a T-shaped head to engage with a cam C and with holes to engage one or other of the pins P. The cam swivels on the jaw B, and has a lever handle. A spring keeps the head of the bar D in engagement with the cam. By suitably turning the lever handle, the bar D is first rocked so that the pins engage the holes in the bar, and then the jaw B is advanced to give the grip. By turning the handle back, the bar falls, and the jaw B is free to be slid backwards or forwards for rapid adjustment. The Provisional Specification states that teeth may be used instead of the pins P.
Patent GB-190103022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carriage Springs for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: MAYBACH WILHELM
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 3022. Maybach, W. Feb. 12. Springs, bearing.-Relates to carriage springs for motor vehicles and the like, and the object is to permit of the front wheels being brought well beyond the end of the vehicle body. In the form shown in Fig. 1, each spring c is attached to the vehicle frame a at one end by a swing link f, and is held at the centre by a strap d pivoted to a bracket on the vehicle frame, the other end resting on the axle b, which is connected to the bracket on the frame by an arm h. This arrange ment allows a certain freedom of movement between the vehicle body and the spring. In other arrangements, the spring may be pivoted at either end, provision being made for movement at the other two points.
Patent GB-190104643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tilting or Adjustable Brackets or Supports for Rods, Shelves and the like.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS THOMAS
Filed: 1901-03-05
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 4643. Griffiths, T., and Holland, L. March 5. Brackets for displaying plates, rods, shelves, &c. The arm a is pivoted between a pair of cheeks of a support b having a pivot pin b<2> to drop into a suitable socket. Pivoted to the tail of the rod a is a screw, which engages a spherical &c. nut d placed in holes in the cheeks. By rotating the nut the angle of the arm can be adjusted. The displaying rods or plates or shelves are supported on arms a.
Patent GB-190107484-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing Resistible (Waterproof) Objects of Rawhide
Inventor: NEUHAUS CARL
Filed: 1901-04-11
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 7484. Neuhaus, C. April 11. Waterproofing.-Relates to the manufacture of gear-wheels and other objects formed by the cementing or glueing together of layers of raw hide, and consists in making the objects waterproof by adding to the cement or glue a solution of potassium bichromate or the like and exposing the objects, when cemented, to the action of light, or of the R÷ntgen rays, in order to render the cement insoluble.
Patent GB-190107512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Taps of Faucets.
Inventor: OSGOOD ISAAC
Filed: 1901-04-12
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 7512. Osgood, I. April 12. Lift valves; freezing, preventing.-To prevent freezing in house-service pipes, the taps or faucets are provided with an auxiliary valve which allows air to enter and the pipes to drain, when the stop cock at the main, which is provided with a drainage outlet, is closed. The valve plug 4 is faced with a washer 6 which is secured by a perforated screw 8, and the plug has a recess containing a ball-valve 10 normally pressed on to its seat in the plug by the water pressure. When the supply is cut-off, the ball drops and air enters the pipes through a passage 12 and the recess in the valve plug. The ball valve may be replaced by a hollow valve 100, Fig. 4, or a cylindrical valve 102, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190108825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Holes and Covers for the Same for Boilers.
Filed: 1901-04-29
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 8825. Tubes, Ltd., and Halliwell, R. F. April 29. Handhole doors.-A boiler handhole cover A, which fits a circular hole, has an elliptical flange a, and is jointed with the outer cap B by a spigot- and-socket like arrangement is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The inner cover A has a bolt a<1> to receive the tightening nut, and the joint surface a<2> is conical. Fibrous, soft metallic, or other packing is inserted between the cap B and the cover A. The outer cap B may be perforated to permit leakage to escape and prevent undue pressure upon the cap.
Patent GB-190114233-A (GB)
Title: Furnaces
Inventor: KNAPP SEWELL ALAIN
Filed: 1901-07-12
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 14,233. Knapp, S. A., and Ballard, J. July 12. Reverberatory furnaces; crowns and roofs; walls; firebridges; doors.-The end and side walls, and the firebridge, are made hollow, as shown, for the circulation of water, the water being sprayed into the fire bridge through the perforated pipe C<3>, Fig. 2. The crown is constructed of hollow sections D, Figs. 1 and 2, with provision for circulating water through them, or of solid sections, Fig. 4, the sections being in each case suspended from arched supports E<2> by rods with screw adjustment pieces b. The solid sections are constructed of firebricks secured in frames H, shown in plan, separately, in Fig. 5. The Specification mentions the application of the invention to furnaces for smelting and roasting ores, reheating, annealing, and tempering metals, and annealing glass ware. The construction may be applied to flat-topped furnaces. The door G, Fig. 1, which runs on rollers, is also made hollow and connected to water-circulation pipes.
Patent GB-190118079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Heating Systems for Cars.
Inventor: NEWELL FRANK CLARENCE
Filed: 1901-09-10
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 18,079. Newell, F. C., and Herr, E. M. Sept.10. Heating.-Relates particularly to electric-car heaters which also serve as resistance devices or rheostats for the controller of the motor and braking circuits. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the heaters 1 are located under the seats and hot air may pass to the inside of the car through the valve-controlled ports 4, 5 in the partition 3 or it may escape to the atmosphere through the conduits 8 in which valves 10 are fitted. The outlets to the atmosphere may be in the floor or roof, and these arrangements may be used for ventilating the car. Fig. 8 shows an arrangement in which the resistance boxes 1 can be affixed, when desired, to the vertical arm of the bracket 22 outside the car, and, in a modification, the boxes 1 can be turned into a horizontal position, and secured below the floor 23.
Patent GB-190122727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture or Production of Photographic Plates and Papers.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1901-11-11
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 22,727. Newton, H. E., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Nov. 11. Sensitized plates and films; developing.-Relates to the combination of sensitized plates and films with developing substances so that they can be developed in an alkaline solution. The coated plates or films are immersed in a solution of the developer, then taken out, and allowed to dry. Several suitable developing-solutions are specified in the description. For example :-5 parts of hydrochloride of amido - ortho - oxybenzylic alcohol (described in Specification No. 12,421, A.D. 1901), 5 parts of acetone sulphite, and 5) parts of water; or 10 parts of methyl-p-amido-m-cresol "metol" (see Specification No. 15,434, A.D. 1891), and 10 parts of bisulphite of sodium dissolved in 500 parts of water.
Patent GB-190126484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Third Rail Conductors for Electric Railways
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 26,484. Lake, H., H., [Central Electric Construction Co.]. Dec. 27. Electric railways and tramsways with protected third-rail conductors. Conductors.-The conductors 1 are carried by caps 7 on insulating-blocks 3 bolted to supports 2, which are provided with arms 12, 13 for carrying the shields or guards. On one side these consist of lengths of metal plates 10, curved to overhang the rail 1 and supported by ribbed arms 14. The lengths are separated from each other and insulated from their supports by a strip of insulating- material 15 and by an insulating-sleeve on the bolts 17 which secures the parts together. On the other side the guard is formed of boards 11, also carried by ribbed arms 19 bolted to the supports 2. Between the supports 2, brackets 27 serve to hold and stiffen the guards.
Patent GB-190204456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Casting of Objects of Art in Tin, Lead, Antimony, or the like.
Inventor: DUPONT PAUL
Filed: 1902-02-21
Granted: 1903-02-21
Abstract: 4456. Dupont, P. Feb. 21. Casting and moulding.-Works of art are cast in antimony, lead, tin, or the like, by the aid of paper moulds. The mould is formed from a number of sheets of tissue, Japanese, or other like paper, coated with a paste made of wheat flour, starch, or dextrine, to which kaolin, ochre, powdered asbestos, or the like may be added in suitable proportions, to render the mould more resistant when dried. The sheets are placed together and covered with a plain sheet of thicker paper, and are then pressed into contact with the obverse of the model, which is supported on a metal bed-plate provided with dowels to form the recesses 6, Fig. 5, and a projection to form the pouring gate 9. The mould is then dried and a metal casing 3, Fig. 3, generally of lead, cast round it, the mould and casing forming the mould for the obverse. The mould for the reverse is formed by pressing a sheet of paper over the model while contained in the obverse mould, to form the reverse paper mould, which is then provided with a metal casing 4, Fig. 2. The two moulds are placed together as in Fig. 2 and registered by projections 7, 2 on the parts of the reverse mould engaging the recesses 6, metal being poured through the gate 9. The moulds may be used in obtaining castings from plaster casts. Fig. 7 shows an untrimmed casting.
Patent GB-190209119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rail Scrapers and Sweepers for Tram Cars and the like.
Inventor: WAINWRIGHT JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-04-19
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 9119. Wainwright, J. W. April 19. Rail-cleaners, brakes.-Tramcars are fitted at each end with a rail scraper q, Fig. 1, carried by the pivoted spring-controlled lever p, which is allowed a certain amount of lateral play. The spring rods g, t pass through the bracket e bolted to the frame d, which is adjustably secured to the end of the car. Fig. 3 shows rail-scraping apparatus fitted to track mechanism of the type described in Specification No. 8919, A.D. 1901. Instead of the ordinary brake block a brush 8 is fitted and the spring 6<1> is adjustable. In a modification, the levers 4, p<1> are extended, as shown in dotted lines, and connected by a spring 12.
Patent GB-190211939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion and Explosion Engines
Inventor: HOFLINGER EDUARD
Filed: 1902-05-26
Granted: 1902-08-07
Abstract: 11,939. H÷flinger, E. May 26. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-The cylinder b, Fig. 1, contains a mechanically-actuated auxiliary piston u, which assists in expelling the products of combustion through the port r, and towards the end of the motor piston's in-stroke forces a charge of compressed air from behind it through a pipe w into the space between the pistons, where it is compressed till it becomes hot enough to vaporize the charge of fuel that is injected into it. This fuel may be ignited at constant pressure or con- stant volume, and may be injected through a nozzle situated in the mouth of the air pipe w and sur- rounded, if desired, by the exhaust pipe to heat it. Instead of employing the auxiliary piston, air enters the cylinder from the reservoir c, and, after expelling the exhaust, air is drawn into a pump v, Fig. 5, and returned to the cylinder with the enter- ing fuel. An upwardly-opening valve on the piston u equalizes pressure on both sides of it when that in the combustion chamber becomes abnormally high, and is raised by a projection on the piston a when they meet opposite the port r.
Patent GB-190218869-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lifting Jack.
Inventor: PRIMROSE WILLIAM GIBSON
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 18,869. Primrose, W. G. Aug. 28. Lifting-jacks for raising tramcars and for use where there is little space between the ground and body to be raised. Fig. 1 shows the jack in section, and Fig. 2 shows a plan with the head removed. A block a has an internal thread into which screws a piece b, which also possesses an internal thread for the head c to screw into. A ring d encircles the flange on the top of the piece b, containing pawls e turned in opposite directions. These pawls engage in recesses b<1> in the flange, and can be drawn back, so that the ring may turn the piece b in either direction. The pawl i prevents the piece b from screwing entirely out of the block a by engaging a slot b<2>.
Patent GB-190224145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Digging Machines for Beet and similar Root Crops
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1902-11-04
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 24.145. Marks, G. C., [Gubtil, B. W.]. Nov. 4. Crops, root, topping and tailing machines for.- Relates to a machine for digging beet and similar root crops. The digging-tools consist of two conical rotary bodies F having portions cut away to form indentations H. The two bodies F are set close together and in such a position that the indentations H in the one co-operate with the indentations in the other, to enclose and seize a portion of the soil and raise it without injury to the beet. The tools F are carried by two parallel shafts E mounted in a frame C pivoted on the main axle A and adjusted in guides by means of connections to a rock-shaft S on which a handlever R is secured. The shafts E are driven by an arrangement of bevel and spur gearing from the main axle A, to which the main wheels are attached by ratchet-and-pawl mechanism.
Patent GB-190225502-A (GB)
Title: A Special Fastening for Press Buttons for Articles of Dress
Inventor: KLEINMANN ISIDOR
Filed: 1902-11-20
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 25,502. Kleinmann, I. Nov. 20. Fastenings, attaching ; stud-and-socket fastenings.-Fastenings in the form of press buttons or stud-andsocket fastenings are attached to garments by means of discs c, c<1> placed on the opposite side of the material to the fastenings and secured simultaneously by sewing. The discs are perforated t o correspond with the fastenings and may be recessed between the fastenings for the securing- thread.
Patent GB-190227189-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Leucitic Product for the Manufacture of Products or Compounds of Aluminium, Potassium and Silicon.
Inventor: O'BRIEN JOHN OWDEN
Filed: 1902-12-10
Granted: 1903-12-03
Abstract: 27,189. O'Brien, J. O., [Ceribelli, F.]. Dec. 10. Aluminium and potassium silicate.-The mineral leucite in its unaltered state is granulated, separated by rotary or other sieves from dust and large pieces, such as tufa and basalts, and further graded in separating or sifting apparatus until a product is obtained containing from 50 to 90 per cent. of leucite, the remainder consisting of mica, basalt, and other volcanic materials. This product, to be known as " leucoplosion," can be sold as such, or, when desired, can easily be transformed by the action of acids into required compounds, the mica, basalt, &c. not being acted upon by the acids.