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Patent GB-189801456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tent Fittings for Facilitating their Erection.
Inventor: DAVISON WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-01-19
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 1456. Davison, W. Jan. 19. Tents.-A central boss R is supported by a temporary centre pole S whilst the frame is erected or taken down, or, in the case of a ridge tent, the ridge bar is supported by two end poles. The roof framework is constructed of rods A which are pivoted to the boss or ridge bar. and are provided with pins adapted to fit in sockets or holes in lugs C or corner strips C' of an eaves frame B. When the tent is erected the temporary pole is removed, thus leaving the interior of the tent clear. A spike Q at the end of the pole enters a hole in the boss or ridge-bar.
Patent GB-189805468-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Coin-freed Vending Machine.
Inventor: TONKIN JOHN OSBORN
Filed: 1898-03-05
Granted: 1898-06-11
Abstract: 5468. Tonkin, J. O. March 5. Sale apparatus for postcards and other thin light articles. Delivery mechanism.-The cards b one above another in a chamber D are separated by laths c of greater length, and when a sliding frame a with a returning- spring L is pushed into the position shown so that its fingers f support the lowest lath but one, the lowest card and lath both fall through the frame and the card then descends a slope E, while the lath drops through a slot E<1> therein. Coin action: coin-discharging mechanism. - The coin dropped into a hopper J on the slide forms an abutment for a push-rod J<3>, and when the latter is released it escapes by a lateral shoot. Fraud, preventing.-A pawl M holds the frame against return till it is tripped by the previous return of the push-rod.
Patent GB-189805748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fly Catching Devices, with Means or Appliance to Facilitate Smearing the Composition of Raffia or String.
Inventor: WRIGHT JOSEPH NEWTON
Filed: 1898-03-09
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 5748. Wright, J. N. March 9. Contents, withdrawing.-Relates to means for coating raffia or string with sticky paste to act as a trap for flies, Rubber discs C are secured in holes in the ends B of metal boxes by means of flanged rings H. A stiletto D, with handle G and eye F for the raffia, is forced through the discs C as shown, and is then withdrawn, bringing with it the raffia, which is coated with the composition contained in the box. The holes in the discs C close, and prevent the composition from oozing out. The Specification describes several modifications in the shape of the box and in the means for securing the rubber discs.
Patent GB-189806272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gear for the Transmission of Power.
Inventor: LANCHESTER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-03-15
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 6272. Lanchester, F. W. March 15. Motor road vehicles, power driving-gear for. Relates to variable-speed and reversing friction gearing applicable to motor road vehicles. The driving-wheel A and the driven wheel B are preferably placed at right-angles to each other. Both may have pneumatic tyres of ordinary construction, and B may be one of the road wheels of the car. The rim of the transmission wheel C is made up of a series of small rollers 0 each capable of independent rotation on ball bearings on its spindle, which is clasped between jaws on the side discs K, L. This wheel is pivoted at E, and may be set in the plane of either of the wheels A and B or at any angle, according to the speed and direction of motion required.
Patent GB-189812016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electrical Control for Elevators.
Inventor: LEIGH HENRY HARINGTON
Filed: 1898-05-26
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 12,016. Leigh, H. H., [Sprague, F. J.]. May 26. Drawings to Specification. Motors, controlling.-The electrical control system described diagrammatically in the Specification with reference to a lift motor is arranged so that closure at a button at any landing will cause the lift cage to travel toward and stop automatically at that landing. Buttons which correspond to the several landings are placed within the cage so that the closure of any one causes the cage to travel automatically to the corresponding landing and stop there. When the controlling-circuit is thus closed in the cage or at a landing, the unoperated buttons at the other landings are automatically and magnetically locked to prevent the establishment of a conflicting circuit. The direct control of the motor is effected in a similar way to that described in Specification No. 4549, A.D. 1898 ; the pilot motor, however, used in that case to regulate the resistance in the armature circuit, is replaced in the present case by a solenoid.
Patent GB-189812657-A (GB)
Title: Method of Manufacturing Wickless Burners for Petroleum Stoves and the like and Burners thus Produced.
Inventor: PETTERSON FERDINAND
Filed: 1898-06-06
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 12,657. Petterson, F. June 6. Vapour burners, atmospheric, for petroleum stoves &c. In Fig. 1, a and b are the usual branched tubes, and c is a fixed flame former. The inner tube of the two concentric tubes f, d is attached to the flame former c. The annular vaporizing-chamber g is produced by bending the upper end of the tube f outwards and curving the same over (by spinning, drawing in a press, &c.) so that its edge comes close to the outer side of the tube f, to which it is soldered or otherwise secured. The annular chamber ,g is in communication with the tubes a and b. The tube f is provided with perforations f<1> for the escape of the mixture of vapour and air. The upper orifice of the tube f is closed by means of a cap h.
Patent GB-189814738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mud Guards for Pneumatic and Solid Rubber or Composition Tyres.
Inventor: DUNLOP SAMUEL
Filed: 1898-07-04
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 14,738. Dunlop, S., and Oatway, G. H. July 4. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to a device for scraping and deflecting mud &c. from the tyres of wheels. The scraper A is connected to the rods F by slot adjustments B, and is provided with a projection A to deflect the intercepted substances to the ground. The scraper may take the form of a brush, and may be mounted upon springs. A swing scraper may be used which may be held in position by a spring and removed from contact with the tyre by means of a cam lever. The supporting-rods are fixed at the ends E to the wheel spindle or to the frame. The rods F may be adjustable in length by a screw or a socket connection.
Patent GB-189815608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seed Planting Implements.
Inventor: DYKES GEORGE R
Filed: 1898-07-16
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 15,608. Dykes, G. R. July 16. Seeds, sowing.-Relates to a drill for sowing seeds singly or intermittently. The seed hopper K is detachably secured on the frame B carried on wheels F and fitted with a draught-hook A and handles C. A series of interchangeable seed cups P are carried by arms 0 from a shaft J driven from the axle of the wheels F. The arms 0 pass through a slot in a shoot N leading to the seed tube U. A slotted tube T is arranged in the shoot N to prevent the seeds from falling back into the hopper K, while forming a passage for the cups P to leave the shoot N after they have discharged their contents. The furrow is formed by the coulter B<1>. The seeds are covered by the action of the blades E<2>. Several modifications in detail are described. A clutch may be provided on the shaft J so as to throw the feeding-mechanism out of gear when desired. Means, other than the tube T, may be employed to prevent the seed from falling out of the shoot N.
Patent GB-189815713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Incandescence Bodies suitable for Use with Gas and other Burners.
Inventor: DUNCAN JOHN HENRY HILL
Filed: 1898-07-18
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 15,713. Duncan, J. H. H. July 18. Incandescent gas &c. lamps.-Mantles consisting of a base prepared from the salt or salts or the oxide or oxides of thorium alone, or a mixture of thorium and zirconium, or thorium and yttrium, are sprayed with an aqueous or alcoholic solution of nitrate of cerium with or without the addition of a nitrate or nitrates of didymium, neodymium, or praseodymium. The base is formed either by impregnating the usual textile fabric or threads with a solution of the salts of the rare earths or by weaving threads obtained by squirting through capillary tubes a viscous mixture of collodion or the like with the salts of the incandescent substances. When mixtures are employed for preparing the base and the spraying-solution, the thorium and cerium salts should each form not less than 50 per cent. by weight of the respective mixtures.
Patent GB-189821366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Trucks or Trolleys, more particularly Intended for the Conveyance of Luggage on Railway Station Platforms, and the like.
Inventor: SHADRACK HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1898-10-11
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 21,366. Shadrack, H. T. Oct. 11. Hand-trucks. - Relates to brakes for trolleys or trucks used to convey luggage on railway platforms and the like. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the underside of the truck. When the handle k is released from a suitable catch m, it is drawn to the left by the spring l, and turning on its pivot b actuates the pivoted levers e, f which apply the brake blocks g to the sides of the wheels w. In a modification, the brake blocks are applied to the peripheries of the wheels.
Patent GB-189826804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Subterranean Tunnels and in Machinery therefor.
Inventor: BINNIE WILLIAM JAMES EAMES
IPC: E21D9/06
Filed: 1898-12-20
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 26,804. Binnie, W. J. E. Dec. 20. Tunnels and tunnelling.-Tunnels are driven with the aid of a shield and lined with concrete which is compressed by the rams which also serve to advance the shield. Temporary rings C, D, E, F are built up inside the permanent lining as the shield is advanced, and the concrete is shovelled in between these rings and the tail end B of the shield and compressed in sections by the rams. When the concrete has set, the rings at the rear are removed, the upper sections C being dropped on to tracks L to bring them forward for re-erection. Short rail lengths M to constitute the track are attached to the lower ring segments E.
Patent GB-189901810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Weaving Frames or Looms.
Inventor: BOULANGE HENRI
Filed: 1899-01-26
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 1810. BoulangÚ, H., and FrÚgnac, E. Jan. 26. Zoom driving -mechanism; stop - motions. - An electromotor P working with polyphase currents is fixed rigidly, instead of being mounted upon springs, and is connected to the loom by toothed gearing A, B, instead of belt or band gearing. The toothed wheel B is loose upon the shaft G, and is moved to and fro by a pivoted rod C<1> and connecting-rod T<1>, to act as a friction clutch in conjunction with a fixed disc H upon the shaft. The bevel gearing C, D communicates motion to the cam shaft L, which is connected to the crank shaft K by toothed gearing E, F. The end of the rod C<1> is connected to a friction plate, which acts as a brake against the face of the disc H, and the clutch may be put out of action either by hand or by the ordinary weft stop-motion of the loom.
Patent GB-189901983-A (GB)
Title: Driving Gear and Brake Mechanism for Velocipedes.
Inventor: GEHRKE OTTO
Filed: 1899-01-28
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 1983. Gehrke, O. Jan. 28. Driving-mechanism; brakes.-The invention is shown as applied to a bicycle. The pedals are mounted on treadle-levers e pivoted to the rear fork a and carrying spring pawls d mounted on inwardly-projecting pins. The pawls actuate ratchet-wheels mounted on an axle geared with the rear wheel by a chain &c. Alternate action of the pedals is ensured by connecting them by a chain i passing over a pulley k. Fig. 3 is a left-hand view of the gear, showing the brake mechanism. The brake shoe o, acting on a drum u, is carried on a bent lever o<1> fitted with an adjusting-screw l. When the treadle-lever e is considerably depressed, its rear end comes in contact with the screw l and applies the brake.
Patent GB-189905125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: WILD WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-03-09
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 5125. Wild, W. March 9. Cigar and cigarette holders.- Relates to means for ejecting the end of the cigarette or cigar from the holder. The end of the holder a, or the metal band c thereon, is formed with a socket d in which slides a wire or rod e bent down into the holder as shown at f The cigarette &c. end is ejected by sliding the rod into the position shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-189908087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Traces and other such Parts of Harness.
Inventor: PINDER WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-04-18
Granted: 1900-04-18
Abstract: 8087. Pinder, W., Waterhouse, D., and Corbitt, C. E. April 18. Materials; traces.-Traces &c. are made from the material described in Specification No. 24,440, A.D. 1897, (which consists of cotton duck coated with vulcanized rubber), by coating a piece of the material with rubber solution, folding it, coating it again, trimming it, stitching it where required, and finally compressing it in a mould so as to make the solution permeate the fabric. The mould consists of two parts A, C held together by clips E and bolts D. The part A has pins B for the buckle holes, and has a recess F deeper at the ends than at the middle, so that the trace &c. is formed thicker at the ends.
Patent GB-189915135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Clock Arrangements and Apparatus.
Inventor: HOLLINS FREDERICK THOMAS
Filed: 1899-07-22
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 15,135. Hollins, F. T., and Leake, F. W. July 22. Electric clocks.-In secondary clocks the driving armature lever is connected to a dash-pot, which retards its return after attraction In connection with the master clock an armature b, similarly controlled by a dash-pot d and having a branch f, normally vibrates against the end of a bent switching-arm g, but, if the periodic current is delayed in occurrence or fails, the armature sinks clear of the switching-arm, which accordingly swings over to the terminal h, and so brings a reserve master clock into circuit. A similar arrangement utilizes the reserve clock if the periodic current passes for too great a length of time.
Patent GB-189915478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buildings or Edifices Constructed for the Production of Optical Illusions.
Inventor: KOTIN ADOLPH
Filed: 1899-07-28
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 15,478. Kotin, A. July 28. Exhibitions, scenic and spectacular.-Relates to an inverted building for public amusement. The building is constructed, as shown in Fig. 1, upside down, and rests on the chimney stacks b, towers c, &c. Entrances d and an exit h<1> are provided, and flights of stairs communicate with the various floors. Some of the rooms are provided with mirrors to produce optical illusions as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7. The passage l, Fig. 5, is hexagonal, and is fitted with mirrors on the walls &c., a platform l<1> with hand-rails l<2> allowing people to pass through. The room i, Fig. 6, has a low ceiling i<1> covered with a mirror and a raised floor i<2> with furniture, so that people passing along the passage j and looking over the partition k see the room inverted. Furniture j<2> may be fixed to the ceiling of the passage. A room i, Fig. 5, has a looking- glass ceiling i<1>, and another room p has an oscillating floor q and mirrors s, s<1> in which the reflection of the sky is seen. Fig. 7 shows the head of a staircase with inclined mirrors m, m<1>, o and a hand-rail n.
Patent GB-189919724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Adjusting Flowers on Show Boards for Exhibition.
Inventor: WILLIAMSON WILLIAM TUNNICLIFF
Filed: 1899-10-02
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 19,724. W i l l i a m s o n, W. T. Oct. 2. Flower holders or supports. -Flowers are displayed on show boards by means of looped wires B adjustable in brackets A secured to the board.
Patent GB-189924092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tube Cutters.
Inventor: WATHIER ALEXIS EUGENE ALFRED
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 24,092. Wathier, A. E. A. Dec. 4. Pipe cutters.-Boiler and other tubes are cut by a tool which comprises a part A adapted to be fixed in the tube and a swivelling part D which carries the cutters E and is connected to the part A by a screw i and loose ring I. The part A is fixed by forcing out the jaws a by means of the cone B on the spindle C. A nut c serves to withdraw the cone B and jaws. The cutters E are moved in radial grooves in the part D by means of a tube F provided with a spiral rib or thread f engaging with threads on the cutters. The tube F is moved with respect to the part D by a lever H carrying a pawl h engaging with a ratchet-wheel G. The tool is turned to effect the cutting operation by means of a wrench applied to the square part d'.
Patent GB-189924210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Game of Chess or Draughts.
Inventor: SIMMINS SAMUEL
Filed: 1899-12-05
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 24,210. Simmins, S. Dec. 5. Chess and draughts. - A chess &c. board is formed with 100 squares, the four central squares a and the corner squares b adjacent thereto being distinctively marked as shown. The rules of the game give certain advantages .to pieces gaining these squares. For chess, two additional pieces, placed on the squares c, d, and two additional pawns are used on each side. For draughts, fifteen men are used on each side.
Patent GB-189925741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lightning Arresters.
Inventor: WURTS ALEXANDER JAY
Filed: 1899-12-30
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 25,741. Wurts, A. J. June 8, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Drawings to Specification. Resistances for use in lightning-arresters are rods formed of a dried mixture of graphite, kaolin, and an adhesive such as starch. Each rod is provided with a partial cover of tough paper, moistened and smeared with shellac or other adhesive before rolling.
Patent GB-190003031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters.
Inventor: LITTLE CHARLES WILLIAM GODSON
Filed: 1900-02-15
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 3031. Little, C. W. G. Feb. 15. Energy meters. -A counting-mechanism N is driven by a friction ratchet gear g<3> from a shaft C while this is returning under the action of a pinion c<4> and a weighted toothed lever e<3>, after being driven in the opposite direction by a short impulse from an arm a<4> on the spindle a<3> of a watt-meter A, the pressure current to which is supplied periodically by a clock switch B. In returning, an arm of the shaft C comes in contact with a stop D, and a loose disc F then slips on a disc fixed on the shaft C, the remaining energy being thus dissipated frictionally without rebound. The shaft C may be allowed to oscillate through more than one revolution, the stop D being moved by the shaft, or other part, into acting position at the proper time. In place of the friction disc F, the shaft may drive a loose disc by means of a pawl during the return motion only, the disc being retarded by passage between the poles of a brake magnet. The toothed lever e<3> is carried on a shaft e<2>, and carries a weight e' secured adjustably by a screw, with graduations and a pointer to indicate its position. An arm x of the shaft e<2> moves a loose pointer to indicate the maximum throw of the shafts e<2>, C during any period. A counter may be connected with the spindle a<3>, or other part, to indicate the number of oscillations made by the watt-meter. The gear c<4> and weighted lever e<3> may be replaced by an open helical cam on the shaft C supporting a roller on an inclined weighted lever, or by a helical spring connecting the shaft C with a fixed point. The clock switch B is preferably electrically self-winding. Current is supplied to the coils on the movable spindle a<3> of the watt-meter through two helical controlling-springs. The arm a<4> engages, through a definite angle, a loose angular catch c<2> adjustable by a radial screw on an arm of the shaft C. The ratchet gear consists of an inclined pawl g<3>, slotted to engage an arm q of a loose gear-wheel H, by which it is carried between two discs g, g<2> fixed on the shaft C, so that the pawl bears obliquely against both discs in their return movement. An adjustable part k of the arm q limits the lost motion of the pawl g<3> allowed by its slot.
Patent GB-190012220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screws and Nuts.
Inventor: GRIFFIN RICHARD HOLLINGSWORTH
Filed: 1900-07-06
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 12,220. Griffin, R. H., and Orr, M. L. July 6. Cleaning bottles.-The object is to reduce the friction in screw-and-nut mechanism such as that used in the bottle-brushing machine described in Specification No. 12,343, A.D. 1900. Corresponding spiral grooves are formed in the screw A and nut B to receive balls b<1>, b<2>, rollers, or a spiral wire. Screw caps D', D<2> keep the balls &c. in place. In a modification, the nut is formed of two half blocks recessed to contain a grooved liner.
Patent GB-190023807-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Method of Releasing Trip Valve Motion for Steam Engines and in Appliances therefor.
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN
Filed: 1900-12-29
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 23,807. Richardson, J., and Wansbrough, W. D. Dec. 29, Valve gear.-Relates to trip or releasing-gear for lift or beat valves. The reciprocating rod 1 carries at its end a trigger 3, capable of engaging with the outer end 4 of the trip lever 5 by which the valve 6 is opened. The trigger 3 has a tail 9, resting against a rod 8, which can be adjusted by the governor, or by hand, through the medium of a lever 7, so as to cause the release of the lever 5 and closure of the valve to be suitably varied.
Patent GB-190023903-A (GB)
Title: An Electrical Glass Furnace.
Inventor: VOELKER AUGUST
Filed: 1900-12-31
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 23,903. Voelker, A. Dec. 31. Electric furnaces.-An arc and resistance furnace for making glass and water-glass is charged by a conveyer b through four tubes c, which lead into passages h formed in blocks of refractory materials. In these passages arcs are produced, between electrodes d, and on candles e of the Jablochkoff type. The molten glass falls into a vessel k, in which it may be refined by heating by an alternating or continuous current passing between electrodes l. From this refining-chamber the glass passes through openings m into an annular vessel n, and overflows down passages o into a working basin p, which may be tipped to remove the glass. This basin p is heated by burning the combustible gases produced in the passages h with air supplied by a pipe t at a nozzle s.