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Patent GB-189912297-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Controlling Electric Motors, the Invention being particularly adapted to the Motors of Elevators.
Filed: 1899-06-13
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 12,297. Otis Elevator Co., [Otis Bros. & Co.]. June 13. Lifts. - Relates to means for controlling alternating-current motors, more particularly such as are adapted to the operation of lifts. The invention may be used in connection with the system of controlling lifts described in Specification No. 1883, A.D. 1898. The main feature consists in the use of the same electromagnets for actuating the brake gear and the switch mechanism for controlling the motor circuits. Fig. 1 shows the mechanical arrangements, and Fig. 11 the electrical connections for a three-phase system. The brake is mounted on the driving-shaft of the motor B, and its band is connected to weighted levers D<3>, D<4> actuated by the cores of a pair of solenoids D, D'. When the brake has been applied, pivoted catches H, H<1> hold the levers down until one is released by the movement of its solenoid core. The reversing-switch E comprises two pivoted switch arms E', E<2>, carrying contacts at both ends. The switch arms E', E<2> are actuated by links L, L<1> from the brake levers D<3>, D<4>. To relieve the brake magnets from the duty of holding up the brake levers, each of the links L, L<1> is engaged by a spring catch when raised. In stopping the motor, this catch is released by a magnet F, or the usual automatic stopmotion device A<4> may be utilized for this purpose. When single-phase currents are used, and the motor has to be provided with a starting-circuit, a centrifugal governing-device is employed for breaking this circuit when the motor attains a sufficient speed. Fig. 11 is a diagram of the general arrangement, E<1> and E<2> representing the switch arms with their contacts e, e', e<4>, e<7> and e<2>, e<3>, e<8>, e<9>, respectively, B the motor, D and D<1> the brake magnets, F the stop magnet, M the floor controller, and P<1> and P' the push-buttons. Contact making and breaking magnets N, 0, Q, R, and S are also arranged in the circuits. When the motor is at rest, the switch contacts e, e<1> and e<2>, e<3> are closed. On pressing in the push-button P<1>, the magnet N is energized, attracts its armature, and closes a short circuit between the armature and the magnet Q, including one of the coils thereof, so that the magnet attracts its armature and cuts the push-button out of circuit. At the same time the magnet S closes the circuit leading from one of the mains through the brake magnet D, and the latter actuates the switch arm E<1> so as to break the contacts e, e<1> and close the motor contacts e<4>, e<7>. When the lift reaches the desired position, the floor controller M interrupts the operating circuit. The magnets N and Q then release their armatures, and the stop magnet F is energized so as to release the link holding up the brake lever, and at the same time throw off the switch. If the push-button P<2> is operated, the same series of operations are gone through, except that the second brake magnet D<1> and switch arm E<2> come into action.
Patent GB-189912342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connexion with Combustible Material, suitable for Cooking Purposes.
Inventor: NIEWIAROWSKI STEFAN
Filed: 1899-06-13
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 12,342. Niewiarowski, S. June 13. Fuel.-A combustible, suitable for cooking purposes, is obtained by dissolving a small quantity of picric acid, or other substance which readily yields oxygen, in alcohol, and then absorbing the solution by means of cotton, asbestos, kieselguhr, or the like. The combustible is kept ready for use in hermetically-sealed cases or boxes of sheet metal.
Patent GB-190011560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: WURTS ALEXANDER JAY
Filed: 1900-06-26
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 11,560. Wurts, A. J., and Hanks, M. W. June 26. Couplings.-Terminals for connecting to a holder a detachable part of an incandescent lamp carrying several e x p o s ed incandescence rods, may be screws and coupling - nuts, or have axial holes and lateral binding- screws to receive rods projecting from the holder, or be pins to enter split tubes on the holder. The end wires of the incandescence rods are attached to aluminium or other soft metal plugs for insertion in holes in the terminals, by winding the wire on or in split plugs, Figs. 11 and 13 ; or it may be held by bent ends in perforated plugs, Figs. 14 and 15, or looped or split tubular plugs, Fig. 12.
Patent GB-190100069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke-consuming Appliances for Steam-boiler and other Furnaces.
Filed: 1901-01-01
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 69. Marshall, G., and British Fuel Economizer and Smoke Preventer. Jan. 1. Smoke-consuming.-Relates to apparatus whereby heated air is supplied above the fire from the bridge or sides of a steam-boiler or other furnace by the action of steam jets, and consists in the combination therewith of superheating-pipes for the steam. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, a steam-jet pipe D is arranged in the hollowbridge A, to induce a supply of air above the fire. B is a superheating-pipe through which the steam is conveyed before reaching the pipe D.
Patent GB-190100361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lavatories and Urinals.
Inventor: SHANKS JOHN
Filed: 1901-01-07
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 361. Shanks, J., and Simpson, H. Jan. 7. Lavatories; urinals.-Relates to a method of fixing folding lavatory basins to the usual hinged tray. The basin B, an underside view of which is shown in Fig. 2, is fitted with a projection E<1> secured by a screw and thumb - nut, and another on the opposite side passing beneath a metal band C secured to the tray. By unscrewing the nut E<3> the basin can be removed for cleansing. In a modification, the second projection is replaced by a wedge-sbaped one, which fits in a dovetail secured to the tray. Urinals may be fitted in a similar way to the upright slab.
Patent GB-190101331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Domestic Fire-places
Filed: 1901-01-21
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 1331. Masbro' Foundry Co., Habershon, A., and Boardman, H. Jan. 21. Stoves and fireplaces; canopies; blowers or drawplates. -The blower or canopy d, Fig. 1, of a domestic fireplace is connected to a chain &c. e wound on a drum a' of a spindle a passing through an opening in the front plate b of the grate and resting on a bearing c' in a bracket c. The blower causes the spindle to tilt so that lugs or teeth on it lock in a notch in the opening of the plate b. The spindle may also be locked by engaging a non-circular portion of the plate opening, by a spring catch or lever, or the like. Cooking stoves and ranges ; linings ; dampers; waste heat, utilizing.-In a kitchen range shown in Fig. 4 with parts removed, the brick lining f is inclined upwards or may be otherwise shaped to form a contracted space or dome, through which an opening f<2> is made and preferably controlled by a damper g operated by a pin or pins on a curved arm k of a spindle h, which also carries dampers h<1>, h<2> controlling passages i<1>, i<2> to a flue i. Waste heat is thus utilized by passage either through an opening f<3>, under and over a boiler k<1>, and out by the opening i<1>, as indicated by the arrows y, or through the opening f under a hot-plate, over and under the boiler, and out by the opening i<2>, as indicated by the arrows x. An opening f<4> to an oven can also be controlled by the spindle h or otherwise.
Patent GB-190106366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements for Facilitating the Storage and Transportation of Milk and Cream
Inventor: BERNSTEIN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 6366. Bernstein, A. March 26. Milk, treating for special purposes; milk cans. -Relates to improvements connected with the storage and transporting of milk and cream. Blocks of frozen milk are placed in the can or other storage vessels, and are prevented in various ways from rising to the surface, so that, as they are melted, the cream be. comes evenly distributed through the contents of the vessel. In one method, a piece of metal is frozen into the block of milkice, and so prevents the same from floating. In another method, a cylinder with perforations is arranged within the milk can for holding the ice. As shown in Fig. 3, the block h of milk-ice is frozen in a separate vessel upon a disc f with stem e, which is then screwed into a socket in the bottom of the can g.
Patent GB-190107631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Kit Carriers for Bicycles
Inventor: VERNON THOMAS THORNYCROFT
Filed: 1901-04-13
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 7631. Vernon, T. T. April 13. Luggage-carriers; military bicycles; clips.-Akit carrier for bicycles comprises a metal plate or frame A, of the shape shown, which is ribbed at a and perforated at D, and is secured to the back forks B by clips consisting, as shown in Fig. 2, of a block H secured on the carrier and formed with jaws h adapted to receive a bolt j connected by a link I with the block H.
Patent GB-190112339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Buoys
Inventor: GEHRE MAX
Filed: 1901-06-17
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 12,339. Gehre, M. June 17. Buoys.-A buoy a, anchored at the ends by chains or sunk anchors, is formed with a pro- jection or vane b which is acted on by waves so as to rock the buoy and wind up clockwork, or store up power, for striking a bell or the like. A pawl g, pivoted inside the buoy, acts on a ratchet-wheel f of the winding-apparatus, and a spring pawl e, carried by a vertical weighted arm c, prevents backward motion of the ratchet-wheel. The weight may be suspended within the buoy, or the arm may work in a central radial slot in the buoy.
Patent GB-190113545-A (GB)
Title: Improved Abdominal Belt.
Inventor: BILLEIT AUGUSTE
Filed: 1901-07-03
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 13,545. Billeit, A. July 3. Belts.-Fig. 3 shows a front view, and Fig. 4 a back view of the belt in position. The bands a, a' are attached to the main body parts g, g', and are secured together by the middle lace b. The diagonal bands c, c<1> are sewn partly to the webbings i, i<1> and partly with the latter to the parts g, g<1>. Lapels g<3>, g<4> attached to the parts g, g<1> extend under the lacing g<5>. Thigh straps m, and in some cases abdominal curve bands, are provided and joined by lacing. Elastic hip bands t, t<1> are secured to the parts g, g<1>. The parts g, g<1> may be secured together at the back by buttons instead of the lacing g<5>, and the shapes of the parts may be slightly modified.
Patent GB-190116420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Initial Materials relating to the Production of Indigo Colouring Matters.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 16,420. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Aug. 15. Nitriles of phenylglycocoll and analogous compounds.-Relates to the production of initial materials for the manufacture of indigo dyes, and consists in acting upon the bisulphite compounds of anhydroformaldehyde compounds of primary aromatic amines with a metallic cyanide, whereby compounds which are regarded as nitriles of phenyl-glycocoll and its derivatives are produced. The bisulphite compounds are obtained by the following processes :-(1) Heating anhydroformaldehyde-aniline with sodium-bisulphite solution at 80‹-90‹ C.; (2) warming sodium hydroxymethyl sulphonate with aniline ; and (3) acting upou a mixture of alpha-naphthylamine and dilute sulphurousacid solution with sodium hydroxymethyl sulphonate at temperatures not exceeding 10‹ C. The sodium hydroxymethyl sulphonate employed is obtained by combining formaldehyde with sodiumbisulphite solution. Examples are given in which the following nitriles are produced, viz. : (1) -The nitrile of phenylglycocoll by heating the bisulphite compound of anhydroformaldehyde-aniline with potassium-cyanide solution at 40‹-50‹ C. ; (2) the nitriles of phenyl-, o- and p-tolyl-, and xylylglycocolls by heating anhydroformaldehyde-aniline, - o- and p-toluidine, and -xylidine with sodium-bisulphite solution and then neutralizing the excess of this reagent and adding the mixture to potassiumcyanide solution ; (3) the nitrile of naphthylglycocoll from anhydroformaldehyde-alpha- or #-naphthylamine bisulphite compound and potassium cyanide ; and (4) the nitrile of phenylglycocoll-ocarboxylic acid from methylene-anthranilic acid, sodium bisulphite, and potassium cyanide.
Patent GB-190117657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Frogs or Enrailing Devices.
Inventor: PRITCHARD WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-09-03
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 17,657. Pritchard, W. H. Sept. 3. Ramps.-Fig. 1 shows a pair of right and left handed " frogs " in position for replacing a car. Each comprises a channel A fitted over the rail head, a flanged outer incline B, and a lower flanged inner incline C. The flanges b, c have depending strengthening-lugs p, t, hooks j, and spurs k, while a set-screw S passes throngh the outer wall of the flange A and locks under the head of the rail.
Patent GB-190122462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Screw-and-Nut Mechanism
Inventor: SKORZEWSKI WITOLD VON
Filed: 1901-11-07
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 22,462. Skorzewski, W. von. Nov. 7. Turbines.- Relates to screw- and-nut mechanism for transmitting rotary motion applicable in connection with steam turbines &c. The hollow driving- shaft a is fitted with two sets of part nuts d which engage alternately with the right and with the left hand threads of a screwed rod b. This rod is coupled by a connecting-rod l to the driven crank shaft m. The two sets of nuts are coupled to the opposite ends of levers f, pivoted on Jugs on the shaft a, and are caused to engage alternately by ring p which fits over the levers and is worked to and fro by eccentrics n on the shaft m.
Patent GB-190124604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in obtaining a Congealable Glue-yiedable or Gelatine-yieldable Material from Fish-waste or Fish and other Material
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 24,604. Haddan, H. J., [Edson, E. R.]. Dec. 3. Fats and fatty oils.-Relates to the production of a liquid which will yield glue or gelatine from fish, fish waste, or other material ; oil and fatty matter may be separated during the process. Fig. 1 shows a section of the apparatus. The material is placed in the chamber a, heated by the steam jacket d, and the internal drum c in communication with it. Ebullition is prevented by pneumatic pressure maintained by the compressed-air &c. reservoir j. Water may be admitted through the pipe w. The liquid containing gelatine &c. continually passes through the filtering-material x heated by the jacket d, to the draw-off pipe y. At the conclusion of the operation, the contents of the chamber a and the filtering-material x are discharged through the slide valve 11. Any oil which rises to the top during the operation may be drawn off in any suitable manner.
Patent GB-190124793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Seats and Backs for Railway and other Carriages, Benches, Sofas, Chairs and the like.
Inventor: PERCIVAL WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 24,793. Percival, W. Dec. 5. Seats and seat backs.-Relates to spring seats and backs for railway and other carriages. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the front of each blade spring 1 is curled and rides in a grooved strip 3 secured to the front of the seat while the back of the spring is linked as shown to the back of the seat. Figs. 3 and 5 show modified means for securing the front of the spring, and Figs. 3, 4, and 6 show alternative methods for attaching its back end. The springs, when in position, are padded and covered.
Patent GB-190201695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosion and other Engines.
Inventor: WALRATH JESSE
Filed: 1902-01-21
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 1695. Walrath, J. Jan. 21. Drawings to Specification. Plummer blocks.-The plummer blocks of the crank shafts of explosion and other engines have' their bases turned to fit cylindrical seatings on the engine bed. Adjustment is thereby rendered unnecessary, and the blocks can be secured by a single bolt.
Patent GB-190213706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Controlling Mechanisms for use in Replenishing Weft in Looms, and for use in Stopping Looms.
Inventor: KIP FREDERIC ELLSWORTH
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 13,706. Kip, F. E. June 17. Loom weft-replenishing mechanism; stop-motions. -A sliding feeler 17, the inner end of which rests against a spring 18, is concentric with a tube 10 fitted within a sliding carriage 6 supported by the breast-beam 1; the tube slides within the carriage against the pressure of a spring. A lever 14 is pivoted to the carriage 6, and is formed with a slot 13 which passes over an arm 12 projecting from the tube 10. The knock-off lever 3 passes through an aperture in the carriage 6, and its pivoted end is geared to the adjacent end of a second lever 3<a> actuated by the weft-stop motion in the usual way. An adjustable collar 19 is secured to the feeler 17, and is adapted to oscillate the lever 14 out of engage nent with the arm 12. During the beat-up, and when the shuttle S is at the feeler side of the loom, the feeler 17 strikes the weft 21, and is pushed backwards, causing the lever 14 to be raised by means of the collar 19, but, if the weft is sunnieutly exhausted, the end of the tube 10 strikes the shuttle, before the feeler reaches the weft, and is pushed backwards, causing the lever 14, carriage 6, and lever 3 to be pulled forwards by means of the arm 12. The loom then stops, and the weft can be replenished. The apparatus may be used in connection with an automatic weft-supplying mechanism of any kind. In this case, the weft-supplying mechanism is actuated by means of a slide carrying a weighted lever which is caused to engage with the weft-fork hammer, when the weft is exhausted, by an arm actuated by a carriage corresponding with the carriage 6, Fig. 4. In a modified form of the apparatus, there are two parallel sliding feelers, one of which corresponds to the tube 10, Fig. 4, and the lever corresponding to the lever 14 is pivoted so as to oscillate in a horizontal plane. The bobbin 22 may be recessed at the part against which the feeler strikes, and the feeler may strike, not directly against the weft, but against a spring secured to the inside of the shuttle.
Patent GB-190222180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Ignition Devices for Gas Burners
Filed: 1902-10-11
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 22,180. Soc. Radiquet & Massiot. April 9, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Lighting gas.-Au electric igniting-device for the pilot jet of an incandescent or other gas burner, consists of an insulated spring contact g preferably bent towards the top of the burner and connected by a wire i to one of the battery terminals, the other terminal being connected through the body of the burner with a wire d. This wire is connected at d<1> to a projection on the end of the gas cock, coiled at e round the pilot tube f, and having a bent end d' moving in a straight line and making and breaking contact with the spring g as the gas cock is opened.
Patent GB-190225781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Hand Stamps.
Inventor: KLEY AUGUSTUS CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 25,781. Kley, A. C. Nov. 24. Hand - stamps.- The stamp is formed of a stem a having a handle b at one end, and a rubber stamp c fixed on the other end. The stamp c is protected by a metal ferrule d surrounding it, and this ferrule may serve for securing the stamp c to the stem by its projecting edges c<1>, as shown in Fig. 2. The stem a fits into a tubular case e having an inking-pad f at its lower end. A piece of rubber h, with ends projecting from the stem, serves to prevent the case e from falling off.
Patent GB-190311679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Overmantels, Sideboards and the like.
Inventor: PYE WILLIAM ARNOLD
Filed: 1903-05-22
Granted: 1904-03-24
Abstract: 11,679. Pye, W. A. May 22. Overmanlels, sideboards, dressers, cabinets, &c.- Overmantels, the backs of sideboards, dressers, cabinets, and like furniture having panelled erections are constructed in three or more sections or panels vertically, the end sections overlapping the central one. The centre panel may be in front or behind the outer ones, and for an even number of panels the two centre ones may be butted together. If the centre panel is behind, the rails b are, preferably, wider than the rails a of the outer panels, and the latter narrower than the outer rails a<1>. If the centre panel is higher than the outer ones, the rails a are, preferably, carried up to the top of the centre panel. For sideboards and the like, the bottom rail b<1> may project below the side panels so. as to be readily secured by screws to the body c of the article, Fig. 2. If the central frame is in front, the bottom rails of the side frames are made deeper for the same purpose. In an overmantel, these projecting rails may be fastened to a base rail or footboard. The frames may be level at the bottom and joined by a separate piece to the body, or the vertical rails alone may project. Vertical rails d may be inserted between the centre and side panels, as in Figs. 7 and 8.
Patent GB-190314723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cotton Gins
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE CRANSTON
Filed: 1903-07-02
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,723. Fairweather, W. C., [Foss, L. L.]. July 2. Gins .-In a doubleacting cotton gin, the cotton is placed on a double shed 99 and passes down to adjustable seed boards 44, over which it is fed by bars connected by tie - rods 101 and reciprocated by a crank shaft 102 driven by a belt from a roller 89. The cotton is thus fed between hacker plates 31<1> and ginning-blades 31 to rollers 89, 90, which are covered with leather &c., and are driven by cords from a crank shaft 71. The hacker plates 31<1> are oscillated above and below the edges of the seed boards, and bite or nibble the cotton against the ginning-blades, thus loosening and pressing out the seeds which fall through the openings in the seed boards, while the cotton passes outwards with the rollers and is doffed and delivered through shoots 91. The ginning-blades are bolted to the breasts 25, 26, which are mounted in bearings 29 vertically adjustable in stirrups 28 fixed to the frame. A yielding pressure of the blades against the rollers is effected by arranging adjustable springs 92 to press on the ends of the breasts, and fixing spring plates 95, adjustably connected by a bolt 96, on top of the breasts. The two sets of hacker plates are connected by bolt bars 51 to two stay bars extending from the centre to each end of the machine respectively and mounted in trunnions, to which parallel plates 37, 38 are secured. The trunnion bearings are movably mounted between angle-irons 53 secured in pairs upon the frame, and are adjusted vertically by wedges 55 arranged below the bearing and between the angle-irons. The wedges may be moved simultaneously towards, or away from, each other by means of a screwed rod passing through both wedges and through a a yoke-plate fixed to the frame. The bearings, which are formed in sections and lined with Babbitt metal, rest directly on the wedges. The two sets of hacker plates are oscillated in opposite directions about the trunnions of the stay bars 35 by a crank shaft 71. One set of the plates is secured by angle-irons to the upper ends of two bars 61, which are arranged in V-form and pinned at their lower ends to a connecting-rod 67 actuated by the crank shaft 71, and bars 73, riveted between the lower ends of the bars 61, extend up and engage clamping-plates arranged against the edges of the plates 37, 38. The other set of the plates is secured to bars and also arranged in \/-form and connected at their lower ends to a rod 79, which is oscillated by two connecting-rods 76 from cranks 77 on the shaft 71. Bars 81 are riveted between the bars 80 and pass up to other clamping- plates on the plates 37, 38. For a single gin, only one set of hackers is employed, and the breasts and rollers are correspondingly shortened. In any case, only one feeding-hopper is required.