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Patent GB-189918750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Burners for Gas-lighting by Incandescence.
Filed: 1899-09-16
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 18,750. Voelker, W. L., and Voelker Incandescent Mantle (Limited). Sept. 16. Incandescent gas lamps.-The use of the devices described for controlling the gas supply, and for both steadying and controlling the air supply, renders possible the employment of a bunsen tube of smaller diameter than usual. The gas supply entering through the apertures d<1> in the nozzle a is controlled by a disc valve e formed with slots e<1>, so shaped that the gas supply is entirely cut off when the valve is turned in one direction, or partially cut off to supply a pilot flame when the valve is turned in the other direction, by means of the pieces e<2> projecting to the exterior o f t h e burner. When the burner is placed in an inaccessible position, the pieces e<2> are actuated by cams or projections on a pivoted lever, from which hand-cords depend If desired, the burner may be fitted with a separate bye-pass tube. The air supply is steadied by impinging upon one of the walls of a denticular or disc-shaped chamber b<1>, which is formed on the bunsen burner b. The air-supply apertures b<2> in the opposite wall may be partially or entirely closed by a rotary hit-and miss valve c actuated by means of the external projections c'. Graduations may be provided to facilitate the adjustment of both the gas and air valves. The entrance of draughts through the air-supply apertures f<1> in the chimney holder f is checked by the use of baffles or louvres f<2>, which may be either attached to the holder or formed by bending up the metal cut from the apertures f<1>.
Patent GB-189919240-A (GB)
Title: Improved Parlour Game and Apparatus for Enable such Game to be Played.
Inventor: WEINTRAUD ALFRED
Filed: 1899-09-25
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 19,240. Weintraud, A. Sept. 25. Mixing balls.-Relates to. a game played with coloured balls on a special table. An apparatus is arranged to mix a number of coloured balls or marbles, and discharge one at a time on to a shoot whence it travels into a central bridge-piece, falls through an opening and is returned by a shoot to the mixer. Fig. 4 shows a section of one form of mixing-apparatus. The balls C rest on a conical disc V carried on a central spindle W, which can be rotated by a milled head D. The casing E enclosing the balls can be rotated on the base P by a handle F through bevel gearing Q, S, and is provided with hinged flaps Y, Y' which open into a chamber Z, into which a single ball can pass. When the chamber Z comes opposite the opening e the ball escapes through the flap M on to the first shoot. The flaps Y, Y' are closed to prevent the escape of more than one ball by a cam-piece d and a curved plate b. The plate b, which is stationary and projects up between the casing E and the chamber Z, is formed with inclined edges to act on the lower flap Y'. The balls returned by the second shoot enter the passage J and can ascend a vertical column, from which they are passed through an opening i into the upper part of the apparatus ready for re-use. In a modification, the bottom V can be raised so as to discharge a ball through an opening into the chamber Z, which is fitted with a false bottom, which also rises. On again depressing the parts the ball escapes through the flap M. In another form of mixing-apparatus, the mixing-chamber E, Fig. 11, is rotated on a horizontal axis within a circular casing N' by a handle u. A single ball falls into the narrow end during the revolution ; when the chamber E is in the position shown, a spring plate Y<2> enters a slot and holds back the other balls. The ball may then be discharged into the chamber Z to escape through the flap M, by turning down the flap x by means of a handle. When the narrow end of the chamber E is uppermost, balls returned from the table may be passed up the column g and discharged into the chamber E through the opening i.
Patent GB-189924824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: HOWARD CHARLES
Filed: 1899-12-13
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 24,824. Howard, C. Dec. 13. Incandescent lamps.-A bulb is made with a long neck a, which may be divided, and fused together again after a new filament has been cemented to the long leading-in wires b. The neck is made with two oppositely-situated round or other recesses to receive small metal cups h : a bayonet or other cap g fits against a shoulder e on the neck, and has small holes corresponding in position to the cups h, to receive melted solder or other material j, which is applied so as to fill up the cups and project through the holes in the cap. The cap is thus secured without cement, and can be removed if desired.
Patent GB-190013036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo Electric Machines and Electric Motors.
Inventor: JOEL HENRY FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-07-19
Granted: 1901-08-19
Abstract: 13,036. Joel, H. F. July 19. Bending; wire. -The field magnet of a dynamo is provided with a single exciting-coil, which is made of a sinuous or figure - of - eight shape, either by compression between blocks, or by being wound u p o n a special former. When a special former is used, it is made in two separable parts H, and is provided with adjustable guides G for retaining the coils in position during winding.
Patent GB-190016374-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chair Bottom.
Inventor: WEGENER AUGUST
Filed: 1900-09-14
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 16,374. Wegener, A. Sept. 14. Chairs.-Chair bottoms are constructed of a number of staves C through slots in which pass steel bands d riveted or screwed to the outside staves. The bottom so made is fixed in any way to t frame.
Patent GB-190022032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: HURD DELMAR GLENDOWER
Filed: 1900-12-04
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 22,032. Hurd, D. G., and McLeod, A. Dec. 4. Advertising.- The drum or lantern A, consisting of end discs mounted on a shaft a<2> and carrying between them rotating shafts B, is rotated intermittently within a case A<1> having apertures at both sides for the inspection of tablets C carried on the shafts B. The case may be stationary or form part of a vehicle. The shafts B are, between the bearings, square in section, the tablets being attached to them by means of spring clips, on the jaws of which are inclines to facilitate their being pushed into position. The ends of the shafts extend beyond the discs, and are cranked to abut against guide-rings E, E', to ensure that, as the drum rotates, the tablets will continue to present the same sides to the spectator. The intermittent rotation is effected by a cam disc G, which advances a pinion with which it engages at right-angles, one tooth at a time, the motion being derived from the wheel of the vehicle or from a motor.
Patent GB-190023148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Connection of Current Conductors Separated by Dilatation Gaps, and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: HOLZMANN KARL
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 23,148. Holzmann, K. Dec. 18. Electric railways and tramways. - R a i l bonds are arranged to allow for the expansion and contraction of the rails, a pin or plug connection being allowed to slide in a socket. Fig. 3 shows two arrangements. In one, the rail heads are formed or provided with sockets b<1>, b<2> in which a slit pin a is fitted. In the other arrangement, sockets c', c<2> are secured to the rail foot or underneath the rail, and connection is made by a pin a fixed in the socket c<2> and sliding in c', which is slit and provided with a screw d for varying the pressure.
Patent GB-190109106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Paper for packing Fragile Articles or for Making Receptacles therefor.
Inventor: ZUCKER OTTO
Filed: 1901-05-02
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 9106. Zucker, O. May 2. Corrugated paper for packing fragile articles or for making receptacles for enclosing them is made by pasting a piece of corrugated paper a on both sides of a piece of plain paper b as shown.
Patent GB-190111677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protecting Devices for the Coils of Electrical Apparatus.
Inventor: THOMAS PERCY HOLBROOK
Filed: 1901-06-07
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 11,677. Thomas, P. H. Nov. 9, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Transformers. - Consists in protecting the coils of electrical apparatus from the effects of sudden changes in static potential by the use of conducting-shields, placed in proximity to, but insulated from, the coils, and electrically connected to one terminal thereof. Fig. 1 shows part of a transformer having low-tension coils 3, surrounded by insulating-material 4, and high-tension coils 5, surrounded by two layers of insulating-material 6 and 7, between which is interposed a conducting- shield 8, connected to the terminal of the hightension supply conductor 9.
Patent GB-190115404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Secretaires or Writing Tables.
Inventor: SALOMON GEORG
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,404. Salomon, G. July 30. Secretaires; tables. - Cases a, b, to contain stationery, forms, &c., are hinged together and to the upper part of the -writing-table in such a way that they can be pulled round to the position shown in Fig. 1, to render their contents readily accessible, or can be folded out of the way as indicated to the left of Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190119580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators
Inventor: DROUOT JOSEPH JULES
Filed: 1901-10-01
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 19,580. Drouot, J. J. Oct. 1. Water-tube boilers; multitubular boilers.-In the tubular steam generator shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the main body a of the generator is connected with the cylindrical boilers b below by the groups of tubes c of equal diameter and equal distance apart, and a partition m separates these tubes into a forward and a rear group. The gases rising from the grate pass round the forward group of tubes through the spaces e to the rear group by the opening f to the flue h and the tubes d, and finally to the chimney through the flues i at the sides of the cylinder a. The tubes connecting the boilers b to the main body a are straight or curved, according as the plates to which they are attached are flat or curved. The water-circulation is promoted by the division of the tubes into front and rear groups.
Patent GB-190120113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ovens for Baking Bread or Confectionery
Inventor: DAVIES SAMUEL PERCY
Filed: 1901-10-08
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 20,113. Davies, S. P. Oct. 8. Ovens. - Single or double decker ovens for baking bread or confectionery are arranged with continuous Bring giving controlled flash heat. A single-decker oven is shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 2. A flue from the grate leads to a central flue, covered except at each end Ly tiles 4, the ends having dampers controlling the passage of the gases into a space 6 below the tiled floor 7. The gases pass from the central flue through a flue 9, tubes 10, and flue 12<1> to the chimney. The space 6 may communicate directly with the flue 12<1>. A door 17 on a box 16 at the end of the tubes 10 serves for inspection and cleaning. The tubes are set in a tube-plate 11, and pass freely through a stuffing-box 12. Double-decker ovens have two sets of tubes.
Patent GB-190121738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alloys.
Inventor: DUKE JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-10-29
Granted: 1902-10-29
Abstract: 21,738. Duke, J. F. Oct. 29. Alloys having the appearance of gold, for jewellery, wire, &c., have approximately the following composition :-954À5 parts of copper, 43 parts of aluminium, and 2À5 parts of silver. A portion of the copper may be replaced by zinc, and the other proportions slightly varied.
Patent GB-190125956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Varying Speed and Reversing.
Inventor: MEISCHKE-SMITH WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-12-19
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 25,956. Smith, W. Melschke-, and Smith, G. F. Meischke-. Dec. 19. Motor road vehicles, variable-speed and reversing gear for. The levers l, loose on the shaft m to be driven, are rocked to and fro by links k, levers.f, d, link c, and crank on the driving-shaft a. The lever f is slotted to allow of the acting radius of the links k being varied. The levers l carry cam rollers n pressed by springs into contact with a disc o, fixed on the shaft m, so that they come into action alternately and drive the disc continuously in one direction. To reverse the direction of motion, the cam rollers are thrown over, so that each drives the disc when moving in what was before the idle stroke. This is effected by toothed segments p, loosely mounted on the shaft m, which are swung over by a hand-lever q and gear with pinions on the ends of the rollers.
Patent GB-190201972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Filters.
Inventor: RAILTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-01-24
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 1972. Railton, W., and Campbell, R Jan. 24. Feedwater, purifying, filters for. The casing, having an inlet B and outlet C, contains two or more concentric filtering shells D, E, each formed of a series of flannel-covered corrugations or rings which may be separate or in one piece. The filtering-shells are bolted between annular end-pieces F, G, which make joint at the inner ends with the casing by ribs and seatings I. At the outer ends the rings G of the outer filtering-shells make joint with the cover by ribs and seatings J, while the inner shell is under the pressure of a spring L. The end rings fit one inside the other, and the outer one is retained central by means of circular shoulders M. The flannel on the outer shell, through which the water first passes, may be coarser than that on the inner shells.
Patent GB-190206810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Bearings of Shafts, Pulleys, Fans and the like.
Filed: 1902-03-20
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 6810. Lees & Harrison, and Lees, W. A. March 20. Axle-boxes; lubricating.-Relates to self-lubricating bearings for wheels &c. A hollow sleeve or bush B is fixed to the shaft C and acts as a reservoir for the lubricant. The sleeve is fitted within the boss D and is secured in position by means of collars E or flanges F fixed in place by screws G. Holes H in the bush conduct the lubricant to the bearing À surface. Where the shaft C is stationary, two or three holes in the bottom of the bush and one on the top are preferably provided, and in the case of a revolving shaft, two or three holes are provided for each quarter of the bearing. The boss D or bearing has a plug hole K for the purpose of supplying lubricant to the sleeve D.
Patent GB-190211467-A (GB)
Title: An Adaptable Reversible Dry Seat for Outdoor Accommodation
Inventor: DARLING HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 11,467. Darling, H. W., Day, A. F., and Nicholson, F. P. May 20. Seats.-Relates to a reversible seat bottom for outdoor seats. To side ledges H on the seat bottom are pivoted bars J cranked at L and connected by a bar K. These bars are pivoted at N to lugs on the front of the frame. The bottom has grooves 0 in its front and back edges, to prevent water from creeping on to the under surface. On reversing the seat, the weight of the bar K ensures the seat coming to its normal position. Stops prevent the bars J from falling forwards or backwards below the level of the top of the frame.
Patent GB-190213969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Bushes, Couplings, Collars and the like upon Shafting.
Inventor: HOULDSWORTH WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-06-20
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 13,969. Houldsworth, W. June 20. Drawings to Specification. Locking bolts.-The two halves of a divided nut, used for securing split bushes &c. on shafts, are coupled together, at one side, by a hinge and, at the other, by a tongue and groove connection secured by a screw. The screw passes radially through the nut and it is inserted in place before the main thread is cut therein, the ridges thus formed on its end engage with the threads on the bush and serve to lock it in place.
Patent GB-190215751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circular Knitting Machines
Inventor: BEYLARD HENRI
Filed: 1902-07-15
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 15,751. Beylard, H. July 15. Machines for making cords.-Relates to a knitting- machine for making boot and corset laces and covering fancy cords and electric conductors. The needles a are reciprocated, and the thread-carriers and bobbins are rotated. In order properly to feed the threads to the needles, they pass from the bobbins through ordinary guides to a threadcarrier x in the form of a ring supported on uprights r and having a hole t for each thread. The holes may be prolonged into inclined slots which facilitate threading and prevent the threads from leaving the holes. By arranging two sets of holes and slots as indicated in Fig. 3, two sets of threads may be fed to the needles to produce a plaited tubular fabric. Fig. 2 shows diagrammatically four threads being fed to an eight-needle machine ; the thread n is fed to the needles b, c, the needle b forming a loop while c draws the thread.
Patent GB-190222547-A (GB)
Title: Safety Suspending Apparatus for Mine and Lift Cager, Skips and the like.
Inventor: HAINSWORTH ROBINSON
Filed: 1902-10-16
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 22,547. Hainsworth, R. Oct. 16. Safety suspending-apparatus for mine cages, skips, &c., of the kind described in Specification No. 8598, A.D. 1902. The invention consists chiefly in the provision of abutments to take the thrust of the toggles, so that the apparatus may be used with wire-rope guides, and in the adaptation of the apparatus for use with three or four guide-ropes. The abutments consist of clips O secured to the frame, and their bearing-surfaces are formed by hard-steel blocks o. The tops of the clips are stayed together by rods Q. Between the ends of the toggle-levers A and the ropes E may be interposed dogs P, pivoted at p, and normally held away from the ropes by means of their tails p<1>. In the case of three or four guides being used, the levers A are jointed to a central frame S, Fig. 6, which has a downward guide-extension t carrying a nut, which normally takes the weight of the cage &c., this being equivalent to the link R &c. in Fig. 1. In this modification, the stavs Q are in the form of an exterior frame or band. Stops v, u, n, m are provided, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190224986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Pendant Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: LAIDLAW WILLIAM ROYSTON
Filed: 1902-11-14
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 24,986. Laidlaw, W. R., and Scholes, G. H. Nov. 14. Cleats or holders. -In order to take strain off the terminals of an incandescent electric lamp, the strands of the pendant conducting- cord b are twisted in spiral grooves c<2> round a porcelain block c, which is suspended by the friction of the cords in the grooves. The lamp holder a is connected to c by a screw coupling a<3>, c<3>, or the two parts are held together by a sleeve or cover d which is passed over c and is screwed to a at a<3>. The cords between c and a are thus relieved from strain. Modifications of the block c are shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
Patent GB-190225339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Radiators for Heating Buildings.
Inventor: SINCLAIR DUNCAN
Filed: 1902-11-18
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 25,339. Sinclair, D. Nov. 18. Heatings buildings &c.-In the radiator shown in elevation by Fig. 1, and in section by Fig. 3, two chambers A, B in the base communicate by the upright channels E, F with two chambers D, H at the top, so that the water can circulate in the way indicated by the arrow. A water reservoir I, fitted with a perforated cover J, is placed at the top. The apparatus is placed upon a loose foot Q in which a gas burner &c. P may be fitted. The inner joints connecting the uprights are left open to allow of a limited lateral flow. A tube S may be fitted to carry off the fumes. An electric heater may also be employed. The resistance coil is separated by packing from a wrought-iron tube introduced to one of the water spaces.
Patent GB-190226196-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Presses Employed for Pressing Clay and other Substances.
Inventor: COULTHURST HEMAN
Filed: 1902-11-28
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 26,196. Coulthurst, H., Coulthurst, J., and Coulthurst, A. Nov. 28. Moulding presses. -Presses for moulding earthenware pipes &c. have their cylinders a and liners a<11> inclined or dished out at a', to facilitate the feeding of the clay &c. into the cylinder at a', and to prevent accidents.
Patent GB-190228710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stenographic Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: VOGET PETER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-12-29
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 28,710. Voget, P. A. Dec. 29. Type-writers.-Relates to stenographic typewriters, in which logotypes are used for constantly-recurring letter-combinations, and the vowels are expressed by writing the consonants either above, on, or below the line, and also by the use of heavier and lighter type. The variation in position with respect to the line is obtained by an auxiliary shift-mechanism. Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to the Hammond machine. The type-segment 1 normally prints in the lighter type, but prints in heavy type when the shift-key 7 is depressed. The shift-key lever 7<a> is pivoted at 6, and its play is limited by stops 22, 23. Also pivoted at 6 is a three-armed lever 12, 13, 14, which can be shifted by the key-lever 15 or 16 so as to actuate the rod 14<a> and cam 20. This movement of the cam causes a slight raising or lowering of the type-segment spindle, whether the key 7 has been depressed or not, and the character is printed accordingly either above or below the line. Fig. 3 shows part of a Pittsburg type-writer, in which the change of case is effected by lifting the rear end 27 of the framework in which the type-bars are pivoted by means of a shift-key lever 7 pivoted at 6. The positive or negative shift for writing above or below the line is obtained by means of a cone 28 interposed between the type support 27 and the rear end 26 of the shift-key lever. Fig. 4, shows an " understrike " machine, such as the Y÷st or Jewett, in which the depression of the key 38 shifts the carriage 34 so as to produce an impression below the line, and the key 39 produces the opposite effect.
Patent GB-190228801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lanterns.
Inventor: CASEY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1902-12-30
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 28,801. Casey, J. T. Dec. 30. Oil lanterns; wick-raising apparatus.-Relates to an oil lantern which is provided with means for raising the wick without opening the lantern. The reservoir A is held in a casing A' which is secured to the base A<2>. A casing A<3>, which surrounds the reservoir and is supported within the casing A' by a bead, is turned by inserting the fingers into holes a' in the casing A'. The rotation of the casing A<3> is communicated to the spindle of the wick-raising pinions by the engagement of a pinion b<1> on that spindle with a circular rack on the casing. A spring attached to the casing A<3> bears against the reservoir to compensate for wear. The air which reaches the flame passes in a winding path through holes a<5>, a<6> in two casings A<5>, A<6>, this arrangement acting to break the force of the wind. The frame surrounding the chimney c consists of vertical ribs D<3> attached to horizontal rings D<1>, D<6> and D<2>. The ribs D<3> and ring D<2> are slotted to fit together, and the projecting ends of the ribs are passed through openings in the casing A<5> and are then bent upwards to secure the ring D<2> in position. The upper ends of the ribs D<3> are reduced to fit openings in the ring D', and a handle or bail D<5> is attached to bent ears on the ring D'. A hood E is placed above the chimney c. In a modification, the reservoir projects downwards through the base and is rotated within the fixed casing which carries the circular rack in order to raise the wick. In this case the burner is held stationary, and the reservoir is rotated when the burner is to be removed and the reservoir filled with oil.