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Patent GB-189810312-A (GB)
Title: Improved Clasp for Cyclists' Garments and like purposes.
Inventor: LEHMANN ERNEST PAUL
Filed: 1898-05-05
Granted: 1898-07-09
Abstract: 10,312. Lehmann, E. P. May 5. Safety-pins.-Fig. 1 shows in plan, and Fig. 2 in elevation, one of these pins, which consists of a back plate A to which two bent pins B are fastened. Fig. 6 shows in plan a cranked pin, the points B of which are passed through holes in a plate ; the greater portion of the pin lies at the back of the plate, and may be covered by a second plate.
Patent GB-189816217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Sewage.
Inventor: SPENCE FRANCIS MUDIE
Filed: 1898-07-26
Granted: 1899-07-26
Abstract: 16,217. Spence, F. M., and Spence, D. D. July 26. Sewage and foul waters, treating; precipitants; manures.-Aluminoferric, or aluminic sulphate, or ferric sulphate, and hydrochloric acid, are added to sewage or other foul waters, until the alkalinity has been neutralized completely as indicated by methyl orange, and the sludge is then separated by any suitable means. The sludge is dried and treated with ethet, bisulphide of carbon, petroleum spirit, or other solvent of fats or fatty acids, which are finally recovered. The sludge, freed from fats or fatty acids, may be used as a manure, and the effluent may be utilized for irrigating land.
Patent GB-189825259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Speed Indicators.
Inventor: OBST KARL
Filed: 1898-11-30
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 25,259. Obst, K. Nov. 30. Speed indicators.-The shaft a, the speed of which is to be indicated, carries a wheel b driving an electro motor c, d. The current is conveyed to a coil f which, according to the speed, draws in more or less of the suspended core h and, by means of the pointer g on its axis, indicates the speed.
Patent GB-189825823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparing and Dyeing of Tops, Slubbing, Wool, Yarns, Silk, Mohair, Alpaca, Jute, or any other Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: RHODES JOHN
Filed: 1898-12-07
Granted: 1899-12-07
Abstract: 25,823. Rhodes, J. Dec. 7. Yarns, treating with liquids; fibres, treating.- Relates to apparatus for scouring, dyeing, and similarly treating wool tops, slubbings, yarns, silk, mohair, alpaca, jute, and other textile materials. The vat 2 contains an inner cage or vessel 3, which is fitted with a false bottom 13, covered with canvas 14, upon which the material 21 is laid and covered with another sheet of canvas 15. A removable partition 17 may support a further quantity of the material. The sides of the vessel 3 may be perforated, in which case they are covered with canvas. The vat having been filled with liquor to the level of the overflow cock 25, steam is forced in through a perforated pipe 9, so as to heat the liquor and drive it up through the space 5 on to the top of the material, at the same time creating a suction under the false bottom. Hinged check doors 30 are provided under the false bottom, for causing a portion of the liquor to take an inclined or lateral course through the material.
Patent GB-189826989-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Chalking Billiard Cues.
Inventor: KIRCHMANN HEINRICH
Filed: 1898-12-21
Granted: 1899-01-21
Abstract: 26,989. Kirchmann, H., and Lauer, H. Dec. 21. Billiards, chalk holders for. A chalk holder fixed to the wall of a room, or in any other suitable spot, is arranged so that, when the tip of the cue is pressed against the chalk, this moves inwards and in so doing is rotated. In the construction shown, the rotation is produced by a fixed screw.
Patent GB-189905718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machinery or Apparatus for Finishing or Smoothing Curved or Rounded Surfaces or Edges of Articles composed of Wood, Metal or other Materials.
Inventor: BREWER EDWARD GODFREY
Filed: 1899-03-16
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 5718. Brewer, E. G. March 16. Surfacing and polishing.-Relates to band apparatus for finishing or smoothing curved or rounded surfaces or edges of articles of wood, metal, &c. In Figs. 1 and 2, a water-closet seat T is shown upon the table R being sandpapered by the band K, which runs over a pulley J on the driving- shaft and over a pulley H at the end of a compound arm F, G. The arm F may be clamped at any desired angle on the bearing B' of the driving- shaft, and the arm G is provided with a balance weight P and a stop-screw N.
Patent GB-189908044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Conduits for Electric Wires.
Inventor: GREENFIELD EDWIN TRUMAN
Filed: 1899-04-17
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 8044. Greenfield, E. T. Dec. 12, A.D. 1898, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Conduits.-Flexible conduits are formed of two open spirals of metal ribbon A, B wound together with overlapping edges. The section of the ribbons is curved transversely, the concave surfaces being adjacent. Either one or both the strips may be perforated.
Patent GB-189909772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Couplings.
Inventor: TIMMS JAMES
Filed: 1899-05-09
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 9772. Timms, J. May 9. Couplings, automatic. -The tail of the knuckle is formed with inclines b, c which engage with a shoulder J, Fig. 3, on a block I secured to the locking- pin F, by a key I<1>. The pin F is held in its unlocking position by tilting it transversely so that the hook h<1> engages with a flange on the drawhead. The movement of the knuckle in either direction is capable of releasing the pin F from its elevated position, by engagement of one or other of the inclines b, c with the shoulder J. The flat part d between the inclines is for the purpose of steadying the pin. In the locked position, a projection K on the knuckle engages a slot K<1> in the block I, thus giving additional security.
Patent GB-189909858-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Soap Tray.
Inventor: GRIMWADE LEONARD LUMSDEN
Filed: 1899-05-10
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 9858. Grimwade, L. L. May 10. Soap dishes.-The tray is made with straight raised bars b placed longitudinally o r diagonally between the holes c.
Patent GB-189911586-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bell for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS EVAN
Filed: 1899-06-05
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 11,586. Williams, E., and Lawrence, C. June 5. Velocipede bells. -A rotating disc h carries a disc c, mounted loosely on a pin j, which strikes projections b on the dome a. The disc h is driven by a friction-wheel g on its spindle which is brought into contact with the inside of the rim of the front wheel of the cycle. The plate n carrying the bell is pivoted to a plate p clamped to one arm of the fork D ; it is held out of operation by a spring v, and is brought in by a cord attached to a lever on the handle-bar.
Patent GB-189921428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pads Suitable for Tailors Shoulder Pads.
Inventor: GRIFFITH THOMAS
Filed: 1899-10-26
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 21,428. Griffith, T. Oct. 26. Coats and jackets; shoulder pads.-Relates to the shoulder pads described in Specification No. 21,921, A.D. 1896, and consists in making them in the same manner as described in that Specification, except that the centre of the pad is filled with cotton, or wadding, or other non-felting material, and that the top side of the pad is coated with a gelatinous substance which forms a skin or film and prevents the fibrous materials from working through the shoulder of the coat and obviates the necessity for a canvas or other top covering.
Patent GB-189924432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Carriages, Omnibuses, and other like Vehicles.
Inventor: BROAD-SMITH JANE
Filed: 1899-12-08
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 24,432. Broad-Smith, J. Dec. 8. Hubs; spokes; axle-boxes.-Relates to the wheel hub shown in partial elevation in Fig. 1. A metallic tube, surrounded for a part of its length by a wooden jacket, is inserted into the main part of the hub, which is formed with a flange d. Between this and a second flange f, the inner wedgeshaped ends b of the wooden spokes a are secured by spikes c, the extreme ends being adapted to take against a polygonal collar g. The flange f is locked by screw collars a<1>, a<2> as described in Specification No. 8619, A.D. 1898. The flanges may have projections to prevent the spoke ends from creeping round the hub, and the spoke ends may be rounded to fit concavities in the collar g.
Patent GB-190002034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Automatically Supplying Clean Towels on the Insertion of a Coin or Coins.
Inventor: GARLICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-02-01
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 2034. Garlick, W. Feb. 1. Hiring towels; actuating-mechanism; delivery mechanism.-The towels hang from rods c, which lie one above another and are supported in grooves d in a pair of frames. A pair of discs e on a common shaft have notches to take the lowest rod. A single towel, detached from the others by a previous partial revolution of the discs, rests at a lower level in the slots in a carrier u, which is suspended by a cord from a pulley w on a shaft k turning to lower and raise the carrier. The lowering is effected by pulling down guides p a slide o which is connected by a cord to another pulley on the winding-shaft, and the raising is effected by a weight on a cord. When the carrier reaches the bottom, it throws a rocking switch into the position shown in dotted lines, so that the towel rolls off into a similar suspended carrier that simultaneously descends another pair of slots x in the frame. The towel then hangs out through the bottom of the casing and is used, the operative slide o being held by a trigger engaging a pin 20. When the trigger is pulled, the towel, being prevented from returning the way it came by a gate, is taken up by the rear carrier, and is detached by a gate 24 which the carrier is prevented from passing by a double gate 26. Spring guard plates prevent the dirty towel from catching the hindmost clean towel. The empty front carrier receives a fresh towel in consequence of the escapement action of the notched discs e and of a pair of pivoted stops e<1> below them. The former are operated because a hook 12 on the operative slide o engages a lug 10 on a rod f depending from a crank. The latter are operated by a button on the suspending-cord acting on an arm. In case the operative slide o should be accidentally released before it is caught by the trigger, a double gate (not shown) intervenes between the towel rod and the carrier rod. The operative slide may be replaced by an endless chain. Coin action.-The rod f' connects the crank above to a pivoted arm, which is normally locked by a detent 4 engaging in a notch. The coin being dropped upon one end 2 of a lever 3, its other end lifts the detent. Coin-slit closing - devices; registers; displaying empty notices.-A counting - wheel eventually trips a catch to let a shutter fall across the coin entrance. Coin-discharging mechanism.-A spring 9 prevents the detent lifted by the coin lever from rising freely, but a cam 8 forming part of the unlocked pivoted arm raises the detent sufficiently to let the coin lever shed the coin.
Patent GB-190005614-A (GB)
Title: A Fostermother or Rearer for Rearing Chickens without a Hen.
Inventor: LENO EDGAR PEARMAN
Filed: 1900-03-26
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 5614. Leno, E. P. March 26. Fostermothers.-Relates to a fostermother heated by a lamp, for rearing chickens and the like. The fostermother a is provided with a hinged lid band with two horizontal divisions d and e, between which is the brooding chamber, having a window at n and an entrance not shown in Fig. 1. A tube h, having a window at o, is supported in the brooding - chamber, and contains a lamp. A radiator l is suspended from the cover k of the tube h. Part of the division e is hinged, to afford ready means of access to the brooding chamber. Ventilation holes are formed in the tube h, and also in the sides of the fostermother.
Patent GB-190013949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Single Line Railways
Inventor: FISHER-SPENSER HENRY
Filed: 1900-08-03
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 13,949. Fisher-Spenser, H., and Brunless, H. Aug. 3. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles hydraulic railways.-The central wheels c, runing on a single rail, are carried by bogies b fitted with ball bearings b<2>, Fig. 1<a>. The wheels d run on the road, and comp o u n d bearing- springs g, g<1> are fitted in the manner shown in Fig. 7. The vehicle is driven from the shaft f<2> of an electric, hydraulic, or other motor f by chain gearing, and its body a moved transversely on the underframe a<1> by the screws e which turn in the nuts e<2>. During this transverse movement, the weight of the body is supported by eccentric rollers mounted on longitudinal shafts which are rotated by worm gearing g. The Provisional Specification states that the body of the vehicle may tilt about a longitudinal axis, and a tell-tale may be fitted comprising a weighted arm or pendulum which, when in the vertical position, indicates that the vehicle is evenly loaded. It also states that the bodies of the vehicles, when used for military purposes, are made water-tight, and when detached may serve as pontoons.
Patent GB-190023125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Controlled Weighing Machines.
Inventor: COOK EDGAR HERBERT
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 23,125. Cook, E. H. Dec. 18. Weighing-apparatus; actuating-mechanism.-An aperture showing the indicating-dial is normally covered by a shutter d on a lever 41, but is uncovered when a slide g is shifted towards the lever by a handle e, which bears a driving- pin 15 passing through a curved slot 16 in the framing f. A latch 50 to engage a short rack is pivoted on the slide, and strikes the lever 41 after prepayment. Coin action; coin-discharging mechanism.-The coin inserted through a slot 13 in the casing slips down a slope m into a slot pocket h on the tail of the latch. A lever k pivoted on the frame has a screw 18 at one end to bear on the coin, and is engaged by a pin at the other end with a grooved cam 49 projecting from the operative slide. Thus with the movement of the slide the latch is lifted to the rack, and the coin is pushed out of the pocket. Fraud, preventing.-A coin which is too small slips through the pocket past a gauging-screw 19, and the withdrawal of a coin held by a string is prevented by an angular pawl n resting on the guiding-slope m. Figs. 6 and 7 show a device for preventing a second person from being weighed without another prepayment. On a fulcrum 23 is a lever 21, one end of which extends under a stud 31 on the shutter arm 41, while the end 26 bears a rocker o the play of which is limited by a loop over the pivot stud. The pivot of the rocker is virtually uuder the dial arbor, and a finger 27 projects up from it towards a fine toothed wheel on the dial arbor, and the rocker ends in a hinged piece 45, which is set by a spring 29 and bears a bevelled stud 30 corresponding to the stud 31 on the shutter arm 41. The hinged piece acts as a latch to hold the shutter open, and the lever lifts the rocker into touch with the wheel. When the person being weighed steps off the platform of the machine, or, if another person steps on, the swing of the wheel either way displaces the rocker relatively to the lever, so as to separate the bevelled studs and free the shutter. Registers.-A horizontal slide u, having an oblique slot 35 engaging a pin on a vertical slide, is shifted by the latch 50, and causes the vertical slide to actuate a counter.
Patent GB-190023181-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for the Production of Variable Gauges.
Inventor: MELTZER HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-12-19
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 23,181. Meltzer, H. Dec. 19. Calliper and like gauges.-The gauge shown in longitudinal section in Fig. 1 comprises two cylindrical end measures c, d, which fit exactly into a sleeve A formed of two parts a, b screwed together. The sleeve is provided with an aperture e, through which flat measures f can be inserted to lie between the end measures c, d. To render the gauge adjustable to thousandths of a millimetre, the set of flat measures would comprise measures of 1À001, 1À002, ... 1À009 mm. thickness for the thousandths, together with similar measures for the hundredths &c. The gauge has a casing g made from material which is a poor conductor of heat.
Patent GB-190100942-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, Supporting and Transporting Portions of Machinery and like uses.
Inventor: CRELLIN JOHN CAESAR
Filed: 1901-01-15
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 942. Crellin, J. C. Jan. 15. Jacks.-Consists of a device for raising, lowering, supporting, and transporting portions of machinery, such as tramcar motor armatures. Mounted on a truck which can be run under the car are a ram cylinder a, hand-pump g, supply tank e, and valve l by which water can be run back into the tank. The ram may be telescopic comprising the sliding cylinder c and the plunger d. The cradle m for carrying the armature &c. can be adjusted laterally by means of a screw o.
Patent GB-190106358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Ignition Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ALDRIDGE ALFRED FRANK
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 6358. Aldridge, A. F., and Linley, C. M. March 26. Switches.-For igniting in gas and like engines, the primary circuit of an induction coil is made and broken at the points F<1>, G<1> by the movement of the oscillating vertical shaft E, which is effected by a face-cam B on the shaft A engaging a sliding cam c, which fits into a forked arm D on the bottom of the shaft E and may be adjusted angularly for timing the ignition by a lever J. The cams B, C are kept in contact by a spring D<3>. The shaft E may carry two contact-arms, which alternately complete the circuit; or the single contact-arms F may oscillate between two fixed contacts G<1>, being operated by cams B, C of the form shown in Fig. 5, having recesses B', C<3> as well as projections, so that the arms may assume three positions.
Patent GB-190111504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Burning Mixtures of Air and Inflammable Vapour for Heating and Incandescent Lighting.
Inventor: LEROUX JOSEPH BENJAMIN
Filed: 1901-06-05
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 11,504. Leroux, J. B., and Carmien, P. J. June 5. Soldering and brazing.-A vapour burner for heating purposes or for incandescent lighting by means of a mantle, is formed of a base a, having a screw valve b, and a supply tube g with a flattened or globular distributing chamber h. The mineral oil or alcohol is supplied by a siphon dipping to near the bottom of a raised supply vessel, the connecting tube being a capillary one. Above the base is firmly screwed a "chimney" c, lined internally with nickel, and provided below with adjustable air holes f, and above with gas outlets e leading the mixed vapour and air to the surrounding burner tube d. The latter is closed above with wire gauze or its equivalent. The chamber h contains a filter for purifying the liquids used. To start the burner, alcohol is burned by means of a wick carried in a fork held under the cap m. Modified forms are illustrated. In one form a bunsen burner is shown, having a flattened rectangular outlet. This form is stated to be particularly applicable for heating soldering-irons, hat-irons, and for vapour engines and automobiles.
Patent GB-190114675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bicycles and other Velocipedes Driven Partly by the Rider's Weight.
Inventor: BAKER JAMES
Filed: 1901-07-18
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 14,675. Baker, J. July 18. Driving-mechanism; body motion, propelling by. -Part of the driving-power for bicycles and other velocipedes is furnished by the weight of the rider upon the saddle. The saddle is supported upon the fork o, Fig. 1, which passes through the guideframe i, Fig. 5, of the clip g, and the fork is connected by the rod p with the crank s, which is connected at an angle to one crank f. The other crank e is mounted as usual. The frame i has two pairs of rollers mounted at right-angles and ears j, or one ear only in a clip for fixing to a lady's machine.
Patent GB-190115683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Malt Houses.
Inventor: STOCKTON EDWARD GRIMMITT
Filed: 1901-08-02
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 15,683. Stockton, E. G. Aug. 2. Malting. -Relates to malt - houses. Fig. 1 shows a horizontal section, and Fig. 2 a vertical section through two floors, the section through one floor being in a different plane from. that through the other floor as indicated by the two lines 2, 2, Fig. 1. The invention consists in providing a compartment B at one end of each floor, and in placing in this compartment a cooling- battery C of usual construction, having brine-washed surfaces for cooling and moistening air. The air is forced or drawn through the battery by a fan C', and is then led into a pipe or trunk D, having valved openings E and lying along the ceiling. The air issuing from these openings passes across the floor, and entering openings F<1> in a trunk F is led back to the battery C. H, H<1> are trunks in communication with the outer air, and these are connected with pipes N, N<1>, slotted along their underside and lying along the floor. One set of these pipes serves for the introduction of fresh air, and the other for the withdrawal of foul air. G, G are steeping-tanks.
Patent GB-190118464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mowing and Reaping Machines.
Inventor: BOYDELL THOMAS
Filed: 1901-09-16
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 18,464. Boydell, T. Sept. 16. Reaping and mowing machines. - Relates to the finger-bar and associated parts of reaping and mowing machines. The Specification describes a very large number of modified ways of constructing hollow finger - bars, hollow fingers for attachment to ordinary solid finger-bars or to the hollow finger-bars described, and covers for the upper or lower surfaces of the cutting-apparatus. The top covers may also be made to act as knife clips. Fig. 5 shows one example of a hollow finger-bar, which consists of top and bottom bars a secured together at the rear side by a rivet a'. The top bar a is bent as shown, the part b<1> forms a bracket for the attachment of the fingers, and the part b<2> forms a seating for the reciprocating knife-bar. Finger brackets similar to the parts b<1>, b<2> of Fig. 5 may be secured to ordinary solid finger-bars for the attachment of the hollow fingers. Figs. 86, 87, 88, 89, and 90 show views of one of the hollow fingers. The body e of the finger is hollow, and is provided with a projection g to which the hollow point e<Î> and the cover-plate i<1> are secured by a single bolt. A large number of different forms of hollow fingers are described. In some, the finger is made in two pieces connected together along a vertical line. The point e<x> may be integral with the cover-plate i<1>, or may be integral with a bar forming the backbone of the finger to which the other parts are secured. The fingers may be attached either to the finger bracket, such as is shown in Fig. 5, or to a projection therefrom or to the finger-bar. Fig. 147 shows a top cover-plate o for the cutting-apparatus, having a projection o<1> acting as a knife clip. In this Figure, x is the finger-bar, to which the finger is secured by a bolt q ; p<1> is the knife-bar, and p the knife blade. The cover-plate is bolted to the finger-bar, or may be carried back and secured to the platform. The bottom cover-plate may be similarly shaped and secured.