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Patent GB-189905938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anchors.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM WASTENEYS
Filed: 1899-03-18
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 5938. Smith, W. W. March 18. Anchors. - Relates to stockless anchors of the kind described in Specifications No. 552, A.D. 1871, No. 4281, A.D. 1874, and No. 3476, A.D. 1885. The horns or trippers d, d are placed outside of the arms C and behind the axis about which the arms rotate. Figs. 1 and 2 show an anchor in which the crosshead B is formed in one with the shank, and is traversed by a pin with which the arms rotate. The invention is, however, equally applicable to anchors in which the crosshead is made in one with the arms and has the shank pivoted in a slot in it.
Patent GB-189906382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Motors and Apparatus in connection therewith.
Inventor: MURRIE JAMES
Filed: 1899-03-24
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 6382. Murrie, J. March 24. Superheaters, steam.-Relates to means for drying steam on its way to an engine from the boiler, or while passing from one cylinder to another, by heating or superheating it. The heating is effected by steam generated in an auxiliary high-pressure closed-circuit boiler or heater, which steam is caused to circulate through tubular apparatus or jackets by which the engine steam is heated. The water of condensation returns to the auxiliary heater by gravity. In those cases in which a reducing-valve is used and the engine is worked at a lower pressure than the boiler, steam from the main boiler may be employed to effect the heating instead of steam from an auxiliary boiler.
Patent GB-189907691-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stereotyping Process.
Inventor: KRAUS DR ALFRED
Filed: 1899-04-12
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 7691. Kraus, A. April 12. Stereotype-matrix and like machines.-Consists in a process of stereotyping by producing impressions of the letters in a plastic material by means of a type-writer, and subsequently hardening the material in a drying oven, and using it for casting with metal in the usual manner. The plastic material employed is composed of white lead, modelling-clay, gypsum, marsh-mallow powder and small quantities of lime, firebrick powder, and powdered coke, the whole being made up with water. The matrix may also be used before being dried for the production of proof-printing blocks made of gum, or the like. Such blocks may also be prepared from the plastic material for commercial purposes, the plastic material in this case being composed of a substance which is pliable, does not harden, and requires no drying, such as wax, resin, or tallow.
Patent GB-189907877-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Generating Acetylene.
Inventor: DEMUTH CARL
Filed: 1899-04-14
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 7877. Demuth, C. April 14. Acetylene.-Consists of apparatus for generating acetylene by automatically supplying regulated quantities of carbide. Above the water vessel o' is supported on bearings c a rotatable drum a having a number of compartments m<1> into which the carbide is placed. A weight d, equal to the weight of carbide in one compartment, tends to turn the drum in the direction of the arrow. Each compartment has a door m, held in position by a spring l<1> engaging with a pawl l. The side of the drum is provided with a number of slots e. Carried from the axle b is a two-armed lever i, curved as shown, the two ends of which are operated alternately by the roller i<1> carried by a bracket i<2> from the gas bell. Pivoted to the arms h, h<1> are pins f, f<1> working in guides g, g<1>. As the bell rises and falls, the pins are alternately forced inwards and withdrawn from the slots e, thereby allowing the drum to move step-by-step, under the action of the weight d, a short distance for each up or down movement of the bell. After the weight has reached the bottom, the weight of the loaded compartments is sufficient to actuate the drum. The pawl of each compartment, as it reaches the bottom, is struck on one side by a cross rod k, allowing the door to open, and discharge the contents into the hopper o. The contracted opening o<2> of the hopper directs the carbide upon a stationary cone p, which deflects the carbide to the sides. In Fig. 5, the stationary cone p is shown provided with a conical float r connected by a chain q, and partially closing the aperture. This float allows small pieces of carbide to pass and deflects them to the sides, but falls to allow large pieces of carbide to pass into the generator.
Patent GB-189916043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Tubes, Solid Bars, and other Hollow or Solid Metal Bodies.
Inventor: BECK ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1899-08-05
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 16,043. Beck, A. E. Aug. 5. Forging.-Relates to the manufacture of tubes, solid bars, and other hollow or solid metal bodies, and consists in inserting the metal to be worked between specially shaped and arranged dies or tools, which subject the metal to an intermittent squeezing or pressing action while carrying it through the machine by intermittent movements. One pair of dies is arranged horizontally, and another pair vertically, the dies having bell-shaped or widened mouths, and each die or tool is fixed to a frame or block which is driven by an eccentric. These blocks, two of which are shown in Fig. 2, approach and recede simultaneously, so that the horizontal dies A, A<1> approach, while the vertical dies recede from, the centre line. The two eccentrics of each pair move in opposite directions, and the bloom is moved in the working stroke in the direction of the arrow, and is afterwards pushed back by hand or other means. Unequal strokes may be given to the eccentrics, or one eccentric with suitable guides for each block and a system of toggle-levers may be employed. When working with tubes, a mandrel, fixed or moved intermittently, may be used, and with an independently-moving mandrel tubes with a tapering or varying thickness may be made.
Patent GB-189921900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Petroleum Lamps for Heating Saucepans or other Vessels.
Inventor: GERVAIS MARCEL
Filed: 1899-11-01
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 21,900. Gervais, M. Nov. 1. L a m p stoves.- An oil lamp is provided with a vaporizer, above which the saucepan or other vessel to be heated is placed. The lamp body x is provided with a circular wick m, the inner cylinder of the wick-tube having a turned - in upper edge u and the outer a turnedout upper edge v. Upon the lamp body is placed a metal cylinder e, having hinges or pivots d, d<1> attached thereto, to which are secured two horizontal forks f, f<1> within which are suspended, by means of four pivots t, a perforated reversed metallic cone a, open at top and bottom. The lower fork f<1> is continued by an arm g, the end of which passes through a vertical slot h in the opposite wall of the cylinder e, and enters an eccentric slot in a curved arm k operated by a handle p. Vertical stays c connect the cone to a central perforated cylinder b, also open at both ends. An annular plate r is connected to the cylinder e, and has a central opening s somewhat larger than the upper end of the cone. In use, the cone a and cylinder b are raised slightly above the burner, by turning the handle p, and the wick is lighted. The vaporizer is then lowered so as to rest on the burner, the cone a within the edge v and the cylinder b within the edge u. The wick is then raised. Under these conditions, the supply of air is insufficient to burn all the oil. so that there is a narrow flame running up the inside of the cone and another up the outside of the cylinder, with a quantity of unignited vapour between. On arriving at the top, the whole of this vapour is ignited, producing a hot flame. In a modification, the annular plate r is perforated, and inclined downwards towards the centre, whereby the flame spreads outwards all over the plate instead of being concentrated at the centre. In vaporizers of large size, a cylindrical casing y, fixed outside the truncated cone a, prevents the return of the flame.
Patent GB-190002414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Circular Flame Gas Burners.
Inventor: DARBY HENRY
Filed: 1900-02-07
Granted: 1900-12-08
Abstract: 2414. Darby, H., and Punchard, W. C. Feb. 7. Gas lamps.-To produce a flame resembling an incandescent mantle in appearance, the burner body comprises a perforated portion c, an unperforated portion b, a perforated convex plate i supporting the argand burner a, a burner cone with a coned flange d', and a perforated chimney holder e forming an air chamber x. The air supplies, passing through the centre k of the burner and between the burner and the cone d, are supplemented by air entering and ascending between the cone d<1>, d and the chimney f to impinge upon the flame over the edge of the cone d, where it is expanded by a spreader. This spreader may be mounted upon either a solid rod g<1>or a tubular support, in which case a portion of the central air supply ascends through the tubular support to feed the flame above the spreader.
Patent GB-190015524-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Lining Wheel Hubs, Bearings, and the like.
Inventor: REICHWALD AUGUST
Filed: 1900-08-31
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 15,524. Reichwald, A., [Krupp, F.]. Aug. 31. Hubs.-Relates to reducing the worn or ctherwise enlarged boring in a wheel hub or the like by a lining deposited electrically, the application to a wheel hub being shown. The hub A is placed with its axis vertical, and the lower end is closed by a packing-ring D and wooden base B provided with a-draw-off tap C. The anode E is either fixed to the base B or suspended in the electrolytic liquid with which the hub is filled.
Patent GB-190015720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Purification of Sewage and Industrial Effluents, the Utilization of Sewage Precipitates and the Manufacture of Filtering Media.
Inventor: BAYER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-09-04
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 15,720. Bayer, A. Sept. 4. Charcoal.-A mixture of finely-divided charcoal or coke, caustic lime, and zinc dust is added to sewage and industrial effluents, and the resulting sludge is pressed into cakes, which are subjected to destructive distillation, to obtain charcoal, illuminating-gas, ammoniacal water, and tar. This charcoal may be used for treating other portions of sewage, or as a filtering-medium ; or charcoal obtained during the destructive distillation of slaughterhouse refuse, wool dust, sawdust, or other organic materials may be employed.
Patent GB-190023101-A (GB)
Title: A Self-propelling Cultivator.
Inventor: TIMEWELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 23,101. Timewell, W. Dec. 18. Drawings to Specification. Tyres, non-elastic, for wheels for use with a special form of cultivator. The tyre is made in segments adjustable to or from the centre of the wheel. Filling - pieces are inserted when the segments are in their extended position.
Patent GB-190112853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Unloading Apparatus
Inventor: HULETT GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1901-06-24
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 12,853. Hulett, G. H. June 24. Unloading; cranes.-Consists of unloading-apparatus especially applicable for unloading ore, coal, &c. from ships. A scraper 53 and a lifting-bucket 9 are carried by a tower A running along the quay side, and can be operated simultaneously, the scraper scraping the material into a heap, where it can afterwards be easily reached by the bucket. The scraper and bucket are accommodated by one hatchway. The scraper is mounted in a telescopic leg 52, mounted to rotate in a beam 34 pivoted at 35 to a carriage 33 running in guides 24 on the tower A. A motor 67 in the leg reciprocates the scraper, and motors on the carriage 33 operate the beam 34, raise and lower and rotate the scraper, and move the carriage. These motors are controlled by an operator in the leg. The bucket is actuated by a motor 21<a> in the tower, where the operator who controls the bucket is also stationed.
Patent GB-190115554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial or Imitation Stone or Rock
Inventor: HARRISSON GEORGE
Filed: 1901-08-01
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 15,554. Harrisson, G. Aug. 1. Stone, artificial; stonework, ornamental.-A framework of wire netting, gauze, perforated zinc, &c. is stamped or bent into the form of a rock or stone, and is covered with a composition of cement, sand, colouring-matter, and water, so as to produce imitation rock suitable for decorative purposes. The rock &c. may be built up in sections to render it portable.
Patent GB-190116187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Labels for Sewing-cotton and like Reels
Inventor: JACKSON ARTHUR STOCKDALE
Filed: 1901-08-12
Granted: 1902-08-12
Abstract: . 16,187. Jackson, A. S. Aug. 12. Reels.-In order to provide a suitable resting - place for a sewing - needle when not in use, the label a is formed with one or more ribs or projections b which may be circular or of any other suitable form. Through the rib, the needle is thrust. The labels so formed may constitute advertising-media.
Patent GB-190116841-A (GB)
Title: Cutting Tool Holders and Cutters for Turning Lathes, Planing Machines and the like.
Inventor: BOWMAN FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1901-08-22
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 16,841. Bowman, F. G., and Sommerville, R. Aug. 22. Tool-holders.-A tool-holder for lathes, planing- machines, &c. has a swan neck B with a flat surface C on which the tool or cutter D is secured by a bolt E. The cutter may have different cutting- edges formed on it and may be interchangeable. The cutter enters a slot a in the holder to further secure it. The Provisional Specification states that the cutter may be held in a jaw provided with a tightening-screw.
Patent GB-190122015-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tobacco Pipe
Inventor: MITCHELL FRANK
Filed: 1901-11-01
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 22,015. Mitchell, F., Barlow, W., Entwistle, W., and Braddock, G. H. Nov. 1. Tobacco pipes.- The smoke passes through passages g, g<1> in the bowl, to a chamber c in the stem. The plug h is removed for cleaning purposes. Pipes with straight stems are similarly constructed.
Patent GB-190124382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Lifting Pokers of Spinning and Doubling Frames
Inventor: ASA LEES AND COMPANY LTD
Filed: 1901-11-30
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 24,382. Lees & Co., A., and Taylor, R. Nov. 30. Spindle and lift- ing rails.-Relates to means for sup- porting and ad- justing the ends of the lifting-pokers. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the poker b passes through an aper- ture in the upper portion of the bracket a, and has a bolt screwed into its end and pro- vided with a lock- nut e, the head of the bolt resting on the lower portion of the bracket; f is a clamping-screw. The aperture in the end of the poker need not be screw-threided, in which case an additional lock- nut will be required. In Fig. 2, the end of the poker rests in a bush g, which is screwed into the bracket a and secured by a lock-nut h. The bush may be arranged to slide in the bracket a, and be secured by a set-screw.
Patent GB-190124616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Incandescent Electric Lamps
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 24,616. Soc. Italiana di Elettricita gia Cruto. Sept. 13, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Incandescent lamps are mounted detachably in caps or holders. The lamp bulb is made with two opposite recesses in the neck, and provided with metal beads 5, 6, Fig. 10, on the ends of the leading-in wires. A cap 14, Fig. 5 or Fig. 8, contains a strong spring, the ends 3,4 of which engage in the recesses in the neck of the bulb ; the metal beads 5, 6 are thus held upon two spring studs 7, carried in a porcelain or other insulating-body 13, and connected to ordinary contacts on the cap. The cap may be of any ordinary form externally, Figs. 5 and 8 showing bayonet and screw caps respectively ; or it may be dispensed with, springs 3 and studs 7 being placed in a holder, Fig. 10, to receive the uncapped lamp directly.
Patent GB-190201200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Water-tube Boilers.
Inventor: VICENTE NEMESIO
Filed: 1902-01-16
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 1200. Vicente, N. Jan. 16. Water-tube boilers.-Relates to water-tube boilers comprising a number of elements, such as the element shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1, in which the lower tube 1 is closed at the end, the upper end is formed with or connected to the chamber 2, and the water-feed tube 4 enters the chamber 2 below the steam tube 3. The lower tubes are arranged vertically or in an inclined position, and the furnace gases pass between the tubes. The water-feed tubes communicate with the lower part of the main drum while the steam take-off tubes communicate with the upper part of the drum. All the chambers 2 of the boiler elements are arranged within a casing. To facilitate inspection &c., the upper end of each chamber 2 is provided with a removable cover 10, Fig. 7, and the interior of the chamber is fitted with a movable part 11, or slide, formed so as to connect the water-feed tube upon one side with the continuation of the waterfeed tube upon the other side of the chamber and with a branch extending into the lower tube of the element. Each element may have its own separate water-feed and steam tubes ; or there may be one common steam take-off tube with or without a common water-supply tube. The movable part 11 may be tapering and may carry a tube somewhat T-shaped, as shown in Fig. 19, to form the bridge part of the main water tube and compose the water-feed tube leading to near the base of the lower tube 1 of the element.
Patent GB-190202767-A (GB)
Title: A Device Adapted for Use as a Holder or a Rest for Cigars, Cigarettes and other Articles.
Inventor: SUTCHALL ROBERT
Filed: 1902-02-04
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 2767. Sutehall, R. Feb. 4. Sea ling.-An appliance for use as a holder or rest for cigars, cigarettes, and other articles, for instance sealing - wax, consists of a metal clip a with a cylindrical opening b, holding discs c, and supporting legs d upon which, and one of its ends, the article may be rested.
Patent GB-190209250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches for Conveying Rotary Motion.
Inventor: HORSBURGH DAVID
Filed: 1902-04-22
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 9250. Horsburgh, D. April 22. Clutches; brakes.-The conical ring F is moved endways upon the boss of one member B of the clutch to expand the split rings G, H, I in the other member A. The opposing face of the members A, B are formed with radial ribs C, D, which engage respectively in notches in the ends of the alternate rings. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that the invention is applicable as a brake.
Patent GB-190213645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-counting, Registering and Wrapping Machines
Inventor: BATDORF CHARLES S
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 13,645. Batdorf, C. S. Oct. 7, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Counting-apparatus for coins, combined with packing and wrapping apparatus. By means of a reciprocating slide 26 on a bed 25 on a table 22 the coins are pushed one by one from the bottom of a tube 24 in which they are piled, and slip down a funnel 27 into a channel 19, where a second slide 18 pushes them under a ratchet-lever which drives a counting-wheel. A bent coin not fully entering the channel will be lifted out of it by the bevelled end of the slide. The channel 19 ends in a vertical trough formed of a curved plate 6 on one side and a bottom rod 47, which is attached to a spring 49 and has an end piece 48 to press the rouleau of coin which accumulates in the trough as each is fed in. A small lever 51, with curved ends a, b, is operated by the entering coin and pushes the rouleau back to admit it. When the counting- wheel, say for fifty coins, completes its revolution, a bevelled lug upon it makes a lever 54 draw a pin 55 from a pawl 56 on a disc 57 on the first motion main shaft 63 of the wrapping-mechanism. The pawl accordingly engages a ratchet-wheel 51<2>, which is loose on the shaft and is continuously driven by a belt. At the end of a revolution the pawl again meets the pin and is disengaged. A cam 66 on a second shaft 60 geared to the first by wheels 61, 62 at once releases a pair of jaws 65 on a swinging frame 64 pulled by a spring 68, so that they nip the rouleau of coins while a cam 72 on the main shaft makes the frame swing through the arc shown in dotted lines, by acting on the slotted bar 70. The rouleau is thus carried against an endless belt of leather 78 which runs round a drum 74 on the main shaft, a guide roller 75 on a radial arm 79, a fixed guide roller 76, and a third guide roller 77 on a tangential arm 80. The leather is pushed back as a pocket behind the guide roller on the tangential arm which is raised by a cam 82, and a gummed sheet of paper carried into the pocket by the rouleau is rolled round it by the motion of the endless belt. The paper is fed, cut off, and gummed or pasted in the manner shown by the drawing, while the protruding edges of the paper are folded in by a flanged roller 106 on the tangential arm 80. If, by chance, the coins choke the machine, the bed 25 of the ejecting slide 26 may be drawn from the table 22 to let the coins drop into a bag.
Patent GB-190213653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Camera Stands.
Inventor: SMITH JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 13,653. Smith, J. H. June 16. Stands.-Relates to an adjustable stand or table chiefly adapted for supporting photographic cameras. The table y is supported on two frames which slide vertically in the fixed frames c of the standard. In each of the sliding frames e is a rod h or i, which passes through gravity catches m, n capable of being released by separate treadles, of which one w is shows. The treadle lever s is jointed to the end of a transverse lever r which is connected to the catch m by the rod p, the other treadle being connected to the catch n by the rod v and similar levers. The table y is hinged to one of the frames c at x, and is connected to the other frame e by yokes y<1>. By raising the frames e to different heights, the table y can be set at any required angle or height.
Patent GB-190217106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Overhead Trolley Lines or Conductors, and the like.
Inventor: COWX HENRY SCHUSTER
Filed: 1902-08-02
Granted: 1903-06-11
Abstract: 17,106. Cowx, H. S. Aug. 2. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Conductors.-Relates to a means of strengthening, and rendering safer, overhead trolley lines. Figs. 1 and 5 show side elevations of two slightly different applications of the invention. It consists of the usual conductor a, to which is fitted a metal tube, sleeve, or rod b and suitable metallic eyes or clips to retain the safty wire c in position without tension. The carrier d is provided with set-screws i, adapted to clamp the conductor a firmly in the groove. The wire c may be arranged to carry a shunted current, in order to operate a magnetic line switch so that it will open if the safety wire breaks.