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Patent GB-189910338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Top Dressing for Wood Blocks for Streets, Footpaths, and the like.
Inventor: DUNLOP HUGH
Filed: 1899-05-16
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 10,338. Dunlop, H. May 16. Wood-block paving.-The blocks are covered with a composition or asphalt consisting of ¢ cwt. of caustic soda and 3 cwt. of resin, boiled in water and cooled, to which is then added 2 cwt. of basalt or other igneous rock screenings, 1 cwt. of Portland cement and 2 cwt. of calcined clay. The composition, when set, is covered with a coat of a second mixture consisting of 2 cwt. of bitumen, 1 cwt. of resin, 2 ¢ gallons of boiled linseed oil, 12 gallons of Stockholm tar, boiled to a liquid state and then mixed with 2 cwt. of basalt screenings, 2 cwt. of calcined clay, and any required quantity of sand. The second mixture is applied hot, and when cold is sanded and rolled several times.
Patent GB-189913440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Fruit and like Baskets.
Inventor: BLAMPIED CHARLES
Filed: 1899-06-28
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 13,440. Blampied, C., and Le Rossignol, A. P. June 28. Baskets.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 21,397, A.D. 1898. The basket is provided with a double set of hooks, one set projecting inside and the other outside the basket so that the string or net covering for the protection of the fruit in the basket may be attached to the internal hooks or be passed over the rim and attached to the external hooks. Figs. 4 to 9 show different ways in which the hooks may be arranged and secured. In Fig. 4, the stem of the double hook passes vertically between the horizontal parts of the wickerwork. In Figs. 5 and 6 hooks b, b*, such as are used as boot fastenings, are secured to a piece b<1> of leather or other suitable material, through an aperture b<2> in which passes one of the vertical stakes of the basket. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show methods of applying wire hooks to baskets already made. In Fig. 7 the wire encircles the rim of the basket, in Fig. 8 one of the vertical stakes is gripped, and in Fig. 9 separate internal and external hooks are provided.
Patent GB-189919068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steadies for use with Capstan and other Lathes, and in the Means of Holding and Adjusting the Position of Capstan and other Lathe Tools.
Inventor: AUSTIN HERBERT
Filed: 1899-09-22
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 19,068. Austin, H. Sept. 22. Tool-holders; lathes.-A combined tool-holder and steady rest, shown as adapted to fit into a lathe capstan or turret, has a projection C formed on the holder D, on which is a sliding plate A. A steady plate is pivoted to the plate A at a, and a bolt c passes through the lug and through slots d, e in the plates, so that both may be simultaneously secured by the bolt in any desired position. When the bolt is slackened, and the steady plate with a re-entrant angle allowed to fall on the work, the slots d, e permit the steady plate to adjust itself automatically to the work, when both plates may be secured. The plates may be raised by a rack and pinion h. The holder D carries a slide G, in which is mounted a shank g to receive a tool J or the shank of a subsidiary tool-holder which is held by tightening a nut H on the shank g. The tool may be canted to the right or left for cutting in either direction, and may be held in either position by a turn-button K with a mutilated head. In the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the inclination of the tool shank L is adjusted by a spindle m, screwing into the slide and having collars n engaging the shank. The slide may have a gauge stop to limit its inward motions. The stop comprises a sleeve P, fitting a hole in the holder, and into which is screwed a screw p, journalled in a lug N on the slide and having a collar q and milled nut q<1>. The screw may be adjusted in the sleeve, which is held against rotation. The limit of travel is determined by the sleeve coming against the inner end of the hole. The screw may be locked against rotation by a pin t.
Patent GB-189919959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Die Heads for Screw Cutting and in the Method of Operating the same.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1899-10-05
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 19,959. Smith, W. J. Oct. 5. Screwing; tools.-A die-head for use in a lathe or other turret machine is adapted to cut a predetermined length of thread, and may be used in a hand or automatically operated turret. A sleeve d, feathered on a diecarrier a, is secured in the turret. The chasers, secured to blocks b, are operated by a cam ring c, with operating-handles c<4>, which strike a fixed part as the turret rotates, to set and hold the chasers. The ring is held in place between a shoulder a<2> and annulus h on the carrier a. A spring i, abutting against lugs on the ring and annulus, tends to open the chasers by rotating the ring. The ring has a recess c<8> engaged by the eccentric head of a bolt g, passing through a slot in a shoulder d' on the sleeve d. The bolt may be turned by a handle g<1> to hold the cam ring in either of two positions corresponding to roughing and finishing cuts. The handle is locked by a spring bolt g<3> engaging one of two holes in an index plate This plate is secured to the shoulder by a plate l, Fig. 10, and bolts c' passing through slots in the shoulder. The cut of the chasers is varied by shifting the two plates and the bolt g with reference to the shoulder. The carrier a, which is made hollow to receive the work, is normally drawn back by a spring e, but, when the saddle or turret is arrested at a predetermined point, the carrier is drawn forward by the thread till the bolt g is disengaged from the recess c<8>, when the chasers are thrown open by the spring i and the thread-cutting stopped.
Patent GB-189920872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Spindles for Spinning and Twisting Machinery.
Inventor: KING FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-10-18
Granted: 1900-10-18
Abstract: 20,872. King, F., and Moore, W. Oct. 18. Spindle apparatus.- The lubricant which is supplied to the oil cup b<1> passes by apertures b<2> to a chamber c<1>, formed by cutting away the exterior portion of the flexible bearing-tube C. From the chamber c<1>, t h e lubricant passes by apertures c<4> to the spindle, in which is made e a spiral groove a for lifting the oil to the upper part of the tube C and holder B, where it overflows through notches c<3> and collects in the oil cup b<1>. The lower part of the tube C is fitted with a spring hoop E between two shoulders or collars for preventing the withdrawal of the tube; it is also provided with apertures c<2> for admitting o i l to the spindle from the well D. The well D is held in place by a spring ring or hoop F on the outside of the holder B. ,
Patent GB-189923694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surface Heaters or Condensers.
Inventor: WRIGHT JAMES
Filed: 1899-11-28
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 23,694. Wright, J. Nov. 28. Cooling liquids.-Relates to surface coolers of the kind described in Specification No. 1991, A.D. 1892, [Abridgment Class Heating], in which pairs of chambers 1, 2 are grouped together, the cooling-agent passing through one set and the liquid treated through the other. The object is to do away with the exterior bent connecting-pipes, which have been found to impair the efficiency. The chambers 2, through which with their U-pipes 3 the heating-agent flows, are according to the present invention connected by internal conduits 6, the steam, gas, or other cooling-fluid entering at 9 and leaving at 10. The liquid treated, for instance ammoniacal liquid, enters the chambers 1 at 7, and passing through the openings or passages 5 emerges at 8. The functions of the chambers may be interchanged.
Patent GB-189924137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Spindles and Bearings of Machinery.
Inventor: MCQUILKIN CHARLES MERRY
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 24,137. McQuilkin, C. M. Dec. 4. Bushes; lubricating.-Relates to bearings for shafts, spindles, axles of wheels, &c. A loose sleeve A is interposed between the bearings B and the shaft C. Perforations a may be made in the sleeve to facilitate lubrication. The sleeve may be retained in place by flanges on the bearing, or by flanges on its ends, or, in the case of a vertical shaft, by a flange on one end. Fig. 9 shows a sleeve with a central rib a<2>, the bearing- block in this case being formed with a central recess. In some cases, the sleeve has the central portion spherical, either hollow, or solid as shown in Fig. 14. Conical sleeves may also be used. To diminish friction at the ends of the sleeve, loose rings E may be inserted as shown in Fig. 15<b>.
Patent GB-189924171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Shearing Machines.
Inventor: WESSELMANN BRUNO
Filed: 1899-12-05
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 2 4 , 1 7 1 . Wesselmann, B. Dec. 5. Shearing.-A lever shearing-machine has a bracket c bolted to the frame b to afford a double bearing for the pins l, g to reduce wear and tear. The bracket is extended at e to act as a guard for the blades, and to serve as a stop for the plate.
Patent GB-190002264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: KLINGENBERG GEORG
Filed: 1900-02-05
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 2264. Klingenberg, G. Feb. 5. Motor road vehicles.-The air required by the motor is drawn through one of the frame tubes b of the vehicle from openings c, d situated at some distance above the ground, so that dust is avoided and silent action ensured.
Patent GB-190003037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Direct Acting Steam Engines and the like.
Inventor: WETZEL ALFRED
Filed: 1900-02-15
Granted: 1900-12-31
Abstract: 3037. Wetzel, A. Feb. 15. Valves and valve gear.-Relates to valve gear for direct-acting engines. Fig. 1 shows a section through the cylinder in one form of the invention. The bent admission valves d are separate from the exhaust slides m. These slides are connected together by a rod Q, and are operated by the direct impact of the piston a. The admission valves are operated by spring tappets b carried by the piston, the point of admission and cut-off being adjustable by more or less compressing the closing- springs f through the medium of the screws and hand-wheels shown.
Patent GB-190010653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Miners and like Safety Lamps.
Inventor: GRAY THOMAS
Filed: 1900-06-12
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 10,653. Gray, T. June 12. Miners' and like safety lamps.-In lamps burning oil, candles, or night-lights, in which the air supply descends to the flame through vertical tubes, the flame is rendered more luminous and more efficient for gas testing, and less liable to extinction by the presence of draught and explosive gases, by employing short air-supply tubes K, of which the upper ends terminate in an air-heating chamber I at or near the upper end of the glass B, instead of at or near the upper end of the lamp bonnet C. The air supply enters through draught-protected openings L in the chamber I, which is provided with a flap-covered opening M through which a dttachable tube Q may be inserted, when testing for gas, to form a continuation of one of the tubes K. When a fixed tube Q is employed, it is made with a lateral opening R, which is closed by a slide S when testing for gas. If a candle or night-light be used, Fig. 7, it is raised by means of a spring Z, and the holder or burner may consist of a divided shell X, Y with a bayonet connection.
Patent GB-190011151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Pots and Chimney Stack Covers or Pot Receivers.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
Filed: 1900-06-20
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 11,151. Smith, J. June 20. Chimney tops.-On to the top o the chimney stack B or the like is fitted an earthenware or other cover A, provided with flanges E and apertures E'. Each aperture i s adapted t o receive a chimney pot D, the means of attachment being preferably a collar F on the cover A and a corresponding sleeve G on the pot. In a modification, the cover and pots are made in one piece.
Patent GB-190015416-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means applicable for Use in Dumping or Discharging Materials from Buckets.
Inventor: BARRY HERBERT ALFRED LUCAS
Filed: 1900-08-29
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 15,416. Barry, H. A. L. Aug. 29. Cranes.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 20,606, A.D. 1899. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, Fig. 2 an end elevation, Fig. 3 a section through the upper part of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 an elevation of the bucket. The lifting-rope A is attached to a link c, depending from a lever d pivoted at c<2> and fitted at its free end with a pawl e on the axle of a spring drum g<1>, on which a rope h, attached to the fall-block B, is wound. The pawl e is normally kept out of action by a projection on the frame of the carriage. A lever l, pivoted at l<1>, bears at one end against the underside of the lever d, and at the other is fitted with a weighted pawl k which engages with a spur-wheel i on the axle of one of the wheels of the carriage. The pulley a in the fall-block is connected by side links n to the hook m, and both are free to move to a limited extent in a slot in the fall-block. A lever o<1>, pivoted at o<2> to the fall-block, is also pivoted at o to an extension n' of one of the links n. The inner end of the lever o' is attached to a plunger p<1> working in the stem of the hook m. Whilst the carriage is stationary, the weight of the fall-block overcomes the spring in the drum g<1>, and thus during lifting and lowering the plunger p<1> is maintained in its raised position. When, however, lowering is combined with a backward movement of the carriage, the pawl k comes into action, raising the lever d through the lever l and freeing the pawl e to engage with the wheel f. The paying out of the rope h is thus arrested, and with it the downward motion of the fall-block. The plunger p<1> is moved downwards relatively to the hook m, to engage the trigger lever q and dump the bucket. In a modification, the tripping-plunger p<1> is operated automatically by a cam on the axle of the pulley a, when the load has first been raised, transported to the discharging point, and lowered.
Patent GB-190017826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Sashes and Frames.
Inventor: TUBBS THOMAS EUDAL
Filed: 1900-10-08
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 17,826. Tubbs, T. E. Oct. 8. Windows.-In order to enable sashes to turn into the room for cleaning &c., they are fitted with metal bars C, slotted diagonally so as to slide on screws F driven through the slots into the sash stiles. The metal bars fit normally in recesses in the frame, and are retracted by raising them by means of knobs E. The sashes are hung in the usual manner by sash cords fixed to the sashes by plates.
Patent GB-190100767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Match Making Machines.
Inventor: CZERWENY FRANZ
Filed: 1901-01-11
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 767. Czerweny, F. Jan. 11. Matches.-A matchmaking machine is prnvided with a splintfeeding apparatus, an arrangement for removing defective splints from the endless carrier, and a vertically-movable paraffining - vat. The splints 2, Fig. 2, are stored in a box 4, and distributed by means of oscillating arms 6 to a series of parallel grooves formed in the upper part of a plate 1, which forms the bottom of the box. The box may be provided with compartments, in each of which the splints are pressed downwards by weights or blocks 8. From the grooves in the plate 1 the splints are forced into the apertures of the carrier 3 by a series of reciprocating pins 9. During this operation, the splints traverse a series of grooves in a plate 11, and defective splints are ejected, or partially ejected, by pins 12 carried by a reciprocating plunger 13. Splints which fit loosely in the apertures of the carrier, or other defective splints, are next ejected by means of a striker 21, Fig. 3, carried by a lever 18, which is pivoted to a bracket and is provided with a slotted end engaging with a pin 15 on a lever 17. This lever is pivoted to the bracket 20. and actuated by means of a cam 14. In a modified arrangement, shown in Fig. 3<A>, the striker is carried by a vertically - movable rod 33, which is actuated directly by the cam 14, and is controlled by means of a spring. The paraffining-vat is supported by means of levers which can be oscillated by an arrangement of links and cams connected to a hand-lever. One of the links is adjustable in length by means of an ordinary arrangement of a coupling-nut and screws.
Patent GB-190102292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heaters.
Inventor: AHLBERG GUSTAV AXEL FERDINAND
Filed: 1901-02-01
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 2292. Ahlberg, G. A. F. Feb. 1. Water-heater, gas.-Relates to gas waterheaters, in which the gas and water supplies are controlled by the turning on and off of the taps of the system and by thermostats. The heater is shown in Fig. 1 attached to a cooking range, and the valve operating mechanism is shown in Fig. 2. The cold water enters the heating coil 1 from the pipe 24 through the water valve 12, which is connected by the spindle 9 with the spring-pressed gas valve 8. A screw plug 16 enables the controlling pressure of the spring 13 to be varied. The thermostat controls the bye-pass valve 28, and consists of the brass or expansible tube 20 with the steel or less expansible rod 29, to which the valve is fixed, or it may consist of an expansible liquid enclosed above a piston, spring-pressed and joined to the bye-pass valve which is arranged with its seat above. The heated water passes through the thermostat and to the outlet 23, or it may pass round the liquid in the modified form of thermostat.
Patent GB-190106836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Forming Screw Tapped Lugs upon Door Letter Box Plates, Door Knockers and the like Articles.
Inventor: HOWELL ALFRED CLARK
Filed: 1901-04-01
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 6836. Howell, A. C. April 1. Bolting, methods of. -Door letter-box plates, knobs, knockers, and the like are fitted with screw - tapped attachment lugs, as shown in Fig. 2. With the plates &c. 5 are cast rings or tubes 6, adapted to receive the threaded nuts or lugs 7, having shoulders over which the edges 9 of the tubes are turned to secure them in place.
Patent GB-190108337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar Tip Cutters.
Inventor: MOLONY CHARLES WINFRID BRYAN
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 8337. Molony, C. W. B. April 23. Cigar cutters.-A cigar-cutter, consisting of blades c carried by arms b on a band a, is adapted to be fixed on the end of a cigar as shown. The cutter is stamped from sheet metal, and is afterwards bent round the cigar as shown.
Patent GB-190116436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: COWAN JOHN
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 16,436. Cowan, J. Aug. 15. Water-tube boilers priming, preventing. - To increase the dryness of steam taken from boilers having two or more steam drums, the connecting- tubes between the drums are so arranged in combination with deflecting-plates and partitions that the steam is all conducted into one drum, preferably the feed-supply drum, where the ebullition is less violent, and taken thence to a division or pocket in another drum to which the stop valve is attached. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a boiler of the kind described in Specification No. 9924, A.D. 1901. The middle part of the centre drum b is divided off by a partition w to form a space from which the steam is finally taken, and into which some of the connecting-tubes open, the remainder of these tubes simply connecting the main space of the drum b with the feed-supply drum c. The steam generated in the drums a and b is led through the connecting-tubes to the drum c, and thence to the space above the partition w. Baffles such as 2 and 3 protect the entrances to the connecting-tubes. Fig. 8 shows a modified arrangement applied to a different form of boiler. In this case, the connecting-tubes are in two sets in different planes, and the steam from the drums a, b first passes into the drum c, whence the whole of the steam generated passes first to a space 11 at the top of the drum b and finally to a space 8 at the top of the drum a, to which the stop valve is connected. Baffle-plates are fitted as before. The application to double-ended marine boilers is illustrated in the Specification.
Patent GB-190117471-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Photographic Paper
Filed: 1901-08-31
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 17,471. Soc. Derepas frÞres. March 20, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Photographic paper.-In order that photographic prints may be mounted dry by the application of heat and pressure, the paper is coated on the back with a substance such as gum resin, preferably gum lac, which is rendered adhesive by the action of heat and pressure and is not acted upon by the baths or liquids used in the operations of toning, fixing, &c. The gum lac may be dissolved in alcohol, an aqueous solution of borax, &c.
Patent GB-190118822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cuff Protectors.
Inventor: COLE ALFRED THOMAS
Filed: 1901-09-20
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 18,822. Cole, A. T. Sept. 20. Cuff protectors.-Consists of a piece of fabric or like material 1 of a size sufficient to cover the cuff and provided along one edge with a piece of elastic 3 for fastening it around the cuff. The other edge 7 has a strip of vulcanite or the like attached to it, and in use this stiffened part is turned over the exposed edge of the cuff and made to lie against the inner side of the cuff. To aid in retaining the protector in place on the cuff, a strip of elastic material may be attached to the fabric 1.
Patent GB-190121547-A (GB)
Title: Surgical Instrument Case.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1901-10-26
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 21,547. Mills, B. J. B., [Becton, Dickinson, & Co.]. Oct. 26. Boxes for syringes and other surgical and medical appliances.-The case, which is in two parts 10, 11, hinged together, is provided with a tray b which fits snugly within one of the parts, say 10, and has ears or arms b<1> terminating in knuckles 14 adapted to receive the pin 15 of the hinge connecting the two parts of the case. The tray, which is thus hinged, can be turned from one part of the case to the other, as shown in Fig. 2, to facilitate cleaning. At the side opposite to the hinged side, the tray has an arm or spring 18, which, engaging with the front side of the case, holds the tray in place. The instruments and accessories are held on the tray by means of arms and clips as shown.
Patent GB-190125757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Appliances for Sealing Bottles.
Inventor: HARPHAM THOMAS BAINES
Filed: 1901-12-17
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 25,757. Harpham, T. B. Dec. 17. Sealing bottles.-For use in the sealing of bottles and cans by publicans or retailers of intoxicating liquors, the apparatus shown is employed. Bottlewax contained in the pot A is kept liquid by the gas burner D, and the corked bottle or can to be sealed is dipped first into the wax, and then into alum and water contained in the tank C, for the purpose, as stated in the Provisional Specification, of hardening the wax. The tank is provided with an outlet cap F for cleaning purposes, the ventilating-perforations B serving to keep the tank cool. The apparatus is also provided with a ventilating-grid G.