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Patent GB-189900057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Injectors.
Inventor: BRUNBAUER FERDINAND
Filed: 1899-01-02
Granted: 1899-11-04
Abstract: 57. Brunbauer, F. Jan. 2. Injectors; overflow arrangements; water, supplying and controlling. -The combining-tube is formed with perforations, or, as shown, with a continuous slot i, helically arranged. The necessary overflow at starting can thus take place without the jet being broken up ; and, in addition, the suction of water from the overflow space by the jet, when started, is facilitated. This water reaches the overflow space by the passage b<1>, valve b<2>, and a regulating-device consisting of a valve b<3>, or of a set-screw for regulating the lift of the valve b<2>, or of a plug having a reduced opening, inserted in the passage b<1>.
Patent GB-189902928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clocks with Half-plates.
Inventor: CHRISTIANSEN BERNHARD
Filed: 1899-02-09
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 2928. Christiansen, B. Feb. 9. Framework for clocks. To facilitate the removal and replacement of the winding and striking springs, the half - plate of the frame is formed with open side slots, over which bridges bearing the winding-arbors are secured by setscrews. To provide attachment for the ends of the springs the halfplate is formed with rising wings.
Patent GB-189904778-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Therapeutic Apparatus.
Inventor: WILKINSON PERCY JOHN
Filed: 1899-03-04
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 4778. Wilkinson, P. J., and Titherley, C. P. L. March 4. Heating-appliances; electric appliances; medical treatment, special methods of.-Relates to apparatus for administering electrically - produced radiant light and heat to the body. Figs. 1 and 2 show a form suitable for application to the feet, legs, or arms. The leg is placed through an opening 2 in a, preferably, aluminium case 1 formed in two parts suitably secured together and provided with heating &c. appliances consisting of filaments contained in exhausted glass tubes 5 encased in tubes 6 secured to the case 1 by slabs 8. The filaments are connected in parallel circuit with a current, and switches are provided to enable all or any of them to be disconnected. A viewing-hole 4 is provided in the case 1. Mirrors may be provided to concentrate the heat &c. on any portion of the limb.
Patent GB-189912485-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Obtaining Cyanogen Combinations from Coal Gases.
Inventor: TEICHMANN HERMANN
Filed: 1899-06-15
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 12,485. Teichmann, H. June 15. Iron, zinc, calcium, and potassium salts.-Relates to the recovery of cyanogen from coal gas and coke and foundry gases, and consists in passing the gas through a washer supplied with freshlyprecipitated iron or zinc sulphide, without a fixed alkali, whereby ammonium ferrocyanide or a double ammonium-zinc cyanide, respectively, is obtained in solution. From the ammonium-ferrocyanide solution, calcium ferrocyanide is precipitated by addition of calcium chloride. From the double ammonium-zinc cyanide solution, zinc cyanide is precipitated by addition of a zinc salt, and the precipitate is subsequently converted into potassium cyanide. On the large scale, iron sulphide is obtained in the liquid by adding sulphate of iron, which is decomposed by the hydrogen and ammonium sulphides in the gas.
Patent GB-189918524-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Non-intoxicating Beverages.
Inventor: WEBSTER JOHN
Filed: 1899-09-14
Granted: 1899-11-18
Abstract: 18,524. Webster, J. Sept. 14. Beverages, materials for.-Relates to non-intoxicating beverages resembling ale and stout, and consists in manufacturing them from a mixture of orris root, coriander seeds, root ginger, juice of liquorice root, salt, caramel, hops, and Demerara sugar. Pimento is added when a beverage resembling stout is to be made. The mixture is fermented with yeast for three days, and is then fined and run into barrels.
Patent GB-189919833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Tube Cleaners.
Inventor: FORSYTH WILBER DAVID
Filed: 1899-10-03
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 19,833. Forsyth, W. D., and Bell, E. T. Oct. 3. Cleaning tubes.-The head of a device for cleaning boiler and other tubes is shown in section in Fig. 2. The head A is formed with three or more recesses, in each of which is placed a bar D, which is pivoted at its forward end d. The bars are recessed so as to carry cleaning-rollers E and finishing or polishing rollers F. A cap B is fitted on the forward end of the head, and when the head is inserted into a tube aud rotated, centrifugal action causes the bars to move outwards so as to bring the serrated rollers E in contact with and remove any scale &c. from the inside of the tube, after which the tube is finished or polished by the rollers F.
Patent GB-189920927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sluice Gates for Waterways.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1899-10-19
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 20,927. Haddan, R., [Whiting, J. E.]. Oct. 19. Sluice-gates.-Relates to sluice-gates for waterways, one form being shown in sectional elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively. In the tower shown, the water outlet T<3> is at right-angles to the two water inlets T', T<2>, which are equal in cross-section and are opposite to one another. The inlets have parallel-closing gates G, G', which are connected by hinged arms A, A<1>, A<2>, A<3> to two nuts N, N' working on the right and left handed screw-threads S, S' on the vertical rod R. This rod has a squared part W, which slides through and can be rotated by a capstan X, and the upper end of the rod has circular collars W<2> forming a rack operated by means of the wheels Z<1>. Rotation of the capstan X moves the gates towards or away from the frames F, F<1>, and operation of the wheels Z' lowers or raises the gates, the latter operation being facilitated by the counterweight E. In modifications, the nuts N, N' are operated from a hydraulic cylinder, one nut being connected to the cylinder and the other to the piston ; the gates may be held against the frames by struts, and the gates may be strutted so as to be fixed relatively to one another.
Patent GB-189925686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blasting Cartridges.
Inventor: RENDER FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-12-29
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 25,686. Render, F. Dec. 29. Blasting-cartridges.-The cartridges are specially intended for submarine use. The cartridge case B is closed by a cover C having a brass nipple D over which a closed india-rubber cap G is placed and then a loop of tape H, the latter being secured by a cord h. When the fuse is to be added the loop H is cut and the bead g of the cap G cut off. The fuse is then inserted and secured in position by binding the tape and cap G to it by the cord f.
Patent GB-190113142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Commutator Trimming Apparatus.
Inventor: PHILLIPS JOHN
Filed: 1901-06-27
Granted: 1902-09-27
Abstract: 13,142. Phillips, J. June 27. Commutators. -Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 16,389, A.D. 1900, fo:r trimming or trueing the commutators of dynamo-electric machinery while in position. The main features of the present invention consist in (1) making the trimming- appliance adjustable radially instead of vertically, and (2) causing the traversing-arrangement to act in both directions and to be reversed automatically at the end of each stroke. The frame A of the apparatus, adjustably fitted to the dynamo or motor, is formed with an extension a having a sloping face a<1> upon which is fitted a slide B, adjustable in position by a screw b. Upon the slide B is arranged the sliding or traversing carriage C, in which is mounted the spindle d of the grinding - wheel D, which receives its motion through an endless band E and gearing f from a roller F bearing on the commutator. The driving- roller F is carried by an arm f<1> adjustably mounted on an arm or bracket G pivoted at g and pressed down by an adjusting-screw a<1> and spring g<2>. The carriage C is provided with a long screw rack c having a portion cut away for throwing it into and out of gear ; when in its operative position, this rack engages with a worm H driven through reversing-gear M, k<1>, k<2> and reducing-gear J from the driving-roller F. The wheel M of the reversing-gear is carried by a movable arm m, which is actuated by a crank o at the end of each stroke, thereby bringing the wheel M into engagement with the wheel k<1> or k<2> and driving the worm B in one direction or the other. For actuating the crank 0, its spindle is fitted with a pinion o', engaging with a cylindrical rack p, mounted loosely on a rod P, supported by the carriage C and fitted with adjustable spring stops, which act upon the cylindrical rack at the end of each stroke and produce the necessary reversal.
Patent GB-190114173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Baskets or Drums for Centrifugal Apparatus.
Inventor: KUECHENMEISTER EDMUND CONSTANT
Filed: 1901-07-11
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 14,173. K³chenmeister, E. C. July 11. Baskets or drums, especially for the separation of solids and liquids, are composed of several layers of wire gauze or wire netting a, b, c, d, the meshes of one layer being larger in size than those of the layer next inside it.
Patent GB-190115077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Capsules, or Containers for Compressed or Liquefied Gas.
Inventor: READ HARRY VAUGHAN RUDSTON
Filed: 1901-07-24
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,077. Read, H. V. R. July 24. Storing and pressure.-Capsules or containers for compressed or liquefied gases are provided with a removable plug c containing a cap b, which may be perforated for the escape of the gases. The plug may have a flange c<2> and be secured by a gland, or it may be screwed into the container as in Fig. 3. Different ways of securing the cap are shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Patent GB-190117032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thrust Bearings
Inventor: LANCHESTER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-08-24
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 17,032. Lanchester, F. W. Aug. 24. Thrust bearings.- One or more rings of balls A are carried in a cage B between two hardened thrust surfaces C, D. Preferably, the cage consists of a disc having a thickness less than the diameter of the balls, which are received in holes arranged in a spiral form, so that each ball bears on different portions of. the thrust surfaces. The balls are. secured in place by caulking over the holes by means of a punch. In a modification, the holes are arranged in a broken spiral, so that each opposite pair of holes is at the same distance from the centre of the shaft &c.
Patent GB-190120171-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Instantaneous Release Ring.
Inventor: STRETTON GEORGE
Filed: 1901-10-09
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 20,171. Stretton, G., and Hankin, J. Oct. 9. Coupling-links.- A ring or link consists of two curved parts a, b hinged together at c and held closed by a pivoted pin g, which passes through holes in a tongue e and the sides of the slot f, into which the tongue fits. The tongue and slot may be dispensed with, the parts being made to overlap.
Patent GB-190120180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam or other Motive Fluid Engines
Inventor: RESTLER JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-10-09
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 20,180. Restler, J. W. Oct. 9. Central-valve engines; valves and valve gear.-Relates to central-valve engines working on a cycle of steam distribution similar to that described in Specifications No. 1961, A.D. 1893, No. 905, A.D. 1894, No. 2358, A.D. 1896, and No. 8800, A.D. 1900, in which the live steam is allowed to act on the upper side of the high-pressure piston, then on the upper side of one or more intermediate pistons, and the steam in the last cylinder is allowed to pass from the upper to the lower side of the piston, the slightly larger area of this resulting in an upward impulse which assists in expelling the exhaust and in lifting the reciprocating parts. The essential part of the present invention consists in the employment of a particular form of reciprocating valve or valves together with gear for operating them. Fig. 1 shows one complete unit of an engine of this kind in section, and Fig. 2 shows a view partly in section at right-angles to Fig. 1. Live steam enters the valve-chest a, and then, after doing work in the high-pressure cylinder A and one intermediate cylinder B, expands into the low-pressure cylinder C, and finally escapes by the exhaust chamber 8, 9. The valve or series of valves is in the form of a tube or sleeve 8 surrounding, but not working in conjunction with, the piston-rod R. The sleeve S has a number of pellets or pistons e,f, g, h, which work over ports in cylindrical trunk-like extensions of the engine pistons which are connected to the upper end of the piston-rod by a further similar extension. Motion may be communicated to the valve either by a radial valve gear, or by eccentrics. One form of the radial valve gear is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The connecting-rod I has horns H projecting from the crosshead end, and on these is pivoted a bent lever D. One end of this lever is constrained by a radius rod E anchored at P, and the other is connected by links F to the crosshead G by which the valve is actuated. In a modification, the stationary end of the radius link E is made adjustable in a slot by hand-gear for the purpose of enabling the grade of expansion and other functions of the valve action to be regulated. In another modification, the end of the lever D, instead of being connected to a radius rod, is guided in a slot link. The position of this is adjustable, in order to enable the valve gear to be regulated as before. A form of eccentric valve gear is shown in which the crosshead G is operated directly by two eccentrics, one mounted on each of the crank webs.
Patent GB-190123424-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Playing the Game of Draughts and like Games.
Inventor: SAUER CURT
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 23,424. Sauer, C. Nov. 19. Draughts; games played with boards and pieces.-Games are played on a board having 169 alternating black and white squares, with 52 draughtsmen or pieces marked with the designs used for playing cards, as shown in Fig. 1. Open cases, Fig. 3, of four different colours are provided to fit the pieces, these cases being used to distinguish the pieces belonging to different players, or, where each player takes a whole suit, to give different relative values to the pieces. The board has black squares in each corner, and sets of 25 squares are marked off by red lines. The open cases, when inverted, mav be used as draughtsmen.
Patent GB-190124747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Lubrication of Thrust Bearings.
Inventor: ROYSTON ERNEST RICHARD
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 24,747. Royston, E. R., [Hoy, W.]. Dec. 5. Cooling bearings; lubricating.-In a thrust bearing for a propeller shaft &c. the oil is forced or circulated by means of a pump, and is passed through a cooling-apparatus arranged between the pump and the bearing. The cooling-apparatus consists of a casing a, Fig. 1, having end covers b, b<1>, and enclosing a number of tubes c fixed in diaphragm plates c' at the ends. Cooling-water, supplied from the condenser circulating-pump or other source, is forced through the tubes, an inlet b<3> and an outlet b<2> being formed in the covers b<1> and b respectively. The pump barrel e is fixed to the casing a, and the interior of the casing is coupled to the chamber of the discharge valve by a pipe. The ram h of the pump is operated, through a crank and connecting-rod, by a belt-driven pulley k, or by other means. The oil, after passing through the casing a, is conveyed to the oil cups l<1>, Fig. 3, formed in the liners l by the thrust-shaft bearing, and passes through passages to the bearing-surfaces. The liners have hoods o fitting over the peripheries of the collars on the shaft, and grooves o' are formed in the liners. The hoods o prevent oil from being thrown out of the bearing by centrifugal force. After passing through the bearing, the oil is returned to the pump.
Patent GB-190124948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Parquetry Separabe Floorings, Boarded Ceilings and the like.
Inventor: GUILHOU PAUL BLAISE
Filed: 1901-12-06
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 24,948. Guilhou, P. B. Dec. 6. Bolts, nuts, and washers; spikes.-Joists fare secured to iron or wood beams d, e, by clamps a, b, which are hooked and formed with spikes to be driven into the wood. The parts are drawn together by nuts c on the screwed shanks of the bolts a.
Patent GB-190125319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Checking the Shocks upon Horses in Pulling Loaded Vehicles.
Inventor: BURBERG OTTO
Filed: 1901-12-11
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 25,319. Burberg, O., and M³chler, F Dec. 11. Harness attachments; springs for longitudinal shocks. -Relates to a spring connection between the trace and the vehicle. The device consists of two slotted bars a, b surrounded by two or more coiled springs c, d of different strengths, the weaker being nearer the centre. The bars slide together as shown in Fig. 5, the crosspieces a', b<2> preventing them from coming apart. These bars have shoulders f, g tor bearing on the innermost spring. This spring alone comes into action for light shocks ; for severe shocks the outer springs are also extended as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190126519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & connected with Apparatus to Substitute Impressions for Adhesive Postage or Revenue Stamps.
Inventor: OPPENHEIMER HERMANN
Filed: 1901-12-28
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 26,519. Oppenheimer, H. Dec. 28. Counting-apparatus.-Relates to stamping and registering apparatus for printing or impressing mail matter so as to dispense with the ordinary adhesive stamps. One form of apparatus is shown in vertical section in Fig. 2. A cam disc n is operated by clockwork provided with a releasing wheel or catch, and in turn operates a stampcarrier frame b. The stamp-carrier c is a manysided wheel suspended in the frame b. The carrier-spindle is provided with a gear-wheel r adapted to be engaged by a gear-wheel q on a spindle d provided with a handle o. The spindle d is normally held outwards by a spring p, and a pin h on the spindle slides over undulations on a guidebox i, and causes the wheels r, q to be alternately engaged and disengaged on turning the spindle. Other pins on the spindle d operate angular levers s and stop discs t for spring-retained buttons or knobs of counters such as g<2>, g<5>, g<10>, releasing one button at a time in accordance with the reading of an index finger v on the handle o. The button is only released on disengaging the wheels r, q, and is maintained released until the spindle d is again operated. The button-spindles pass between a common arrester l and the corresponding angular counter pawl m, and release the stamping- mechanism and counter on return by two-tooth movements. A date or other stamp k is connected with the stamping-mechanism. Inking-apparatus of ordinary form may be used. Coin-freed apparatus may be used, that shown in Fig. 7 having a single slot and coin shoot 2 ; the coin 3 is used to release the button-stop lever 4, and retained by a pin 8 on the stamping-mechanism until operation. Electrically-actuated apparatus is shown in Fig. 9, single-impression apparatus being represented for simplicity. The stamp-carrier c is connected to the core of an electromagnet 11, and is returned by a spring 12. A second electromagnet 13 has a movable core 17 connected to a pivoted frame 15, which carries an ink-wheel 16 adapted to pass over a pad 18 and the stamp-carrier. On pulling a handle 19 of a rod 20, a rod 22 is engaged and actuates a toothed wheel 25 by means of a pawl 24, and a contact disc 26 closes the circuit of the magnet 13. The circuit of the magnet 11 is closed by a disc 32, toothed wheel 31, claw 30, lever 29, rod 28, and lever 27 from the core 17, the circuit of the magnet 13 being simultaneously interrupted. The work support 33 descends and similarly inter. rupts the circuit of the magnet 11. A catch 40 co-operates with the rod 22, and is released by means of a rod 41 on the support 33. The counter 39 is actuated by a pawl 38 of the magnet 11. The handle 19 replaces the handle o, Fig. 2, and may be coin-released.
Patent GB-190213516-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Babies Feeding Bottles
Inventor: BOLING GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-06-14
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 13,516. Boling, G. F. June 14. Feeding-bottles.-The stopper of a feeding-bottle consists of an india-rubber cap d, Fig. 1, having a thickened edge e which engages with a rim c round the bottle mouth. The tube f, to which the teat and the glass tube g are connected, may be formed in one with the cap or cover, or may pass through a hole in the cover, the hole being either fitted with a porcelain or other bush j, Fig. 2, or having thickened edges which may be in the form of a short tube or bush through which the tube f passes. The tube f may be in two lengths connected to a short glass tube inserted in the hole in the cover d. Venting-holes m, Fig. 2, may be formed in the bush j or in the cover d.
Patent GB-190217008-A (GB)
Title: Folding Gauge or Templet for Cubing Stones and Arranging them for being Measured on the Roads.
Inventor: GARRIGUES PAULIN
Filed: 1902-07-31
Granted: 1903-09-30
Abstract: 17,008. Garrigues, P. July 31. Profile gauges; calculating-apparatus.-A folding gauge or templet, for stones arranged on roads in heaps having a trapezoidal isosceles section and sides inclined at 45‹, is formed of the two staves A B, C D, the transverse bar K L, the cursor H, and two bolts E, F. The staff A B has a central slot with transverse scale graduations on the left, and graduations inclined at 45‹ on the right. The slotted bar C D has inclined graduations, and the graduations on the transverse bar K L are also inclined at 45‹. The transverse bar is composed of two parts, one being slotted or grooved while the other is solid. The various scales are calculated in regard to the positions of the graduations, and read from 30 to 80 by fives, the gauge being constructed for gauging from 30 to 80 square metres. The cursor H is composed of two discs each surmounted by a tenon, one tenon being marked with a line.
Patent GB-190218649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Treating Gases with Liquids for Purifying Gases, and for other Purposes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-08-25
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 18,649. Boult, A. J., [Compagnie pour la Fabrication des Compteurs et Materiel d'Usines d Gaz]. Aug. 25. Smoke and fumes, treating.-Relates to the separation of dust &c. from waste gases of high furnaces and other gases. By means of partitions q in the distributing-chambers f, g, the gas entering by the chambers l and the hollow journal h is caused to traverse in a zig-zag manner the longitudinal compartments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of the rotary drum a before escaping through the hollow journal i and the chamber m. Similarly, the partitions q cause the purifying liquid, which is poured into the apparatus through the pipe o, to traverse the compartments in the reverse order 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, the opening through which the liquid escapes from each compartment being extended nearer to the axis of the drum than that through which it enters, thereby ensuring the flow of the liquid in the required direction. Both the inlet pipe o and the outlet pipep for the purifying- liquid are U-shaped to form a liquid seal and prevent the escape of gas. The compartments of the drum may be packed with any material which will divide the current of gas into a great number of fine streams and retain the liquid on its surface, so as to ensure an intimate contact between the gas and the liquid. Thus the compartments 1, 4 may be filled on the one side with iron borings and shavings and on the other side with coke or slag, which also forms the packing of compartments 3, and the compartments 2, 5 may be filled by small laths or bars mounted on frames. Doors x, y give access to the compartments of the drum a and of the distributing-chambers f, g of which the number of compartments may be increased.