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Patent GB-189810629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Handle Bars and Brakes for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: CROWE WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-05-10
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 10,629. Crowe, W. May 10. Handle - bars; brakes. - Relates to folding handles and brake mechanism connected therewith. Figs. 1 and 2 show the handle-bar mounted so as to turn on the steering-post &c. The inner ends of the parts 12, 12<a> of the bar carry discs 15, 16, turning on the post 13 and capable of being locked by a projection 18 carried on a lever 19, and engaging with recesses in the discs. The lever 19 is pivoted on a clip 21 fixed on the stem 13 or on the handle-bar, and fitted with a spring 23 or screw and nut 23, 24 to cause it to lock the bars. The brake rod 28 is actuated by rotating the handle 29, through a chain or link 31 and a doublycranked lever 26 mounted in the clip 21. Fig. 9 shows a similar arrangement, in which the handlebars are mounted on a horizontal stem 13, so that they fold in a vertical plane. The link &c. 31 may be connected to the ordinary brake lever.
Patent GB-189812842-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Apparatus for Heating Feed Water and Promoting Water Circulation in Locomotive and other Steam Boilers.
Inventor: KING JOHN
Filed: 1898-06-08
Granted: 1899-03-25
Abstract: 12,842. Abel, C. D., [King, J., Downes, C., and Ap Iwan, M.]. June 8. Baffles and arches.- Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specifications No. 2279, A.D. 1896, No. 15,167, A.D. 1897, and No. 1413, A.D. 1898, in which a tubular heater or auxiliary steam generator occupies the place of the ordinary brick arch in a locomotive firebox or the like. On each side of the firebox is an inclined chamber a, the two chambers being connected by horizontal tubes b. Pipes d connect the upper ends of the chambers with the crown, and a pipe c serves for the introduction of water from the barrel of the boiler. A valve (not shown) determines whether feed or circulation water shall pass through the apparatus.
Patent GB-189813089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indexing Machines.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1898-06-11
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 13,089. Marks, G. C., [Webb, S. N.]. June 11. Cutting-machines for indexes.-Relates to apparatus for holding a book for cutting an index by hand or by means of the machine described in Specification No. 7515, A.D. 1897. The book is secured in the holder by the bar 4, the height of which is adjustable. If the book is unbound, a broad bar is used, or a plate of metal is placed beneath it. The back D of the holder is pivoted, and is angularly adjustable. The plates or blocks 10, which limit the cutting of each step, are made of metal or vulcanized fibre. Their edges are bevelled, and they are arranged to overlap so that there is no danger of the paper being cut by them. They are mounted on jointed arms 7 pivoted to one or more bars 5<d> carried by slides 5<c> working on adjustable guide-rods 5. In a modification, the arms 7 are made telescopic. The back D may be longitudinally adjustable with regard to the holder, and the book may be held between it and adjustable arms which press against the front.
Patent GB-189814587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding, Crushing, and like Machines.
Inventor: HOFMANN CARL
Filed: 1898-07-02
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 14,587. Hofmann, C. July 2. Ball-and-ring mills.-The ring c is held between the two side plates a of the casing. The driver b is formed with a number of pockets d in every alternate one of which is placed a ball e, preferably oval in shape ; the remaining pockets serve for the circulation and mixing of the material. The rotating feed-drum g is formed with an opening h, which is alternately opposite the mouth of the feed-hopper f and the delivery channel p. The ground material may be carried out by an air current through the opening o, passage k, and branch pipe l; or a delivery opening may be made at i.
Patent GB-189816813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Forming, Making, and Sharpening Star Bit and Chisel Drills for Mining Purposes and for Forging and Forming Articles in Metal.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-08-03
Granted: 1899-08-03
Abstract: 16 813. Thompson, W. P., [Johnston, G.]. Aug. 3. Forging.-A machine for forging star bit and chisel drills for mining, or other articles such as cold chisels, steel bits, &c., has levers A pivoted at a' on a frame F and connected by adjustable rods D to a crosshead, threaded to engage a screw B. The screw is driven by toothed gearing N, 0 fcom reversing belt pulleys P. The bosses of the levers A are formed as eccentric dies to press the article to the required shape as they are rotated by the crosshead moving toward them. The screw is reversed by hand or automatically by an extension L on the crosshead to open the dies. A stop K in the screw regulates the insertion of the work. A lip or projection may be formed on each die, so that, on meeting, they form the chisel point. For star drills, four dies at right-angles are used, two of which are dispensed with for flat-sided objects.
Patent GB-189817754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: PINKNEY CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-08-17
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 17,754. Pinkney, C. W. Aug. 17. Pistons.-Trunk pistons of air and gas engines have the crosshead A, to which the connecting-rod is attached, made separate from the barrel B, and secured to it by a plate C and bolts D which engage lugs F on the barrel. A junk-ring may serve the purpose of the plate C.
Patent GB-189818605-A (GB)
Title: Improved Air Purifying and Refrigerating System for Refrigerator Cars and the like.
Inventor: NICHOLS EDWIN CRANE
Filed: 1898-08-30
Granted: 1898-12-10
Abstract: 18,605. Nichols, E. C. Aug. 30. Cooling.-Relates to an air purifying and refrigerating system for refrigerator cars and the like. Air is drawn from the storage chamber a<6> through water-jacketed tanks C, C<1>, where moisture is condensed, and is then compressed in two stages in the two cylinders D, E, where the air is further purified by the heat of compression. The compressed air is cooled in the tubular coolers I, L, and expanded in the cylinders H, N, subsequently passing through second tubular cooling-receivers G, M, and then to the second-stage expansion cylinder F, which works tandem with the compressor D. The fully expanded and cooled air then flows through coils in the tanks C, and is distributed through the storage chamber by pipes c<5>. The pistons of the compressor D and of the three expansion cylinders are coupled to eccentrics on the shaft 0 driven by belting from an electromotor P supplied by storage batteries Q. A second shaft O<1>, driven by belting from the lower shaft P, drives the piston of the upper compressor E. Pumps K, K<1>, also driven by eccentrics on the shaft 0, circulate water between the tanks C, C<1> and their adjacent coolers I, G, N, M respectively. These coolers are built up of tubes fitted into tube-plates near the ends of the casing, and water circulates around the tubes, while the air passes through them. This machinery is placed under the roof at one end of the car, and divided off from the storage portion by a partition.
Patent GB-189818843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dies or Formes for the Manufacture of Folding Boxes.
Inventor: STEVENSON ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-09-03
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 18,843. Stevenson, A. W. Sept. 3. Platen presses; cutting-apparatus.- Cardboard and like blanks for folding-boxes are printed and creased or cut by one operation in a platen press. The printing-type E is carried on a block F, which is spring-mounted within a case A, and is adjusted in height by screws C at the base or at the side of the box. The brass and steel rules, by which the blank is creased and cut, are mounted in the chase at a lower height than the type, so as not to be affected when the latter is inked. The edges of the case A may be used as creasing-rules.
Patent GB-189818934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Registering Sheets of Paper in Multi-colour Lithographic and Typographic Machines.
Inventor: TAESCH ETIENNE
Filed: 1898-09-05
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 18,934. Taesch, E. April 20, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883] . Printing in several colours.-A means for registering sheets of paper in multicolour lithographic or typographic machines comprises two tools M for cutting triangular recesses in the edges of the sheets, and two punches for cutting circular holes in the sheets. The tools M slide within dovetailed guides N fixed adjustably to the impression cylinder D. Arms a are pivoted to the tools M, and enter recesses in pivoted arms A which are forced inwards by rollers b, so as to depress the tools, during the rotation of the cylinder D. The tools are lifted by springs g. After the first impression the tools M are replaced by pyramidal stop pins, which register with the recesses in the sheets during the printing of the second and following colours, while conical pins are used for entering the holes made by the punches. The taking-off apparatus c' is carried by arms c pivoted at d. A lateral guide-pin e may be fixed to the feed-table B, and stop pins may be fitted to the tools M for preventing the sheets from advancing too far. An india-rnbber tube for receiving the cut-out pieces of paper is attached to the hollow body R of each tool.
Patent GB-189819360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means or Method of Signalling on Tramways.
Inventor: KAY JAMES
Filed: 1898-09-12
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 19,360. Kay, J., and Gibbings, A. H. Sept. 12. Electric tramways, signalling on.-Relates more particularly to tramways laid in alternate double and single line sections, and worked on the overhead cable and trolley system, the object being to signal automatically at both ends of a single section the entrance of a car on to that section. An electric lamp E and a switch A are arranged at each end of the section, and are connected as shown in Fig. 3, the switch being carried by an arm C, Fig. 4, on one of the cable supports. The spindle A' of the switch arm A<2> is provided at each end with a four-armed star-shaped piece A<5>, one or other of these pieces being engaged by the arm D on the trolley pole D<3> &c. of the car to actuate the switch. The switches are set to complete the circuit through the lamps E when a car enters the section from either end, and to break the circuit when the car leaves the section. A spring pawl J engages a four-armed piece H on the spindle A<3> to ensure the exact movement of the switch at each operation.
Patent GB-189914828-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Coupling for Use on Railway Carriages and the like.
Inventor: PATCHING THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1899-07-18
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 14,828. Patching, T. H. July 18. Couplings, automatic.-A rack d carried on one car runs over the guide-block h and beneath the pawl k, which parts are supported between bars f on the other car. The pawl k is carried by the eccentric m, which is pivoted at n, and by rotating the eccentric the pawl is raised for uncoupling purposes.
Patent GB-189915504-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Billiard Table.
Inventor: SCHULZE AUGUST
Filed: 1899-07-28
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 15,504. Schulze, A. July 28. Drawings to Specification. Billiards.-Billiard tables are made circular instead of rectangular. The Specification states that the number of players may be increased according to the number of balls used.
Patent GB-189915743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Drop Forging.
Inventor: HOWE WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1899-08-01
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 15,743. Howe, W. R. Aug. 1. Forging.-An undercut or dovetailed groove is formed in an article of any desired shape, by swaging or drop forging in dies. The invention is described with reference to a horse-shoe, the blank being placed in a die B with a groove a and acted on by a die A with nrojecting rings d, x. The groove a has flared sides and an arched bottom. The ring d has a depression to form the groove D. The ring x, which forms the groove v for the nail heads, has projections f to form the nail holes. The blank, forged to the shape shown in Fig. 1, is then transferred to a die F and inverted. The die has a projecting ring t in a groove w which, together with a die E. flatten the bottom of the groove D and bend in the sides to form the undercut channel shown in Fig. 2, the finisbed article being easily removed.
Patent GB-189916383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pigeon Releasing Apparatus.
Inventor: BAUGNIET FRANCOIS
Filed: 1899-08-11
Granted: 1899-11-18
Abstract: 16,383. Baugniet, F. Aug. 11. Drawings to Specification. Pulley-blocks.-The frame of a block employed for gathering up a series of cords which release pigeons from traps is constructed with an opening in such a way that any actuating-cord may be easily placed round or removed from the pulley.
Patent GB-189919194-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Game, and Apparatus for Playing the same.
Inventor: CALDBECK EATON JOHN
Filed: 1899-09-23
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 19,194. Caldbeck, E. J., and Altman, Sir A. Sept. 23. Games played with balls and mallets; scoring and marking.-Relates to-a game resembling croquet which may be played indoors or outdoors. It is played with balls and mallets, the former being driven by the latter through a series of hoops or rings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Fig. 14, which may be of varying size, and through a gate B, Figs. 3 and 14, in which is a swinging plate d suspended along its upper edge and mounted on a truncated pyramid h. The balls are finally driven into a hole or pit situated at the top of a truncated pyramid D. The starting-board A may be divided into squares, each of which is coloured. The balls are similarly coloured, and are arranged on the board A in the order of the colours thereon. Fig. 15 shows a scoring-card for use in one game played with these appliances. The mallets may have a scoop s, Fig. 12, on one side to serve for picking up a ball.
Patent GB-189922677-A (GB)
Title: A New Game with Cards.
Inventor: BICKFORD THOMAS
Filed: 1899-11-14
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 22,677. Bickford, T. Nov. 14. Drawings to Specification. Card games.-A pack contains two sets of cards. On one set there may appear words or sentences in bad or faulty form in the English or other languages. On the other set there appears the key or solutions to the problems on the first set. The game is played by a person who has one of the "key" cards which have been dealt to him, calling upon the person who has the corresponding question or problem in his hand to pronounce the word or sentence or reconstruct the sentence or solve the problem directed. Rules may be made for determining who shall be considered the winner.
Patent GB-190002821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Washing Machines.
Inventor: TULLIS DAVID KIEL
Filed: 1900-02-13
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 2821. Tullis, D. K. Feb. 13. Washing-machines.-Relates to means for securing the ends of the machine, and also to means for heating the water. The end A, Fig. 4, is provided with a packing-ring B, and is secured in position on the body C by means of bolts D attached to the other end of the machine. In a modification, the edges of the ends are bent over the body portion and the connecting-bolts are inside. The heating-appliance, Fig. 2, consists of a tubular iron U-piece G<1> fixed to the end of the machine below the water level, supplied with steam by the pipe G and provided with a pipe G<2> connected to the air space above the water in the machine.
Patent GB-190006034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire Annunciating and Position Indicating Apparatus.
Inventor: OATWAY GEORG HENRY
Filed: 1900-03-31
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 6034. Oatway, G. H., [May, C. E.]. March 31. Alarms,fire.-Relates to an alarm which is only started by sudden rises of temperature, and which may be used in mines and ships as well as in other places. A wire b, preferably of copper, is stretched between the ends of a more massive frame a of the same material. When this system is suddenly heated, the wire expands faster than the frame, and the consequent sag lowers a weight f till it makes contact with a terminal and thus closes the alarm circuit c', which also contains one of the magnets of the indicator d, and thereby indicates the locality of the fire. Several modifications of the circuit-closing device e f are described ; the terminal e may be replaced by a mercury bath ; or the weight f may be insulated, and make contact with the two terminals of the circuit; or a tube containing mercury may be tilted by the sag of the wire, and thus make the circuit. The circuit c' may also contain an electromagnet, which, when excited, starts a morse transmitter, which sends to a fire-station a message indicating the locality of the fire, and then cuts itself out.
Patent GB-190009549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fish Hooks.
Inventor: FREDRICKS CHARLES
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 9549. Fredricks, C. May 24. Fish-hooks.-Two hooks 1 and 2 are employed, pivoted together at 5 and having a loop 15 at the end of the line passed through eyes in the shank. Normally the hooks are retained in the relative positions shown in Fig. 1 by a rubber band 7, but, when the bait is seized, the tension on the line forces the hooks apart, as shown in Fig. 2. The hooks are also separated somewhat laterally to facilitate baiting.
Patent GB-190011207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Distribution of Electricity.
Inventor: ANDREWS LEONARD
Filed: 1900-06-20
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 11,207. Andrews, L. June 20. Drawings to Specification. Testing; current meters.-In systems of distribution in which step-down transformers at sub-stations supply a net work during heavy load, and are cut-out during light load, volt-meters are connected by pilot wires to the sub-stations to indicate the pressure, and also serve in connection with cut-outs to indicate faults and show when the desired connections are made.
Patent GB-190015789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Grinding Balls.
Filed: 1900-09-05
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 15,789. Hoffmann, E. G., and Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Sept. 5. Surfacing and polishing.-The balls 7 to be ground, Fig. 3, are supported in an angular groove in the rotating annular support 38, and bear against a fixed support 6. The annular grinding- wheel 24 rotates in the opposite direction to the support 38. A casing 29 connected with an exhaust fan conducts away the material removed from the balls. The wheel 24 is carried by the casing 16, which is rotated bv a pulley 17 and is pressed down to a determined extent against the upwardly spring-pressed plate 12 by a hand-wheel 102, Fig. 1, bearing on a sleeve 103 resting on the top nut; Fig. 3. The position of the wheel 102 determines the amount of material removed from the balls. The wheel carries means for coarse and fine adjustment, the former being obtained by adjusting a slide 116 on the wheel by means of a spring bolt fitting holes in the wheel, and the fine adjustment being obtained by turning a screw 117 which is carried by the slide and abuts against the stop 113. The support 38 is fixed to a piece 37, which has a spherical bearing against the piece 41. The connection can, however, be made rigid by a screw 46. Tne piece 41 has fixed to it the pulley 53, whith thus drives the support 38. A spring 58 bearing against an arm 60 gradually presses up the parts 47, 41, 38 as the balls are reduced in diameter. The progress of this action is shown on a dial 108 connected by a rod 109 to the piece 48 sliding with the parts 41, 38. The rod passes through a channel in the fixed spindle 1, and has arms 110 projecting therefrom. The arm 60 may be lowered so as to bring the support 38 level with the incline 83, down which the balls may be passed from the hopper 70 by moving the piece 79 sideways. When finished, the balls are removed by lowering the support till level with a trough, and then rotating the support. The support 60 is lowered by a hand-wheel 66, fixed to a pinion gearing with the fixed rack 32. A locking-device prevents the wheels from being moved until the clutch 86 is disengaged by the lever 87, so as to stop the rotation of the support 38.
Patent GB-190016198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bicycle Pump Carriers
Inventor: OSMOND GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1900-09-12
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 16,198. Osmond, G. E. Sept. 12. Drawings to Specification. Making parts of velocipedes, cycles, and like vehicles.-Parts of the devices for carrying the inflating pumps of cycles are made by stamping and piercing a T-shaped sheet-metal blank, bending one part at right-angles, and attaching a fixed conical point or a cylindrical tube portion containing a spring-pressed point to the bent metal, which is carried by a clip.
Patent GB-190022287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Synchronizing Apparatus for Electric Alternators.
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 22,287. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Dow, F. T.]. Dec. 7. Testing synchronism of alternating - current generators. All the generators 1, 2, 3, 4 are provided with a common synchronizing-circuit 12, containing an indicator, such as a pair of incandescent lamps 13, or a volt-meter 14, or both. By means ofstep-down transformers 7, 7<a>, 7<b>, 7<c>, the primaries of which are connected with the several alternators, pressure may be impressed upon the circuit from any two alternators in series. For the purpose of connecting the secondaries of the transformers in the synchronizing-circuit, plug switches are provided. Each switch consists of a pair of spring contacts 8, 9, normally open, another pair 10, 11, normally closed, and a plug, Fig. 2, carrying longitudinal conducting-strips 15, 15<a>. When inserted, the plug separates the contacts 10, 11, and connect 8 with 10, and 9 with 11
Patent GB-190103270-A (GB)
Title: Invalid's Bed-table Apparatus
Inventor: BELZER ANION
Filed: 1901-02-15
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 3270. Belzer, A. Feb. 15. Tables; bed-lifts; bed-rests.-Straps bare passed round the foot-pillars a of a bedstead, the short straps c preventing them from slipping down. An invalid grasps the handle g, and raises himself up, after which the nurse buckles the straps i behind the patient and the straps m over his shoulders. The pressure of the patient draws the straps h and the cross-straps o, p tight, thus forming a table to support a tray, food, books, &c.
Patent GB-190104090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Art of Knitting Seamless Stockings with Lace Work Effect by Machinery.
Inventor: BROWN HENRY
Filed: 1901-02-26
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 4090. Brown, H. Feb. 26. Stockings and s o c k s.- Seamless socks are made from a single thread and have the heel, toe, foot, and back of the leg of plain fabric, and the front of the leg and the instep of alternate strips of plain and openwork fabric.