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Patent GB-189714503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jacks.
Inventor: PEARSON GEORGE FOSTER
Filed: 1897-06-15
Granted: 1897-07-17
Abstract: 14,503. Pearson, G. F. June 15. Lifting-jacks.-The jack consists of a double screw A rotated as usual by a hand - lever acting through a pawl and pinion a. The ends of the screw engage with sockets G, G<1>, each of which is made wit h a cylindrical head g. Mounted upon the a x e s of these cylinders are the blocks H<1>, H, the latter carrying hooks h<10> from which lifting- chains are suspended. By this arrangement lateral displacement of the suspended car can be effected,
Patent GB-189715811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Temporarily Repairing Fire Hose, Pneumatic Tyres, and the like.
Inventor: HARE JOHN RUDGE
Filed: 1897-07-02
Granted: 1897-08-21
Abstract: 15,811. Hare, J. R. July 2. Stopping tubes. - Consists of a band B which is placed round a leaky tube or hose A, its ends being drawn together by a clip. The end of the band is finished off with a piece of metal C the ends of which extend beyond its edges, and in the ends are carried lugs D so made that when the band is wrapped round the tube the edges b of the lugs are approximately radial. A forked lever F, the prongs of which carry studs g engaging with the edges b of the lugs D, is attached to the other end of the band by a rod e. When the lever is pressed down upon the tube, the studs g slide to the outer ends of the lugs D, and the tension of the band retains the lever in its closed position.
Patent GB-189715970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Transmitting Motion from one Wheel or Shaft to another.
Inventor: WANSBROUGH GILBERT DYKE
Filed: 1897-07-05
Granted: 1898-05-14
Abstract: 15,970. Wansbrough, G. D., [Elcock, R.]. July 5. Pressure members in guide-tubes.-Motion is transmitted from one wheel or shaft to another by an endless stream of balls which pass from recesses formed round one to recesses formed round the other, the wheels being enclosed in cases connected by tubes. The arrangement is applicable for bicycle driving-mechanism.
Patent GB-189716931-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method and Apparatus for the Continuous Production of Compound Metal Sheets, Pipes, and the like.
Inventor: ATKINSON JOHN JEPSON
Filed: 1897-07-17
Granted: 1898-07-16
Abstract: 16,931. Atkinson, J. J. July 17. Metal pipes and tubes.-Relates to means for making compound metal sheets, pipes, &c. by coating wire fabrics with lead or other fusible metal or alloy. The metal is melted in the pot A, and the wire fabric is drawn through it under rollers E, and out between dies B which may be cooled by water if necessary. The length of the dies must be such that the metal solidifies before the sheet emerges. When pipes or other articles are to be produced, dies of the required form are substituted for the flat dies B, and guide-rollers are arranged to mould the wire fabric into suitable shape to pass through the dies.
Patent GB-189719474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: STERN PHILIP KOSSUTH
Filed: 1897-08-24
Granted: 1897-10-02
Abstract: 19,474. Stern, P. K. Aug. 24. Cameras roller slides; shutters.-Relates to a camera designed to fold up into small bulk, and fitted with a roller slide and a shutter adapted for slow or rapid exposures. The dark chamber of the camera is conical, three sides being of leather and the fourth 7, Fig. 1, of wood. The leather is folded flat along certain lines on to the rigid side 7, and the rear frame 6 containing the roller slide is folded down over it, as shown by the dotted lines in the Figure. The roller slide shown in section in Fig. 4 is a block of wood with two holes 21 in which the store and receiving reels work, and four holes 19 to receive spare spools. Both the spools in use are coupled up to actuating-knobs with friction washers to keep the film in tension. The shutter, Fig. 6, consists of a slide pulled back by a spring 58 which disengages itself at the end of the stroke, the return stroke being made by another spring 64. The tension of both springs can be regulated by hooking the tail 58<1> or 64<1> on different stops. Slow or rapid exposures are given by regulating the tension of the spring 58<1>. The diaphragms are fitted on the aperture of the shutter. A finder 73 is fixed on the shutter frame.
Patent GB-189719876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circular Burners for Volatile Oil or Spirit Lamps.
Inventor: HEMPEL FRIEDRICH WILHELM HEINR
Filed: 1897-08-28
Granted: 1898-01-15
Abstract: 19,876. Hempel, F. W. H. Aug. 28. Oil-lamp burners. -To prevent evaporation in argand lamps burning volatile oils or spirits, the flamespreader s is so mounted that it can be lowered upon the upper end of the wicktube d to close the tube by means of a rack and pinion z, z<1>.
Patent GB-189722467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Clamps for Fret-saw Frames.
Filed: 1897-09-30
Granted: 1897-11-06
Abstract: 22,467. Hobbies (Limited) and Jewson, H. Sept. 30. Sawing.-Saw blades are secured in fret-saw frames for hand or machine use by a screw clamp consisting of a thumb-screw D and a strap C through which it passes. The screw bears on the arm a, and the strap engages with a notch in the arm b, the saw blade being placed between the roughened faces of the arms a, b, which may be in one piece and screwed as shown, or connected with the tension device described in Specification No. 17,006, A.D. 1897.
Patent GB-189729116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Distribution and Regulation of Electric Energy and in Conductors connected therewith.
Inventor: BAYNES SYDNEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-12-09
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 29,116. Baynes, S. W. Dec. 9. Distributing; regulating.-In order to regulate the pressure at the feeding points, such as 2<a>, 2<b>, without varying the generators, the feeders are divided into sections, such as a, b, c, insulated from one another. Switches 1 to 6 are arranged to connect up the sections as required. The feeders may consist of cables having several conductors insulated from one another, or of bare conductors suitably divided.
Patent GB-189800013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Circular Knitting Machines.
Inventor: CLARKE HENRY
Filed: 1898-01-01
Granted: 1898-09-03
Abstract: 13. Clarke, H. Jan. 1. Circular knitting - m a - chines. -Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specifications No. 18,644, A.D. 1892, and No. 8559, A.D. 1895. The c a m ring and thread-guides are rotated or reciprocated by means of a clutch which connects a shaft either with a bevel - wheel or with a spur-wheel. The bevel-wheel is geared to the driving-shaft direct, but the spur-wheel is in gear with a rack constantly reciprocated by a. crank and wheel. The clutch, is moved by an arm on a shaft 50 having a frame 51 in which works a cam 52 on a shaft 53 rotated by a ratchetwheel 63 and pawl 56 on a constantly-reciprocated arm 55. During rotary knitting the pawl 56 strikes a projection 58 and is lifted out of gear with its wheel 63, and the shaft 53 is at rest. When reciprocating knitting is required, a lug on the pattern chain acts through levers and moves the projection 58, and allows the shaft 53 to be rotated and the shaft 50 and consequently the clutch to be moved. The wheel 63 moves three teeth, after which the fashioning-mechanism acts through a lever 64 to raise a bluff 65 which stops any further motion ; at the same time a lever raises a pawl and stops the pattern chain. When the fashioning is completed, the fashioning-mechanism returns the bluff to its normal position, and the shaft 53 is again rotated and the clutch moved. A falling lever then racks the pattern chain one link, and the parts come to their normal position. The needle cylinder is raised during the knitting of heel, toe, and calf by the usual incline and lever arrangement operated from a subsidiary pattern chain, the actuating ratchet-wheel having a long tooth making the pawl inactive till the pattern chain is racked one tooth by means of a lever and lug on the main pattern chain. The main thread-carrier 1 is pivoted at 1<a>, and the striping-carriers 2, 3, 4 at 2<a>, to a bracket 5 hinged to a bracket 5" on the wheel 6. which also carries the usual cam ring 8.. The tails of the carriers are acted on by cams 1<c> on shafts 1<d> having notched wheels 1<e> and springs 1<f> to ensure the proper amount of rotation and starwheels 1<g>. Inclines raised and lowered by levers acted on by lugs on the pattern chain act on the star-wheels, and throw one carrier into action and another out of action at the same time. The yarn is thrown in at the left-hand side of a particular needle, while the last yarn is thrown out at the right-hand side of the same needle. The inactive yarns wrap around guides 95, 94 carried by arms on the brackets 5 ; the guide 94 prevents twisting of the yarns between the carrier eyes and itself, and so allows each thread to be fed without dragging another with it.
Patent GB-189806315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Sausage Machines.
Inventor: NAHMER WILHELM VON DER
Filed: 1898-03-15
Granted: 1898-07-09
Abstract: 6315. Der Nahmer, W. von. March 15. Sausages.-Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a filling-machine in which the piston k of the press is lifted by a rack gearing with a pinion on the spindle of a worm-wheel e gearing with a worm d. This worm is rotated by hand or by a belt on a pulley c to lift the said piston, and its spindle is journalled in a slide o moving in guides on the framing. After the cylinder has been filled and the cover secured, the worm d is rotated until the piston reaches the top of its stroke, whereupon a pin i on the wheel e strikes a pin m and withdraws a locking-bolt n. The carriage o is then raised by springs, and the worm lifted out of gear with the wheel. The latter is then rotated by a crank handle to lower the piston so that the cylinder can be refilled. The slide o is lowered, when necessary, by a cam lever r and locked by the pin n. The machine can be stopped at any time by withdrawing the locking-bolt.
Patent GB-189807057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Plug Switches and Plug Connections for the Control and Distribution of Electric Currents.
Inventor: PROCTOR HAROLD FARADAY
Filed: 1898-03-23
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 7057. Proctor, H. F., and Blaikie, J. R. March 23. Switches; couplings. -The socket or tubular part of a plug switch or connection is fitted with a spiral spring A or the like, which is compressed when the plug B is inserted. Adjustment for wear &c. may be obtained by screwing up end cups or the like. Instead of a spiral spring, an 'accordion' folded metal ribbon or stamping may be employed.
Patent GB-189809120-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Socket Ring or Die for the Mouth of a Pipe Machine, by means of which Pipes may be Bent to any Radius.
Inventor: HALL JOHN
Filed: 1898-04-20
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 9120. Hall, J. April 20. Moulding pipes.-To enable an earthenware pipe to be bent or curved as it issues from the die, the socket ring is made in two parts f, l. The part f is cast in one piece with a ring r, which forms the collar or curved portion of the socket, and is formed with lugs h, i for the attachment of the piece to the mouth a of the machine. The part l is fixed to, or formed in one piece with, a ring k, which encircles the socket core c, and is provided with feet m adapted to rest on a plate b hinged to the table. A curved guide-lug n, fixed to the ring k, bears against the socket part f, and a guide-band j assists the lug in preventing the separation of the halves of the ring while the socket is being formed. To produce a curved pipe, the table with the half ring l is allowed to fall clear of the socket, and the pipe is bent by hand as it issues from the die. The hinged plate b is used for tilting straight pipes formed in the ordinary manner. A loose ring may be placed on the plate k when it is required to produce a pipe with a shorter socket.
Patent GB-189809779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Testing and Protecting Apparatus used in conjunction with Telephone, Telegraph, or other Electrical Circuits.
Inventor: SINCLAIR DANIEL
Filed: 1898-04-28
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 9779. Sinclair, D., and Aitken, W. April 28. Couplings; cut-outs; switches.-Relates to apparatus for connecting the wires of a multiple cable for use in telegraph, telephone, and other systems, so that the various lines and apparatus are protected from excessive charges and discharges and from dirt. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the connections between the lines a<3>, b<3> attached to strands of the cable and the jack springs. The jacks employed are of the type described in Specification No. 26,968, A.D. 1896. The jacks are arranged in rows and are protected by a front face-plate having rectilinear openings provided with spring shutters. The cross-connecting line springs a<2>, b<2> are connected to the lines through coils f, f<1>, in one end of which is inserted a pin on the spring a<2> or b<2>, which pin is held in position by a small amount of fusible metal ; should the metal be fused, owing to any cause, the pin is withdrawn and the back of the spring closes an alarm circuit contact which operates an indicator which in turn closes a bell circuit. Between the line springs a<3>, b<3> and the earthed rod E are arranged carbon lightning-arresters p<1>, p<2>. The ends of the multiple cables are led into cable heads shown in section in Fig. 8. These heads consist of rectilinear cases in which the circuit wires are separated and attached to the line springs. The front of the case is divided into panels for arranging the wires in groups, and after the various parts are temporarily clamped into position the head may be filled up with plaster of Paris, or other methods of securing may be adopted. r, r are guides for the cross-connecting wires.
Patent GB-189810212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Check Tills.
Inventor: GLEDHILL ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1898-05-04
Granted: 1898-06-18
Abstract: 10,212. Gledhill, A. H. May 4. Tills.-Fig. A shows a payment-exhibiting apparatus, in which the divided gold, large silver, and small silver are raked abreast along a grooved horizontal shelf 6 under a window 22 by means of an endless band bearing combs 13 dividing the payments. A manuscript record band is fed on when the cash drawer is pulled out, and simultaneously a trap is lifted to close the insertion slot 23. In a modification, the endless band is vertical with pockets instead of combs. The cash drawer is closed by springs, but in Figs. K and F provision is shown for keeping it open either partially or wholly as long as desired. A strap 55, formed with a pair of lugs 56, 57, hangs in the recess in the rear of the drawer 3, and a pawl 59, hinged to it, rests on a fixed square toothed rack 60. The knob by which the drawer is pulled open is attached to a rod which has such longitudinal play relatively to the drawer that a lug 50 on it can be shifted from one lug of the strap to the other, so allowing the pawl freedom for reversing its disposition on the rack. The knob is jerked in smartly to let the drawer close, and the reversal for opening cannot be effected unless the drawer is completely closed, because a transverse latch 64 obstructs the lug 50 till a fixed slope 66 is struck. In lieu of the above arrangements, there may be a single stationary glazed pocket 67, 68, having a trap 74, with a handle 86 for opening it and a spring 87 for closing it. An arm 88, ending in a pawl 89, extends down from the pivot of the trap to a rack 90 on the drawer.
Patent GB-189824337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Spindle Apparatus of Jack, Roving, Intermediate, Slubbing and like Frames, used in Spinning Cotton, Wool, Flax, and other Fibres.
Inventor: SUMNER WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-11-18
Granted: 1899-11-18
Abstract: 24,337. Sumner, W. Nov. 18. S p i n d l e apparatus for slubbing, i n t e r - mediate, roving, and jack frames. Relates to the collar bearings. The short collar a, Fig. 1, has a tubular lining b, which forms a bearing for the spindle, and is rotated by the bobbin wheel e, being connected with it by reason of lugs c on the tube engaging with corresponding recesses in the wheel. The long collar f, made preferably of cold-drawn steel tubing, extends the full length of the cast-iron tube a, Fig. 6, and is fitted near its upper end with a lining or bearing of phosphor bronze. The space between the upper ends of the bearing g and tube f serves to contain lubricant and prevent the same from being thrown from the spindle and soiling the yarn.
Patent GB-189900073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Common Blow-pipes.
Inventor: WILLIAMS WILLIS JOHN
Filed: 1899-01-02
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 73. Williams, W. J. Jan. 2. Blowpipes.-A plug F is inserted between the mouthpiece and the nozzle. An orifice G with external valve H, and an orifice K, are provided above and below the plug F. The thin rubber bag B, with two narrow necks and protected by netting, enables the pressure at the nozzle to be increased as desired. The blowpipe may be made in two parts screwed together.
Patent GB-189900498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Direct Acting Steam or Fluid Actuated Motors, as used for Direct Acting Pumps, Rock Drills, and Reciprocating Movements of Pistons.
Inventor: HODGES RICHARD JAMES
Filed: 1899-01-09
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 498. Hodges, R. J. Jan. 9. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-Relates to means for operating the distributing-valve in steam or other fluid motors for pumps &c. The valve is moved by a double-ended piston moving in a cylinder to both ends of which steam is constantly supplied through small holes. At the end of its stroke a recess in the main piston connects one or other end of the auxiliary cylinder with the exhaust by large passages, thus moving the valve.
Patent GB-189904926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Chocks for Ships' Boats.
Inventor: CAMILLERI ANDREA
Filed: 1899-03-06
Granted: 1900-03-06
Abstract: 4926. Camilleri, A. March 6. Boat supporting and securing gear: -Relates to supporting chocks and lashings for ships' boats. The boat rests at each end on a pair of chocks B, B, which are hinged at B<1> to a framework C. They are held in place to support the boat by a hinged flap F to which is hinged a piece F'. This is locked in the position shown in Fig. 2 by a lever H, hinged at H<1>, and provided with a heel H<3> on which the keel of the boat rests. When the boat is to be launched, its weight is taken off the lever H, which then releases the flaps and allows the chocks to fall into the positions shown in Fig. 3. When the boat is to be stowed on the chocks, they are lifted and temporarily secured by pins E, E passed through holes E', after which the flap F is raised and locked in place by the lever H. The latter is temporarily held in place, until the boat is lowered into position, by hand or by a weighted hook J. Hooks K' on the chocks engage the lashings K, and release them when the chocks fall away
Patent GB-189906874-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Glazing for Roofs.
Inventor: EVANS THOMAS
Filed: 1899-03-30
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 6874. Evans, T. March 30. Glazing roofs. - The panes of glass are laid to overlap one another on rabbeted rafters E, and are secured and supported at their lower edges by spring clips A, which are secured to the central webs or ribs by split pins passing through loops B of the clips and holes in the webs.
Patent GB-189921866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engine Air Pumps.
Inventor: DRAKE FRANCIS
Filed: 1899-11-01
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 21,866. Drake, F. Nov. 1. Air pumps.-The object is to produce a steam-engine air pump without head, foot, or bucket valves in the pump chamber. Fig. 1 shows in vertical section one form of the invention. The head-valves are preferably arranged on a division plate fitted between the upper water chamber B and the hot-well C. The bucket or piston A' is arranged to force the water and vapour from the underside through the pipe B<3>, lower water chamber B<2>, and openings A<2> to the upper side, first entirely closing the inlet A<3> from the condenser so as to prevent any back rush. In another example, a single inlet from the pipe B<3> is provided instead of the water chamber B<2> with its numerous ports, an air-vessel in that case being provided on the pipe B<3> near the pump barrel.
Patent GB-190015708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cabinets and in Means for Controlling Doors and Drawers thereof.
Inventor: HOMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-09-04
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 15,708. Homan, W. Sept. 4. Cabinets.-Relates to that class in which there are two doors, each carrying supports for the drawers, the doors in swinging outwards being arrested and held parallel to each other. The cabinets may be used for holding papers, music, dental and surgical instruments, coins, curios, and the like, and also phonograph records. Fig. 3 shows in plan a section through the bottom of the cabinet with the doors open, and Fig. 6 in elevation a stop which also prevents the drawer from tilting when extended. The doors are opened simultaneously by links D', E', which are pivoted to the bell crank C, which moves about the pin A<2>. Adjustable stops B', B' regulate the extent of movement of the doors. On the inner face of each door are set balls D<4> for carrying the drawers when extended. For carrying phonograph records, the drawers may be padded and fitted with hollow pegs. As regards the stop P, which comes in contact with a strip provided at the end of the drawer cleats A<3>, the stop may be thrust aside against the pressure of a spring when it is desired to remove a particular drawer. In a modification, the stop takes the form of an extension from the side of the drawer, the extension being provided with a slot by means of which it may be protruded or withdrawn as desired.
Patent GB-190020489-A (GB)
Title: Improved Engine Packing.
Inventor: CRAWFORD WALTER MURDOCH
Filed: 1900-11-14
Granted: 1900-12-15
Abstract: 20,489. Crawford, W. M. Nov. 14. Stuffing-boxes.-The packing consists of a flexible or resilient core, either of fibrous material, or of india-rubber, or of rolled canvas, and enveloped in a covering composed of wires covered with asbestos yarn and braided or plaited about the core. The strands and the envelope are saturated with lubricant at suitable stages in the manufacture.
Patent GB-190105019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Cutting the Cast Type-lines in Linotype-machines.
Inventor: ALBRECHT CHRISTIAN AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1901-03-09
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 5019. Albrecht, C. A. March 9. Grant of Patent refused. Linotype machines.- Relates to devices for trimming or cutting the edges of linotypes to remove the burr. Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of the device, Fig. 3 being a section on the line y-y, and Fig. 4 a section at z-z. The linotype c, which has been cast in the mould a, is partially ejected as shown in Fig. 3, and the edges are then trimmed by a downward vertical movement, on the guide-bar l, of a slide g which carries trimming-knives e, f. The knife f is adjustable by means of a setscrew f <2>; the knife e is pressed by a spring h against an adjustable abutment i consisting of a wedge provided on its face with teeth k' engaging with teeth k. After trimming, the linotype is completely ejected through the slot n.
Patent GB-190107578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Graphophones or Talking Machines.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-04-12
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 7578. Johnson, J. Y., [American Graphophone Co.]. April 12. Graphophones. - Relates to arrangements in graphophones and similar talking machines for enabling the use of various sizes of cylinder records. Fig. 3 shows an end view of the apparatus, in which the bearing-plates A are shown with slots a to receive the mandrel shaft D. The slots a are formed as arcs with the driving-shaft C as centre, so that the mandrel can be driven whatever the position of the shaft D. A sleeve protects the mandrel shaft between the plates, and the shaft can be fixed in any position by a clamping-nut. When large size records are employed, a corresponding sleeve or hollow mandrel is fitted on to the standard, and is fixed in position by a neck and clamping-screw at the outer end.