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Patent GB-189711104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Street Sweeping Pans.
Inventor: BASS THOMAS
Filed: 1897-05-04
Granted: 1897-08-07
Abstract: 11,104. Bass, T., and Giddens, C. S. May 4. Refuse, collecting.-Refuse is swept into the scoop a by a brush c which is carried by a lever n pivoted at p and is rotated by rollers r and toothed wheels q, s, t. The brush is raised to allow the scoop to be emptied by depressing the lever handle o. In another arrangement, the road rollers are fixed on the brush spindle, which is mounted in segmental side guides of the pan, and is raised and lowered by a lever and a sliding spring rod passing down a hollow handle of the scoop. The brush may be freely suspended by links at the front of the scoop as shown in Figs. 5 and 7. A false back w can be forced forward to eject the contents of the scoop by a rod y which is fitted with a retracting-spring x.
Patent GB-189712854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Lace on Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: DOUGHTY EDWIN
Filed: 1897-05-25
Granted: 1898-04-02
Abstract: 12,854. Doughty, E. May 25. Lace and lace-making.-To make strong foundation net an extra warp threaded in one or more guide-bars is used. The warp is traversed over three or more, preferably five, bobbins by wheels shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 and Diagram 1 the cycle is completed in 32 motions 1-32 ; when the extra warp is traversed to the right it twists once round bobbins 1 and 5 and twice round bobbins 2, 3, and 4. On returning it does not twist round the bobbins, but is held in by the ordinary warps twisting round the bobbin threads. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 and Diagram 2, the extra warp twists once round bobbins 1 and 5, and does not twist round the rest either when traversing to right or left.
Patent GB-189717498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Supplying and Regulating the Supply of Air to Fire Grates and the like, adapted also for Fire Lighting Purposes.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM LACY
Filed: 1897-07-26
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 17,498. Clark, W. L. July 26 Air supply; draught, regulating. -The bottoms, backs, or sides of the firegrate of a stove or furnace are constructed of metal, asbestos, fireclay, &c. in inverted dish form as shown in Fig. 3, cones or tubes C conveying heated air to the fuel and depressions B serving to hold oil for firelighting purposes. Fig. 4 shows in plan an air regulator for use in conjunction with, or independently of, the air-heating device. The louvres E are opened and closed by the sliding bar F operated by the handle G.
Patent GB-189800762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Portable Seats.
Inventor: TIBBITS WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-01-11
Granted: 1898-11-05
Abstract: 762. Tibbits, W., and Holyoak, A. E. Jan. 11. Seats.-The saddle-shaped seat A is connected by a hinge to a socket C in which fits a bamboo, steel, &c. stem B with a rubber foot G, The socket has an enlargement c<2> on which the seat rests when in use, and a projection c<3> to which is secured a strap F connected to a belt F' which can be secured round the waist of the user. The seat can be suspended beneath a shop-girl's skirt, so as to be hidden, the peak of the seat coming between her legs, so that the seat automatically falls into place when she stoops. A splayed foot may be fitted when the seat is for use on sand.
Patent GB-189801870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bicycle Guides or Steering Devices.
Inventor: AUSTIN EDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1898-01-24
Granted: 1898-04-16
Abstract: 1870. Austin, E. J. Jan. 24. Steering-mechanism.-Relates to a straight-steering device for bicycles. A cylinder 7 is secured by a clamp 3 to the lower frame member 2, and within it works a plunger 8 acted on by a spring 12, as shown. A crosshead 15, fixed to the plunger 8, bears against the fork sides and causes the machine to run in a straight line. The flange 17, by which the crosshead 15 is fixed to the plunger 8, may be made slightly convex to enable the crosshead to bear equally on the two fork sides.
Patent GB-189805790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Threading or Tapping Screw Nuts.
Inventor: MEISCHNER FRIEDRICH AUGUST
Filed: 1898-03-09
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 5790. Meischner, F. A. March 9. Tapping.-Relates to improvements in machines for tapping nuts, especially in the type described in Specification No. 1816, A.D. 1896. The plain portion of the tap A, Fig. 2, is held by pairs of linked crank arms b, b<1>, which are alternately opened by pins c<3> on opposite sides of a rotating disc C, thus allowing the nuts to be fed over the tap, escapement fashion, one pair of arms at least always gripping the tap. The arms are closed by springs, which will allow the arms to slip the tap under exceptional stress and prevent breakage. The nut a, Fig. 6, falls into a rotating box D, non- rotatably mounted in a sleeve f which can slide downwards on the box. The sleeve has feathers f<2>, Fig. 1, engaging steep helical grooves f<3> in a case F. This case is secured to a bevel-wheel g, rotated from a shaft g<3>. A stiff spring f<1> is inserted between the sleeve and a collar k on the box, and the box is normally pressed upwards by a spring d<1> till the feathers on the sleeve bear against the projections on a cam ring s fixed on a cover-plate h. The box is helically ribbed internally to correspond to the shape of the nut, and the ribs have downwardly-projecting ratchet teeth. When the nut falls into the box, the downward movement of the box, caused by the cam ring acting on the sleeve feathers and compressing the spring f<1>, causes the nut to be forced on to the tapered cutting portion of the tap, it being rotated by the box and held against upward movement by the toothed ribs of the box. When the sleeve is out of range of the cam ring, and the spring d<1> has been sufficiently compressed, the box, and consequently the sleeve, are shot upwards, and the nut is rotated by the box till it falls off the tap. The nuts may be fed so that a second nut falls into the box when it reaches its upper position, so that two nuts are on the tap together, or the feeding may be delayed till the previous nut leaves the tap.
Patent GB-189808338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Exhibiting a Succession of Pictures, giving them an Appearance of Motion, and Coin-freed Mechanism therefor.
Inventor: KOOPMAN ELIAS BERNARD
Filed: 1898-04-07
Granted: 1899-04-07
Abstract: 8338. Koopman, E. B. April 7. Kinetoscopes.-The apparatus is coin-freed. A series of living pictures on a barrel H is revolved under an abutment M behind an eye-piece X, and is illuminated by an electric lamp N the circuit of which is completed only while the pictures are passing. This is effected by mounting the abutment in such a manner that it has play on a pivot and thereby constitutes a switch, a spring normally setting it out of circuit. The operating crank shaft C is continued through a Hooke's joint by a shaft C, which bears a worm for gear with a worm-wheel on the barrel, and is suspended from a fixed bracket by a link L<6> and a friction-tight roller L. A second link L<7> connects the roller to one arm of a bell crank L, the movement of which is normally prevented by a pin E<3> projecting from a rod E. After the insertion of a coin has effected a displacement of the rod E, the friction-tight roller turns with the shaft until, owing to the mode of suspension, it is lifted into gear with the worm-wheel, and the operation of the living pictures can proceed. A bevel-wheel I, geared to the crank shaft and having a crank-pin, operates a lever J, and this in turn gives motion to a hinged shoot B when a coin on it covers a slot registering with the bottom of the lever. The rod E is displaced by the hinged coin shoot so as to set a barrel free and the coin is swept off the shoot. The coin does not drop directly to the slot in the hinged shoot, but strikes a block B<1> on it, and jumps thence over an obstacle which is too high for a leaden substitute.
Patent GB-189816306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mounting Ships' Galley-stoves and Tables.
Inventor: JOHNSON FRANK
Filed: 1898-07-26
Granted: 1898-10-08
Abstract: 16,306. Johnson, F. July 26. Galley - stoves ; gimbals and like methods of mounting ; flues.-An arrangement for supporting a ship's galley stove is shown in elevation in Fig. 1 and in plan in Fig. 2. The stove 1 is hung in a rectangular gimbal frame 13 supported by pivots 17 to framing 15, 16 secured to the ship's deck, and is steadied by vertical and horizontal springs 19, 21. The pipe or flue section 5 attached to the stove slides in the roof section, and has double ball and-socket joints 4, 6.
Patent GB-189816925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Padlocks.
Filed: 1898-08-05
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 16,925. Wormald Patent Locks Co. and Wormald, A. H. Aug. 5. Padlocks.-The staple e, to which a padlock without a shackle is to be fixed, enters a hole c<1> in the padlock, and is locked by a spring bolt b, which is arranged to be withdrawn by a key g of the kind described in Specification No. 23,418, A.D. 1892. The padlock case is formed in two parts a, c, fixed together by studs or rivets a<3>, and lies close against a plate e<1> on the article fastened so as to make the staple inaccessible. Fig. 4 shows the interior of the padlock with the bolt b, spring d, and key g. The padlock is applicable to coin-freed gas meters and the like.
Patent GB-189820011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inflators for Pneumatic Tyres and Means of Carrying the Same.
Inventor: HANLON WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-09-21
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 20,011. Hanlon, W. Sept. 21. Inflating, pumps for. Inflators are secured to the frame of a cycle by elongating them between clips, attached to the frame, which have projections or recesses to engage the ends of the inflator. In Fig. 1 a nut B on the screwed pistonrod Y is turned by projections P on a plug A secured in the barrel X when the barrel and rod are turned relatively to one another, causing them to engage a plug wand socket w<1> on the clips W. In Fig. 5 the nut B is placed at the delivery end of the pump, and in Fig. 6 it engages a thread in the barrel and turns loosely on the rod Y. The parts may be secured by friction instead of by a screw.
Patent GB-189823540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps for Inflating the Tires of Velocipedes and the like.
Inventor: BROWN ERNEST
Filed: 1898-11-08
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 23,540. Brown, E., and Britton, C. Nov. 8. Inflating. pumps for. Pumps A are provided with footrests D pivoted stiffly at C to each side of the pumps and connected at their remote ends by pivoted semicircular strips of metal E. A rest is shown in its operative position in dotted lines.
Patent GB-189823579-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clamp for Shop Window Fittings and the like.
Inventor: HAMILTON ROBERT
Filed: 1898-11-09
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 23,579. Hamilton, R. Nov. 9. Brackets.-Relates to a clamp or bracket for supporting metal frames as used fnr displaying articles in shop windows and other places. The frame is held by a clip b which can be turned round in a socket a. The socket may be secured to a bar, rod, shelf, or ledge by means of a screw d, or to a vertical stand by the screwed socket e.
Patent GB-189826635-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Animal Trap.
Inventor: BENDER CARL
Filed: 1898-12-16
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 26,635. Bender, C. Dec. 16. Traps.-Consists of a receptacle a partially filled with water and having sloping, roughened sides b up which the animals crawl to a number of channel-shaped tilting platforms c pivoted at e. A bait receptacle d with perforated sides is arranged between the two series of platforms c, c, and can only be reached by the animals passing along the platforms.
Patent GB-189912747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Rolling Blanks, Tubes, and the like.
Inventor: EHRHARDT HEINRICH
Filed: 1899-06-19
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 12,747. Ehrhardt, H. June 19. Rolling; drawing.-Blanks, rods, tubes, &c. are rolled between pairs of rolls b carried on discs a, which are rotated in the opposite direction to the feed of the work. The Figures show the machine as applied for rolling a double tube, but the rolls may be grooved to suit any section. The mandrel d is fixed at e, and the work is fed or drawn through the machine, its movement preferably increasing during the time the rolls are in contact with the work, or so that the movement only takes place during such time.
Patent GB-189913087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulating Devices for Use in connection with Vacuum Pumps.
Inventor: WEHNER LOUIS
Filed: 1899-06-23
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 13,087. Lake, H. H., [Wehner, L.]. June 23. E x h a u s t i n g.- Exhausting - pumps are regulated by the device shown, comprising a chamber A closed by a diaphragm E, and connected to the exhausting - pump. The diaphragm is forced outward by an adjustable spring H, and operates the steam valve M of the motor that operates the pump. The regulator is supported on the steam pipe.
Patent GB-189913351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Revolving Doors.
Filed: 1899-06-27
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 13.351. Van Kannel Revolving Door Co., [Kannel, T. van]. June 27. Emergency-exit fastenings; door holders.-Rotary doors are constructed of vertical radial leaves or wings j, connected by hinges n, s to narrow wings i, which are pivoted at m, t to collars k, r fixed to a central spindle or rotary pillar a, and are maintained in position by conical spring bolts u. The wings are held at equal distances apart by V-shaped plates, levers, or clips x fixed to radial arms w fastened to the collar r. In the event of a panic, the bolts u are forced back, and the first double leaf is bent along the hinges n and drawn from engagement with the clip, and is folded against the second leaf. The second clip x is raised out of action by the first leaf, and the two leaves are then folded against the third leaf. The four leaves are held together in a folded position in the centre of the doorway by two pivoted arms 10, which are held out of action, normally, by spring plates or pawls 12, and are released, when a wing is turned on the spindle, by means of a cam 3, sliding pin 2, cranked lever 4, and sliding link or rod 8. The door wings move in a segmental or curved casing, and are provided with the usual strips of felt for preventing draughts &c. Wings of the casing are hinged so as to fold back out of the way, and are fitted with spring bolts 16, which are provided with rollers or made with bevelled ends, and are raised out of action when strong pressure is applied to the wings. The bolt is rotated by the spring 18 to cause a tooth or projection 20 to engage with a retaining-rack 21 of the bolt casing when the bolt is raised out of action.
Patent GB-189913505-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Mountings for Ordnance.
Inventor: BONAGENTE CRISPINO
Filed: 1899-06-29
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 13,505. Lake, H. H., [Bonagente, C.]. June 29. Vehicles with self-laid tracks.-Fig. 2 shows part of the wheel and track in elevation, Fig. 4 a side elevation, and Fig. 5 a plan of one of the rail sections, Fig. 8 a side elevation, and Fig. 11 a cross-section of one of the contact-blocks. Each rail section 2 consists of a U-shaped steel plate 1<1>, which engages the wheel rim and is connected to the wooden sole 2<1> by bars 3<1>, and also by rivets 9<1>, the latter passing through the flaps 10<1> on the stirrup pieces 6<1>, which are bolted to the sole 2<1>. At one end the stirrup pieces carry eye-pieces 11<1>, and at the other end forks 15, 16, with screws 14 for securing the sections together. The screws 14 also carry the contact-blocks 1. Each block is U-shaped in section, to receive the rail sections 2, and consists of a wooden block 1<11> carrying a steel plate 2<11> and steel bands 3<11>. The bearings 6<11> for the screws 14 are provided with swing cover caps 7". To prevent rattling, each rail section carries a metal-faced rubber bolster 21, and each screw 14 is forced against its cap 7<11> by a spring bolt 11<11>.
Patent GB-189922706-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Treating Distillers Wash.
Inventor: SUDRE CHARLES
Filed: 1899-11-14
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 22.706. Sudre, C., and Thierry, C. V. Nov. 14. Carbon.-Relates to the production of carbon, glycerine, tar, ammoniacal substances, and carbonate and sulphate of potassium by fractional distillation of distillers' wash. After distillation of the glycerine, light tars, &c. the temperature is gradually raised till all heavy tars are expelled and a mixture of carbonate and sulphate of potassium and carbon is left. The mixture can be wholly converted into potassium carbonate.
Patent GB-189924503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belts for the Cure of Spinal Weakness.
Inventor: GREEN WILLIAM MUNRO
Filed: 1899-12-09
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 24,503. Green, W. M. Dec. 9. Deformity appliances.-A spinal support comprises a belt formed in two parts A, A<1> shaped respectively to rest on the hips and support the shoulders as shown, and formed with straps D which pass round the body and keep them in place. The distance between the parts A, A<1> is adjustable by means of pivoted links B<1>, B', B<3>, which can be expanded &c. by means of a screw as shown. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the parts A<1>, A' are connected by plates B<1>, B<2> arranged so as to slide on each other and provided with an adjusting- screw C.
Patent GB-190002534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Driving Piles.
Inventor: COCHRANE HARRY HERBERT
Filed: 1900-02-08
Granted: 1900-12-08
Abstract: 2534. Cochrane, H. H., and Cochrane, A. H. Feb. 8. Pile-drivers. - Relates to steam pile-drivers in which the cylinder sliding on the piston-rod acts as the monkey, a sectional elevation being shown in Fig. 1. The piston b has an upper tubular pistonrod b<2>, projecting through the upper end of the cylinder a, and a lower solid piston-rod b<1> which projects through the lower end of the cylinder and rests on the pile. The cylinder has a lug which works between two vertical baulks and is held in position by a plate. The piston-rod b<2> is connected to the steam pipe c' by means of the tubular valve d shown in enlarged section in Fig. 3. The sliding part of the valve comprises two cylinders d<1>, d<2> of different diameters separated by an annular passage d<3>, the diameters being so arranged that the steam pressure holds the valve in the cut-off position shown, so that steam above the piston b exhausts through the apertures b<3>, piston-rod b<2>, apertures c<2>, and tubular valve d. If the valve be depressed by means of the pivoted lever e, steam passes from the pipe c<1> through the apertures c<2>, piston-rod b<2>, and apertures b<3> to the cylinder.
Patent GB-190004805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cotton Gins.
Inventor: CHEESMAN JAMES EARLE
Filed: 1900-03-13
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 4805. Cheesman, J. E. March 13. Gins.-The ginning-roller A is mounted in adjustable bearings, so that, by operating screws f<3>, it may be adjusted towards or from the guard F, which is mounted rigidly upon a bridge piece G. The stripper blade is divided into, preferably, five sections E, which are connected by adjustable screwed rods e<6> to independent eccentrics e<4> on a shaft D, the eccentrics being set in slightlydifferent positions with regard to one another, so that the different actions of the blade are brought into operation successively. The stripper blades are also connected by adjustable rods d<9> with a shaft b<3>, which is itself adjustable vertically. The result of these arrangements is that the edges of the strippers move in a more or less elliptical path, the eccentricity of which may be varied according to the nature of the material being treated. The gearing on the end of the ginning- roller may be transferred from one end to the other, so that the roller may be reversed when desired.
Patent GB-190006420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco-pipes.
Inventor: KINSEY THOMAS HAGUE
Filed: 1900-04-06
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 6420. Kinsey, T. H. April 6. Tobacco pipes.-A pipe is constructed so that the tobacco is smoked from below upwards. The bowl is closed at the top, and is fitted below with a cap h, which is held in place by friction or by catches &c. A passage c leads from the top of the bowl to the bore f of the stem, and may extend downwards and be fitted with a plug c<1> to facilitate cleaning. A grid i is fitted in the cap h, and air inlet holes k are made in the bowl.
Patent GB-190006859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pipes for Conveying away Spoil from Dredgers.
Inventor: SMIT LEONARDUS JOHANNES
Filed: 1900-04-11
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 6859. Smit, L. J., [trading as Smit & Zoon, L.]. April 11. Angle - pieces and junction pieces.-Relates to the provision of an easily-detachable connection between the discharge pipe of a dredger and the delivery pipe on land. The delivery pipe v is flexibly connected to an intermediate pipe t hinged to an outer pipe f, which, by a ball joint or the like, is easily connected to or disconnected from the stand-pipe c of the sand-pump C of the dredger a. The hinged connection s of the pipes t, f is carried by a trestle r supported on the pontoon g, which also carries a derrick i. The outer end of the pipe f is suspended from the derrick by a rope g, which passes round the pulleys h, j, k, and is fastened to the derrick. The pulley k supports a tank l, which may be filled with water from the pipe f through the cock n, or may be emptied through the cock m, the position of the pipe f being controlled by the amount of the water in the tank. The tank and pontoon move between piles o, p. In a modification, the pontoon and intermediate pipe t are dispensed with.
Patent GB-190006905-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Measuring and Delivering Liquids in Predetermined Quantities.
Inventor: ELVIDGE THOMAS JAMES
Filed: 1900-04-12
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 6905. Elvidge, T. J. April 12. Measured quantities, delivering.-In an apparatus for measuring and delivering liquids, such as beer and spirits, from barrels, bottles, &c., two annular bands band d, operated by a spindle g, control the inlet a and outlet e of the measuring-chamber c, so that, when the inlet is open, the outlet is closed, and vice versÔ. An air inlet f is provided. The indicating-handle of a counting-apparatus is carried by a ratchet-wheel operated by a pivoted pawl actuated by a cam connected with the operating-handle h.