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Patent GB-189901696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brakes for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: GEORIS EDGARD DESIRE NICOLAS
Filed: 1899-01-24
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 1696. Georis, E. D. N. Jan. 24. Velocipede bells. -A roller H is mounted on one arm of a pivoted lever G, which can be moved by means of a cord g so as to cause the roller to engage the chainwheel A. The rotation of the roller may be used to actuate a bell of suitable construction.
Patent GB-189905190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Switch Boards.
Inventor: OVERSHINER JAMES MARTIN
Filed: 1899-03-09
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 5190. Overshiner, J. M. March 9. Switchboards for telephone systems are built up of a number of cases containing the jacks and indicator secured to the baseboard A by a bolt 4 which also forms the jack. The back face of the cases and the front of the baseboard are arranged with contacts set in the grooves so that each jack case can be separately attached and removed. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section with the plug 15 inserted. The plug is provided with an annular recess 17, for resetting the indicator drop 13 both on insertion and withdrawal. The case is also provided with contact-springs, arranged so that the indicator drop rings the call bell, and, as shown in Fig. 7, two contact-buttons 28, 29 are provided near the plug for use in answering a call and for calling up a subscriber wanted. In a modified form, a lever attached to the jack resets the indicator drop, the plug having a suitable recess to allow the drop to fall while the plug is inserted. Only one contact-button is employed in this form, the contact-springs being arranged accordingly.
Patent GB-189905510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-engines.
Inventor: HIRT LOUIS JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-03-14
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 5510. Hirt, L. J. March 14. Gas engines.-The engine works by combustion at constant pressure until the pressure in the air and gas reservoir diminishes below a certain limit, when it alters the admission, exhaust, and igniting valve gear so that the engine works as a four-stroke cycle engine igniting at c o n s t a n t volume. A four-stroke cycle engine may be started by continuous combustion. A doubleacting engine is described, the admission valve a<5> and the exhaust valves a<6>, a<7> being operated at each revolution by Corliss gear from the oscillating disc a<45>. This gear comprises a shaft a<20>, Figs. 5 and 6, carrying at one end a lever a<22> that engages the valve spindle a<8> and at the other a lever a<30> that is engaged by a hook a<34> on a bell crank a<38>, a<40> driven by the disc a<45>. When the pressure in the valve-chest a<88> falls, a piston in the cylinder a<85> supported by the pressure also falls and operates a fork that engages a grooved collar a<59> and slides it along a sleeve a<56>, Fig. 15, thereby thrusting a cam a<60> which it carries into line with a tripping-lever a<57> connected to a hook a<34>. The sleeve a<56> carries a lever a<57>, which is operated by an eccentric moving at half the speed of the engine shaft, and moves the cam about its axis into the path of the lever a<57> at every alternate revolution of the engine, so that the valve opens only once in four strokes. The exhaust valve a<6> is worked by the same rod b<33> as the admission valve a<5>, and the exhaust valve a<7> and the other admission valve are likewise worked by the same rod b<28>. The governor controls the admission valves by interposing another cam a<61> into the path of the tripping-lever a<5>. The cams a<61> are carried on the levers a<55>. The igniting-valves B, B<1> are closed, when the gas pressure falls, by springs below the pistons on the valve spindles b<1> raising them ; they are then in position to be operated by levers b<86>, b<87>, which engage their collars b<91> and depress and open them every fourth stroke of the piston. The number of rods in the admission ports prevents back firing.
Patent GB-189908216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Music Stools.
Inventor: BROWN JOHN
Filed: 1899-04-19
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 8216. Brown, J., and Brown, H. N. April 19. Stools. - Relates to vertical adjustments for music stools. On the frame of the seat which slides in the main frame is fixed a pair of racks A, with which gear a pair of pinions on a shaft E bearing in the main frame. By rotating the shaft by means of the knobs G the height of the seat can be adjusted. Pivoted spring catches engage holes in the racks to hold the seat in any position ; they can be disengaged while the operator still has his hands on the knobs. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, worms on the shaft E engage worm-wheel nuts J working on vertical screws fixed to the seat ; in another form, shown in Fig. 5, the shaft E is carried by the seat, and is geared by bevel-wheels to the screws, which engage fixed nuts.
Patent GB-189908309-A (GB)
Title: A New Process of Preparing and Putting Up Coloring Matters for Use in Small Quantities.
Inventor: SINGER IGNATIUS
Filed: 1899-04-20
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 8309. Singer, I., and Maddox, F. W. April 20. Dyes, artificial; dyes from natural products.- Small quantities of dyes are prepared and put up for use by saturating sheets of bibulous paper with a determinate quantity of dye in solution and then drying them. The sheets may be subsequently perforated, ruled, or otherwise marked off into sections, each containing known quantities of dye, for use alone or for blending with suitable known quantities of other dyes.
Patent GB-189912215-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Use in and with Wells and other Apparatus wherein Glass, China and the like is Washed.
Inventor: WOODRUFF EMILY ALICE
Filed: 1899-06-12
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 12,215. Woodruff, E. A. June 12. Cleaning g la s s, china, &c. - Relates to an attachment for use in wells and other appliances for washing glass, china, &c. The well A is provided with a removable receptacle B, made of soft and yielding material such as rubber, waterproofed felt, &c., and having an opening F corresponding to the discharge pipe D
Patent GB-189920426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-compressors.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
Filed: 1899-10-11
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 20,426. Stumpf, J. Oct. 11. Pumping - engines. - Steam-actuated air-compressors have a doubleacting cylinder, one end of which serves as a motor and the other as a pump, so that the heat of compression of the air may be utilized to heat the motor. The air may be delivered through the cylinder jacket for this purpose, or the cylinder may have radiating ribs d surrounded by non- conducting material f.
Patent GB-189923764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stringed Musical Instruments.
Inventor: JAMES E. MAYNADIER
Filed: 1899-11-28
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 23,764. Lake, H. H., [Maynadier, J. E.]. Nov. 28. Instruments with strings. -The invention consists of means for securing the strings, as a substitute for hitch pins. A is the portion of the frame adjacent to the string ends, which is grooved, and covered in by a plate B. In this plate are key-hole or other suitably-shaped slots b, into which the enlarged ends of the strings Ware introduced. A shield may be used to cover the ends of the strings.
Patent GB-189924736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lasts.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1899-12-12
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 24,736. Thompson, W. P., [Mitchell, M.]. Dec. 12. Lasts.-The meeting faces of the heel and toe parts are cylindrical. The parts are connected by a link pivoted to the toe part on a radius but above its median line. The pivot in the heel is below this radius when produced, the two parts being in their normal positions, but is placed above the pivot in the toe part.
Patent GB-190006178-A (GB)
Title: Improved Blanket Guider for Calico Printing Machines.
Inventor: WRIGHT WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-04-03
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 6178. Wright, W., and Crabtree, F. B. April 3. Printing fabrics.-Relates to means for guiding the blanket of a calico-printing machine in a straight path as it passes to and from the printing- machine and the washing or drying apparatus. As the blanket comes from the drying-cylinders &c. to the printing-machine, it is passed through a series of tension rods 3 mounted in side flanges 4 carried by rods 5 sliding in bearings 6. After leaving the printing-machine, it is passed over a roller 9 in bearings 10 mounted to slide vertically in brackets 11, and resting on rods 12 pivoted to bell-crank levers 13. The lower ends of the levers 13 engage pins on a bar 15 fixed on the flanges 4. Adjustable side guides 7, 8 engage the blanket as it passes through the rods 3. Any sideways movement of the blanket out of its proper path moves the rods 3 and 15 and racks the levers 13, whereupon one of the bearings 10 is raised and the other lowered, tilting the roller 9. This tends to bring back the blanket to its proper path. A single lever, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, may be used in place of the levers 13. In a modification, the rods 3 are omitted, and the blanket passes between flanges carried by the bar 15.
Patent GB-190011226-A (GB)
Title: Steam Inlet Valve for Starting Compound Engines or Occasional Setting in Motion of Compound Engines as Connected Engines or Twin Engines.
Inventor: SCHOECHE GUSTAV ADOLPH
Filed: 1900-06-20
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 11,226. Sch÷che, G. A. June 20. Compound and multiple - expansion engines.- Consists of a multiple-way valve for enabling the engine to be started or worked simple. Figs. 1 and 2 show two sections of the valve at right-angles to each other. In form it resembles a plug-cock, the plug being hollow and divided across the middle by a diaphragm b. The passages above the diaphragm control communication between the low-pressure cylinder and the atmosphere or high-pressure cylinder, and the passages below control communication between the high-pressure cylinder and the atmosphere or low - pressure cylinder. The steam pipe is connected to the branch r, the high-pressure cylinder admission to the branch p, the high-pressure exhaust to the branch o, the low-pressure cylinder to the passages l, m, and the exhaust pipe to the branch n. The plug is kept against its seating by a cap furnished with a ball bearing.
Patent GB-190013742-A (GB)
Title: Feed Mechanism for Acetylene Gas Producers.
Inventor: BAUER FRANZ
Filed: 1900-07-31
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 13,742. Bauer, F., and Rumpler, A. July 31. Acetylene lamps.-Relates to apparatus in which the carbide is automatically fed into the water. A vessel a is provided with brackets c carrying a cylinder b, upon the top of which the carbide container d is supported by brackets e. The gasholder bell q floats in the annular chamber between the cylinders a and b. The conical lower part of the carbide container is fitted with doors o, pivoted at p, and connected by links n with the end of a rod i, which passes through a tube h carried by the web g at the top of the container. A spring m between the web g and the cover f presses the rod i upwards, and tends to keep the doors o closed. The tube h carries at its lower end a cone k for partly supporting the weight of the carbide, and the rod i carries another cone l, which closes the bottom of the container when the doors o are opened. In operation, the bell q, as it descends, presses the rod i downwards and opens the doors o, thereby feeding into the water the charge of carbide lying between the cone l and the doors o. The gas thus produced raises the bell, and the spring m then raises the rod i and closes the doors o. A bent pipe conveys the gas to the burner t. In a modification the doors o are mounted on pivoted arms, outside the container, connected by suitable rods to the top of the rod which carries the cone l; in operation the doors slide over each other.
Patent GB-190014353-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Sampling, Averaging, Mixing, and Storing Material in Bulk
Filed: 1900-08-10
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 14,353. Edison Ore Milling Syndicate, [Edison, T.A.]. Aug 10. Drawings to Specification. Sampling ores and the like.-Sampling-apparatus of ordinary construction is employed in connection with a process for sampling, averaging, mixing, and storing material in bulk.
Patent GB-190015813-A (GB)
Title: A Generator for the Manufacture of Combustible Gases from Hydrocarbon Liquids.
Inventor: LAZAREFF PAUL
Filed: 1900-09-05
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 15,813. Lazareff, P. Sept. 5. Gas producers or generators.-Gas is made in furnaces from hydrocarbon liquids. The furnace consists of a circular generator enclosed in a tight sheet-iron casing M, N, O, P, and formed of two concentric shafts or chambers B C and D. The inner shaft is packed with an openwork stack of fireproof bricks supported by small arches T above the firebox A<3>. The latter is continued by two parts, first a coned part A<2> formed of a metallic jacket lined with a fireproof material, and second an outer cylindrical part A', having a valve seat closed by an air-inlet valve m, and a steam injector p for liquid hydrocarbon. The outer shaft is also formed of openwork brickwork, and terminates below in a funnel-shaped collecting-chamber E, the sloping sides of which support the sole of the firebox by means of eight small pillars. The chamber E communicates with a gas-collecting tube, the inner part F of which is made of fireproof bricks ; the middle part F<1> is a metallic tube lined with fireproof material, and the outer part F<8> is a cast-iron tube. The latter ends in a four-way tube F<3>, the lower branch forming a water seal outlet L for gases. The section F<2> has an outlet valve n leading to the chimney. The two valves m, n are connected together so as to be simultaneously operated. The generator has a top chamber R, common to both the shafts B C and D, and provided with a cast-iron cover k, l dipping in a sand seal. Through the cover pass a number of tubes, in the example shown 9, through each of which passes an oil tube f leading from a supply tank e. Sight-holes v are provided. To make gas, the furnace may be worked in either of three ways :- (1) To form ordinary petroleum lighting-gas, liquid hydrocarbon is injected at p and air at m for producing a flame to heat up the shafts. When the shafts are sufficiently heated, the fuel cock of the injector p is turned off, and the valves m and n closed. Steam continues to enter through the injector, and liquid hydrocarbon is turned on through the tubes f. The oil is decomposed in the shaft B C, while the product is fixed in the shaft D and escapes through the seal L. When the shafts have become cool, the heating-up process is repeated. (2) To form petroleum generator gas. This is obtained by the incomplete combustion of the liquid hydrocarbon injected by the pulverizer in the presence of an excess of steam and a limited supply of air. A forced draught is used. The furnace must first be heated up sufficiently. In this case no hydrocarbon enters through the tubes f, and the process is a continuous one. (3) To form carburetted petroleum generator gas. This is somewhat similar to the second way, except that liquid hydrocarbon is also admitted through the tubes f. This process also is a continuous one.
Patent GB-190023025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Carrying Apparatus.
Inventor: FOYER MELVIN JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-12-17
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 23,025. Foyer, M. J. Dec. 17. Pneumatic despatch apparatus.-Fig. 2 shows the salesman's ends of a pair of transmission tubes C, D in a shop or store, by which respectively carriers arrive and return from and to a cashier's desk, where the former tube begins with an open mouth and the latter ends in a chamber connected to an exhausting-fan driven by a steam engine. The carriers issue from a branch C<2> ending in a snap door, and are inserted at a door I. In the connecting-tube E between the main tubes a valve J<1> is provided, the lever j<1> of which is connected by a link m<4> to a vertical slide M<1>, M<2> bearing a basket M to contain the carriers. The weight of the slide and basket is borne by a lever N with a counterpoise O, and the valve is normally open, but, when no carriers are in transit, their total weight in the basket is sufficient to overpower the counterweight and close the valve. The required low pressure in the return tube D can thus be maintained by a reduced working of the exhausting-engine, the throttle valve of which is automatically controlled by the changes of pressure. The arrangement shown is most convenient for tubes passed overhead upward from the desk or counter. A modified arrangement is shown in the Specification for the case when the tubes pass down through the floors.
Patent GB-190102185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Filling Apparatus and the like
Inventor: ENZINGER KARL
Filed: 1901-01-31
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 2185. Enzinger, K. Jan. 31. Bottling. - R e - lates to apparatus for filling bottles, casks, &c., the ves- sel being held in tight contact with the filling-cock, or vice versd, by the pressure of air or other fluid, which is preferably taken from the reservoir containing the liquid. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus ar- ranged for filling bottles the upper end of the liquid reservoir a serving as a gas chamber, and being con- nected by the pipe b to the filling cock c, which has also a connection m to the cylinder e, pro- vided with two dia- phragms d, i, and divided into two chambers by a par- tition l having a perforation n. The diaphragm d car- ries the bottle-rest, and the cylinder e is carried by the counterweighted lever f, which permits a vertical adjustment of the bottle. In operation, when the bottle has been raised to the filling-cock, the cock is operated to admit the compressed air &c. from the reservoir a to the lower chamber of the cylinder e, so that the diaphragm i is forced downward and causes the spring-controlled brake pawl k to engage the segment o, to lock the lever f in position. The air &c. also passes through the perforation n and raises the diaphragm d, so forcing the bottle tightly against the filling-cock. The bottle is released by turning the cock c so as to release the pressure. The bottle rest, instead of being carried by the lever f, may have a rectilinear motion, in which case the brake may engage with a rod. Fig. 5 shows the apparatus arranged for filling casks &c., the filling-cock c being pressed down on the vessel being filled. The cock is carried by the rectangular frame o', one of the rods of which is of square section and normally slides through the guide p carried by the weighted lever f, the frame o<1> being also connected to a counterweight q. Compressed air &c. is supplied through the cock c and pipe m to the cylinder e, moving the diaphragm i downwards, and so causing the spring-controlled brake pawl k to lock the frame o'. The compressed air also passes through a hole in the partition l, under the diaphragm d, the stem d' of which abuts against the frame, so that the pressure causes a downward movement of the cylinder e and frame o', and forces the cock c tightly against the filling- aperture of the cask &c. The diaphragms i, d may may be replaced by short-stroke pistons, and other forms of brake may be employed.
Patent GB-190108644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves for Ice Machines.
Inventor: FRANCKE WILLIAM JUSTUS
Filed: 1901-04-26
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 8644. Francke, W. J. Dec. 26, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. [Act, A.D. 1883]. Ice - making and refrigerating.- Expansion valves for liquefied ammonia or other gas in small ice machines. The spindle C has a screw - threaded end c<3>, a spring sleeve F just above the seating b, and a recessed part c<2>, A slot c is cut in the threaded part, and a knife-edged slit f<2> in the sleeve F.
Patent GB-190109797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Collar Studs, Separable Buttons and the like.
Inventor: HILL FREDERICK
Filed: 1901-05-11
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 9797. Hill, F. May 11. Studs; buttons; chain or cord fastenings. - Loss of studs, separable buttons, and the like, from shirts &c., is prevented by connecting a series together by chains, cords. &c. b, preferably fixed to the bases a' ; or, when only one stud &c. is used, providing an attached chain &c. b<1> with a clip or fastening c.
Patent GB-190117328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cycling, Athletic and other analogous Performances.
Inventor: JONES FLORENCE ANN LAWRENCE
Filed: 1901-08-29
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 17,328. Jones, F. A. L. Aug. 29. Tracks for sporting purposes.-A hollow globe is constructed to serve as a track for cycling, athletic, and other like performances. The globe consists of a framework of girders B, each connected to a circumferential frame I at one end and to a curved plate A at the other, the intervening spaces being filled up with openwork metal segments H. Performances may take place on the outside or inside the globe, which may be quite free, mounted as shown so as to revolve in bearings on standards C or fixed by stays G. Doors &c. may be provided to allow the performers to enter.
Patent GB-190118372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Parts of Cycle Lamps.
Inventor: MILLER CHARLES ALBERT
Filed: 1901-09-14
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 18,372. Miller, C. A., and Miller, F. J. Sept. 14. Velocipede lamps.-The reflector h, the antivibration device i, and the lantern or body e are mounted, as shown in Fig. 4, upon a strap g on the reservoir f, and air admitted through the holes m<1> passes to the interior of the lantern between the bell m and a conical lining. The cowl, consisting of front and back plates a', a<2>, and a top a<3> of the shape shown in Fig. 3, has open sides a<4>, a<5>, and an inside breaker or baffle a<6>, air spaces a<7>, a<8> being formed between the baffle a<6> and the front and back plates a<1>, a<2>. These plates and parts may be assembled together partly by soldering and partly by wiring, dowelling, ears and clinching, or otherwise, soldering being in some cases entirely dispensed with.
Patent GB-190120928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Damper and Check Actions of Pianos.
Inventor: LAMB JAMES HATTON
Filed: 1901-10-18
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 20,928. Lamb, J. H. Oct. 18. Pianofortes. - The invention relates to improvements on that described in Specification No. 5369, A.D. 1889. The arm 0, instead of being rigidly fixed to the sticker A, is pivoted to it at c, and engages at one end with a pad a on the underneath side of the hammer rail. It is notched at c', and engages with an adjustable button E when the key is struck. The check G is carried by the sticker on a separate arm. The damper is actuated by the front end of the arm C. As this end moves through a considerable distance, a certain amount of play can be allowed between it and the button f by which it actuates the damper wire. This permits of an automatic adjustment of the damper mechanism when wear takes place.