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Patent GB-189821440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Castors for Furniture and the like.
Inventor: BENDER ERNST
IPC: B60B33/08
Filed: 1898-10-12
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 21,440. Bender, E., and Bergfeld, A. Oct. 12. Patent refused. Castors.-The large ball a bears against a number of small balls f which bear against a suspended concave dish e. When in motion, the small balls circulate under and over the dish e, and when on the convex side they are not under pressure. The large ball is retained by a cup c, which may also serve to fix the castor as in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-189823399-A (GB)
Title: Circular Shutter for Optical Reflectors, Projecting Lanterns, and analogous Appliances.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1898-11-07
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 23,399. Wetter, J., [Elektrizitõts - Aktiengesellschaft vorm. Schuckert & Co.]. Nov. 7. Signals, lamp.-The object is to provide for quickly shutting off the light in projecting- lanterns, lamp reflectors &c., the device being thus useful in signalling. All round the frame a are pivoted at c, c arc-shaped segments b<1>...b<5> connected by links d<1>...d<5> to a ring e. This ring is provided with a handle, and runs on balls in the overlapping flanges of the frame, so that it can be easily turned to cause the segments to close the central aperture entirely. h is a stop, with broad flared flanges, between which the segments come to rest ; it is supported in the middle of the aperture by wings i, but it may be carried by one of the segments if desired.
Patent GB-189902581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joint-making Packing.
Inventor: LOWE JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1899-02-04
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 2581. Lowe. J. H. Feb. 4. Joint-making packing.- A grommet washer or collar, Fig. 4, of soft metal, and consisting of a circular hollow casing fitted with lead or jointing cement, is arranged between a nut, rivet, or bolt head, and a cap, cover, or plate, to be tightened or sealed. The jointing- cement comes into close contact with the screw thread after tightening up.
Patent GB-189906185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Latch Bolts.
Inventor: HECKFORD CLARENCE ROBERT
Filed: 1899-03-22
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 6185. Heckford, C. R., [trading as Spink & Son, J.], and Bagnall, H. March 22. Latches.-The hinder end B of a latch bolt is formed of a piece of sheet metal having a flat portion c and flanges d, d'. The flange d is secured to the stem b carrying the head a. A slot e is formed in the portion c to allow motion of the bolt relative to the follower C. In the outward position of the bolt, the flange d' serves as a stop to the follower horns f, as shown in Fig. 1, while in the inward position the horns bear against opposite flanges. A spiral spring g may be coiled round the stem b, and bear at one end against the head a, and at the other end against a loose washer h supported by a fixed abutment i. In place of the flange d the forward edge of the part B may be simply an ear, in which case the follower cannot serve as a stop in the inward position of the bolt. The stem b and part B may also be formed from one piece of sheet metal, in which case the part b is of trough &c. section.
Patent GB-189911273-A (GB)
Title: Improved Time Checking or Registering Apparatus.
Inventor: HELLER SIGMUND
Filed: 1899-05-30
Granted: 1900-05-30
Abstract: 11,273. Heller, S. May 30. Tell-tales for checking workmen. A drum 3, bearing rings of time type equal in number to the number of employees, is driven intermittently by a clock, while over it travels a frame 7 which is driven from the same clock through rack and pinion gear 5, 6 and which holds a card to receive impressions by the action of platen levers 14. There is a platen-operating key 16 for every ring of the type, and there is a separate shoot 21 leading to each lever and to a separate drawer 24. The employee on arrival drops a check in the form of a ball or disc down the particular shoot allotted to him, and when an employee departs the timekeeper operates a key 16. The entrance is guarded by a swing pan 26, which receives the check, and after this has struck a latch 29 tips to discharge it into the shoot, but is prevented from righting itself again bv a pawl dropping into a groove 31 in a roller 30. Thus the insertion of a second check in the same shoot is prevented. All the pans are righted together by using a lever 19 which draws the roller upwards over a rack 34, so that, at the same time, the groove rolls away from the end of the pawl. At the same time the frame 15 containing the keys is lifted so as to enable the sliding frame to be raised off the driving-pinion and pushed in again with a new card on it. If the check is returned to the employee for use again during the revolution of the printing-drum, the roller is only drawn sufficiently forward to release the pawls and allow any pan to be turned by hand into the initial position when desired.
Patent GB-189911796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Implements or Materials.
Inventor: SCOTCHMER ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1899-06-06
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 11,796. Scotchmer, A. J. June 6. Type, setting.- Relates to furniture for making up blanks or whites in formes. Bars A of various lengths are provided having dovetail or like recesses to r e c e i v e lugs D on the ends of s t r u t s or distancepieces C which are also provided in various lengths. The bars A and C are preferably of H or such like section to make them light in weight, and the length in ems &c. may be marked on them.
Patent GB-189915640-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of Artificial Stone.
Inventor: GERNAERT FERNAND
Filed: 1899-07-31
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 15,640. Gernaert, F., and Libert, C. July 31. Stone, artificial.-In the manufacture of artificial stone by subjecting a mixture of sand and lime &c. to the action of steam under pressure, the natural sand is wholly or partly replaced by crushed sand, or sand which has been "burst" in ice water after heating it to a high temperature. Sand treated in this manner enters into more intimate combination with the lime than natural sand, and the stone produced is frost-proof.
Patent GB-189918545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Guards.
Inventor: MUIR STEPHEN
Filed: 1899-09-14
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 18,545. Muir, S., and Speak, W. E. Sept. 14. Fire-guards.-A fire-guard is formed of a front 14 and wings 15 pivoted together on projections 12. The edges 16 of the front form stops for the meeting edges of the wings when expanded. Arms 17 are pivoted at 18, and form catch fastenings for engaging the pins 19. The wings may be folded up against the front. Anywhere on the upright bars 21 of the guard may be attached an adjustable bracket carrier consisting of a dovetail piece 20 and a screw pin 24. The bracket fits on the carrier as shown in dotted lines. In a modification, the bracket carrier consists of a bar joining two of the uprights 21, to which it is attached by two screw pins. It is provided with horizontal holes through which rods forming the bracket or carrier can pass.
Patent GB-189921174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Winding Thread Yarn, Twine, and the like into Balls.
Filed: 1899-10-24
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 21,174. Alexander & Co., R. F. & J., and Mackie, J. Oct. 24. Balling twine. - The spindles E slide in hollow sleeves e, and the rail B carrying them is pressed by springs B' against adjustable plates on curved brackets, so that, as the frame carrying the spindles is oscillated, the spindles are raised and lowered, to give the desired shape to the balls. The thread is automatically released from the usual horizontally-moving catch hooks c at the commencement of the winding operation, the cam shaft c<1> being given a slight rotary movement by means of a ratchet arrangement operated from the main shaft. The shaft c' is connected with the shaft I<1> by the cam and lever mechanism shown in Fig. 9. The labels are attached to the balls, before they are fully wound, by suction action. The spindles are hollow, are provided with a perforated cap E<1>, and are connected by means of ferrules e<1> and suitable tube connections with a cylinder containing a piston. The piston is automatically raised to the upper end of the cylinder and retained in this position by a catch, which is automatically released by the turning of the shaft carrying the ticket pistons E<4>, On the completion of the balls, the threads are cut and held in the usual manner, and the loose ends are inserted for some distance into the finished ball by needles g, which are adjustably mounted on arms carried by levers G operated from the shaft G<4>, which is connected with the shaft c<1> by the cam and lever mechanism shown in Fig. 10. The needle g is pointed at the end g<1>, and has a slit g' for engaging with the thread.
Patent GB-190002477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Carrying and Applying Mucilage or the like.
Inventor: LEASK ALEXANDER RITCHIE
Filed: 1900-02-07
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 2477. Leask, A. R., [Daniels, E. F.]. Feb. 7. Reservoir brushes.-Mucilage, paint, or other fluid E is contained in the collapsable tube F, which is placed in the holder A. A slot A<4> allows the ball or roller C to be rolled forward by hand to compress the tube and force out the liquid. For gumming &c., a pad B, of sponge or the like, is mounted in the end of the holder, to serve as a brush. A washer G may be employed to make a tight joint between the tube and the holder. Caps are applied to the ends of the holder when it is out of use.
Patent GB-190007537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Reproducing Phonograph and similar Records.
Inventor: PETIT ADEMOR NAPOLEON
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 7537. Petit, A. N. April 24. Phonographs and like sound-recording i n s t r uments.-Records for phonographs & c. are copied or reproduced by means of following and reproducing tools arranged to move in identical paths, one on a record and the other on a blank, the record and blank being synchronously rotated. Fig. 1 shows a plan of an apparatus similar to a phonograph, but having a hinged extension frame S in which a shaft 35 carrying a record support is mounted. The frame S acts as a gate to the main frame, and the shaft 35 engages with the main shaft a by means of a clutch mechanism 16. The frame S may, or may not, have the gate arm 43 and adjustable bearing 21. In a modified form, the shafts a and 35 are in one piece. The record cylinders are secured by screwing on to rings provided with split flanges for gripping the shafts. The following and reproducing tools are connected by a shaft supported in brackets from the rod k carried by the bridge 39 ; in two arrangements the shaft 8 rocks, and in the third arrangement the tools are attached to bell-crank levers, steadying-springs, balance weights, and guide-rests being used in all cases. Fig. 8 shows one form, in which the tools n are mounted on arms 40 secured to the rock-shaft 8. The shaft 8 is carried by pivoted brackets l, provided with adjustable balance weights 12. 29 and 31 are the steadying-springs.
Patent GB-190009323-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Steam Boilers and Fire Tubes therefor.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-05-21
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 9323. Boult, A. J., [Whitney, C. W.]. May 21. Tubes, smoke ; tube-plates.-The firebox ends c of the tubes are reduced to fit holes in the tube plate smaller than the main body of the tube. The tube is preferably corrugated, and its other end e may be enlarged as shown.
Patent GB-190009766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Indicating and Recording Notifications as to Requirements in Homes, Shops, Stores, Offices, Warehouses and so Forth
Inventor: WALLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-05-28
Granted: 1901-05-28
Abstract: 9766. Waller, W., Norton, J. S., and Farnol, E. A. May 28. Signals, indicator or visible; recording signals.-Relates to want indicators of the kind described in Specification No. 16,657, A.D. 1898, for indicating and recording notifications as to requirements in homes, shops, offices, warehouses, &c. The body of the indicator is made of tin-plate, and may be of rectangular, oval, round, or other form, with a central space for displaying advertisements &c. The plate is dished up round the edge A, and also at a around the spaces containing the names &c. of the articles or requirements, while it is dished down at b around the central space. The cover-pieces d, which are employed to cover or expose the names &c., as required, are arranged to slide in slotted guides c, stamped from the plate and bent, as shown in Fig. 1<B>, to receive the edges of the cover-pieces, the latter being secured in the slots by bending the tags d<1>, as shown in Fig. 2<A>. The cover-pieces may also bear the names of the articles &c., and may be curled at their free ends to form finger-pieces. The indicator plate may be used, without the cover-pieces, for advertising purposes.
Patent GB-190010786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Burners for Oil Lamps and Stoves.
Filed: 1900-06-13
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 10,786. Rippingille's Albion Lamp Co. and Porter, W. June 13. Oil burners ; reservoirs.-In stoves in which the light is required to show only to a small extent or not at all through the backs, the area of flame visible through the front and sides is increased by arranging two or more wick-tubes B, A, D, E, with their corresponding burner cones and oil reservoirs, one above another, thus causing a series of short flames when viewed from the front to present the appearance of one long flame.
Patent GB-190012141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Desks for Recording Messages and the like.
Inventor: SHEPHERD EDWIN RICHARD
Filed: 1900-07-05
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 12,141. Shepherd, E. R. July 5. Desks.-Relates to a paper holder and desk for recording messages received from telephone and telegraph instruments, speaking- tubes, callers, and the like. Paper rollers A', B' work on suitable bearings in cases B, A, of which the lower one forms a desk. The cases are connected by a glazed frame C, which may be hinged. The paper passes over the desk, behind the frame C, up to the upper roller, and is wound on the upper roll by turning a knob. Messages behind the glazed frame are exposed to view. When one side of the paper roll is used up, the rolls may be reversed, and the other side used. A blotting pad or frame D may be hinged to the lower part of the frame C, and a calendar may be inserted in the hook E.
Patent GB-190104777-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electric Switch Mechanism for Surface Contact Electric Railways and the like.
Inventor: BARKER REGINALD WALTER
Filed: 1901-03-06
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 4777. Barker, R. W., [Murphy Safety Third Rail Electric Co.]. March 6. Electric railways and tramways on a road-contact system with electromagnetic switches of the type described in Specifications No. 4398, A.D. 1898, and No. 1464, A.D. 1900. Switches.-The switch casing has a bell-shaped top and a lower part of oblong section fitting on an insulated base, from which standards project to carry the solenoids and upper fixed contacts &c. The lower movable contacts are carried by the plunger, which rests in its lowest position on the insulated spring buffer arrangement 18, and this acts as the switch to cut out the thin wire exciting coil when the plunger is lifted. The carbon contacts 15 are now arranged outside the main metal contacts 14, instead of between them as before. Between the thin wire coil 21 and the thick or holding-up coil 22 is placed a copper tube 26, in which the eddy currents produced on breaking the circuits in either coil circulate and tend to continue the magnetizing action on the plunger. so that the effect of a breakage of the current is lessened.
Patent GB-190105631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Starching Washing, Linen and the like.
Inventor: HOFFMANN LEBERECHT
Filed: 1901-03-18
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 5631. Hoffmann, L. March 18. Drawings to Specification. Mixing starch.-Relates to a starching-machine in which the articles are carried through the receptacle between endless bands which run on rolls. The starch is prevented from sinking to the bottom by a rotary agitator, which may consist of a shaft provided with spiral plates connected together by laths.
Patent GB-190105816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elastic Tires and Means for Securing them on Wheels.
Inventor: ANDERSON JAMES CALDWELL
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 5816. Anderson, J. C. March 19. Disc wheels; felloes or rims; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. -Relates mainly to a rubber tyre specially applicable to motor road vehicles. The base part A' of the tyre A is formed by embedding, within the rubber C, canvas or similar non-stretchable strips B, which may be in the form of a coil, and vulcanizing the parts together. The wheel to which the tyre is preferably attached consists of two sheet-metal discs D, secured together by rivets E, and Laving their outer separated edges connected by a fixed bridge-piece F. The tyre is secured between the outer flanges H<1> of two detachable side plates H, which are attached to the wheel by transverse bolts. The base part of the tyre may be vulcanized to a greater extent than the tread part.
Patent GB-190106384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Street or Road Water Carts.
Inventor: LOGAN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-03-27
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 6384. Logan, A. March 27. Watering-carts.-In a street or road watering- cart for laying dust &c., the water-supply valves are opened intermittently by the action of a cam f, tappet, or eccentric, fixed to the hub d or 'other part of a wheel, on a lever or crank h pivoted to a bracket i on the side frame b. The crank h is connected by chains k, k<1>, passing over guidepulleys m, to valve-operating levers l, l<1> connected to valve-operating chains n, n<1> passing over guidepulleys o. Some of the chains may be unhooked to keep the valves closed, or the valves may be held open by catches engaging the levers l, l<1>. The water container a may be connected to the framework b by bands c.
Patent GB-190112314-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Steam Boiling Apparatus for Brewing Purposes.
Inventor: SCHAEFER JOSEF
Filed: 1901-06-17
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 12,314. Schaefer, J. June 17. Right to Patent relinquished. Boiling - pans.-A steam boiling - apparatus or copper for brewing purposes is shown in the Figure. The steam cylinder 2 and heating-tubes 3 are supported by the shaft 13 bearing on the plate 14 in the casing 15, and are raised by the piston 17, by hand or mechanical power, so as to permit the entire surface of the bottom of the copper to be cleaned. For drawing off the water of condensation through the pipe 16, the rod 13 is hollow, and the apparatus is provided with the three-way cock 20 to admit air or the working fluid. The heating-cylinder is rotated by the bevel gearing 10, 9.
Patent GB-190112646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brush and Comb Cleaners
Inventor: GRAF JOSEPH LEVI
Filed: 1901-06-20
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 12,646. Graf, J. L.- June 20. Brush cleaners; hair-comb cleaning-brushes.-A handle a is provided with curved prongs or teeth d and a brush f.
Patent GB-190114493-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manifold Sales-check for Drapers, Traders, and others
Inventor: HOLMES JAMES STEEDMAN
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 14,493. Holmes, J. S. July 16. Receipts, checking and recording.-The duplicating sales check shown in Fig. 1 comprises a carrier B for a roll of account, invoice, &c. forms, a tablet B<1>, and a sheet of carbon &c. paper C clamped between a spring bar C' and a flange b of the carrier. The roll comprises a series of alternate forms A and duplicates A' separated by perforations and printed on opposite sides so that they can be unwound and folded into position over the transfer paper as shown. It is carried on a rod B<3> hinged at b<1> and supported in a bearing b<2>, and the casing of the carrier is hinged to allow the top to be opened. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the roll consists of two lengths A, A', printed alike, or with the lower one plain, and adapted to be drawn together over and under a sheet of transfer paper held by a pivoted clip C<2>, or hy two clips, one at each edge. Triplicate &c. lengths may be similarly used.
Patent GB-190115364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Firing Mechanism of Ordnance.
Inventor: HOLMSTROEM CARL
Filed: 1901-07-29
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 15,364. Holmstr÷m, C., K÷hler, G. A., and Mascall, A. E. July 29. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to safety firing-devices for guns in which the breech-screw is mounted on a swinging carrier. Fig. 1 shows an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical longitudinal section. The lock D, whether percussive or electric, is carried on the long arm d<0> of a bellcrank lever, which lever is pivoted at d<3> to the breech-screw carrier B, and engages by its short arm d<4> with a cam-groove a in the breech-screw A, so that, when the breech-screw is rotated, to unlock it, the lock D is swung aside, thus exposing the primer-case a<X>. The primer-case extractor H is pivoted at h, and has a projection h' which is struck by the lock D as it swings aside. The opening movement of the operating-lever C causes the curved groove c, formed thereon, to raise the rod G, thereby wedging back the hammer d<2>, so as to bring its nose away from the primer-case ax. The firing-device is shown in plan in Fig. 6, and consists of a lever F, to which a lanyard is attached, and which engages by the sear E with the projection d<11> on the hammer d'. When the lever F is pulled, the hammer is withdrawn, and, as soon as the projection e<2> on the sear reaches the fixed piece e<3>, the sear is released and the gun discharged. In modifications, the lock is pivoted to the carrier below the axis of the breech, instead of above it.
Patent GB-190121678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roving Frames or similar Machines for Preparing Flax, Jute, and other Fibres for Spinning.
Inventor: FRASER JOHN
Filed: 1901-10-29
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 21,678. Fraser, J., Fraser, P., and Fraser, N. Oct. 29. Roving-frames for flax, jute, &c. In frames in which an expanding pulley A, A' is employed for controlling the motion of the bobbins &c., the usual snail cam E for operating the expanding pulley is connected by an adjustable link G, lever H, and link K with a block L', which slides on a fixed rod L and is connected to the usual spindle B<1> of the expanding cone. The shaft E' of the cam E is operated in the usual manner by a weighted cord, and its motion is controlled from the bobbin rail in the usual way. The expanding cone is driven by a band M' from a pulley M, which is carried by a pair of weighted levers N turning on the shaft P of. the drawing- rollers and is driven by gearing therefrom.
Patent GB-190122880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Up-setting and Welding Apparatus.
Inventor: STAUBER EMANUEL
Filed: 1901-11-12
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 22,880. Stauber, E. Nov. 12. Forging; welding.-An apparatus for upsetting and welding has a work-table carrying stationary and movable clamps. Fig. 2 shows an underneath plan of the table. The stationary clamp m is secured to the table by bolts n, passing through one of the pairs of holes o in the table. The movable clamp a slides in a slot c in the table, being operated bv links g and nuts h on a right and left handed screw i, turned by a handle l. Each clamp has a fixed jaw q and a movable jaw u operated by a screw s. The work, after being heated, is held in the two clamps, and upset or welded by turning the screw i.