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Patent GB-189721371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lawn Mowers.
Inventor: JOHNSON STEPHEN OLIN
Filed: 1897-09-17
Granted: 1897-12-04
Abstract: 21,371. Johnson, S. O. Sept. 17. Lawn-mowers.-The side plates A, in which the shaft H of the cutting-apparatus is mounted, are secured to curved brackets C, C on which the travelling wheels D are mounted. The cutting- apparatus is driven by bevel gearing from a shaft G, which is itself driven by bevel gearing from a shaft driven by pinions from internal gear rims on the wheels D. The cutting-apparatus is formed of two sets of blades which overlap at the centre, and the shaft G is bent at K so as to clear the ends of the blades alternately. Side wheels L are detachably mounted in line with the cutting- apparatus, so that they can be removed when the machine is to be used for trimming the grass near walls, trees, or the like.
Patent GB-189728911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanically Propelled Road Vehicles.
Inventor: LAMPLOUGH FREDERICK
Filed: 1897-12-07
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 28,911. Lamplough, F. Dec. 7. Motor road vehicles.-Consists in dividing the body of the vehicle, say for example an omnibus, into a fore part a to contain the driving and steering mechanism and a rear part b to accommodate passengers and loads, the two parts being connected together by trunnions a<1> at top and bottom so that the front may turn relatively to the hind portion. The front portion is provided with suitable grooved guiding-rollers a<2> and supporting and driving wheels c, and the roof of the rear part may be extended over it as shown.
Patent GB-189730583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladles and Ladle Carriages.
Inventor: DEWHURST JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1897-12-28
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 30,583. Dewhurst, J. H. Dec. 28. Foundry ladles.-A ladle for slag or molten metal is mounted on trunnions B which turn in bearings on a railway truck. One trunnion has a worm-wheel G on it which gears with a worm L on the shaft J. Two chains are wound in opposite directions on drums on the shaft J, so that, when the truck has reached its destination, and is scotched, it is detached from the locomotive, which is attached to one of the chains N and on being started unwinds it and tips the ladle. By pulling the other chain the ladle is returned to its upright position. The ladle may be operated by hand-wheels M. A cast-iron ladle is described comprising a ring carrying the trunnions to which is bolted, below, the part forming the bottom and, above, the pieces forming the sides.
Patent GB-189806205-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Artificial Leg.
Inventor: LARSSON AUGUST
Filed: 1898-03-14
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 6205. Larsson, A. March 14. Limbs, artificial.-For the purpose of adjustment, the ankle-joint piece a is made separate from the leg and provided with a cylindrical pin b fitting into an axial hole in the lower part of the leg and held therein by a sleeve e, movable at right-angles to the hole, and capable of being tightened by a screw f and nut g.
Patent GB-189808952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Hides or Skins for use in the Manufacture of Leather Tires for Wheels and other purposes.
Inventor: MUIR JOHN
Filed: 1898-04-18
Granted: 1899-04-01
Abstract: 8952. Muir, J. April 18. Tyres, elastic other than p n e u m a t i c.-Specially tanned pig-skin is used in the construction of leather tyres such as that shown in Fig. 1. The leather sections c of which the tyre is built up may be arranged parallel to the plane of the wheel, instead of transverse thereto.
Patent GB-189809801-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Instrument for Extracting Splinters or other Foreign Matter from the Persons of Men or Animals.
Inventor: MARTEN GUSTAV EDUARD
Filed: 1898-04-28
Granted: 1898-06-25
Abstract: 9801. Marten, G. E. April 28. Forceps; knives.-An instrument for extracting splinters or other foreign matter from the persons of men or animals consists of a head b, provided with a bent split point c and secured to a handle a, the opposite end of which is fitted with a knife-like point d. The splinter is grasped by the opened split point c. If it is too deeply embedded, a scratch is made with the knife-like point d. A somewhat modified form of the instrument is described.
Patent GB-189816033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Combined Centrifugal Cream Separators and Churns.
Inventor: HANSEN THORVALD TAGE AGATHON
Filed: 1898-07-22
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 16,033. Hansen, T. T. A. July 22. Butter.-In a combined centrifugal cream separator and butter-making machine, in which the butter, formed through the over-separation of the cream or by the influence of mechanical devices, is lifted to the mouth of the drum by means of a fixed worm g or the like, one or more blades l are fixed round the mouth of the drum, to scrape and throw off the butter as it ascends. It is stated that the drum may be fed with whole milk or with cream.
Patent GB-189818582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Induction Motors.
Inventor: BELFIELD REGINALD
Filed: 1898-08-30
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 18,582. Belfield, R., [Lamme, B. G.]. Aug. 30. Motors, alternating-current; cooling and ventilating.-In an induction motor, the rings or plates which connect together the ends of the conductor bars 12, forming the secondary circuit, are furnished with radial blades 16<a>, which produce air currents for the purpose of ventilation. The laminated cores 2 and 10 of the primary and secondary members are provided with ventilating- channels 3 and 10<a> respectively, those of one member being in the same plane as those of the other. Alternate blades on the connecting-rings are formed with projections which engage with shoulders on the outer flanged portion of the spider 8. The conductor bars are connected to the rings by bolts provided with spring washers to permit of expansion.
Patent GB-189909055-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney for Incandescent Gas Lamp Burners.
Inventor: HEINZEL ROBERT
Filed: 1899-04-29
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 9055. Heinzel, R. April 29. Shaping.-Chimneys for use with incandescent gas lamps are formed with two enlargements or bulges f,d. The lower bulge f is formed immediately above the part e which fits into the chimney holder, and is connected with the part e by a shoulder b. To allow of a column of air ascending evenly around the mantle, slots or apertures c are made in the shoulder b, either by making incisions and bending down the edges thereof to impart sufficient strength to the weakened shoulder, or by directing an impinging flame upon the shoulder until openings are formed at the desired points in the receding glass. The upper bulge d is made at the level of the top of the crutch which supports the mantle, to minimize the risk of fracture of the chimney at that point.
Patent GB-189909058-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Printing from Photographic Negatives.
Inventor: MOREL HENRI LOUIS
Filed: 1899-04-29
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 9058. Morel, H. L. April 29. Printing ; nzasks ;vignetting. - Relates to an apparatus for printing photographs on a ribbon of printing-paper. The printing-paper is drawn from the bobbin B<1> over the printing-pad E by the feedrollers F, F<3>, and finally deposited in the receptacle A. The negative H is supported at the ends on two slides J which are raised after each printing, to allow the paper to advance. These slides are raised by a lever M<2>, pivoted at M<3>, and actuated by a cam 0 on the shaft of the roller F. The end of the lever is connected by a link M' and crank M to the shaft K, on which there are two arms L which lift the slides J. Above the negative H is a vignetting- mask R, adjustable on slides, and a hinged translucent screen S. A hinged opaque plate T is used to exclude the light when necessary. The shaft K may be dispensed with, and two levers M' used to lift the slides J.
Patent GB-189915226-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for the Storage of Ice and for Using the same Advantageously for the Cold Storage of Food and other Matters.
Inventor: BOND FRANCIS THOMAS
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 15,226. Bond, F. T. July 25. Refrigerators for storing ice, food, &c. are constructed o f outer and inner cylindrical vessels A, B with non-conducting packing between them. A cylindrical box L for holding ice in the upper part is connected by a pipe E with an ice - water compartment K, which is provided with a drain pipe and cock D. The pipe E may be coiled or packed to retard the descent of the water, and the ice vessel L may be omitted when the appliance is used for storing ice.
Patent GB-189917962-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Equalizing the Movement of Drawers, Slide-doors, Desk Shelves, and the like.
Inventor: WERNICKE OTTO HENRICH LOUIS
Filed: 1899-09-05
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 17,962. Wernicke, 0. H. L. Sept. 5. Drawers.-In order to render equal the movement of the sides of a drawer, sliding door, desk shelf, &c., a lazy-tongs arrangement of levers C, D is connected to the fixed and movable parts, the connection, as shown in Fig. 4, allowing of motion of the ends of the levers. Figs. 1 and 2 show a door which can be raised to a horizontal position and then be slid in on ledges. Stops E on the door engage the pins F, which form the pivots on which the door turns.
Patent GB-189918193-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Appliances for the Production of the Combustible Charges, and for the Regulation of Internal Combustion Motor Engines.
Inventor: SOEHNLEIN HEINRICH
Filed: 1899-09-08
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 18,193. S÷hnlein, H. Sept. 8. G a s a n d explosivevapour e n g i n e s.-A n intimate mixture of vapour and air is formed by drawing air by a separate pump or the front end of the cylinder K over the surface of the liquid in the carburetter B, thereby causing rapid evaporation, then compressing the carburetted air, whereby particles of liquid hydrocarbon are deposited, and then allowing the charge to expand into the cylinder E to atmospheric pressure, and again compressing it before ignition. The invention is shown in connection with a two-stroke cycle engine. The air is drawn into the carburetter through an adjustable spring valve s, and the mixture is prevented from entering the pump, where it might cause damage if it exploded, by placing a chamber L, shaped as shown, above the carburetter. When the piston uncovers the exhaust port z, the mixture enters the cylinder through ports w, and air through ports t, which are uncovered just before the ports u and are inclined as shown in Fig. 2, so that the air surrounds the rich explosive mixture and prevents it from mixing with the exhaust ; some of the charge may enter by the valve v. Air enters the front of the cylinder through a valve w at the end of the in-stroke, and the engine is governed by controlling the admission of air to the front end of the cylinder by means of a governor and throttle valve p. In four-stroke cycle engines, the charge is drawn into the front end of the cylinder, compressed, and again expanded before it enters the combustion chamber. The Provisional Specification describes a carburetter fitted with a float valve, the float carrying a gauze cone over which the entering liquid flows. The engine may be worked by gas.
Patent GB-189918304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incubators.
Inventor: PATERSON ARTHUR FRANCIS
Filed: 1899-09-11
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 18,304. Paterson, A. F. Sept. 11. Incubators heated by hot air. The incubator is formed with covers or lids hinged to a strip fixed over the hot air tank C. The tank C reaches from end to end of the apparatus, and is approximately Y-shaped in cross-section. The tank is supported by arms L, L on a block K and divides the incubator into two compartments, in which removable egg trays H, H are placed. The inside of the incubator is lined with sheets J, J of bright tin. Water trays I of ordinary construction are arranged beneath the egg trays. Partitions are arranged within the tank C to cause the hot air from a lamp to circulate through it. A chimney E is connected to the tank C. The temperature is regulated by a damper in the top operated by a thermostat of ordinary construction.
Patent GB-189919046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flat Knitting Machines.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-09-21
Granted: 1900-09-15
Abstract: 19,046. Golby, F. W., [Trebsch, R., and Preussner, O.]. Sept. 21. Parallel knitting-machines.-The machine has four needle beds a, b, c, d. The beds a, b contain needles e, e', worked as usual by cams acting on one stroke and inactive on the return. Double latch needles alternate with the needles e, e<1> and work in the horizontal beds c, d, being operated by jacks or bars g, g<1> moved by locks. The four locks are coupled together, and move simultaneously in making flat or ribbed tubular work. The needles e, e<1> are reciprocated backwards and forwards in the active stroke, but the double needles are simply pushed into the back and front beds alternately, and thus form a loop alternately on each end hook. Fig. 12 shows the lock for the double needles. When the lock moves to the left (upwards in Fig. 12), the jacks g are first moved by the movable part x and by the parts i, i, and are then slightly retracted by the part h<1>; the part i is in two stages, to prevent the needles e from penetrating the fabric as they rise, and the retraction by the part h<1> facilitates the knocking-over; when the lock moves in the opposite direction, the bits of the jacks press the movable part x into the cam plate, and pass underneath it. The lock is therefore differently effective on alternate strokes. In making double tubular work or a welt, as shown in Fig. 18, a second thread-carrier is thrown into work, and a row of loops is formed on the needles e, e<1> and on each end of the double needlesf independently of each other. The locks operating the needles e, e<1> are carried along by the locks operating the needles f, and the connection is such that, when a welt is to be made, the locks operating the needles e, e<1> are made to lag, so that the loops on the needles e, e<1> and f are made at different times, the loops on the needles f being completed before the thread is laid on the needles e, e'. The sharpened edge of the cover-plate k of the tricks on the beds c, d act as latch openers. The work is held down by two sets of weights.
Patent GB-189920451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flanged Copper Pipes.
Inventor: BLACK JOHN CRAIG
Filed: 1899-10-12
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 20,451. Black, J. C. Oct. 12 Metal pipes and tubes.- Flanged copper pipes are strengthened at the ends to which the flanges are brazed by staving or thickening up the ends, as at A<1>, in a pipe-staving machine.
Patent GB-190013142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Railway Rails to Sleepers.
Inventor: TAYLOR EZEKIEL FORMAN
Filed: 1900-07-20
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 13,142. Tayler, E. F. Dec. 20, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Chairs.-Two chair plates D, wedge-shaped in opposite directions, with recesses F and ears G to hold the rails, are spiked to a railway sleeper. They may be secured together by an interlocking joint H.
Patent GB-190018708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Sheet Folding Machines parts of which are also applicable to Printing Machines.
Inventor: SALMON HERBERT JAMES
Filed: 1900-10-19
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 18,708. Salmon, H. J., Capper, J., and Deaville, J. Oct. 19. Folding paper; feeding sheets.-Relates to an arrangement whereby folding -machines may be converted for slow and accurate folding from quick and less accurate folding, or vice versÔ. For quick folding, a feeding-arrangement consisting of tapes, and drop rollers H, in frames E are lowered on to the table a of the machine. The sheets are fed from a table F to stops which are moved out of the path of the sheet when the drop rollers H fall. The table F is hinged so that it may be swung down out of the way. The tape frame E is hung by chains c<2> on shafts c mounted in standards U and geared together by a chain d. The frame E is balanced by weights c<3>. By turning the shafts c by means of the crank handle d<2>, the frame E and tapes &c. are raised away from the table for slow folding, or lowered for quick folding, as desired. The first folding-blade has a removable connection in its operating-mechanism, so that it may be swung from over the table when raising or lowering the frame E. Other means, such as racks or screws, may be adopted for moving the frame E. The feeding- apparatus, comprising the tapes, drop rollers H, and movable stop in connection therewith, may be applied to feeding sheets to printing-machines.
Patent GB-190020485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Carding Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: TETLOW JOHN
Filed: 1900-11-14
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 20,485. Tetlow, J., and Crabtree, D. Nov. 14. Carding - engines. - In carding-engines provided with two or more swifts, the fibre is removed from each swift by two doffers, and the two fleeces are transferred by aprons or rollers d, d' to another apron or roller f, f<1>, by which they are combined and fed to the succeeding swift or to the condenser. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the fleeces are fed separately to the condenser g. The bearings of the carrier aprons and rollers may be adjustable and hinged so that they may be turned into the positions shown in dotted lines to facilitate access to the parts for cleaning &c., or to allow one of the fleeees to fall on to the floor until it is produced in proper condition to be joined to the other one.
Patent GB-190022620-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing Doors in Different Positions.
Inventor: WATT ROBERT
Filed: 1900-12-12
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 22,620. Watt, R. Dec. 12. Door holders; door fastenings.-Relates to a device for holding a door open, adapted also to fastening it when closed. It consists of a hook A connected to the bracket C fixed to the door frame by two joints A<2> and B<2> at right-angles. When the door is to be held open, the hook A is hooked into the eye H; when the door is closed, the hook A is hooked into the eye G. A rubber knob J bears against the side of the hook when the door is closed, and prevents shaking. In a modification, the eye G is dispensed with, and the door is fastened by an arm on the hook A which passes behind a hook fastened to the door.
Patent GB-190105305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Microtelephones.
Inventor: VOLKERS EMIL
Filed: 1901-03-13
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 5305. Volkers, E. March 13. Telephones.-Relates to the arrangement of a telephonic receiver A and a transmitter B on a handle C, D, the connecting-wires being led through a tube g. The receiver consists of a case a, in which the laminated magnet d and coil are set in easily-fusible insulating-material. A soft iron cover, held in position by an earpiece cap, acts as a diaphragm. The transmitter B is formed of two dished discs k, separated by felt l and secured in position by a screw m and easily-fusible insulating-material. The inner disc k is gilded, and contains carbon granules, which are held in position by the diaphragm and mouthpiece.
Patent GB-190105775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Driving and Steering Mechanism, Particularly Designed for use in connection with Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: SPILLER HARRY ALLEN
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 5775. Lake, H. H., [Spiller, H. A.]. March 19. Hubs; lubricating. - Relates to driving and steering mechanism, especially applicable for use in motor road vehicles, in which motion is com municated to a wheel capable of swivelling with regard to the driving-shaft. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section through the wheel and fixed axle, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section through the wheel hub. Through the hollow sleeve or arm 2 rigidly connected with the frame of the vehicle, passes the driving-shaft 3. At the outer end, the arm 2 is furnished with vertical trunnions 5, on which is pivoted the cylindrical body 8, made in two parts for convenience in construction, and forming the swivelling action or bearing on which the wheel revolves. The wheel hub 14 is lined with Babbitt metal, or furnished with other suitable antifriction bearing, and is prevented from moving laterally on the body 8 by a ring 17 and cap 19. Power is transmitted from the shaft 3 to the wheel hub 14 through a concave connector-plate 26 with internal and external keys engaging with key-ways in the shaft head 25 and in the driving-cap 19. The trunnions 5 are perforated for lubricating the parts, and the lower one is furnished with a plug 23 resting on a convex disc in order to reduce the frictional resistance to adjustment.
Patent GB-190108802-A (GB)
Title: Device for releasing the Shuttle from the Pressure of the Breaking Tongue during the Beat of the Shuttle in Power Looms.
Inventor: SCHWABE GEORG
Filed: 1901-04-29
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 8802. Schwabe, G. April 29. Loom shuttle-relief motions. - The "breaktongue" or swell h is drawn back out of contact with the shuttle, as it is picked from the shuttle box, by means of a lever f pivoted to the lay e. The lever f is connected by means of a spring d and rod c to an extension a' of the arm a, employed to impart motion to the picking-lever b. A spring normally pulls the lever f against the lay, and a pin k limits the extent of movement of the lever f, when pulled away from the path of the shuttle.
Patent GB-190109298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road Cleaning Machines
Inventor: SCHMIDT ANTON
Filed: 1901-05-04
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 9298. Schmidt, A. May 4. Scraping-machines; sweeping-machines; elevating sweepings into receptacles; watering-carts.-A roadcleaning machine is provided with two elevators, a brush or shovel elevator, and a bucket elevator. The brushes 6, which sweep the mud &c. up pivoted shovels 15 to buckets 13, are carried by cross-bars 7 secured to bands 5 having teeth 8 to engage recesses in discs 3, 4. The buckets 13 are pivoted to lugs on a toothed band 12, passing over recessed discs 10, 11, and discharge their contents into a receptacle 16. Just before discharging its contents, each bucket is bent back, against the action of a spring on its pivot, by stops 17, and then allowed to shoot forward. The brushes 7 may be replaced by pivoted shovels, or the shovels and buckets may be fixed to elastic bands. The two elevators are geared together as shown, and driven by chain gearing from one of the vehicle wheels. Brush rollers may be used to clean the brush elevator. When shovels are used, a compartment, running on wheels, encloses the bottom of the elevator, and carries pins engaging slots in the sides of the machine. When used for cleaning the grooves of rails in street railways, aT-shaped brush elevator is provided. Water may be discharged from a perforated pipe 30 communicating through a valve 29 with a water container 28.
Patent GB-190114065-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or applicable to Water-cooled Motors.
Inventor: SPYKER JACOBUS
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 14,065. Spyker, J. July 10. Gas and like engines.-In water-cooled motors for motor cars, the cylinders a', crank casing c', cylinder jacket f<1>, and the casing of the centrifugal pumps d' for the circulating-water are all formed in one piece.
Patent GB-190114937-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Brush or Broom and Scraper.
Inventor: ROBERTS ALBERT HENRY
Filed: 1901-07-23
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 14,937. Roberts, A. H. July 23. Brushes and brooms combined with scrapers. -A scraper B is attached to the stock A of a brush or broom by screws &c. The scraper may consist of a metal strip or of a bent piece of wire. The Provisional Specification states that the scraper may be made in one with the fixing screw or spike.