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Patent GB-189705031-A (GB)
Title: Method and Apparatus for Reproducing Pictures and the like at a Distance by Means of Electricity.
Inventor: SZCZEPANIK JAN
Filed: 1897-02-24
Granted: 1898-02-24
Abstract: 5031. Szczepanik, J., and Kleinberg, L. Feb. 24. Telegraphs.-Reproductions of pictures or other visual objects are obtained by telegraphic transmission from a selenium cell or other means of converting variations of light into variations in current strength. Fig. 1 shows both transmitting and receiving apparatus, in which a, a<1> are synchronously-vibrating mirrors at each apparatus, the mirrors a, a' in each apparatus vibrating in planes at right-angles to one another. The mirrors consist of a single bright line on a dull surface so that only a small spot of light is reflected on to the selenium cell S. The cell S is in circuit with the battery B and the line L with the magnet E<2> the armature b<2> of which carries a dispersion prism p. The mirrors a, a' are vibrated by magnets E, E<1> arranged in circuit with rapid vibrators M', M<2>. Daylight or light from an incandescent lamp l falling on the prism p throws a spectrum over an opening o<1>, the opening being in the path to the mirror a'. The spot of light is projected from the mirrors in a zig-zag path covering the picture with such rapidity that the whole of the picture is represented.
Patent GB-189710733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Sea Sounding.
Inventor: RAY REUBEN
Filed: 1897-04-30
Granted: 1898-02-12
Abstract: 10,733. Ray, R., and Ray, B. April 30. Sounding - apparatus. -An airtight buoy or float A has a conical tube B passing through it ending in an extension tube C surrounded by a perforated conical casing P secured by a nut Q. The sounding-line G passes through the tubes, and is either graduated on spring rings gripping the line or passes round a pulley G<1> geared to an indicator S. F, F are gripping-levers connected by links J, J with a weight K and having catches H to engage pawls I, I<1>; normally these are disengaged and lie under the pawls. When the sounding weight reaches the bottom the operator hauls in the line, the gripping-levers immediately seizing it and being locked in position by the pawls so that the buoy becomes attached to the line. It may be released by inverting it and pulling the line from the indicator end. A metal tube surrounds the line near the weight which prevents the levers from gripping it when the apparatus is being launched. The levers F, F may have guiding or steadying levers on their spindles connected by slot and pin.
Patent GB-189717015-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Weather-glass.
Inventor: ROOS ANTON
Filed: 1897-07-19
Granted: 1898-01-29
Abstract: 17,015. Roos, A. July 19. Weather indicators; barometers. - A pearshaped glass vessel a, with an eye for suspending it on a wall, has an openended S-shaped tube b rising from near the bottom and terminating nearly level with the top. The instrument is about half - filled with clean water, the movements of which in the graduated tube bare observed.
Patent GB-189717789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres, or Pneumatic Wheel Circumferences.
Inventor: MARTIN PATRICK ALPHONSUS
Filed: 1897-07-29
Granted: 1898-07-09
Abstract: 17,789. Martin, P. A. July 29. T y r e s , pneumatic ; felloes or rims.-The tubeless tyre a, or the outer cover of a doubletube tyre, has its circum ferential selvages a<1> provided with deep soft thickened ribs a<2> which fit loosely within the inverted channels b<1> of the rim b. In Fig. 8, one rib is shown attached and the other detached. The adjacent surfaces of the channels b<1> and ribs a<2> are adapted to give an airtight joint, so that inflation completes the tyre and secures it to the rim. A separate inner air tube may be employed. According to the Provisional Specification endless or adjustable wires or canes may be inserted in the ribs, and the rim may be in two parts between which the ribs are secured.
Patent GB-189721826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Pots for Preventing Down Draught or Improving the Up Draught.
Inventor: ROE AUGUSTUS ROBERT
Filed: 1897-09-23
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 21,826. Roe, A. R. Sept. 23. Chimney tops.- The straight uptake, closed at the top, is formed with lateral outlets a and a', the former uncovered, and the latter provided with guards b opening tangentially to the right or left. A skirt C encloses the outlets, being formed with internal lugs and so supported by the guards b.
Patent GB-189724187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipe Stoppers and Pickers or Cleaners.
Inventor: RASSON HENRY
Filed: 1897-10-20
Granted: 1897-12-11
Abstract: 24,187. Rasson, H. Oct. 20. Smokers' combination articles.-A tobaccopipe stopper b, d of the form shown is turned from hard wood or other material. A hole or recess c is bored for a spring wire picker or cleaner a. A rubber cap is provided for placing over the end d of the stopper.
Patent GB-189727771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Crank Axles and Bottom Bearings of Bicycles.
Inventor: PEDERSEN MIKAEL
Filed: 1897-11-25
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 27,771. Pedersen, M. Nov. 25. Drawings to Specification. Mounting and securing chain-wheels on shafts.- Bicycle chain-wheels are secured to the crank axles by screwing them on to a conical screwed portion of the axle. Keys or other suitable means may be provided to prevent rotation.
Patent GB-189801090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Maps and Guides attached to Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: GRUMM LADISLAUS
Filed: 1898-01-14
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 1090. Grumm, L. Jan. 14. Odometers.-Relates to a device for cycles &c. which causes a map to unroll, thereby acting as a guide for the cyclist or driver. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 show the application to a cycle. Drums A, B, Figs. 2 and 3, are mounted within a casing C which is divided into two parts by a partition k,.and provided with a glass face. The drums A, B are mounted upon axles h, h<1>, and may be operated by the buttons i, i<1>. One end f, f<1> of each drum is movable, and is pressed against the sides of the casing by a spring E so as to prevent accidental turning of the drum. A gear-wheel j is mounted on the end of the axle h, and by a train of gearing is connected to the worm-wheel o, which is operated by a worm p on the end of the shaft M. A spring T bears upon a collar r on the shaft M. The shaft M, Fig. 1, is enclosed by a tube N and attached to the frame by clips v, v<1>, and has a pinion R mounted upon its lower end which gears with spiral grooves formed in a plate Q fixed to the front wheel hub. On the casing C a plate W is fixed upon which a slide s, operated by a screw t, can move. A strap V is attached to the slide s and the plate W. By operating the screw t the strap V may be tightened upon the handle-bar X or other part of the framing, and the casing secured in position. One end of the map, which may indicate the route, mileage, hills, &c., is wound upon the drum A and has its extremity fixed to the drum B, or an endless-band map may encircle the drums. Owing to the rotation of the drum B, which is driven from the wheel hub, the map will be exposed to view with a speed corresponding to that of the machine.
Patent GB-189801815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Driving Wheels of Bicycles.
Inventor: CHAPMAN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1898-01-22
Granted: 1898-08-13
Abstract: 1815. Chapman, W. H. Jan. 22. Ball bearings.-Bicycle driving-wheels are modified so that they can be readily detached without disturbing the chain and chain-wheel. The hub A is formed in two parts A and B, normally secured together by a screwed collar C. Projections b on the part B engage corresponding recesses in the part A. The chain-wheel D is secured to the part B. The latter rotates on balls on a cone E rigidly secured to the fork end by a nut. The hub A has screwed to its other end a cup L running on balls on a cone J, which is kept in position when the wheel is removed by a nut j. The parts are secured in position by screwing the axle I into the cone E as shown, its shoulder i<2> engaging the cone J and pressing it against the fork F<1>. A nut K locks the axle in position.
Patent GB-189806721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: DEMEUSE RAOUL
Filed: 1898-03-19
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 6721. Demeuse, R. March 19. Motor road vehicles.-Consists in the combination of a petroleum or like motor B, as shown in plan in the Figure, with an electromotor C on the same car. The armature of the electromotor is either keyed on the shaft A of the engine, or is mounted on an adjacent shaft geared thereto. By this means the propulsion of the vehicle may be effected by either of the two motors alone, or by both together; and the electromotor may also be driven by the engine so as to act as a generator for charging the accumulators. A second engine and dynamo of smaller power may also be carried either on the main or on an auxiliary carriage for charging the accumulators continuously. H is the starting rheostat, I the reversing-switch, and D E, G the driving and balance gear.
Patent GB-189808179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Electrically Lighting Railway Carriages.
Inventor: DICK EMIL
Filed: 1898-04-06
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 8179. Dick, E. April 6. Dynamos, regulating.-Relates to a system of lighting railway vehicles in which each carriage is supplied with an accumulator, and on one of the carriages a dynamo is fitted and driven in the ordinary way from the axle. In connection with the dynamo is fitted (1) a switch F for maintaining the direction of the current in the mains constant ; (2) a switch B for connecting up the dynamo or cutting it out in accordance with the tension of the current ; (3) an automatic regulator for varying the strength of the field ; (4) a resistance S divided into two parts ; and (5) switches N and T for controlling the charging of the accumulator. In the positions shown, all the main circuits are open, but the accumulators G are connected to the mains I and II, and small currents flow through the magnet f of the switch F and field coils a', the latter through the circuit IV. On the armature being revolved, a current is generated in the shunt coil of the armature f<1> and the shaft of the switch F rocked to complete the circuits through the mercury cups and cut-out the resistance r from the field circuit. The switch B has three windings b<1>, b<2>, b<3> connected as shown, and on the current reaching the required limit the cores c' are operated and the main circuit III completed through the mercury cups c<1>. For charging the cells, the switch T is moved into the position shown in dotted lines, the resistance S' being thus short-circuited. The regulator P has four windings, and controls the resistance R in accordance with the voltages required for the lamps, cells, &c.
Patent GB-189811597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Giving Signals in Mines or any other Place of Necessity.
Inventor: DAVIES WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-05-23
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 11,597. Davies, W., and Jones, E. May 23. Signals, audible, hydraulic, and pneumatic.-For signalling in mines &c., a cylinder B and piston D, operated by steam, compressed air, water, or other motive fluid, is interposed in the line of communication W, H from the operator to the bell, gong, or other alarm. The connection W controls the three-way cock &c. M, which admits the motive fluid to the cylinder, and the connection H is connected at one end to the piston D and at the other end to the bell &c. The cylinder may be single-acting, as shown, or double-acting. In the former case, the parts are returned to their normal positions by springs. When the line of communication is very long, one or more additional cylinders may be interposed at different points.
Patent GB-189814803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Reproducing Sound Records.
Inventor: BETTINI GIANNI
Filed: 1898-07-05
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 14,803. Bettini, G. July 5. Phonographs and like soundrecording instruments. - An apparatus for reproducing upon one cylinder the record existing on a master cylinder. The master cylinder 12 is mounted on a shaft connected by links 31 and gearing 30, 29, 28 with the main shaft carrying the screw and cylinder 25. The axis carrying the cylinder 12 is mounted in a frame 19 pivoted at 6 and provided with an adjusting-screw 11. One end of the frame is gated to allow of the removal of the cylinder, and is provided with a locking-catch operated by the handle 24. At the back of the main frame 2 is mounted a guide-rod upon which runs a sleeve having an arm carrying a split nut and also a bracket 38 in which the tool-carrying arm is mounted. The tool carrying rod 46 is mounted in a slide 42, pivoted at 41 to the adjustable rod 39. The end of the rod 46 is forked, and has pivoted thereto a lever 59, to which in turn is pivoted the reproducing-tool and lever 60. The copying-tool 50 is mounted on a lever pivoted to the fork of the rod 46, and is connected through an opening in the lever 59 with the reproducing-lever 60. The handle 15 is attached to a cam spindle 13, which operates the various links and frames for throwing the parts into or out of engagement.
Patent GB-189821789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Sharpening and Setting Saws.
Inventor: KEPPELER ANTONE
Filed: 1898-10-17
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 21,789. Keppeler, A. Oct. 17. Saws, sharpening and setting; filing-machines.- The saw blade 47 is pressed .down upon a table by the plate 75 hinged to the table and pressed down by the spring 53. The table is pressed to the left by the spring 59, and carries a block which has rollers bearing against the back of the saw and is adjusted laterally by a wedge. The saw blade is fed forwards by a disc 46 the edge of which engages between teeth and is off-set at one point. The disc is mounted on the shaft 44 connected to the main shaft 9 by spur gearing. The teeth are sharpened by a triangular file 41 fixed at one end to the spring 39 and at the other to a socketed piece 36 connected by an arm 31 to a vertically-reciprocating block worked by a lever actuated by a crank on the shaft 22 connected to the main shaft by spur gearing. The file tang and its socket are triangular, so that the file is readily turned round and fixed to bring a fresh edge into action. The saw teeth are set by dies on the levers 3, 3 pivoted at 18 and actuated by cams 12, 13 on the main shaft 9 carrying the flywheel with handle 11. The levers act together so that one tooth is bent up and the next is bent down at the same time.
Patent GB-189822422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines, applicable also for the Manufacture of Cheroots.
Inventor: SCHMIDT JULIUS HEINRICH
Filed: 1898-10-25
Granted: 1898-12-10
Abstract: 22,422. Schmidt, J. H., and Scheffler, P. H. Oct. 25. Cigarette-making machines.-Relates to a machine for rolling cigarettes singly, applicable also for rolling cigarette fillers and cheroots. The machine is operated by a treadle-lever, each stroke of which carries it through one complete cycle of operations. The tobacco is fed intermittently along the belt 51 and between the upper belt 60 and plate 61 to the charge box 64, shown in Fig. 5 in position for discharging the tobacco into the pocket 33 in the rolling-apron. A knife 63, operated during the forward movement of the swinging arms 18, cuts off the charge of tobacco fed into the box, which is opened on the return of the arm by the contact of a pin 72 with the upper end of the lever 71. The arms 18 carry a spring-controlled roller 26, which traverses the rolling-table 14, on which the pasted wrapper is laid, rolling the cigarette in the loop of the apron in the usual manner. The cigarette is discharged upon the hook-shaped knives 76, which coact with the reciprocating knives 77 to trim it. A bar 27, carried by spring-controlled rods 28 which are depressed by means of the lever 34 during the latter part of the rearward movement of the arms 18, serves to properly form the pocket 33 before the tobacco is discharged to it. The intermittent movement of the belts 51 and 60 is effected by the connecting-rod 67, lever 66, and pawl 65 during the forward movement of the arm 18. The apron is secured at the rear end to a roller 35 having a ratchetwheel which enables the effective length of the apron to be adjusted. The front end is secured to the table 14.
Patent GB-189902802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Connections for Brass Vases and Knobs.
Inventor: BLACKHURST GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1899-02-08
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 2802. Blackhurst, G. H. Feb. 8. Nuts.-The screw thread or nut of brass vases and knobs is made by attaching a coil of wire 9 to the lower part 8 of the knob &c. by running in molten metal 10. The wire may be of circular, square, triangular, or other section.
Patent GB-189905061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letterpress Printing Machines.
Inventor: SMITH MARK
Filed: 1899-03-08
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 5061. Smith, M. March 8. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces.-Two separate single-cylinder machines are combined so that they may be used together as a perfecting-machine or separately and independently. Fig. 1 shows two stop-cylinder machines F, F<1>, which are geared together to move in unison by bevel gear W, W<1> and a shaft S. The section S' of the shaft S is made removable by couplings C, C', so that it may be removed when the machines are to be used separately. The machine F has brackets B supporting the usual taking-off cylinder T and having slots for the bearings of an additional cylinder A which takes the sheets from the cylinder T and delivers them to tapes 1, 2, by which they are conveyed to the impression cylinder of the second machine F<1>. The bearings of the cylinder A are fixed to plates D connected to balance cords and weights c, w. The rollers r, r' for the sets of tapes 1, 2 are at the end of bars P pivoted to the plates D. The tapes 1 pass round the rollers R, r, and the tapes 2 round the cylinder A and roller r<1>. Rollers v, v<1> on adjustable brackets are provided for lengthening or shortening the path of the tapes for obtaining correct register. When not in use, or when making ready &c., the tapes &c. may be moved up out of way, as shown by the dotted lines, the ends of the bars P being hooked on arms D' of the brackets D'. When two-revolution machines are used, the cylinder A is omitted and the lower tapes pass round the take-off cylinder T.
Patent GB-189906186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Shields for the Corners of Stairs and the like.
Inventor: SPETTIGUE ELIZA HARRIETT
Filed: 1899-03-22
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 6186. Spettigue, E. H. March 22. Dust shields for corners.-Shields for preventing the accumulation of dust in the corners of stairs, rooms, &c. are made by folding blanks or pieces of sheet metal, papier mÔchÚ, or the like of the shape shown in Fig. 1 along the dotted lines. The back triangles A, B are turned up at right-angles to the base C ; the front D is turned up to form a closed right-angled pyramid with the sides A, B ; and the edges or flaps A', D', D' are turned over to clip the angles of the pyramid. Keyhole slots F in the sides engage with nails or screws E driven into the wall linings. The front D may be fitted with a mirror or other ornamental device, and the edges of the pyramid may be secured by separate clips or otherwise.
Patent GB-189908645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Seasoning Timber and in Means and Appliances for Effecting the same.
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 8645. Spaight & Sons, F., and Ferguson, T. J. April 25. Wood, seasoning.-Relates to a shed for seasoning sawn timber which is fitted with air supply and heating arrangements. In Fig. 1, perforated air pipes 4 extend across the floor of the shed, one end being open and passing through the external wall 3. Above these air pipes are fixed two steam pipes 5 and 7, connected by a series of smaller pipes 9. The pipes 9 are slightly inclined, and the pipes 5 and 7 are fitted with drain cocks. The timber 11 is laid on tiers of joists 10, above the pipes. The air entering by the pipes 4 is heated by the steam pipes, and, passing through the timber, escapes at the roof of the shed. Instead of steam, hot air or hot water may be used.
Patent GB-189909016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols.
Inventor: FRASER ROBERT DONALD
Filed: 1899-04-29
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 9016. Fraser, R. D. April 29. Covers at the tips of the ribs are protected by a triangular piece of fabric A, which is cemented or otherwise fixed on the outside of the cover. Attached to the protector is a ferrule 2, on the inside of which an eyelet c is fixed by slipping it upon the tip of the rib B.
Patent GB-189913397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Locks.
Inventor: FAULKNER JONATHAN HURN
Filed: 1899-06-28
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 13,397. Faulkner, J. H. June 28. Door fastenings. -In the case of such fastenings as are described in Specifications No. 23,736, A.D. 1892, and No. 17,335, A.D. 1895, ready access to the mechanism is afforded by the provision of a removable panel c in the casing which is only retained in place by the hinged door e of the coin receptacle. The sinuous shoot within the casing is made of a skeleton character, to allow the easy removal of inserted obstructions.
Patent GB-189919621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Purifying Feed Water and the like and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: HARRIS ANTHONY
Filed: 1899-09-29
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 19,621. Harris, A. Sept. 29. Feedwater, purifying. - Relates to methods of, and means for, purifying water for feeding steam boilers and for other purposes, more especially water containing oily matter, such as water of condensation. Such water is preferably mixed, together with an ordinary preciptant, with water containing lime or other insoluble salts ; and to the water of condensation, or to the mixture of the waters, is added sulphate of alumina, alum, or other substances of like effect to render the oily matter capable of separation by settlement or filtration. The oily matter unites with the precipitants to form a flocculent mass which aggregates round the particles of the mineral precipitate ; and the entire sediment is removed by settlement or filtration, or both. The water may be preliminarily heated. Precipitation is promoted by delivering the mixed water and precipitants in tangential jets into a cylindrical vessel, or by stirring the mixture otherwise, the arrangements being preferably such that a series of vortices, one above the other, are produced. The vessel may be divided by horizontal diaphragms. if it is desired to separate the vortices. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the water is supplied at g, and the precipitant at h, to a vertical cylinder e, whence they are delivered by a number of pipes c with tangential nozzles, into the vessel a so as to produce superposed vortices. The water is withdrawn by the pipes d to the cylinder f, and passe I through a filter k to the feed-tank l. In a modified arrangement, the water in the vessel a is heated by steam delivered into it, and the heated water leaving the vessel is caused to impart its heat to the incoming cold water in a heat-interchanging apparatus, which may consist, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, of a series of concentric vertical cylinders, with overflow passages 10 and 11, and connecting- passages y in the base. The cold water passes inwardly and the hot water outwardly through alternate chambers.