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Patent GB-189809907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boxes, Cases, Trunks, and like Receptacles.
Inventor: COLE FREDERICK GIFFARD
Filed: 1898-04-29
Granted: 1898-06-25
Abstract: 9907. Cole, F. G., and Cole, W. P. April 29. Trunks and like receptacles of wood, metal, leather, or other material are formed in sections A, each of which is half - checked or rabbeted as shown at a, b, to enable the different sections to engage with one another. This arrangement permits of altering the size of the receptacle by removing some of the sections, or by adding more. The sections may be suitably fastened, or they may be hinged to one another. Shelves or partitions may be inserted between the sections, which then serve as trays.
Patent GB-189814723-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Moulding or Pressing "Bunches" for Cigars and the like Articles.
Inventor: WOOLF ASHER
Filed: 1898-07-04
Granted: 1898-09-03
Abstract: 14,723. Woolf, A. July 4. Cigars.-Apparatus for moulding or pressing cigar bunches &c. into the required shape. The mould consists of two parts A, B with suitably-shaped cavities a formed between them. The upper section B bears a bar D pivoted at d so that its slightly-upturned ends can be brought beneath the hooked ends e of a pair of sliding plates E. A shaft G passing through the lower section A has secured to it two cam-plates F, of which one has a handle H. By means of this handle the cam-surfaces can be turned in contact with the flanges f on the sliding plates E so as to force the latter downwards and firmly close the mould.
Patent GB-189817595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Presses.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1898-08-15
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 17,595. H a d d a n, R., [Merchant, S. L.]. Aug. 15. Platen presses.-Relates to jobbing presses in which the platen vibrates to and from a fixed bed. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, A being the frame having the bed at A', B the platen pivoted at a, and G the roller arms carrying the rollers band oscillated by a link G<1> and crank-pin on the wheel H of the crank shaft F. The platen is operated, so as to have a dwell at the time it is furthest from the bed, by means of draw-bars I connected to bell-crank levers J<1> pivoted at J. The arms d' of the levers J<1> are connected by a link K to levers L at the point e. The levers L are pivoted to the framing at L', and are connected at e<1> to a link M connected to the crank on the shaft F. The link M is slotted at the connection e', and a cam h is fixed on each side of the link K. The cam h operates to hold the pivot shaft e<1> at one end of the slot in the rod M until the platen is away from the bed, and the shaft e' can then move in the slot while the platen remains stationary.
Patent GB-189821328-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Guard for Circular Saws and other similar Machinery.
Inventor: GREENWOOD FREDERICK THOMAS
Filed: 1898-10-11
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 21,328. Greenwood, F. T. Oct. 11. Sawing.-A bar d is adjustably suspended above the saw by a stem l and bracket k on the bed. The guards e, e<x>, and f are suspended from this bar by links g, h, and work over a pin x at its centre ; they rise automatically when the work comes into contact with them, and drop again as it moves away.
Patent GB-189908736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chain Lubricating Apparatus for Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
Inventor: GARLAND HERBERT
Filed: 1899-04-26
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 8736. Garland, H., Reddin, H., and Woolliscroft, G. April 26. Motor road ve - hicles.-Relates to brushing-apparatus for lubricating the driving - chains of motor vehicles &c. I the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a case a containing solid lubricant is fixed to the frame B by a clip b, constructed as shown, and carries below it an adjustable rotary brush e bearing on the chain A. The upper part of the brush rubs on the lower end of the lubricant. A spring d<2>, carrying a pin, serves to hold the lubricant up, when desired. The brush may be mounted on a spring arm instead of in a slotted bracket as shown, and a second brush, rotary or otherwise, may be arranged to act on the under side of the upper run of the chain to remove dust &c. When liquid lubricant is used, the casing a is closed at the bottom by porous material, or an additional case containing oil may be fixed to the casing of solid lubricant, the oil being allowed to drop on the brush. The brush e may be arranged under the chain, in which case the solid lubricant is forced upwards by a spring.
Patent GB-189908754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: FROHNHAEUSER CARL
Filed: 1899-04-26
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 8754. Frohnhaeuser, C., [Hagen, R.]. April 26. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to vehicles in which motion is transmitted from the motor to the driving-axles through the medium of lever linkage and clutch mechanism. The slotted lever A, Fig. 1, is connected with the lever B, which is reciprocated by the eccentric D and sliding block C. The speed is varied by varying the position of the sliding block. The block is made adjustable to correct for wear. Compression springs H<1>, H<2> are introduced in the connecting-rods in order to overcome the dead points. The solid part of the rod may be within the tubular part, and the spring may surround the ends as shown in Fig. 3. The driving-thrust is altered in direction by the arms y, z pivoted to the axis K. If an explosion engine is employed, the countershaft has half the speed of the crank shaft, and controls the exhaust valve and the electric ignition, and a closed gear case, serving as an oil bath, surrounds the rotating shafts. The engine cylinders, also, are made independent of their tube-like water jackets to facilitate renewal.
Patent GB-189911393-A (GB)
Title: Improved Corset Shields.
Inventor: MATTHEW PATRICK MILLAR
Filed: 1899-06-01
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 11,393. Matthew, P. M. June 1. Compound fabrics.-Shields or supports, to be applied to the inner surface of corsets at the parts where the steels or bones are liable to fracture, are made from a mixture of india-rubber and fibrous material, such as cotton or jute, to which are added vulcanizing-ingredients, preferably litharge and sulphur. The mixture is formed into sheets by calendering, and the sheets are vulcanized, but before vulcanization they are preferably coated on both sides with a cotton or other fabric attached to it by means of. an adhesive rubber solution capable of vulcanization.
Patent GB-189914618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Stamping Biscuits.
Inventor: PECHER CARL
Filed: 1899-07-15
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 14,618. Pecher, C. July 15. Moulding biscuit s. -Biscuits are impressed with advertisements, names, texts, &c. by means of exchangeable type b held by clamps d and screws in dovetail grooves x in the stamping- tool or cutting- mould.
Patent GB-189915987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hydrocarbon Engines.
Inventor: WEGELIN HUGO
Filed: 1899-08-04
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 15,987. Wegelin, H. Aug. 4. Gas and like engines.-The exhaust-valve cam E can slide by a hand-lever on the shaft B, and has a swell G, with an incline H diametrically opposite it, which is slid into the path of the bowl F on the exhaust-valve lever to open the valve more or less during the compression stroke, when starting, or at any other time when it is desired to control the power of the engine.
Patent GB-189919351-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Advertising Medium.
Inventor: HIRD BENJAMIN WHITWORTH
Filed: 1899-09-26
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 19,351. Hird, B. W. Sept. 26. Cooking and like indicators. - C o n - sists of a card or tablet a, adapted for suspension, having a clock dial and pivoted hands as shown to indicate, in domestic use, say, the times of insertion and withdrawal of a a joint, there being spaces a<2> for instructions relating to the cooking &c., and provision for a slate c and a pencil held in a pocket c<1>.
Patent GB-189922141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Lifts for Buildings, Warehouses or the like.
Inventor: TOYE FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-11-06
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 22,141. Toye, F. Nov. 6. Lifts. - At each floor level the well is fitted with a fireproof flap D, which is raised during the time the lift is working and is closed at other times. The flaps are operated simultaneously by a rod A with projections B engaging with slotted links C, each of which is pivoted a t one end at d, and at the'other end adapted to slide in a guide E on the back of the flap.
Patent GB-189923894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Positioning and Feeding Stock to and on the Rotating Cylinder of a Printing Press and also Means for Throwing said Rotating Cylinder out of Position when the Proper Feeding of the Stock is Interrupted.
Inventor: HARRIS CHARLES GRANT
Filed: 1899-11-30
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 23,894. Harris, C. G., and McNutt, J. F. Nov. 30. Feeding sheets; rotary machines.-Relates to means for feeding sheets or cards &c. and to means for throwing out the impression cylinder when no sheet is fed as described in Specifications Nos. 4177 and 4176, A.D. 1897. Fig. 1 shows in perspective part of a printing-machine, of which a is the impression cylinder having stops a<2> to which the sheets &c. are fed by rotating discs or rollers on shafts 1, B. The shaft 1 carrying the upper feed-discs 2, 3 is stationary, and the part b of the shaft B carrying the lower discs 4, 5 is journalled in sliding bars 6 movable in guides 7 of a frame 8 supported by a cross-bar 9 of the frame A. The shaft B is in sections connected by universal joints b<1>, b<2>, which permit of up and down movement of the part b. At their lower ends the bars 6 are pivoted to the ends of arms 10, 11 loose on a shaft 12. Adjacent to the arms 10, 11 are arms 17, 18, fixed on the shaft 12, which engage between lateral lugs on the arms 10, 11, a spring being interposed between the upper lug of the arm 10 or 11 and the arm 17, or 18, and an adjusting-screw provided in the lower lug. As the shaft 12 is rocked by the arm 25 and cam 23, on the shaft 26 of the cylinder a, it lifts the discs 4; 5 into contact with the discs 2, 3, nipping the sheet &c. through the pressure of the springs, so that the discs may yield to inequalities in thickness of the material being fed. When no sheet is fed to the discs, the cylinder a is lowered by its eccentric bearings rocked by the arms 29, connected by rods 30 to arms 31 of a shaft 32. On the rock shaft 12 is a loose arm 37 having a notch or detent normally engaging a nose or detent 35 on a collar 36 of the shaft 32. The arm 37 has a projection engaging between lugs on a fixed arm 39, the lugs being so far apart that they do not operate the arm 37 in the normal operations of the machine. Also engaging between the lugs of the arm 39 is a lateral projection of a lever 44, having a slot and pin connection 43 with a lever 41 one end of which acts as a feeler against a grooved roller 49 on the shaft 1 between the discs 2, 3. When a sheet &c. is fed, the lever 41 moves the lever 44, so that its lateral projection is withdrawn from between the lugs on the arm 39, but when no sheet is fed the projection remains between the lugs and the arm 37 releases the shaft 32 which is then turned by the spring 33 to lower the cylinder a.
Patent GB-190000114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Compound Steam Engines.
Inventor: MCCONVILLE EMMETT
Filed: 1900-01-02
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 114. McConville, E. Jan. 2. Compound engines; valves and valve gear.-Relates to a two-cylinder compound engine in each cylinder of which work three pistons. Fig. 1 shows the engine in plan, and Fig. 3 shows a vertical section through one of the cylinders and also shows the valve gear. The high-pressure cylinder B and the low-pressure cylinder B<1> are placed side by side. The middle piston g<1> in each cylinder works directly on a central crank D, the piston-rod passing through a stuffing-box in the front piston and being guided by the crosshead E' and rods e<1>. The two outer pistons G<1>, H<1> work on side cranks d, the front one through direct connecting-rods h<1>, and the rear one through return connecting-rods I<1>. Steam is distributed in each cylinder by a tubular slide valve 15 operated by linkage reversing-gear from the middle connecting-rod. In this gear the floating lever 0 is fulcrumed on blocks sliding in a forked guide P' pivoted in brackets or yokes C<1> and capable of angular adjustment for reversing by the hand-lever U.
Patent GB-190000994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in and in connection with the Coating of Photographic Films and Plates with Sensitive Emulsions.
Inventor: HEARSON CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1900-01-16
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 994. Hearson, C. E. Jan. 16. Sensitized plates and films.-Fig. 1 shows an elevation of part of the apparatus for coating photographic films with sensitizing emulsion. Fig. 6 shows a vertical section of the emulsion vessel f and film v, &c. The emulsion in the reservoir k is heated by hot water in a tank k<1>, the water being heated by a gas jet. From the reservoir k the emulsion passes through the tubes l, l<1> to the vertical tube l<4> provided with a valve l<6> operated by a rod l<7>. After passing the valve, the emulsion drops into the vessel f. The flow of the liquid is maintained by revolving rollers l<9>, which squeeze the rubber tube l<1> against a curved block l<3>. When the valve is closed, the liquid passes up the tube l<4>, and back to the reservoir through the tube l<5>. There may be several of these tubes l<4>, the valves of which may all be worked from a single rock shaft. From the vessel f, Fig. 6, the emulsion passes through slots to the film or strip v, upon which the vessel rests, pressing it against a box e containing hot water. The vessel is kept in place by a stirrup f<3> and hooked arm f<5>. The strip v is pulled from the reel b, beneath a glass rod c, between a bar d and velvet-lined cover d' to remove dust, and then receives the emulsion. The under surface of the strip is then wetted by a pad in the box g, and is drawn over a metal plate h, against which it keeps to prevent buckling or curling. The plate h is cooled, to make the emulsion set, by water circulating in pipes h<1> beneath it. The moisture is next removed by an endless band i of lamp wick which is moved by rollers i<4>, i<5>. The strip then passes on to a winder or frame, on which it dries, and in which it is wound upon a reel. The winder consists of pairs of vertically-arranged rollers, of which the upper rollers are upon spindles carrying sprocket-wheels connected together by gearing chains deriving motion from the chain p. This chain is geared to the spindle of a motor. The same spindle carries a pulley for the belt m<2> driving the emulsion-feeding apparatus, and in this way there is always a definite ratio between the speed of the strip and the supply of emulsion. The film passes several times up and down between the first pair of rollers before passing to the next pair, the spacing being effected by glass rods. Other glass rods or spring arms keep the strip taut. Breakage is prevented by fixing the rollers to their spindles by friction. The Provisional Specification states that the strip may be wound spirally upon a roller. In coating plates, the winder is replaced by a plate feeding device such as that described in Specification No. 8643, A.D. 1884.
Patent GB-190002612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Light Railway Signal Apparatus for Use in Foggy Weather.
Filed: 1900-02-09
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 2612. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Actiengesellschaft]. Feb. 9. Lamp signals; indicators and repeaters, signal.- One or more subsidiary lamp signals A<1>, A<2>, &c., for use in foggy weather, are arranged between the ordinary station or home semaphore A and the distant signal, and are adapted to'repeat the position of the signal A, so that the driver is made aware of the position of the signal before reaching it. A similar arrangement may also be provided for the distant signal. The lamps A' are preferably mounted at the level of the driver's sight, or they may be placed at a lower level and be provided with inclined reflectors, which direct the light upwardly. The lamps may be controlled electrically from the signal A, as shown in Fig. 3. Each lamp contains one or more pairs of red and green lamps r, g, the lamps r or g being switched into the circuit of the battery X by the contact-maker k on the signal arm engaging the contact r<1> or g<1>, according to the position of the signal. Flashing signals may be produced by means of an interrupter y, worked by a small electric motor. For mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic control, the lamps may be provided with coloured spectacles or bull's-eyes, adapted to be operated through suitable connections from the ordinary signal.
Patent GB-190003436-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Producing Painted Patterns on Walls and other Large Surfaces.
Inventor: RUSZNAK HENRIK
Filed: 1900-02-21
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 3436. RusznÓk, H. Feb. 21. Painting.-Designs are printed in vertical stripes on walls or other large surfaces from pattern rollers a<1>, a<2> carried in yokes b<1> attached to pairs of rods c', which slide in sleeves f<1> on shafts supported horizontally in a stand d', and are connected by links and sockets i. The rollers have raised porous printing - surfaces, formed by sewing or attaching adhesively or otherwise suitablyshaped pieces of cloth, felt, or the like to a rubber, paper, or other backing, or by applying felt to a suitably - embossed roll. The yokes contain brushes h on which colour is placed, to supply the rollers. The sleeves f<1> are provided with screws to clamp the rods. A single roller only may be provided, to print one colour instead of two simultaneously as with the arrangement illustrated.
Patent GB-190004575-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means and Method of Controlling Boiler Feed Apparatus.
Inventor: SIMPSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-03-10
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 4575. Simpson, W., Godlee, F., and Simpson, D. H. March 10. Feedwater, controlling.-A direct-acting steam pump A is employed as a feed-pump having the steam piston larger than the water piston, and arranged to be supplied with steam by the pipe B from a point in the main steam pipe C between the stop valve D and the main engine valve-chest. The supply of feedwater is thus, it is stated, automatically regulated. A branch pipe E allows steam to be supplied to the feed-pump when the main engine is standing, a three-way valve being provided as shown. The invention is specially applicable in connection with flash boilers for motor carriages.
Patent GB-190011595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Organs.
Inventor: BILHORN PETER PHILIP
Filed: 1900-06-26
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 11,595. Bilhorn, P. P. June 26. American organs.-Relates to a portable folding instrument. Fig. 1 shows it when fully opened, and Fig. 3 partially closed. The upper part comprised between the cheeks A<5> and A<6> carries the reeds, keyboard, and bellows, and the cover A<8> serves as a music rest. A quadrantal guide a on each end of the cheeks has an undercut groove, in which slides the head of a pin which is pressed by a spring against one side of the groove, in such a way as to enter recesses at its ends when the case is fully open or fully closed, securing it in these positions. The catch can be released by a fingerpiece c'. On releasing the catch when the case is closed, spring pins D partly open it, this movement being aided by the pressure of the bottom boards of the bellows against the back of the case, the bottom boards being urged outwards by their springs. The case can be fully opened by a handle F, which is drawn out through a slit in the cover A<8>. Handles G are provided to enable the instrument to be carried. Leaf springs are used for the bellows.
Patent GB-190022166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam or other Fluid Pressure Valves.
Inventor: GRAHAM JOHN
Filed: 1900-12-06
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 22,166. G r a h a m , J., Graham, D. A., and Graham, A. Dec. 6. Reducing-valves; safety-valves. -A reducing-valve for steam or other fluid is shown in Fig. 1. The partition B separates the high-pressure side A' from the low-pressure side A<2>, and is fitted with a main valve D actuated by a loosely-fitting piston. A flexible diaphragm G<1> is loaded with a spring H, a weight, or other suitable device, and its under surface is exposed to the low-pressure steam by means of a passage a<1>. Any over reduction of pressure causes the diaphragm to descend and open the regulating-valve F, which allows high-pressure steam to flow from the passage a on to the piston, and so open the main valve. Both valves may be made of the double beat type, and a modification in which the diaphragm is connected to the high-pressure side of the main valve is adapted for an escape valve, when the pressure is too high. In a modified reducing-valve the regulating-valve F, Fig. 3, is arranged in a separate casing W, and controls the passage of steam from the high-pressure passage a through the passage b into the piston chamber B. The Provisional Specification describes a device, for preventing chattering of the main valve, consisting of a raised ring fitted to the seat.
Patent GB-190103973-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Surgical Truss.
Inventor: ASPINALL ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-02-25
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 3973. Aspinall, A. Feb. 25. Trusses.-The Figure shows a double truss. The pad B is connected to the belt A by four straps C, passing through ring E and secured by buckles D. Leg straps a are also secured by buckles to pad and to the back of the belt. In a modified form, one of the leg straps is dispensed with, and the pad is made narrower, and connected directly to the belt by straps and buckles.
Patent GB-190105182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lathe Beds.
Inventor: DARLING ALBERT
Filed: 1901-03-12
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 5182. Darling, A., and Sellers, A. March 12. Lathes.-A lathe bed has a rib A to guide the saddle C along the bed, the usual guiding-surface at B being omitted and the saddle kept down by a strip D. A bearing-surface E along the front of the bed supports the overhanging portion of the saddle when machining work of large diameter.
Patent GB-190106810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joint Connections
Inventor: ANDERSSON OLOF PETER
Filed: 1901-04-01
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 6810. Andersson, O., P. April 1. Rail joints.-The webs are thickened to the width of the head near the joint at 3, where a V-shaped tongue 6 on one rail fits into a corresponding gap in the other rail end. The part 11 of the tongue is also wedge-shaped in vertical section, to fit into a correspondingly-formed bridge 12 across the end of the gap in the other rail. The extreme ends of both the heads are rounded or bevelled at 13, 14. Fishplates are not used.