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Patent GB-190007564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Memoranda or similar Blocks or Pads.
Inventor: BURIN HENRI EUGENE
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 7564. Burin, H. E., and Guirchemane, A. April 24. Memorandum a n d like books.-Relates to manifolding blocks, pads, or books of paper sheets for notes, memoranda, debits, or other entries. In the duplicating-block shown in Fig. 1, leaves divided into two parts b, c, by a line a of perforations, are secured at the outer end of the stub part c to a card or other base d, and a sheet f of carbon or chemical paper is attached to, or held by, a wire spring e resting on the line a. The parts b, c are numbered so that, when the sheet f and part b are turned upon the part c to make the copy, the numbers are side by side. The part b is torn off, and the part c turned backwards to expose the next sheet. The blocks may be slipped on a covering or board fitted with a spring, instead of using one spring for each block. The spring may serve as a guide in tearing the sheets, in place of perforations. The spring may be replaced by a rubber band, in which case the base d may be dispensed with and the band retained in notches or grooves at the ends of the perforations. A larger number of copies is obtained by extending the lengths of the sheets and carbon paper. An arrangement of folding for triplicating is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 6. The sheets are divided into three parts c, b, i by perforations, and the carbon &c. paper is extended beyond the wire e to form two portions f, k, which may be prepared on both sides, or specially prepared, pasted, or otherwise secured together in the proper direction for copying.
Patent GB-190009235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seed Sowing Apparatus.
Filed: 1900-05-18
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 9235. Bristow, C., and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. May 18. Seeds, sowing.-Relates to the construction of a drill for sowing seeds singly or in continuous rows. Fig. 4 shows the seed-distributing apparatus in section. a represents the seed hopper box, in which is fitted a drawer n containing a seed hopper divided by a partition into two compartments. Holes in the bottom of the hoppers register with holes in the bottom of the box a, and can be opened or closed by slides t<1> having corresponding holes v<1>. A seed-distributing roller d is mounted on a rotary spindle c, and is provided on its surface with a series of grooves or seed pockets in which the seeds are carried through an adjustable opening w<7> in one side of a hopper w which rides upon the roller d and prevents the seed from falling out. An ejector i, adjustably supported by a spring k, serves to remove the seeds from the grooves or seed pockets on the roller d.
Patent GB-190009546-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Constructing and Mounting Resilient Tyres for the Wheels of Bicycles and other Road-vehicles.
Inventor: MCNEIL WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 9546. McNeil, W. D. May 24. Suspension or tension wheels; felloes or rims; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; packing, elastic.- Relates to means for elastically suspending a rim within an outer metallic tyre ring, one form being shown in section in Fig. 8. The tyre ring B<x> with its rubber covering b<x> has a series of radial bolts A<x>, which extend inwardly through holes in the rim C. The screwed ends of the bolts receive nuts f<1> and washers g, between which and the rim are placed rubber buffers f. In modifications, the bolts may be replaced by chains, or there may be two series of bolts separated by an inner tyre ring. In the form shown in section in Fig. 2, the rim C is suspended from the tyre ring B by a canvaslined rubber cover A, of which the edges a lie between the rim and two metallic rings E. The rings are connected by the right and left handed screw coupling E', by which the tension of the cover can be regulated, and one of the rings is secured to the rim by bolts D<1> fitting in slots c. In modifications, the cover may be secured by plates which fit round the edges of the rim and are secured together by bolts. The ring B may be replaced by a thickening of the cover A, or by an inextensible rubber tube. Tyres, pneumatic.-The edges of the cover A may be secured between the rim and an inextensible air tube.
Patent GB-190011100-A (GB)
Title: A Packing Case of Stamped Sheet Metal the Panels of which may be Utilized for Roofing, Sheds and the like in Tropical Countries.
Inventor: DELACRE LEON JULES GUSTAVE
Filed: 1900-06-19
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 11,100. Delacre, L. J. G. June 19. Roofing-tiles; slabs. -A. packing case is formed of metal panels which have flat or curved edges a, for jointing or folding, and embossed ribs b, b<1>, c, c<1> for strengthening, and also to facilitate the use of the panels of disused cases for roofing and sheds &c. With this view the ribs c, c<1> are larger than the ribs b, b<1>, so as to overlap them in roofing &c. Several such panels may be integral with one another, being used entire or cut up. The ribs may be multiplied, or arranged differently.
Patent GB-190011523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Exhaust Ventilators.
Inventor: ARNOLDI JOHN RODGER
Filed: 1900-06-25
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 11,523. Arnoldi, J. R. June 25. Ventilating.-Relates to shaft tops for the exhaustion of air or other gases from the interior of vehicles. To the uptake C, the passage A is secured at right-angles, the passage containing the open-ended inner draught-tube E. The draughttube, which, with the passage A, may be flared or continuously of the same diameter, extends as shown from the one end of the passage, where it is fixed, to beyond the opening of the uptake. To prevent rain or moisture from entering by the uptake, a raised groove, ridge, ring, or other device H is placed transversely on the inside of the body A, while the draught-tube may be formed with a lip as shown. In a modification, the passage and draught-tube are mounted on a vertical spindle so as to rotate with the wind.
Patent GB-190012875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculators.
Inventor: SHANG CHOW LING
Filed: 1900-07-17
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 12,875. Chow Ling Shang. July 17. Calculating-apparatus.-The apparatus is for facilitating multiplication and division. A series of, nreferably endless, tapes C are passed through guides B, B on a board A. These tapes are each marked with the numbers 1 to 9, as shown surrounded by small circles, and then, after a blank space i, with successive columns representing the products of the numbers 1 to 9 by 0 to 9 respectivelv. In Fig. 1 the instrument is shown as set for the multiplication of 8497 bv any number from 1 to 9. Thus, taking the row of numbers opposite (8), we get 64, 32, 72, 56, and, adding the figures on the adjacent edges of the tapes, the required product 67,976 is obtained.
Patent GB-190015972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potato Diggers.
Inventor: TIEDEMANN PAUL
Filed: 1900-09-08
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 15,972. Tiedemann, P. Feb. 9, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 18831. Potato diggers.-Relates to a potato digger which separates the potatoes from the soil and leaves them in a row upon the ground. The potatoes are dug by a share 12, and carried by an endless travelling screen 8 to another screen 16, in which the bars are so far apart that the potatoes fall through, while the haulms and weeds are carried on and discharged against a series of curved bars 17, which prevent them from falling upon the potatoes on the ground. A roller 30 is mounted in front of the share 12, the depth of which can be adjusted by means of a hand-lever 13 and suitable connections. The travelling screens are driven from the main wheels 3 by an arrangement of spur or sprocket gearing.
Patent GB-190017939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MALICET PAUL LUCIEN
Filed: 1900-10-09
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 17,939. Malicet, P. L., and Blin, E. E. Oct. 9. Motor road vehicles.-The object is to provide the entire mechanism with a dust-proof casing which at the same time shall serve as the frame of the vehicle. In the example shown in Fig. 1, the frame casing consists of a shell a, strengthened by internal cross-stays b, and closed by a cover c, adapted to be slid on guides so as to afford ready access for inspecting and lubricating the parts.
Patent GB-190022250-A (GB)
Title: Improved Methods of Producing Printing Blocks, Plates or Transfers, for the Printing in Colour or in Colours, and Black, of Maps and Plans that have a Semblance of Relief.
Inventor: BRAMAH THOMAS CALLENDAR
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 22,250. Bramah, T. C. Dec. 7. Photo-mechanical printing.-Printed maps having the appearance of being in relief are produced as follows :-The map is modelled in relief, and, if necessary, a cast is made. The parts are suitably coloured and uamed. A photograph is then taken on a suitably-prepared printing-block. Blocks may be cut and fitted together along well-marked boundary lines, rivers, &c.
Patent GB-190107572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vessels or Cans for Holding or Preserving Foods
Inventor: LEWIN EMIL
Filed: 1901-04-12
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 7572. Lewin, E. April 12. Luncheon a n d picnic c a s e s.- Cans, vessels, or receptacles for holding, packing, and preserving different kinds of food, such as may be wanted fcr a full meal of different courses, are partitioned into as many compartments as are required. The receptacle shown in Fig. 1 is divided into two compartments by a transverse partition a', the top and bottom of the receptacle being fitted with caps, which are, preferablv, hermetically sealed. In modifications, the partitions are vertical and the receptacle is of oval or rectangular section. In this case, a separate lid is, preferably, used for each compartment. The receptacles may be of metal, earthenware, glass, or other material.
Patent GB-190111439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folding Beds.
Inventor: MCDONNELL HUGH
Filed: 1901-06-04
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 11,439. McDonnell, H. June 4. Bedsteads; mattresses.-Relates to folding bedsteads. Uprights 2, with carrying-handles 45 and a cover 1 having rods to receive bolsters and bedding and blinds or covers which are drawn down when the bed is folded, have lugs 15 to which are pivoted the frames 5 of the bottoms of the two beds. The bottoms have eyes which engage hooks 4 on the pillars 3, which are connected to the uprights 2 by lazy-tongs 7, 8, which are jointed to fixed and sliding rings 10, 11. Links 12, 13 are pivoted at each end and at 14, the pivot 14 being connected to the bottom frame 5. Hooks 27 on the bottom frame 5 engage the bars 13, and guide the eyes on to the hooks 4. Rails 30 hold the bedding in place. The pillars 3 are connected by hooks and eyes to the uprights when the bed is folded. By lifting up the outer side of the bottom, the end frames are automatically collapsed. The bottom frame is flanged at 22, and support springs 21 disposed under the spring-bottom frame 6 ; the springs surround pegs 20 secured to the flange 22 and passing through-slots 23 in the frame 6. The spring bottom is tightened by a right-and. left threaded bolt 19 and nut 18, as indicated in Fig. 7. In a modification, shown in Figs. 10 and 12, the pillars 32, 33 are connected by lazy-tongs, and the bottom rests on hooks on one pair of pillars and is connected to the other pair by blocks 42,41 and slot 38, 39 in the ends of the bottom frame. When in use, a latch 43 holds the block 41 in the slot 39. By disengaging the hooks, on one pair of pillars the pillars can be brought together and then turned parallel to the ends of the bottom, and be pushed into the position shown in Fig. 10. A latch 44 then holds the block 41 at the inner end of the slot 38.
Patent GB-190116710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches
Inventor: COX HARRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-08-20
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 16,710. Cox, H. W. Aug. 20. Switches adapted to give a quick make and break. Figs. 1 and 2 show a construction for a doublepole switch. The fixed contacts are formed in pairs a, band c, d separated by insulating-plates g. The contact-brushes x, x are carried on plates s pivoted in recesses in a rotary block n. The plates are grooved and fitted with rollers z running on the edges of the plates g which form cams and, together with springs u, produce the quick action. A ratchet arrangement is provided so that the switch can be turned in one direction only. Suitable carbon arcing-tips m, y are fitted on the contacts. The contacts a, b, c, d may be connected to the terminals j by conductors or fuses k, or they may be connected to terminals on the back of the base by suitably-insulated bolts. The contacts, or the number of arms s, may be varied to produce a single-pole or other arrangement of switch.
Patent GB-190116725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furniture Nail Machines
Inventor: BREUL RICHARD ALVIN
Filed: 1901-08-20
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 16,725. Breul, R. A. Aug. 20. Nails, making. Brassheaded furniture and upholstery nails are made by forming a headed shank a, Fig. 21, from hard wire, forming a cap or head b from a disc cut from stout brass wire, and forcing the two together to form the finished nail shown in Fig. 22. Fig. 5 shows an elevation of the shank-forming mechanism, and Fig. 4 a plan of the head forming and uniting mechanism. The shank wire 107, Fig. 6, is fed by the jaws 15, 16 on the feed-roll 13, 14, which are geared together. The jaw 16 can slide to a small extent against the springs 17. The roll 13 is carried by the main shaft 3. The wire passes through a hole in the die 20, Figs. 4 and 5, and is gripped and pointed by dies 28, 109, which are carried by levers 114, 29 pivoted at 30 and forced apart by a wedge 34. The blank is completely severed by the lateral movement of the die 20 actuated by the link 23. The blank a, Figs. 1 and 4. is headed by a die 27 on the lever 112. 25, pivoted at 113. The middle of the blank is held by spring jaws 42 on a sliding rod or transporter 39, actuated by a lever and a cam on the main shaft. The transporter carries the shank blank opposite the die 100 to be described. On its way the blank is pushed laterally through the jaws 42 by a projection 46 on a rod 47 fixed to the slide 49. The stout brass wire 108 for forming the head blanks is fed by pawl-and-ratchet mechanism in connection with the cam-actuated lever 59. The end of the wire protrudes beyond a die, and is cut off to form a disc by a forked cutter carried by the vertical slide 64 worked by the camactuated lever 67. The cutter carries the disc down to a stop, and the disc is then forced between the spring jaws 80, Fig. 14, of the carrier 78 by a plunger 70. A spring 83 keeps the disc in position. The carrier, reciprocated by the lever 59, carries the disc opposite the punch 97, which forces the disc into a die and gives it the form shown at b, Fig. 21. The head b is forced out of the die into other spring jaws 86 of the carrier by a plunger 88. The plungers 70, 88 are connected to the rod 72, and move together. The rod 72 is actuated by a tappet on the slide 49. The head b is now carried by the carrier 78 opposite the die 100, and in line with the shank a. The die 100 then advances towards the die 105, and unites the head and shank to form the finished nail. The dies 97, 100 slide in their holders against the action of plate springs 96, 102. The dies 97,100, 105 are actuated by eccentrics on the main shaft.
Patent GB-190117832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnaces used in or in connection with Steam Generators.
Inventor: WILD MATTHEW BROWN
Filed: 1901-09-06
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 17,832. Wild, M. B., Wild, B., and Wild, R. O. Sept. 6. Smoke-consuming ; air, supplying. -Figs. 1 and 2 show a Lancashire boiler in which heated air is supplied to the back of the closed ashpit, to the interior of the firebridge, and to the front of the furnace by tubes r on the deadplate. Steam jets m, m<1> are shown, but blowers of other kinds may be employed. Air is supplied by pipes g to boxes h, from which a pipe e leads it to each furnace in the manner shown. Air may be supplied to the front of the ashpit, instead of the back, by the pipe t, and is heated in pipes passing along the side flues. Firebars and grates.-The bars have concave upper surfaces. In the middle they are of Y- section, and at the ends of rectangular section. Their sides are bevelled for lengths of about six inches, alternately in opposite directions, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, to produce impinging streams of air through the fuel.
Patent GB-190118037-A (GB)
Inventor: HODGSON JAMES
Filed: 1901-09-10
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 18,037. Hodgson, J. Sept. 10. Supporting or mounting bearings in roller mills for grinding paints, ink, chocolate, chemicals, etc; The central roll B is mounted in stationary bearings; the front and back rolls A, C on arms M pivoted on the axes of the wheels E, K. The roll bearings are made with round shanks which fit in sockets in the ends of the arms, or in the case of the central roll, in the top of the fixed frame, and are secured by set-screws which engage in transverse grooves formed therein.
Patent GB-190123692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Couplings.
Inventor: LANCHESTER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-22
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 23,692. Lanchester, F. W. Nov. 22. Shaft couplings.-Relates to means for securing couplings on shafts. In the end of the shaft are cut tapering keyways b, which die out at the inner end of the coupling ; the bore of the coupling is formed with corresponding solid projections. The coupling is held on the shaft by a nut d, which is locked by screws e ; these are themselves locked by drifting the metal of the nut into the slots in their ends, or by drifting the head of the screw into notches in the nut.
Patent GB-190126488-A (GB)
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 26,488. Wise, W. L., [Fabrik von Maggi's Nahrungsmitteln]. Dec. 27. Bottles etc.; stoppers; sealing bottles &c.-Relates to airtight and damp-proof receptacles for containing small quantities of food-stuffs or comestibles, such as soups &c. The receptacle, Fig. 2, consists of a tube a, preferably of tin foil, closed at one end, and coated with a layer c of paraffin &c., the open end of the tube being closed by a cap b of tin foil &c., also having a paraffin coating c. When the receptacle is filled, the cap is heated so that the paraffin coating of the tube adheres to the cap and forms a hermetic seal. The tube a may be formed on a core, and coated by dipping it in melted paraffin before it is removed from the core. The receptacle may consist of several layers of tin foil, with intervening layers of paraffin. When the substance to be enclosed is of sufficient consistency, it may be employed as the core in forming the tube. In this case, the cap may be omitted, and the tube closed by folding the ends over before coating it. Fig. 4 shows such a receptacle, in which an inner tube a is folded over at the ends and coated, the second layer a of tin foil being shown in its unfolded and uncoated condition. Stearin, wax, hard fat, rapidly-drying oil, or collodion, &c. may be used instead of the paraffin, and tin-foil paper or parchment &c. instead of the tin foil.
Patent GB-190203008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weaving or Forming Selvage Edges on Straw or like Matting and in Means Employed therein.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1902-02-06
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 3008. Hollingworth, E. Feb. 6. Looms, forming and protecting selvages in; lays; mats.-Selvages on straw or like matting are formed by bending the reduced end of each filling- straw 40 over the main selvage thread 37, and under an auxiliary thread 38, without carrying the end to the upper surface of the matting, and finally binding it in position by the next pick from the opposite side of the fabric. The bending of the filling-straw is effected by means of a thread 39 passing through the eye of a needle 13 which is pivoted to a sliding rod 14, connected by means of collars 16, 17 to a sliding-rod 18, actuated by a lever 20 and cam 22. The main and auxiliary threads 37, 38, respectively, pass through slots 12<1>, 12<11>, in a plate 12 adjustably attached to a slotted plate 11, which is secured to the lay ; the thread 39 passes through the slot 11<1>, between the plates 12, 11. A combined vertical and oscillatory motion is given to the needle 13, so as to cause the thread 39 to traverse the curved slot, by means of the cam 22, and a cam 32 which rocks a lever 28 and a second lever 26 which carries a forked plate 25 engaging with the upper part of the needle.
Patent GB-190210918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hassocks and Footstools.
Inventor: KNIGHT JAMES
Filed: 1902-05-13
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 10,918. Knight, J. May 13. Footstools; hassocks.-On a frame 4 having ends 7 braced by brackets 5 is secured a piece of woven wire meshwork 6, on which is secured a piece of carpet 8. Curved springs 9 may support the woven wire at the centre. A number of springs 9 may be secured to a circular base to form a round support or hassock.
Patent GB-190222023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulators used for Electrically Dividing into Sections Trolley Wires as used on Electric Railways.
Inventor: BRECKNELL HENRY
Filed: 1902-10-10
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 22,023. Brecknell, H., Munro, E. M., and Rogers, H. I. Oct. 10. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Insulation; conductors.-Insulators for electrically dividing trolley wires into sections, are each formed of three insulated parts c, d, e so arranged as to give two air gaps a and, at the same time, maintain a continuous metallic path for the trolley wheel. The narrow central part d, shown in section at Fig. 4, is dovetailed into the insulators g, as shown at j, and the metal parts are also dovetailed into the insulators at i, the three parts being bolted together. The air gaps a are V- shaped in plan, the lips h being so shaped that the trolley wheel engages them, as shown in Fig. 4, until it has crossed the gap and again bears upon the rib b. Insulating-coverings f are provided for protecting the joints in the insulators g.
Patent GB-190222926-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combination of a Drinking Glass with a Thermometer.
Inventor: HEINRICH HERMANN GOTTFRIED
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 22,926. Heinrich, H. G. Oct. 21. Thermometers are attached to drinking-glasses by being fitted in a tube b closed by a stopper d as shown in Fig. 2. Various positions of the tube bare shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 6. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the space between the thermometer and the wall of the tube is filled with cement, preferably transparent. Openings e,f, g permit access of the liquid to the thermometer.
Patent GB-190228135-A (GB)
Title: An Improved "Fish-gag."
Filed: 1902-12-20
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 28,135. Allcock & Co., S., and Allcock, S. Dec. 20. Gags for holding the mouths of fish open while the hooks are extracted, have ends G', G, which are inserted in the mouth, the gag being locked in position by the plate D. The Provisional Specification describes also a form in which each arm is in two pieces hinged at the centre, for folding up, and they are shaped so that each half grips the other when opened out.
Patent GB-190307203-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bore-hole Plummet or Deviation Recorder.
Inventor: HILLMER THEODOR
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 7203. Hillmer, T. March 27. Deep-boring.-The deviation and direction of a bore-hole are determined by the indications recorded by a plummet d and magnetic needle e on an intermediate disc, when the spring-supported piston b is depressed to bring the parts in contact. The plummet is formed as a float in the case a filled with liquid, or it may be suspended. Needle points are attached to the plummet and magnet to mark the disc, which is normally supported clear of the points by a spring.