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Patent GB-189909761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Coating Sweets or Confectionery.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1899-05-09
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 9761. Boult, A. J., [Lehmann, L. B.]. May 9. Confectionery or sweetmeats.-Machine for coating sweetmeats with chocolate or the like fitted so that the charging and discharging take place on the same side. Fig. 2 shows a plan, and Fig. 3 a side view. The sweetmeats ware placed on to a sliding table 1, and are then pushed by a sliding rod 2 on to the grating 3, on which they are held by wire guards carried by a bar 6 connected to bent arms 9. These arms are operated to raise and lower the guards by a cam carried on the shaft 11. The vessel 4 containing the chocolate is placed on a plate 4<a> supported on a vertically-movable rod 12 which is operated by the gearing 13, bent lever 39, and cam 40. The vessel 4 is raised and lowered, and the excess of chocolate is shaken off the articles, by means of hammers 19 which are operated by levers 17 carried on a shaft intermittently rotated by a ratchet-wheel 18 acting through a lever 17". This is thrown in and out of gear by a vertically-movable rod 15 controlled by the cam 16 on the shaft 11. The coated sweetmeats are next pushed off the tray 3 on to a sliding carrier 20 by means of a slide 27. The carrier 20 is supported by rods 22 and 22<a> from a sliding bar 21, which is operated by the cam 26 through gearing 54, 23, &c. The sweetmeats are pushed off the carrier 20 on to the collecting-tray 33 by a slide 28. The tray is moved forward to receive a fresh row of sweets by the handle 36. When the tray is fully charged, it engages a lever 69, and through the levers 62, 63, 64 stops the machine.
Patent GB-189909941-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Preparing Dough Directly from Grain.
Inventor: SCHILLER OTTO
Filed: 1899-05-11
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 9941. Schiller, O. May 11. Centrifugal flour-dressing machines for use in preparing dough direct from grain. The grain is reduced to coarse flour, and the loose flour separated by a brushing-mechanism. The husks with their adherent parts are steeped in water, and then treated in a centrifugal apparatus of special construction. A perforated drum d is fixed at one end to a driving-shaft a, and at the other is supported by bearing-rollers r. The husks &c. are fed from the hopper t through the hollow driving-shaft by a conveyer to distributing-discs m fitted on the shaft. The material is fed through the drum by inclined plates i carried on rails p. The rails are connected by arms l with a rocking shaft x operated by a connecting-rod and eccentric. As the shaft rocks, the plates i sweep over the inner surface of the drum, pushing the husks &c. towards the discharge z, the flour passing through the perforations and being discharged at o.
Patent GB-189911105-A (GB)
Title: Relay Apparatus for Closing a Subsidiary Circuit of an Electrical Installation, when a Current in the Main Circuit has a Certain Strength or Voltage.
Filed: 1899-05-27
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 11,105. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Aktiengesellschaft]. May 27. Current meters; testing.-An apparatus for intermittently closing one or more circuits when the current or pressure in another circuit reaches or exceeds a defined amount, is arranged as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1. The circuit D to be closed contains a spring k above a fixed contact, and also includes a battery and any desired optical or audible signalling-device. The controlling current or pressure acts on any suitable measuring-instrument A, provided with a pointer B, which stands over the spring k when the defined amount is reached. A stop may be provided on the spring to prevent further movement of the pointer. A finger H, vibrating above the spring, depresses it by means of the pointer, when this stands over the spring, and thus closes the circuit D. The finger H may be extended, to operate several contact-springs, and may be vibrated mechanically or electrically. As shown, it is carried by the polarized armature of an electromagnet E, placed in circuit with a battery, a contact-spring, and a toothed wheel G, rotated by clockwork.
Patent GB-189913270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchange Systems.
Inventor: SINCLAIR DANIEL
Filed: 1899-06-27
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 13,270. Sinclair, D., and Aitken, W. June 27. Telephone systems. - Relates to improvements in telephone systems such as described in Specification No. 14,064, A.D. 1896. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the apparatus at the exchange with two sub-stations C, D and their jacks at two sections of the multiple boards. The plugs m, m<7> are of the three-point branching type, and are connected together through a transformer n, by condensers, and two doublewound bridging retardation coils, or by one doublewound bridging retardation coil, in which case only one clearing - out lamp is employed. A call is effected by taking the telephone off the hook f, when the lamp lights up, at the same time lighting-up the pilot lamp j or ringing the night bell g. The clearing-out signals j<3>, j<4> are provided with shunts so as not to light up when the plugs are inserted and the telephones are off the hooks. The ringing-up key is provided with a generator r and interrupter r' arranged in circuit with the double-wound locking-magnet q<2>, so that the called subscriber may stop the call by taking down his telephone.
Patent GB-189918483-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic Tyre for Bicycle and other Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: SANDERSON DAVID
Filed: 1899-09-13
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 18,483. Sanderson, D. Sept. 13. Tyres, pneumatic.-The canvas lining of the outer cover is formed by placing a strip of fabric on a revolving drum, and wrapping round it two rings or skeins, of about fifty threads each, of hemp, flax, or the like. The strip is then soaked and coated with varnish, rubber solution, or other damp-proof material, and the edges are turned back and cemented so that the rings or skeins lie in the pockets thus formed. The canvas lining is finally cemented to the rubber cover, and the rings or skeins employed to attach the tyre to the rim.
Patent GB-190005118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Horse and like Muzzles, applicable also as Nosebags, Buckets, and for other purposes.
Inventor: PETERS WALTER CLAY
Filed: 1900-03-17
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 5118. Peters, W. C. March 17. Muzzles for animals ; nosebags; clothing for animals.-Relates to a horse muzzle which may be used as an inhaler or respirator, a nosebag or a bucket,&c. The muzzle consists of an outer leather &c. case a, perforated at a', and an inner rigid receptacle b of zinc &c. perforated at b<1>, flanged at h, and provided with a chain f. The air respired by the horse passes through the openings a', b<1>, and becomes warmed by contact with the receptacle b. The air may be impregnated w i t h a medicament by saturating a band g with the latter, the band being attached by loops g'. Food or a hot substance for steaming the animal may be placed in the receptacle b. The receptacle may be taken out and used as a bucket, the chain f serving as handle. The muzzle is connected by straps s to buckles s<3> for buckling to the ends s<1> of the headstraps shown in Fig. 4. These straps comprise the buckled strap s<4> passing over the head, the strap s<5> passing in front of the head, and the inner strap s<6> terminating at s<1>. The muzzle may be combined with the hood of the horse clothing by slipping the mouth of the hood over the case a and attaching it by a strap passing through loops which are formed on the case a and project through slits in the hood.
Patent GB-190009479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engine Pistons
Inventor: NICHOLSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1901-05-23
Abstract: 9479. Nicholson, A. May 24. Locking nuts.- Relates to pistons, and comprises means for locking a screwed cap. The cap F may be prevented from unscrewing by a steel washer b, bent up at a saw - cut directly along one face of the hexagonal head.
Patent GB-190012064-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Securing and Regulating the Tension of Lines of Cord or Rope Employed for Hanging Clothes and other Articles or Substances thereon and Apparatus connected therewith.
Inventor: ASPINALL JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-07-04
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 12,064. Aspinall, J. July 4. Cleats or holders.-A holder for clothes lines and other ropes and cords is shown in Fig. 1. A staple A is driven into a wall or other support, and engages with the enlarged end of an arm C, which projects from a box or holder D. The holder contains a guide-pulley E over which passes the cord G, and the cord is secured between a gripping-surface inside the holder and one end of a pivoted lever H, which is provided with a handle N.
Patent GB-190013298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to the Cooking of Hams, or the like.
Inventor: JACKSON HARRISON
Filed: 1900-07-24
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 13,298. Jackson, H. July 24. Cooking-apparatus for hams and the like.-Hams or the like are boiled, (or steamed as the case may be), in separate vessels which isolate them from one another and from the heating-water. The vessel shown in Fig. 1 is made in two parts A, B, provided with flanges C and screws D, and an escape pipe E lightly plugged with tow or fitted with a valve or tap. The vessel shown in Fig. 2 has a long bottom part A and a short lid B, fitting fairly tightly and allowing escape of air &c., and a flange C which rests on the top of a boiler having holes for several vessels. The exposed tops of the vessels are covered with felt &c. during boiling.
Patent GB-190015008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Knitting Machines.
Inventor: STRETTON STEPHEN
Filed: 1900-08-22
Granted: 1901-08-22
Abstract: 15,008. Stretton, S., and Stretton, S., [trading as Stretton & Sons, S. D.], and Johnson, J. Aug. 22. Circuclar knitting-machines. -Relates to means for changing the pattern of the rib. Two fixed needlecylinders 2, 6, in line, are used. Double-ended needles 19, arranged in suitable sequence in the two cylinders, are transferred from one cylinder to the other, in order to change the pattern of rib, by means of separate jacks having two bits 21, 22, acted on by two cams, shoulders 25, and hooks 23. As a needle is moved, in the process of transference it displaces the opposite jack against the action of spring clasp rings 61, and automatically engages the hook 23. The pointed end of the previously-operating jack then engages with a cam 62, and disengages the needle. When the pattern is to be changed, a lug 27 on a pattern chain acts through a lever 30, and allows a constantly-reciprocated pawl to engage the ratchet-wheel 37. Projections on the wheel cause spring pins 52 to come into range of the star-wheels 58. When the star-wheel is rotated, it moves a cam into or out of action ; when in action, the cam moves the jacks to cause transference. The points of the jacks act as latch guards, until the needles have risen a certain amount, when the curved plate 65, Fig. 11, keeps the latches open until they engage a toothed wheel 67, having pillars 69. These pillars hold open the latches till the needles take the yarn from the guide 69<x>. The jacks may be bent from wire, as shown in Fig. 18. The upper cylinder and cams are supported by the bridgepiece 4 carried on the lower cam ring, and the upper cam-carrier is driven by the lever 15 pivoted at 16 and engaging a stop 18 ; when ordinary non-transferable needles, Fig. 15, are used in certain tricks of the upper cylinder, latch guards or openers, Fig. 16, fixed or operated by a cam, hold the latches open.
Patent GB-190015406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps and Mechanism applicable for Feeding Boilers.
Inventor: SHACKLETON EBENEZER
Filed: 1900-08-29
Granted: 1901-08-29
Abstract: 15,406. Shackleton, E., and Flather, F. Aug. 29. Feedwater, supplying. - Relates to mechanism applicable for feeding boilers or forcing liquids by steam into steam or other containers. The apparatus shown in Fig. 1 comprises the bucket A, which is directly connected by the rod D to the valve E, Fig. 3, controlling the live steam inlet F and the exhaust I. The siphon pipe C dips to the bottom of the bucket, or it may be dispensed with and the discharge pipe b, as shown in Fig. 5, substituted. The spindle D is extended upwards and attached to the fall-over motion, comprising the lever G and the rolling weight H. Live steam is admitted by the inlet F when the bucket is at its lowest position, and passes by the annular port f<1> around the valve E to the passage F<1>, which is horse-shoe-shaped, surrounding the valve, and to the vessel H. When live steam is cut off, the exhaust I is opened. After filling with water, the bucket sinks, steam is admitted, and the water is passed to the boiler. Specification No. 9116, A.D. 1901, is referred to.
Patent GB-190104769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Well Boring Tools.
Inventor: WACHE ALPHONS
Filed: 1901-03-06
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 4769. Wache, A. March 6. Deep - boring.-The cutting-bits t are mounted in inclined guides t<1> in the crown, so as to move upwardly and outwardly when pressure comes on them in order to cut to the outside diameter of the lining through which they have been lowered. The crown is driven from an electromotor l, and is pressed down by the spring q, which gives in case of undue obstruction. The apparatus is fixed and suspended in the bore-hole by the arms i, which are expanded to bear upon the. lining by means of the linkage shown, and operated by a pull on the rod e. The boring-head may be angularly adjusted on the suspending- apparatus, to correct any deviation from the vertical, by means of inclined surfaces between the two parts.
Patent GB-190108096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter or Invoice Paper.
Inventor: EVANS DAVID LEWIS
Filed: 1901-04-19
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 8096. Evans, D. L. April 19. Envelopes; letter-sheets; wrappers, p o s t a l. Relates to a combined envelope and letter - sheet, circular, memorandum, or invoice, and also to a wrapper, constructed to facilitate opening and reclosing. The sheet a is provided with a closing- flap a<1> having two gummed portions d, e and two lines of perforations b, c. The sheet is folded on the lines j, k, and is first closed by the gummed strip e ; after it has been opened by tearing along the line c, it is closed by the gummed strip d. The form of sheet and closing-flap may be slightly varied, and in some cases a single row of perforations or a single gummed strip may be employed. A rectangular wrapper may be provided with two gummed strips separated by a row of perforations.
Patent GB-190115673-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Producing Paper for the Photographic Copying of Line Drawings and the like.
Inventor: HAUCKE HERMANN
Filed: 1901-08-02
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 15,673. Haucke, H. Aug. 2. Copying drawings.-Relates to improvements in the process of copying line drawings in black line by the action of light. The paper used to support the sensitive layer is first coated with an insoluble coating such as spirit varnish ; over this is applied a soluble layer such as starch, rubber, dextrin, or the like. The sensitive layer of gelatine and ferric salt is then applied. The insoluble layer fixes the black lines, and prevents the white paper background from being stained The soluble layer facilitates the removal of the soluble exposed ferrous oxides.
Patent GB-190116269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Typewriters
Inventor: MARTIN LOUIS EMILE MARIE EMMAN
Filed: 1901-08-13
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 16,269. Martin, L. E. M. E. Aug. 13. Type-writers.-Relates to means for adapting type-writers for writing music. The invention is described as applied to the " Dactyte" machine, but is capable of general application. The platen a is mounted loosely on a shaft b<1>, which is continued for some distance towards the left. A toothed disc g on the platen can be engaged by a catch h pivoted to a block on the shaft b<1>, the platen being then locked to the shaft. This is the position in which the machine is arranged for writing music. The type-wheel of the machine bears musical signs instead of the usual characters, and corresponding signs are marked on the keys. To the sbaft b<1> is secured a frame o, Fig. 4, adapted to be engaged by the arms m, m<1> at the rear ends of key-levers l<1>. When one of the keys l<11> is depressed, the shaft b<1> and platen a are therefore rocked into a certain determinate position, which is that in which the crotchet or other sign is to be printed on the staff. The proper key on the main keyboard of the machine is then depressed, and the impression made. The bars x, y enable the left hand to actuate the shift-keys x<1>, y' of the main keyboard. The paper is held to the platen at one end by the catch h, and at the other end by a set-screw k. To rule the stave lines on the paper, the arm 1 is swung forwards, and the handlever 4 is depressed so as to bring a roller 2 in contact with the paper. The roller is formed withfive circular projections or discs, and is inked by an inker 3. The platen is traversed longitudinally, and the lines are ruled on it by the roller 2. The keyboard l<11> may be arranged in front of the main keyboard, the keys actuating vertical racks which mesh with a pinion on the shaft of the platen.
Patent GB-190124600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Self-propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: CRAWFORD MIDDLETON
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1903-03-03
Abstract: 24,600. Crawford, M. Dec. 3. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the construction of axles and driving-gear for swivelling steering-wheels. The stationary axle A, Fig. I, has at each end a vertical yoke or jaw B, B<3> with a socket in the upper member and pivot on the lower member for corresponding yoke or jawpieces C, which carry the wheel hubs D and the bearings for the running or driving axles F. Bearings for the driving-axle are also formed in the jaw-piece B. The running or driving axle is formed in four pieces, the two central pieces E being driven by the balance gear G, and the two outer pieces F being connected with the two former by universal joints H centered in the axes about which the jaw-pieces C turn. The universal joints are formed, as shown in Fig. 2, by forks H<1>, H<2> engaging with slots at right-angles to each other in a spherical piece H. The fixed axle and the driving-axles are each preferably tubular with solid ends.
Patent GB-190126110-A (GB)
Title: A New Dynamometric Torque Governor for Steam or other Engines.
Inventor: DAW HILDER
Filed: 1901-12-21
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 26,110. Daw, H., and Hilton, J. Dec. 21. Dynamometers ; testing shafts and wheels.-Relates primarily to a governor designed to utilize the known high degree of elasticity of steel or iron shafts for the purpose of regulating the inlet of steam or otherwise controlling speed or power. Any two suitable points A', A' are selected on the main driving-shaft A, and the torque of the shaft under load between these two points is magnified and transferred to a sliding collar P by suitable linkage gear. The movements of the sleeve P may he indicated on a dial or recorded on a strip of paper on a revolving drum. A modification for indicating the flexure of the arms of a wheel is also shown. The transference of movement to the sleeve P is effected by the use of a rigid sleeve or bar B which is secured to the shaft at one of the points A', and is free at the other end. At the free end there is fulcrumed at F a lever C, which engages with a pin on a collar E fixed on the shaft at the other selected point A<2>. The small movements of the lever C due to the torque of the shaft are magnified by the gearing J, N and are transmitted to the collar P by the rack O. The linkage and gearing may be duplicated so as to balance the centrifugal action. The movements of the collar P may be transmitted to a valve W by a lever S having a slotted arm S' so that the block to which the rod u is connected can be transferred from one end to the other when the engine is reversed. Various modifications are described ; in one of these a rigid rod or rods may be substituted for the sleeve B ; in another, where a hollow shaft is used, the rod may be inside the shaft.
Patent GB-190200464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters.
Inventor: KNIGHT EDWARD MARTIN
Filed: 1902-01-07
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 464. Knight, E. M., and Hawkridge, J. Jan. 7. Filters.-Relates to filters in which the filtering- medium is a fabric. The filter frame A is formed with a groove C into which the free edge of the filtering-medium W is forced, thus forming a filter joint instead of the usual water-tight joint, between the filtering-medium and the frame. The filtering-medium, which may be a woven fabric or a felt, is supported on a sheet B of woven wire or the like covered by a sheet of asbestos, the edges of the two being connected by binding f. A cover m of woven wire may be used, and the whole is held together by angle-pieces n and clips D. The position of the groove C may be altered, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 3. In the case of a rectangular frame, strengthening corner pieces are used, to which the sheet B is secured by screws. The application to circular frames is also described.
Patent GB-190203345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Engin and like Packing Rings
Inventor: BACH MARKUS MAX
Filed: 1902-02-10
Granted: 1903-01-22
Abstract: 3345. Boult, A. J., [Bach, M. M.]. Feb. 10. Stuffing - boxes. - Comprises a closed hollow metallic stuffing-box packing consisting of a split ring, ring section, or coil completely filled with powdered graphite, so as to yield and expand laterally when subjected to longitudinal pressure.
Patent GB-190203813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Devices for Looms such Devices being Operated upon the Emptying of the Shuttle.
Inventor: WEBER-HONEGGER WERNER
Filed: 1902-02-14
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 3813. Weber-Honegger, W. Feb. 14. Loom shuttle-changing mechanism; stop-motions. -A feeler a is pivoted upon a pin d, supported by a slide e, which is mounted in a guide g, and normally pressed by a spring f towards the shuttle. The feeler carries an arm h which bears against an adjustable screw q on an arm m secured to a shaft l. A spring k, encircling the pin d, tends to keep the lever h and feeler a in the positions shown in Fig. 1. The shaft l also carries a cam n which, when in the position shown in Fig. 3, holds a lever c out of the path of the weft-fork hammer b; a spring i holds the cam in this position. The lever c is connected to the shuttle-changing mechanism of an automatic loom, or to the stop-mechanism of an ordinary loom, as the case may be. The front end of the feeler a is serrated, and as long as there is sufficient tightly-wound yarn on the bobbin, the teeth engage with the yarn, and the feeler and slide e are pushed back at each beat-up, but when the yarn is nearly exhausted the feeler oscillates and causes the lever c to fall into the path of the hammer b.