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Patent GB-189907130-A (GB)
Title: Improved Furnace Fittings for Steam and other Types of Boilers.
Inventor: SIMCOCK HENRY
Filed: 1899-04-05
Granted: 1900-04-05
Abstract: 7130. Simcock, H. April 5. Air supply, regulating.-Relates to apparatus regulating the supply of air above and below the firebars of a steam-boiler or other furnace, by the movement of opening and closing the furnace door, the supply being automatically cut off after a determined interval. Circular or sliding ventilators on each side of the door, or in the door itself, are connected to a sliding grid below the door, or to the operating-mechanism thereof, so as to be opened and closed together. On opening the door, the slide and ventilators are opened, and, on closing the door, automatic mechanism is-put into action which, at the expiration of a certain time, closes them both. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the circular ventilators X, X are operated by fingers on the sliding grid H, which is opened by a cam A<1> acting on a horn A<2>. The fire-door is connected by a slotted rod to a rocking quadrant D, which carries a lever E having at its ends hollow "balls" C, C<1> containing mercury. The ball C<1> normally overbalances the other one. The two balls are connected together by a straight pipe C' fitted with a cock, and by a bent pipe C<3>, the bend in the latter preventing the mercury from passing from one ball to the other when the lever is horizontal. The lever D is also attached by a pin-andslot connection to the slide H. On opening the fire-door, the slide H is opened as above stated, and the quadrant D is tilted to the left, depressing the ball C ; mercury then flows from the ball C' to the ball C. On closing the door the quadrant is brought to a vertical position, and the balls are restored to a level, but the slide and ventilators remain open until sufficient mercury has flowed back through the pipe C' to cause the ball C' to overbalance the ball C and tilt the quadrant to the right ; the slide and ventilators are thus closed by the pin-and-slot connection above mentioned. The time taken to effect this movement is regulated by adjusting the cock in the pipe C'. Sliding ventilators may be substituted for the circular ventilators shown. Fig. 3 shows a modified arrangement with a circular ventilator V weighted at W and fitted in the fire-door. This is connected by a chain N to the quadrant D, which operates as described in connection with Fig. 1. When the chain is slackened, the ventilator V closes by the action of the weight W, and this slackening is effected after the door has been closed, by the overbalancing of the ball C' by the gradual flow of mercury as above described.
Patent GB-189907963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Tube-making Machinery.
Inventor: PILKINGTON EDWARD
Filed: 1899-04-15
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 7963. Pilkington, E. April 15. Rolling; drawing.-A pair of skew rolls A, B, with flanges A', B<1> at opposite ends, may be used in the manufacture of tubes to roll and drive the billet over a piercing-mandrel, to reduce tubes by rolling, or to reel or release a drawn tube from the mandrel. The flanges may be separate from the rolls, the flanges being fixed to, and the rolls free on, the shafts C, D.
Patent GB-189909232-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Carrier Receiving Mechanism for Pneumatic Transit Tubes.
Inventor: BATCHELLER BIRNEY CLARK
Filed: 1899-05-02
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 9232. Batcheller, B. C. May 2. Pneumatic despatch apparatus.-Relates to the discharge of the carrier from the transmission tube at the end of the journey. The receiver D at the end C of the transmission tube, which is slotted within a box C' connecting it with the air pump, is mounted on trunnions B, and is tilted to discharge the carrier upon a counterweighted hinged slope R, which, after a detent S has been struck, sinks under the weight to lay the carrier down for removal through a side opening in the frame A. A shield D' at the open end of the receiver closes the transmission tube while the receiver is tilting, but a tube F from the shield to the closed end of the receiver allows the air to drive the carrier from the receiver. The air in the receiver escapes before the arriving carrier through a valve in a chamber H and exhaust pipe H<1>, the valve being normally closed by a spring overcoming the ordinary acting pressure, but yielding to the compression due to the impetus of the carrier. The relief valve may also be opened by a handle f, and may be made sensitive by combining it. as in Fig. 6, with a piston F<4> in a cylinder J, which protrudes into the chamber H, and is connected to the transmission tube by a pipe J<2> led through one of the trunnions. Thus the valve is normally under balanced pressure, however this may vary, and only a light spring I applies it, whereas the simpler arrangement requires a stronger spring to withstand the variations. When the valve is open it is locked by a spring detent K, which is disengaged when the receiver is tilted, a bell crank K<4> being linked to a crank pin at one of the trunnions. In a modification, the relief valve, after making a slight outward movement to detach a detent, is thrust inwards by a spring. The receiver is tilted by the movement of a piston in a vertical cylinder M, the piston-rod being connected to the receiver by a connecting-rod M<5>. The action is rendered automatic by the following arrangement :-The distributing-valve N of the cylinder is normally locked by a bolt subject to a piston in a small horizontal cylinder Q<3> the ends of which are connected to the transmission tube and the receiver by pipes L<2> and L', L respectively. The increased pressure due to the arriving carrier disengages the bolt, and a spring shifts the distributing-valve so that the piston moves to tilt the receiver. The swing of the hinged slope R restores the distributing-valve to its initial position, and the bolt is re-set by a spring.
Patent GB-189910503-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Draw-off Locking Taps.
Inventor: JOYCE HORACE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-18
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 10,503. Joyce, H. W. May 18. Plug cocks.-Locking-taps of the kind described in Specifications No. 21,352, A.D. 1896, and No. 6517, A.D. 1898, are shown in the Figures. A bush A, Fig. 1, is screwed into the cask or other vessel, and the flanged body B of the tap is secured in the bush by means of an externally-screwed ring R. In a modification, the ring R, Fig. 5, is internally screwed, and is secured inside the bush by lugs t. By rotating the ring the screwed flange b of the valve body is forced against the inner end of the bush.
Patent GB-189925571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Filtering Materials.
Inventor: POHL EDWARD
Filed: 1899-12-27
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 25,571. Pohl, E. Dec. 27. Carbon in a very fine state, produced by decomposing hydrocarbons at a glowing heat, is deposited in the pores of filtering-material. The hydrocarbon, liquid or gas, is decomposed preferably in a vessel which has been previously freed from air, either alone, or in the presence of the filtering-material.
Patent GB-190006519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Mechanism for Carriages and other Vehicles.
Inventor: FISCHER GUSTAV
Filed: 1900-04-07
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 6519. Fischer, G. April 7. Brakes for carriages and other vehicles. A wheel b, mounted eccentrically on a rotatable stud p journalled in brackets a, is connected by the guided chain d to the adjustable plate l connected to the pivoted levers g carrying the brake blocks h. When the lever c attached to the stud p is depressed by the driver's foot, the brakes are applied and are withdrawn, when the pressure on the lever ceases, by the springs k.
Patent GB-190009662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Fan Blowers.
Inventor: KEIPER HENRY BRINSER
Filed: 1900-05-25
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 9662. Keiper, H. B. May 25. Driving blowers.-A hand-driven gear for rotating fans, blowers, and the like is shown in Fig. 2. A fan C, of ordinary construction, is mounted on a shaft C<5>, which has a worm C' engaging with a worm-wheel F. A pinion G on the same axis as the worm-wheel is driven by a toothed wheel H rotated by hand. The gearing is enclosed in a divided casing A, suitably bolted together so as to form a compact arrangement.
Patent GB-190013178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Slop Pails and such like.
Inventor: STONE GEORGE
Filed: 1900-07-21
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 13,178. Stone, G. July 21. Pails. - A sloppail or the like is made with a rim b to form a seat for the use of children and invalids as a commode.
Patent GB-190015130-A (GB)
Title: A Fluid-pressure Motor.
Inventor: GRAVIER ALPHONSE EMILE
Filed: 1900-08-24
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 15,130. Gravier, A. E. Aug. 24. Propelling by air and gas jets.-Steam, air, or gas motors are formed by arranging together a number of elements a, Fig. 3, so that the fluid pressure escaping through the narr o w passages between them is turned through an angle of about 180‹ and exerts a reactive force on the motor. As adapted for a drawing or propelling nozzle, circular elements a<1>, Fig. 5, are suitably spaced and bolted together within a casing f, provided with a supply pipe i.
Patent GB-190018738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Guards or Fenders for Electric Cars & other Vehicles
Inventor: HORSFALL JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-10-20
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 18,738. Horsfall, J. W., Heathcote, W. H., and Bridge, J. Oct. 20. Obstruction - re - movers.-Relates to life-guards or fenders for electric tramcars and o t h e r vehicles. The fender a is mounted on a shaft b<2> in bearings b', and is normally raised by a weight a<2> or a spring. The fender is lowered when an object strikes a gate c on a shaft c<1> carrying a crank c' connected by a rod d<1>, a lever d pivoted at d', and a link d<4> to the arm a' of the fender. The fender is held down by a spring bolt f<1> entering recesses f, in a bearing e sliding in a support e<1>, or passing under the arm a<1>. The bolt is released by a rod g operated by the driver and connected to the spring bolt by a lever g<1> pivoted at g<2>, a link h, and a slotted lever h<1> pivoted at h<2>. In a modification, the arm a<1> carries a spring-pressed rod with a catch at its end to engage the car bottom and released by the driver's foot.
Patent GB-190103266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Generator or Regenerative Furnaces or Kilns
Inventor: BREARLEY JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1901-02-15
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 3266. Brearley, J. H. Feb. 15. Regenerative furnaces and kilns.-The air-heating passages are in the form of vertical tubes D traversing the horizontal waste-gas flues A. The air inlets may be separate for each tube, or common to all those on the same side. Fig. 1 shows a gasretort furnace with a combined gas producer, but the invention is stated to be applicable to other furnaces and kilns.
Patent GB-190113560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Plaiting or Braiding Machines.
Inventor: THORP EDGAR LESLIE
Filed: 1901-07-03
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 13,560. Thorp, E. L. July 3. Braiding-machines.-Relates to a braiding-machine of the class in which two sets of bobbins are driven in opposite directions ; the machine can be driven at a high speed, produces work of uniform tension, allows of ordinary cops being used, and may be used for covering electric conductors. The outer set of bobbins b is carried on a revolving ring a. The inner set e is carried by guides f having toothed segments gearing with wheels h, one above the other, and each gearing with a central wheel g. The ring a and wheel g are driven in the same direction by bevel gearing, the guides f moving in the opposite direction. The threads from the bobbins b pass through eyes on guides c, which are carried by pivoted links p, p, one of which is pivoted to the ring a, and the other to a jack q sliding in guides and operated by a cam on the central shaft. As the ring a rotates, the cam causes the guides e to rock as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The upper end of the guide describes a part of a circle having its centre at s. Each guide has a tension spring x. The guides work between the guides f, and carry the outer bobbin threads over and under the other set of threads. In a modified form, jacks are dispensed with, and the guides c are pivoted to levers c<4>, c<3>, as shown in Fig. 9. Each guide. or carriage f carries two guides c, which are rocked in opposite directions by bevel-wheels 6, bevel sector 5, and crank g, the pin of which engages a cam-groove in the fixed frame. The inner bobbins have tension devices consisting of brake shoes pressed by springs and working on flanges on the bobbins.
Patent GB-190118083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Music-sheets for Automatic Musical Instruments and in Cases for said Sheets.
Inventor: POWERS TIMOTHY BERNARD
Filed: 1901-09-10
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 18,083. Powers, T. B. Sept. 10. Automatic instruments.-The invention relates to the tune-sheets and to the parts immediately connected therewith. The tune-sheet is made of sheet metal, preferably brass, and is attached at one end to a rod 42, by which it is secured to its storage roller 39. The roller is formed with a slot 41 having a narrow opening at the face of the roller, and the rod is slid into the slot at one end. The roller is enclosed in a cylindrical casing 45, provided with a pin 50 which fits into a slot in the face 24 of one of the bearings of the spindle 36 of the roller. The bearing is carried on a spindle 23, passing rotatably through one of the walls 15 of a carriage 11 in which the storage roller 39 and the take-up roller 17 are mounted. The spindle is used to release a catch which retains the carriage in position. The catch is released after the tunesheet has been re-wound upon its storage roller, and the carriage can then be moved for the purpose of changing the tune-sheet. The opposite end of the spindle 36 has feathers fitting into a socket 35, which is pressed against the end of the spindle by a spring, and which is driven by a motor the motion of which is thus communicated to the roller when it is required to re-wind the tune-sheet. The free end of the tune-sheet is finished off with a wire and a loop for manipulating it. The ends of the wire are bent so as to fit in the gaps 21 in the flanges 20 of the take-up roller. The tunesheet actuates levers 9, which control spring electric contacts 7. The contacts complete electric circuits through a common conductor 6.
Patent GB-190123135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway Wagons and the like.
Inventor: PARKER HAYDON
Filed: 1901-11-15
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 23,135. Parker, H., and Parker, A. P. Nov. 15. Brakes, hand. Relates Ito either-side wagon brakes in which the handles are arranged at the same end or diagonally at opposite ends of the wagon. As shown in Fig. 2, two three-armed levers A are arranged and connected so that an outward or inward motion of one of the handles F results in a corresponding motion of the other. Both levers F are connected to the cross-shaft G, from which motion is imparted to the shaft K and to the brake blocks. Fig. 3 shows one modification for effecting the simultaneous lateral motion of the levers F, while Fig. 7 shows another modification comprising toggle-levers S, Q connected to the sliding sleeve R and to the levers F<1> by rods E. In Fig. 8, the levers F are supported in the "off" position by arms V connected to the U- shaped piece U and the rods T. On pulling out one of the levers F prior to applying the brakes the support is removed of the opposite lever, which is free to move downwards. Various methods are described for operating the brakes. In Fig. 10, the brake handle F carries a pawl a adapted to engage successively with one of the corrugations in the lever J<1> when the handle is depressed. The loop J<1> lifts the lever J<1> when the handle F h raised. Fig. 11 shows a modification suitable for diagonally-disposed brakes. In Fig. 12, the loose bell crank e,f, pivoted to the bar g, works in a recess in the handle F, which is connected to the pawl h by the slotted link k. Fig. 13 shows a method of connecting the hand-levers on the shafts G, G<1> for diagonally-arranged brakes. The shafts G, G<1> are connected by levers p, q, while the shaft G is connected to the shaft K by the link m, adjustable rod n, and arm J'. The brakes may be held in the "off position by the means described in Specification No. 6221, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-190125307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rolling Mills
Inventor: MENGELBEIR RUDOLF
Filed: 1901-12-11
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 25,307. Mengelbeir, R. Dec. 11. Rolling. - In a tube-rolling mill, a number of pairs of rolls are arranged alternately at rightangles, as shown, the rolls having grooves gradually changing from elliptical at a to circular at e, thus allowing the mandrel f to travel in the direction of rolling at the maximum speed of the tube by reducing the grip in the initial passes. The rolls are driven at a gradually-increasing speed to suit the elongation of the work w.
Patent GB-190213429-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Bromo-substitution Products of Indigo Dyestuffs.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1902-06-13
Granted: 1903-04-02
Abstract: 13,429. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. June 13. Dyes, artificial.-Bromo - substitution products of indigo dye-stuffs are produced by acting upon the dye-stuff with brominated starch. Examples are given in which monobromindigo and dibromindigo are respectively produced by mixing starch with bromine in a ball mill, or like apparatus, and then adding suitable quantities of indigo and continuing the grinding in the closed mill for 6-8 hours. The product is mixed with water containing sulphurous and sulphuric acids, and boiled for half an hour, and the bromindigo is then filtered off, washed, and dried. The filtrates contain half the bromine employed, in the form of hydrobromic acid, which is recovered in the usual manner. Methylindigo (CO : NH : CH3=1 : 2 : 3 or 1 : 2 : 5), yields bromo products distinguished by their pure greenish shade.
Patent GB-190213447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Fuel or Fuel Briquettes or Blocks
Inventor: BERNTROP JOHAN CONRAD
Filed: 1902-06-13
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,447. Berntrop, J. C., and Hulsebosch, M. L. Q. van L. June 13. Fuel; firelighters. - Petroleum is mixed with resin and heated. Sulphuric acid is added and the temperature raised to boiling-point. After grinding with slaked lime and addition of solid fuel, the whole is formed into briquettes. Small pieces of the fuel serve as firelighters.
Patent GB-190220413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Preparation of Paints and Colours and the like.
Inventor: JAMIESON WILLIAM ANDREW
Filed: 1902-09-18
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 20,413. Jamieson, W. A., Nicholson, J. N., and Nicholson, P. B., [trading as Arthur & Hinshaw]. Sept. 18. Paints, materials for.-A paint, or composition that may be employed for printing on wall papers and the like, is prepared by mixing a pigment or colour with a solution of gum tragasol in water.
Patent GB-190220853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Superheating or Drying Steam.
Inventor: MCPHAIL HUGH
Filed: 1902-09-24
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 20,853. McPhail, H. Sept. 24. Superheaters, steam.-The headers or boxes of superheaters are constructed of one or two metal plates, dished by pressure or forging. A header consisting of one such dished plate is flanged as shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 5, and secured to a flat tube-plate. It is divided by a partition B into two parts into which the steam inlet and outlet branches a<1>, a<2> open, respectively, and which are connected by bent tubes as shown in Fig. 19. When a longitudinal partition plate B is employed, it is bent in opposite directions at the inlet and outlet, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The inlet and outlet branches may be formed solid with the dished plate, and a facing a<3> for a safety-valve may be provided as shown. Fig. 10 shows, in transverse section, a header composed of two dished plates, one of which forms the tube-plate. Fig. 16 shows a similar header divided into two chambers by a flat plate Bx between the two dished plates, the division plate serving as a tube plate for the inner tubes of concentric pairs of tubes of the Field type. Figs. 21 and 22 show modified arrangements of flanges.
Patent GB-190224556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to, a Certain Class of Swing-door Hinges
Inventor: NEWMAN GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-11-10
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 24,556. Newman, G. F. Nov. 10. Hinges.-Relates to "blank or dead" hinges used in conjunction with spring hinges for swing doors. Flaps a, b, secured to the door c and jamb d respectively, carry pivot pins a<2>, b<2>, or trunnions, which take into holes in cross-pieces or shackle links e, f. The links e, f are rigidly connected together by a bar g. At the upper ends the pins a<2>, b<2> are extended and carry caps or locking-devices h, i provided with gaps h<1>, i<1>. Studs or projections h', i<2> to engage these caps are, preferably, mounted on extensions of the flaps and engage recesses j, k in the link e. In place of the gapped caps, gapped rings, hooks, or other devices moving with the flaps are adapted to engage the studs. Normally, the gaps of both locking-devices are coincident with the studs, but, upon pushing the door in either direction, one of the studs takes behind the wall of the cap on the opposing pin and the flap is locked to the links, the other flap being free to swing with the door.
Patent GB-190224895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Hack Sawing Machines and the like.
Inventor: LIEBERT HENRY ANTON EMIL
Filed: 1902-11-13
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 24,895. Liebert, H. A. E. Nov. 13. Sawing.-A hack-sawing machine is arranged to rotate the work slightly against the saw during each cut. The work d is snugly held in a vice b with inclined jaws c, which prevent the work from rising. During the cutting-stroke, the work is gripped between one or more pawls g and the V- shaped bottom of a yoke f, secured on the end of a bar e, and guided iu slots in the jaws. The bar e is suitably rocked, for instance by an inclined slot r in a bracket q, moving with the slide s, which carries the saw frame, the rocking movement effecting the rotation of the work during the cutting-stroke only. The work is supported on conical rollers w, Fig. 3, on a standard x, which tend to keep the work in contact with a stop y. The pawls g are carried by a slide i, adjustable on the yoke to suit the size of the work.
Patent GB-190225837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Musical Instruments.
Inventor: KLEIST EUGENE DE
Filed: 1902-11-24
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 25,837. Kleist, E. de. Nov. 24. Automatic instruments.-In automatic pianos, piano-players, and similar instruments, more particularly those having an exhaust pneumatic action, the vent valves N are adapted to slide across their seats, and are preferably operated by the reds J employed to work the exhaust valves F of the pneumatics. The vent valve N consists of a flat elastic strip, such as spring brass, sliding over the convex face of the seat o, and is adjustably secured to the rod J by screws. The valves of the action are operated by ordinary keys A tripped by the rotary pin-barrel B or by other means. The exhaust valves F are of an ordinary rocking type, and the pneumatics are connected with their complementary-chambers E by the channels h<1>, h<2> extending through the wind board and the shelves G'.
Patent GB-190228365-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Bottle Corking Machines.
Inventor: RONGE PAUL
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 28,365. Ronge, P. Dec. 23. Corking.-In bottle-corking machines, the lining ring b of the corking-head a, instead of being made of soft material, is made of a hard material, such as wood, metal, &c., and is coned internally, the object being to centre the bottle e securely, to prevent it from being broken by the corking plunger d.