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Patent GB-189924036-A (GB)
Title: Improved Firebridge for Furnaces.
Inventor: BAKER SAMUEL HALLET
Filed: 1899-12-02
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 24,036. Baker, S. H., and Baker, W. H. Dec. 2. Firebridges; smoke-consuming.-A hollow firebridge, shown as applied to a locomotive firebox, is arranged to overhang the fire. It receives air from the ashpit below and delivers it in a heated state among the products of combustion through openings F, G, and H, the first two being fitted with valves or shutters operated by suitable connections from the front of the furnace. One valve is opened by the same movement which closes the other. The fire bridge is shown constructed of metal with a covering of refractory material, but it may be made entirely of refractory material.
Patent GB-189924611-A (GB)
Title: Buffers for Ships and Railway Wagons, Designed to Reduce the Shock of Collisions.
Inventor: SAUER JULIUS
Filed: 1899-12-11
Granted: 1900-12-08
Abstract: 24,611. Sauer, J., and Goldbeck, E. M. Dec. 11. Buffers; collisions, lessening effects of.-The buffers are connected in pairs, as shown in Fig. 1, so that, when a buffer at one end receives an impact, the spring of the corresponding buffer at the other end is also compressed. The Provisional Specification states that the effects of a collision on a train may be lessened by placing a safety-truck fitted with the buffers immediately behind the engine.
Patent GB-190005274-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of and Apparatus for the Electro-deposition of Metals.
Inventor: BUCK WILLIAM YOUNG
Filed: 1900-03-20
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 5274. Buck, W. Y. March 20. Treating spoons, forks, &c.-Workholders for spoons, forks, and the like are formed in such a way that the metal, such as silver, is unequally deposited, being deposited more heavily upon the parts which receive most wear. The holder shown consists of a wire handle 7, carried by the negative conductor 11, and supporting a horizontal frame formed of two wires 2, 3 soldered together at each end to form a cross-rod, and opening out along each side to form a double row of loops or meshes 5 of uniform size and of generally elliptical form. Conducting- wires 8, 9 act as supports. The articles are supported, as shown in Fig. 2, in a vat 12, having silver anodes 14, and are agitated during deposition. With this arrangement, the silver deposits much thicker upon the backs of the handles and the outsides of the bowls, than upon the insides.
Patent GB-190016385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Driving Water Motors.
Inventor: HERING ALFRED
Filed: 1900-09-14
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 16,385. Hering, A. Sept. 14. Annular-chamber type.-The drum b with folded vanes c working in the partial annular chamber a is stated to be driven by the water flowing into the chambers d, e in which a vacuum is produced by the screw t driven from the axis of the drum. The chambers d, e are worked alternately, being opened and closed above and below by connected valves l, m, and there is also provided an air vessel h in the upper part of which a vacuum is maintained.
Patent GB-190016630-A (GB)
Inventor: BOYES EBENEZER
Filed: 1900-09-18
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 16,630. Boyes, E. Sept. 18. Roasting coffee, cocoa, grain, etc.; sampling grain &c.-Relates to an apparatus for roasting coffee also applicable for roasting or drying cocoa, grain, seeds, and the like. The apparatus consists of a rotary drum e heated by gas burners and mounted in a casing d fitted with a chimney d<3> and terminating at its lower end in a discharge shoot d<2>. The rotary drum e is fitted with a central cylinder e', connected with the exterior of the drum by a series of flattened tubes e<4>, which serve for the circulation of the products of combustion within the drum without coming in contact with the coffee. The tubes e' are arranged in rows alternating with each other so that they serve to mix and agitate the coffee. A series of deflecting- plates e<7> aie arranged in the place of one of the rows of tubes e<4>, to tend to keep the coffee in the centre of the drum. The drum is fitted with a door e<8> for charging and discharging. The casing d is provided with a door d<4> for charging the drum, and also with a door d<5> for attending to the gas burners. The main burners i are arranged in two rows on a pipe i<1> with a branch. The pipe i<1> is formed at the end as one part of a cock, the other part of which is formed on the service pipe, so that, when the pipe i<1> is turned by the lever i<3> into the position shown in dotted lines, the gas is turned off. A plate i<8> is hinged to the pipe i<1>, and, when the latter is turned, the plate i<8> falls upon a rest i<9>, also attached to the pipe i<1>, and shields the burners from the coffee being discharged from the drum e above. There are also provided a series of lateral burners j, each of which is controlled by a cock. A sampling-hole is formed in the drum, and is covered by an eccentrically-mounted disc operated by pins to uncover and cover the hole and so allow a few berries to fall at each rotation of the drum into a drawer placed beneath to catch the samples. The pin which serves to uncover the sampling-hole is attached to a hand-lever, so as to control the taking of the samples at the will of the operator. The drum is driven by a spurwheel on one of its trunnions. The wheel gears with two pinions, one of which can be clutched to a driving-shaft for continuously rotating the drum, and the other of which is fixed on a shaft with a hand-wheel and is used for turning the drum into position for charging or discharging the coffee. The coffee falls from the shoot d' into a pivoted sieve or tray oscillated by a link from a crank. The coffee is rapidly cooled by operating the tray. The tray is provided at one end with a sliding door through which the cooled coffee is discharged into sacks.
Patent GB-190112181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Apparatus for Separating Solids from Liquids.
Inventor: BERRIGAN JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-06-14
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 12,181. Lake, H. H., [Berrigan, J. J.]. June 14. Separating liquids from solids.-The drum I, mounted on the hollow shaft F, is fitted with an eccentric lining K. The feed is directed by a radial channel N against the lining at the part the most remote from the axis. The solid material is deposited on that side, and is swept round by blades P to an inlet S on the other side of the lining, which is within the liquid zone. The opening S communicates, by a passage through the radial web T, with an opening V in the wall of the drums. The discharge may be collected in a conical hood supported upon the pan B. The blades P are fitted with friction rollers ; their arms 0 carry springs, and are fitted to slide in holes in the shaft C, which is driven at a different speed to the shaft F. In a modification, the arms are fixed in a shaft journalled in the centre of the lining, and geared to the shaft C. In order to balance the drum, openings are formed in the lining to allow the liquid to pass out, and thus to form a wall of uniform thickness ; the openings may be fitted with pipes F', which project into the lining. The liquid discharge pipe Z delivers into a pan X.
Patent GB-190115491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Pumps for Condensers.
Inventor: RICHARDSON ROBERT
Filed: 1901-07-31
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 15,491. Richardson, R., and Matheson, F. July 31. Air pumps.-Relates to double-cylinder singleacting air pumps for the condensers of steam engines wherein a beam-lever connection is used and operated by one or two direct-acting steam cylinders. The usual head-valves are dispensed with, and the two cylinders a, b are connected by a way g through which water flows from one to the other. Access to the discharge valves c, d in the buckets e is obtained through doors k. The usual foot-valves h, i are used, and the usual connection with the condenser made at j.
Patent GB-190116059-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adjustable Belt.
Inventor: KNIGHT HENRY MANNING
Filed: 1901-08-09
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 16,059. Knight, H. M., [trading as Knight & Co., H.]. Aug. 9. Belts.-Relates to means for regulating the length of a belt. This is effected by means of a strip B, Fig. 1<A>, of rigid or non-elastic braid or webbing which is passed through loops D on the ends A<x> of the belt A, the ends of the braid being returned to slides E by adjusting the position of which the belt is lengthened or shortened. In the modification shown in Fig. 2<A>, a strip of braid B<x> has a buckle attached to each end of it, and to each buckle is fastened a strip of braid B, which is attached to the adjacent end A<x> of the belt A. The length of the belt A is regulated by altering the length of the pieces B. In the Provisional Specification reference is made to Specification No. 9489, A.D. 1901.
Patent GB-190122626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Windows.
Inventor: GARNIER FREDERICK JOHN BISSON
Filed: 1901-11-09
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 22,626. Garnier, F. J. B. Nov. 9. Drawings to Specification. Lubricating.-The sliding bolt of a window sash holder and fastener has a small wheel or roller at the end, and is oiled by inserting a plug of cottonwool &c. soaked in oil in the recess which receives the end of the bolt.
Patent GB-190200394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Gearing for Bicycles and the like.
Inventor: MITCHELL FRANK
Filed: 1902-01-06
Granted: 1903-01-01
Abstract: 394. Mitchell, F. Jan. 6. Driving - mechanism; clutches.-Relates to variable. speed gear for bicyclesandthelike. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the crank c is formed with a disc f connected by links or struts g<1> with h clutch blocks g sliding in, and fitted with inclined surfaces g<5> carrying rollers adapted to grip the sides of, a groove e<1> formed in the chain-wheel e, mounted in ball bearings on a plate d<3>, which can be adjusted vertically in a plate d secured to the bottom bracket by means of a rod h supported by a collar h<2> and forks d<5> actuated either by a handle or by a cord passing round a pulley on its upper end, and passing through a screwed eye d<6> on the plate d<3>. By increasing the distance between the centres of the parts f, e, the speed of the gear is increased. The links g<1> may be replaced by arms which engage between lugs formed on the blocks g, or are slotted to receive pins carried by the blocks g. The groove e<1> may be replaced by a flange, which is gripped between rollers carried in inclined sockets formed in slots in the blocks g. In another modification, the disc is formed with four concentric grooves, each containing a clutch ring, which is fitted with an arm to allow of the links &c, g<1> being attached at points equidistant from the centre of the grooves. In another modification, the grooves are formed side by side in a cylindrical flange, the clutch rings being connected by links or sliding rods to a central sleeve secured on the crank axle. In another form, adapted for gearing down, the clutches are mounted on the crank axle, and are connected by rods, links, &c. to the chain-wheel.
Patent GB-190204447-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Puzzle Device for Advertising or other Purposes.
Inventor: KELLOGG JAMES LOUIS
Filed: 1902-02-21
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 4447. Kellogg, J. L. Feb. 21. Puzzles for advertising and other purposes consist of two leaves 10, 11, of a card which is adapted to bear advertisements, the edges of the leaves being secured together, as at 12, and the card having at its base a band 16 and a key 18 arranged and secured in such a manner that their removal and replacement without injuring the parts present a difficulty. The leaf 10 has a perforation 13, and the leaf 11 has a rib or strip 15 formed by the slit 14. The band 16 having wide ears 17 is looped on to the strip 15, and is caused to pass through the perforation 13, and to carry the key 18, as shown in Fig. 4, by folding the leaf 11 along a central vertical line, then passing the bent strip 15 through the perforation 13, when the band 16 and key 18 can be readily mounted, as shown in Fig. 3. A lip 20 is used to prevent a sharp crease, and printed lines 21 are used to hide the crease. In modifications, the leaf 10 and the key may be dispensed with, and the card may be differently formed.
Patent GB-190207242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furniture Castors and the like
Inventor: CASH HERBERT
Filed: 1902-03-25
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 7242. Cash, H. March 25. Castors.-In a ball castor the large ball bears against a ring of small balls running in a race as close to the axis as possible. The ball is retained by movable claws g or by a ring b, and the body of the castor has a screw c engaging the fixing socket or plate ; or these two parts may be made in one. A separate hard steel disc e<1> with ball race may be fitted into the body.
Patent GB-190208724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Binding Books, Magazines, or Loose Sheets.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 8724. Lock, W. H. April 15. Stapling. -Relates to the binding of books, magazines, and loose sheets by means of ties or staples, the object being to obtain the flexibility and page-width of thread-sewr. books. Continuous or disjunct strengtheners of wire, cord, narrow tape, &c. are laid lengthwise in the folds of the outer, or of all, the signatures, or upon one or both outer pages or sheets, close to and parallel with, the back. Ties, preferably of wire, are inserted close to the strengtheners, and the ends are bent across the strengtheners, and across and close to the back. In the example shown in Fig. 3, the outer signatures 1 are provided with strengtheners 3 secured by ties 5.
Patent GB-190209428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Horse-shoes.
Inventor: NIEMANN THEODOR
Filed: 1902-04-23
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 9428. Niemann, T., and Bruhn, A. April 23. Fixing; hinged; sectional; spring.-The shoe is in two parts a, b hinged together at the toe by a plate c and connected at the heels by a bowed spring plate g. The parts a, b carry lugs h with teeth i for entering the hoof, and holes for screws. The weight of the animal comes on the plate g, which straightens out and allows the sides a, b to expand.
Patent GB-190214294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Regulating Devices for Dynamo-electric Machines.
Filed: 1902-06-24
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 14,294. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. June 24. Dynamos, regulating. - Relates to means for regulating the current in the field windings, and comprises a series of relays co-operating with sectional resistances in the field circuit and actuated by a controlling-magnet which is energized ei.ther directly by the voltage of the mains or indirectly through a converter. In the case of a direct-current machine, Fig. 1, the field winding 2 is in shunt to the brushes 3, 4, and has in series with it a number of adjustable resistance sections 7, 8, 9, 10, of which the last is capable of adjustment by band. The controlling-magnet 11, which is connected through an adjustable resistance 12 in shunt to the machine terminals, acts upon a stretched strip of magnetic material 13 so as to make or break a circuit in shunt to one of the resistance sections 7 according as the voltage at the machine terminals is greater or less than the normal. A water-relay magnet 15 is thus energized or de-energized, with the result that the circuits of the resistance 8 and of the sections of the resistance 9 are also closed or opened by means of the relay magnets &c. 19, which are wound in series, as shown, or in multiple, or in multipleseries. By dividing up the resistance 9 in this way, the spark at each contact is reduced, and, by means of condensers 28 to 33 across the relay contacts, the spark is further reduced. Fig. 2 shows the adaptation of the invention to an alternating-current machine, in which 34 is the armature and 35 the field winding, supplied with current by an exciter 37, 38. In circuit with the winding 38 is a hand-adjustable resistance 39 and adjustable resistances 40, 41. The resistance 41 is divided into three sections 50, 54, and 55 provided with shunt circuits containing contacts and relay magnets 42 to 44. These magnets are connected so as to be energized in succession directly by a regulating-magnet 45 actuating a magnetic strip 46. In order to avoid surging or hunting in the mains, the magnet 45 is put in the direct-current circuit of a small rotary converter 56, the alternating- current circuit of which is connected across the mains 36.
Patent GB-190217261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: SISSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-08-05
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 17,261. Sisson, W. Aug. 5. Superheaters, steam. -Fig. 2 shows a cross- section of the super- heater. It comprises the cast chamber c, the opposite walls i, j of which are formed as tube-plates, while its internal space is divided by a partition d so as to form steam inlet and outlet com- partments. To the tube-plates are secured close-ended tubes k, which pass into the furnace flues, the tubes containing open- ended internal tubes m. Steam entering one of the compartments descends, as shown by arrows, the annular spaces of the tubes, and ascends by the inner tubes to the removable hollow cover n, whence it descends the inner tubes of the parallel group of tubes, and, after ascending their annular spaces, emerges in the second compartment of the chamber, from which it is drawn off. The outer tubes are tightly expanded in the lower tube-plate, and lightly expanded into the upper tube-plate, with the use of ferrules, if desired. By removing the top cover, the inner tubes can be withdrawn sepa- rately, and afterwards the outer tubes. The number of rows of tubes may be varied.
Patent GB-190219105-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Machines for Depositing Metallic Leaf upon a Surface to be Ornamented.
Inventor: COE WALTER HAMILTON
Filed: 1902-08-30
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 19,105. Coe, W. H. Aug. 30. Gilding ; ornamenting. -Gold or other metal leaf, rolled with paper, is applied in a straight line to a book cover or other article, by the machine shown in vertical section. The article is placed on a table A against an adjustable end-guide (not shown) and a side-guide A<1>, which is adjustable by a screw. The roll of leaf and paper k, and an (applying - roller i, are supported on pius in a case m<1>, which has its sides held together by a hinge and a latch h<1>, and contains a friction spring. The case m<1> is attached by a catch d and a screw f to a vertical plate b, b<1> this is supported by a horizontal shaft in a carriage E, and can be rocked by spring arms a of a handle L, pivoted on the carriage. Stops limit the rocking of the handle. The carriage slides between stops F on two horizontal rods C. In operation, the handle L is first turned to press the roller i upon a thickness piece E<1>, and is then pushed forwards with the carriage, to pass the roller over the article to be coated. During this operation the paper from the roll is held stationary by a roller v and a spring-pressed roller w. The roller v is on a horizontal shaft, which is acted on by a brake spring, and is connected by a clutch, a pulley, and a cord U to an arm on the rear end of the shaft carrying the vertical plate b, b<1>. By these connections, when the applying-roller i is first turned down, the arm and cord U turn the tension roller v sufficiently to tighten the paper, and when the carriage E is returned after an operation, the roller v turns so as to remove the paper. At the forward limit of its movement the applying-roller i passes over a leaf-dividing edge on a plate F<1>. The case m<1> may be readily replaced by another containing leaf of a different width. The paper passes to the tension roller v through one of several guide-slots in a horizontal disc, held by a spring and a pin so that it can be set for different widths of paper. The applying- roller i may be dispensed with, the roll of leaf and paper being put in its place.
Patent GB-190220063-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Step-ladder Couch and Seat.
Inventor: TAYLOR WALTER
Filed: 1902-09-13
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 20,063. Taylor, W. Sept. 13. Ladders.-Relates to a step-ladder, which can be converted into a lounge, seat, or bench. The back support B is formed of wood battens, or is provided with a spring, wire, cane, or like covering. Pieces pivoted to the sides of the step-ladder are connected in pairs by cross-pieces which form treads of the step-ladder when folded in position. When the ladder is used as a lounge or seat, the pieces are turned outwards to form the legs, the back support B forming the top. A piece D may be attached to the ladder to form a pillar support when the ladder is used as a lounge. The piece D or folding stays G may limit the outward movement of the support B.
Patent GB-190222649-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Appliances for Operating Trolley Line and other Switches.
Inventor: DAWE PHILIP HENRY
Filed: 1902-10-17
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 22,649. Dawe, P. H. Oct. 17. Electric railways and tramways. - Relates to a method of operating trolley-line and other switches by means of mechanism of the "Bowden" type. Fig. 2 shows a plan of the arrangement, and Fig. 1 is a view of the underside. The movable piece B is connected by the end c to the rocking lever J, which is connected at one end to a spring and at the other to the operating cord or wire. This wire or cord can be worked by hand, as shown, or automatically by the on-coming car, so as to move the switch, as required.
Patent GB-190223918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Septic and other Diseases
Inventor: SCOTT ROBERT
Filed: 1902-11-01
Granted: 1903-10-31
Abstract: 23,918. Scott, R. Nov. 1. Treatment, special methods of; medecines, administering. -Relates to the e method of treatment by disinfectants under pressure, described in Specification No. 7056, A.D. 1901. A patient suffering from a septic or other disease is enclosed in a chamber a, Fig. 1, which is supplied with formalin, ozone, or other disinfectant, under pressure. The disinfectant gas may be forced in directly by a pump through a pipe b, or it may be generated in a tube d by the action of a lamp f, and, when the chamber a is full of the gas, compressed air, purified by passage through cottonwool, is driven into it. The products of combustion may be led away by the pipe h, or the tube d may be perforated to allow them to pass into the chamber a. Fig. 4 shows the method of applying the gases locally to the head and upper part of the body. A cover o having an inlet tube p and an outlet tube q is secured to the body by airtight joints. Wounds may be similarly treated by securing a covering hermetically over them. In some cases, inlet and outlet tubes may be inserted into the body cavity or into the tissues of the body walls, and, for this purpose, these tubes may be finely-pointed to penetrate the flesh. Liquids may be used instead of gaseous disinfectants. The treatment may be applied to animals as well as to human beings.
Patent GB-190307793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Devices for Printing Machines.
Inventor: SCHOEMMEL PAUL
Filed: 1903-04-03
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 7793. Schoemmel, P. April 3. Feeding sheets &c.-The envelopes, cards, and the like E are placed in a box a beneath a plate guided in a lateral slot. When the box a is pulled back by a cord m connected to a movable part of the press, a stationary U-shaped piece o, extending through the box, pushes the lowest envelope sufficiently far through the slot beneath the leather or other elastic material c for it to be seized by the grippers of the press. The box is then restored to its original position by an elastic band n, which connects the inclined plate e to a plate h carrying the guides of the box. The movement of the box is limited by adjustable stops p. A bell, actuated by the descent of the plate placed on the envelopes, signals when the stock of envelopes is nearly exhausted.