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Patent GB-189822874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating or Sorting Grains from Slime in the Dressing of Ores and the like.
Inventor: FERRARIS ERMINIS
Filed: 1898-10-31
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 22,874. Ferraris, E. Oct. 31. Washing ores.-Relates to means for separating fine grains from the slime. A table B, inclined transversely and supported on hinged bars a, a', is oscillated by an eccentric b. The ore is supplied to the top corner of the table through a pipe d, and is subjected to the action of a supply of water. A sorting takes place, and the material is washed off into a suitably-divided trough f. A preliminary sorting takes place in the pipe or channel A. The heavier grains sink to the bottom, and fall through openings i into pockets h, clean water being supplied through the pipes k.
Patent GB-189825255-A (GB)
Title: Improved Crank Mechanism for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: KERFOOT ALFRED
Filed: 1898-11-30
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 25,255. Kerfoot, A., and Kerr, J. J. Nov 30. Cranks, variable-throw. The crank axle C carries a slotted double frame E on which slides the outer part D of the crank carrying the pedal. The part D works between rollers F on the part E, and also carries rollers G working in the slots. The variation of the throw is effected by a cam A of the shape shown, in the groove nf which works a roller mounted on the axis of the rollers G. The cam is so shaped that, during the greater part of the down-stroke, the throw does not vary. According to the Provisional Specification, the crank may be made telescopic, the parts being drawn together by a spring.
Patent GB-189901532-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Soda-water Apparatus.
Inventor: HERCZEG SIGMUND
Filed: 1899-01-23
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 1532. Herczeg, S., and Derekas, J. Jan. 23. Bottling.-Relates to apparatus for the manufacture of aerated liquids and for bottling the same. The aerated liquid is run off through the pipe z to the bottling-apparatus, which is adapted to fill siphon bottles. The bottle with its head downwards rests on a movable platform o, the discharge nozzle of the bottle projecting vertically upwards, while the thumb lever of the bottle bears against the cam o' and the bottle head is held by the curved part o<5>. As the platform is moved upwards, the cam o<1> operates to open the thumb lever, and the discharge nozzle comes into contact with the spring plunger e, and forces it upwards until the opening i is in line with the orifice a, whereupon the bottle is filled. In case of a difficult filling of the bottle, or in other necessary cases, the plunger e may be forced further upwards so as to close the orifice a<1>, and when the opening i<1> comes in line with the cock i<2> the contents of the bottle are squirted out.
Patent GB-189902005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-01-28
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 2005. Smith, G. W., and Hayes, J. R. S. Jan. 28. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. - Round the metal tyre a of the ordinary vehicle wheel, shown in section in Fig. 2, is placed a strip or a series of cores b of rubber or the like. Outside this elastic layer are placed metal channels f of which the edges d overlap the tyre a and felloes c, and these channels are secured in position by a shrunk-on metal tyre g. The metal channels may be all in one piece.
Patent GB-189906238-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Double Fitting Lid for Canisters and the like.
Inventor: CRABBE JOHN WATKINS
Filed: 1899-03-22
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 6238. Crabbe, J. W. March 22. Cans.-Lids for cans and the like are made with inside and outside rims A', A<2>. A packing-ring of rubber or other suitable material may be placed in the space between the two rims.
Patent GB-189906629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mounting, Storing, and Manipulation of Sensitized Plates and Films.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 6629. Thornton, J. E. March 28. Envelopes f o r plates and the like; change - b o xe s.- Photographic plates or the like a are covered on the back and front edges by a backing or sheath of black paper having a tag d with an aperture which slips on to a spring catch k when the plate is pushed down at the front of the change-box e. Over the plate and sheath is folded an envelope c of black paper, which is detachably fastened beneath to the tag d, so that it can be drawn off by pulling up a tag i. After the front plate has been exposed, a second plate is pulled out from the back and pushed down in front. A packing-plate s, and a backing-plate c with a spring, are placed at the front of the pile of plates, before the exposures begin. An opaque flap r covers the exposed plates at the top as they move towards the back of the change-box. A frame w may be used for connecting the changebox to the back of the camera. The plates are packed in the boxes e by the manufacturers for storage and transit, and may be made of metal or cardboard. Advertisements or other information may be printed or written on the backs of the sheaths or the boxes.
Patent GB-189907876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for the Paddle Wheels of Steam and other Boats.
Inventor: HOENNICKE MARTIN
Filed: 1899-04-14
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 7876. H÷nnicke, M. April 14. Driving-gear for paddle-wheels.-The shaft of the stern paddle-wheels is driven from the motor shaft f by the worm gearing shown, which works in an oil bath.
Patent GB-189912913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Setting or Fixing of Diamonds and the like in Holders.
Inventor: ANDERSON GEORGE
Filed: 1899-06-21
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 12,913. Anderson, G. June 21. Welding; working by electricity. -The object is to fix diamonds and the like in metal holders, the combined diamonds and holders being applicable for saws used in cutting stones, for turning emery wheels, &c. The diamond 13 is dropped into a hole in an iron or steel block 10, the hole being afterwards filled up, if desired, by a metal plug 23. The block 10 is placed between the jaws or electric terminals 14, 15, by which it is raised to a welding- heat and squeezed. The electric current is supplied by the wires 22, and the jaw 15 is actuated by a screw 18 and hand-wheel 20. The blocks 10 are afterwards mounted in the tool, which after slight, wear exposes the diamonds.
Patent GB-189916300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Fuses for Electric Circuits.
Inventor: GOSLIN ERNEST THOMAS
Filed: 1899-08-10
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 16,300. Goslin, E. T. Aug. 10. Cut-outs; switches; couplings.-In order to minimize arcing in safety fuses, the fusible wire supports a portion of the conductor which, when the fuse melts, falls away and breaks the circuit at another point. Figs. 1 and 2 show the fuse used in connection with a double-break switch. The fusible wires j support the conductor i, which is fitted in an insulating-tube e and slides within the movable part d of the switch, which is hinged at e. The other end of the conductor i is fitted with a socket o and spring contact p, with which a plug coupling n engages, the spring q securing good contact. The fusible wires j connect the conductor with a ring k carrying the contact f of the switch, and the plug n is connected to the other contact g. When the fuse blows, the conductor i falls into a suitable tubular receptacle r.
Patent GB-189918497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Drawing-boards, Black-boards, and similar Boards.
Inventor: TREY JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-09-13
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 18,497. Trey, J. Sept. 13. Blackboards.-In order to prevent warping, the board is made up of front and back sheets of veneer B, secured to a central portion A, consisting of a series of interlocking transverse slats c, c, secured in a frame d, c<1>, d.
Patent GB-189923039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Photographic Apparatus applicable to a Camera.
Inventor: LEGE ANNIBAL JEAN BAPTISTE
Filed: 1899-11-18
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 23,039. LÚgÚ, A. J. B., and England, W. H. Nov. 18. Cameras; producing coloured photographs.- Relates to a camera adapted for automatically producing negatives for the three-colour process. The three-colour screens, behind the lens and the sensitive plate. or at the back of the camera, are connected by racks E', F' and pinions K<1>, I on the same axis so that they are traversed simultaneously before each exposure. The screen and plates are released by a pneumatic arrangement, the admission of air being controlled by a piston valve actuated by a cam L<1> driven by clockwork. A branch pneumatic tube is connected to the shutter mechanism G. In the cam L<1> are three sets of three notches each. In the position shown in Fig. 1, the piston valve lever is about to drop into the last notch of one set, whereupon air admitted opens the shutter G, and holds it open till the next set of notches is reached, when the shutter is closed. A second notch allows the sensitized plate and colour screen to drop, and the last notch, as already stated, again opens the exposure shutter. A roller slide is described, for use when the exposures are made on film instead of plates. In this case a pinion on one of the guide-rollers is actuated by a rack connected to the rack E<1>.
Patent GB-190003813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arabic Types for Typewriters and Printing Presses.
Inventor: HADDAD SELIM SHIBLY
Filed: 1900-02-27
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 3813. Haddad, S. S. Oct. 13, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Type-writers; types.-Relates to type used in type-writers or printing-presses for printing in Arabic or in like languages. The type-writer is required for this purpose to print from right to left, and differential spacing-mechanism is provided to enable characters of unit width or of twice that width to be printed. The alphabet is modified so that fifty-eight types only are required, the forms adopted for the various characters being shown in Fig. 1. The same character is employed for both the initial and medial positions in a word, and a second type serves for both the terminal position in a word and for a detached or independent letter. Thus the letter " thai " is of the form shown at 4, Fig. 1, when used as an initial or medial letter, and of the form shown at 4<a> when used as a terminal or isolated letter. Some characters. such as those marked 8, 9, 10, 11, 27, 28, &c. in Fig. 1, serve for all four positions. The characters are so formed that the connection between them occurs on a single horizontal line x, x, and the extensions on connection-bars of the initial or medial letters are all towards the left of the characters. Figs. 2 and 3 show at a and c two words as printed in accordance with this invention, and at b and d the same words as they would be usually written or printed.
Patent GB-190004308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: FESSENDEN REGINALD AUBREY
Filed: 1900-03-06
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 4308. Fessenden, R. A. Aug. 7, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Incandescent lamps. -A lamp having an incandescence rod of magnesia, kaolin, or the like, conducting only after preliminary heating, is provided with means for applying to the rod streaks of graphite, m a n - ganese peroxide, or other conductive material when the lamp is about to be used; these convey sufficient current to heat the rod to conducting point, but burn off or otherwise become non- conducting when the rod becomes incandescent. The incandescence rod 7 has strips 6 of platinum or nickel embedded in its ends, but exposed laterally; the strips 6 are secured on arms 5, insulated from a supporting-shaft 1, and connected to contacts 11 carried by a disc on this shaft. The shaft may be rotated by hand, so that the rod 7 rubs against blocks 8 of the conductive material, carried by springs 9, streaks being thus applied connecting the. strips 6. When the rod is turned down into the globe 17, the contacts 11 bear against stationary springs connected to supply conductors. The shaft and other parts are supported in a cover 3 having a reflecting inner surface.
Patent GB-190005295-A (GB)
Title: Improved Vapour Bath Apparatus.
Inventor: PFISTER-SCHMIDHAUSER ANTON
Filed: 1900-03-20
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 5295. Pfister - Schmidhauser, A. March 20. Baths. - Within a cabinet 2 an adjustable seat or couch is arranged over the vapour producer 3. The back rest 5 is hinged to the seat 6 in such a way that it can be raised, lowered, and secured by a prop 12. The couch is further extended by hinged sections 7, 8, and 9, which can be adjusted in various positions as shown. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which the vapour can be directed either into the body chamber 24 or the leg chamber 27, or both.
Patent GB-190022324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Blowers and Fire Screens.
Inventor: GRAYSON PAULINE
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 22,324. Grayson, P. Dec. 7. Blowers or d r a wplates; fire - guards.- A combined blower and screen consists of a series of verticallyfolding hinged plates or panels c, the outer plates or panels a having feet b. A chain, cord, or wire f passes through eyeleted holes e in the plates, for use in folding up the plates upon one another when not required. At the ends of the chain are rings g which may be hung on studs h. The screen or blower may be of any required shape or pattern, and be ornamented in any way. It is preferably made for wide grates ; when required for smaller ones, one or more of the plates may be folded. The feet may be fixed to the end plates, or made so as to rotate thereon. When formed of wire-gauze sections, hinged together, the screen forms a fireguard which can be hung on the bars or be supported upon feet.
Patent GB-190106983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weaving Shuttles.
Inventor: WADDINGTON JAMES
Filed: 1901-04-03
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 6983. Waddington, J. April 3. Loom shuttles.-The shuttle-tongue seat 4 is formed with rounded projections 10, 12, which respectively engage with recesses 15, 16 in the shuttle tongue. The base 2 of the shuttle tongue is pivoted on a pin 3, and the seat 4 is pivoted on the pin 5, in the usual way.
Patent GB-190109148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Means for Communicating with, or Conveying Instructions to, Coachmen and other on Private Carriages and like Vehicles.
Inventor: SLEIGH HERBERT LINWOOD
Filed: 1901-05-03
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 9148. Sleigh, H. L. May 3. Signalling or communicating with driver.-Relates to means for communicating with, or conveying instructions to, the driver &c. of a private carriage or other vehicle. The indicator, Fig. 2, is arranged on the dashboard &c. in view of the driver, and is operated by pushes a, b, c, &c., Fig. 6, inside the vehicle. The instructions or directions &c. are marked on a card g, carried by an arm h' pivoted within the casing f, the arm h<1> having a projection h<3> adapted to engage with one or other of the stops i on the armatures j of the electromagnets k<1>, k<2>, k<3>, &c., to stop the card in position to expose the desired instruction through a sight aperture in the casing. The electromagnets k<1>, k<2>, k<3>, k<4>, k<5> are suitably connected to the pushes a, b, c, d, e, so that, when a push is operated, one or more of the electromagnets are energized to permit the movement of the card to the corresponding indicating- position. Fig. 6 shows a suitable arrangement of wiring, the operation of the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth push energizing one, two, three, four, or all of the electromagnets k<1>-k<5>. A bell or other audible signal m may be employed to call the attention of the driver. The indicator is re-set by the push rod n', n, which is adapted to engage the estension h<4> of the arm h<1>. Instead of employing pushes, a single switch lever and push may be arranged to work over a series of contacts corresponding to the indicators required. The instructions may also be marked on a dial, and separate indicating-cards be arranged behind the dial, so that one or other of the cards, when released by an electromagnet energized by the corresponding push, drops into view through a slot contiguous to the corresponding indication on the dial.
Patent GB-190113146-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Locking Device for Nuts and the like.
Inventor: TREGLOWN WILLIAM MAINE
Filed: 1901-06-27
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 13,146. Treglown, W. M., [Miller, M.]. June 27. Locking nuts.-The nut b is locked by a helicallycurved bar a, shaped to grip the tops of or the grooves between the bolt threads. The bar may make part of a turn, as shown, or several turns. Its diameter is smaller than, or its pitch different from, that of the bolt threads to create the necessary friction. To enable the device to be turned, it may have a loop a<1> or a pivoted bail handle d or wings f, or lugs or flats for a spanner. The device may be double, as shown in Fig. 12.
Patent GB-190115731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Mode of Fixing the Head and Foot Ends of Metallic Bedsteads together for Show Purposes
Inventor: WHITFIELD GILBERT
Filed: 1901-08-03
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 15,731. Whitfield, G. Aug. 3. Displaying.-The head and foot ends of metallic bedsteads are, for show or display purposes, secured together, as shown in Fig. 5, by metal or wood &c. clips or clamps A, Fig. 1, having jaws at each end which are caused to grip the angle-irons E, F of the bedstead by means of thumb-screws H. The clip may consist of separate upper and lower parts, one or both of which may be also in separate adjustable parts, and the top part may have downwardly-extending flanges to engage with the outer sides of the angle-irons.
Patent GB-190116401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Holders or Harness for Children.
Inventor: LEA LOUSIA MARY
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 16,401. Lea, L. M. Aug. 15. Perambulators, children's mail carts, and like vehicles.-Relates to safety holders for preventing children from falling out of perambulators, mailcarts, and the like. The holder comprises a strong adjustable waistband a to which are fastened two shoulder-straps b held in relative position by cross-straps c. The waistband carries straps d, the ends of which can be passed through apertures in the vehicle and adjusted by means of buttons f and holes e.
Patent GB-190117278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carts or Wagons used for Transporting Electric Cable Drums or Reels and for Supporting same whilst Cable is being Paid Out.
Inventor: ROBINSON OSWALD MALCOLM
Filed: 1901-08-29
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 17,278. Robinson, O. M. Aug. 29. Vehicles adapted for laying and hauling electric conductors.-Relates to a cart or wagon built for paying out electric cable from a reel carried by the vehicle, and is shown in elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively. The metal sides A are inclined downwards at their rear ends a, and are connected at their fore ends by a bolster and box E, in which is fixed a vertical bolt H forming the pivot of the fore-carriage F. To mount the reel, it is threaded on to an axle M which has a fixed grooved pulley 0 and a detachable one 0<1>, and, after the pulleys have been placed opposite the rear ends of the sides A, two ropes S are passed round the axle M, and the ends of the ropes are fixed to the vehicle and to the drum R of a hauling- crab. Turning the handles 0 of the crab hauls up the reel until the axle M comes into contact with stops T, against which it is fixed by detachable stops U. The rear cranked axle K is journalled in bearings L, which allows it to be held in an inclined position by a chain V.
Patent GB-190121790-A (GB)
Title: Miniature Court for use in Playing a Game of Table Rackets.
Inventor: MACK JOHN
Filed: 1901-10-30
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 21,790. Mack, J. Oct. 30. Games imitating racquets.-Relates to an appliance for playing the game of racquets on a table. The "front wall" consists of a piece of wood 30 inches high and 54 inches wide, and has "side walls" of the same height, but 48 inches long, hinged to it. The front wall is marked with lines 17 and 5 inches high, to represent the service and play lines respectively. The board is placed on a table, the game being played with celluloid balls &c.
Patent GB-190124924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: HIRD CHARLES
Filed: 1901-12-06
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 24,924. Hird, C. Dec. 6. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Relates to covers for tyres provided with cellular rubber, cork. or like cores B of the form shown in Fig. 2. The core is constructed in sections, and each section is enclosed first in a layer of braid b and then in strips c, d, e of rubber, fabric, and rubber respectively. The sections thus covered are placed in a mould, and their abutting ends are joined together by vulcanization. In modifications, the braid may be either dipensed with or replaced by a helically-wound tape, and the whole core may be formed in one piece.
Patent GB-190125159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Tubes or Cores to the Spindles of Yarn or Thread Winding Machines.
Inventor: WARDWELL SIMON WILLARD
Filed: 1901-12-10
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 25,159. Wardwell, S.W. Dec. 10. Spindle apparatus for winding-machines. Relates to means for securing tubes or cores to the spindles. Upon the spindle 9 is secured a carrier B, which may be either cylindrical or conical. The inner end is made hollow to allow spaces for an expand. ing sleeve H, and is divided into segments b by longitudinal sl ts, the segments being provided with teeth on their outer surface for engaging with the inner surface of the tube Z. The outer portion of the carrier is provided with flutes b<2> separated bv knife-edges, which may be at a slightly higher level than the general surface of the carrier. The segments b are provided with internal projections b<6>, which are bevelled for a portion of their width and are cylindrical for the remaining portion, and the sleeve H, which may be slid on the spindle by means of a suitable lever, carries a similarly-formed collar or ring L, which can rotate loosely on the sleeve. When the sleeve H is moved to the right into the position shown, the segments b are forced outwards, so as to engage with the core Z, and, when moved in the opposite direction, the core is released and the flange h of the sleeve engages with the end of the core Z and forces it from the carrier ; b<8> are notches which are cut slightly deeper than the other notches between the teeth, in order to allow the frea ends of the segments to bend slightly when securing the core in place.
Patent GB-190203017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kitchen Range and other Fire Grates.
Inventor: YOUNG FRANK BROADFOOT
Filed: 1902-02-06
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 3017. Young, F. B. Feb. 6. Grates.-The front bars b are formed in a frame a, which is pivoted by pins c in grooves, slots, or the like d, either formed in the cheeks e, in separate plates placed against the cheeks, or in extensions thereof m. In the latter case, the extensions may support a hot-plate. To the lower end of the frame a is pivoted a second frame f having bars g. The pivots n may be extended to work in curved grooves o. At the lower end are other pins h working in vertical grooves i. To the lower frame are hinged two handles or levers k, having jaws l<1> which can engage with brackets l on the sides of the stove. Behind the grooves i is a small fixed or movable bottom grating j. As shown in Fig. 2, the lower frame f is horizontal and the upper one vertical, forming a fuel space of large capacity. By raising the handles k, the upper frame is caused to take an inclined position, and the lower one a vertical position in alignment with the grooves i, thereby forming a fuel space of small capacity.