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Patent GB-189915095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ropes applicable for Driving Bands.
Inventor: SAYER ROBERT COOKE
Filed: 1899-07-22
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 15,095. Sayer, R. C. July 22. Driving-ropes.-A positive-driving rope or band is made of links 4, Figs. 1 and 3, secured together by jointed rings 1, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 3. The spaces between the links are arranged so that they will receive the teeth of wheels. Teeth 7, 17, Fig. 5, are introduced into a wire rope z, during the manufacture. The teeth may be arranged along various diameters of the rope. The teeth may be inserted into the rope after manufacture by prolonging the web 11, Fig. 6, and riveting over its projecting end a cap 17 which acts as a tooth.
Patent GB-189915310-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of Varnish.
Inventor: BJERREGAARD AUGUST PHILIP
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 15,310. Bjerregraard, A. P. July 25. Varnishes.-Relates to the manufacture of varnishes from linseed oil or other fatty oils, and copal gums, including amber. The oil, preferably unboiled, is mixed with the finely-ground gum, and heated in a kettle until the gum is melted, the heating being then continued, with stirring, until samples respond to desired tests. Another method is to add cold gum gradually to the hot oil, and then heat the mixture until it gives the desired tests. The varnish is thinned with turpentine &c., and a drier, for example litharge and precipitated manganese borate, may be added and mixed in by stirring.
Patent GB-189915845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Infusions of Coffee and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ESCHWEGE HERMANN
Filed: 1899-08-02
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 15,845. Eschwege, H. Aug. 2. Coffee-making apparatus.-Hot and cold water from the tanks a, b mix together in the tank e, and pass through the series of coffee receptacles g, each of which is provided with perforated diaphragms k, l. The operation takes place at a temperature considerably below the boiling point.
Patent GB-189917711-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for the Production of Unjoined or Split Rings of Metal and the like.
Inventor: BREININGER FREDERICK HENRY WIL
Filed: 1899-09-01
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 17,711. Breininger, F. H. W. Sept. 1. Bending; wire; sawing.-A machine for making divided wire rings of any desired shape has a sleeve c running on a bar d supported by brackets a<2>, a<3>. The sleeve has secured to it a worm wheel c<3> and a disc c<2> and is driven by a worm c' and belt gearing. A reel f, loose on the sleeve between the disc c<2> and a shoulder a<4> on the bracket, carries the wire to be wound, its rotation being retarded by a split friction ring g to give the desired coiling-tension. This ring is sprung open by a set-screw i<2> and lever i, acting to force a wedge outwards between the ends of the ring and expand it against a flange f<4> on the reel. The wire passes over a wheel e on the disc c<2> to a mandrel m<3> of the desired cross-section, detachably connected to the bar d and having a conical end. The mandrel remains stationary, while the wire is coiled on it by the rotation of the sleeve. The coils are cut into rings by an independently-driven saw n working in a slot m<4> in the mandrel. A suitably-shaped guide o<2> surrounds the mandrel. The Provisional Specification states that the wire may be wound on the reel by coupling it to the sleeve and reversely rotating them.
Patent GB-189919936-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Mercerising Cotton Previous to Weaving.
Inventor: BRANDTS RICHARD
Filed: 1899-10-04
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 19,936. Brandts, R. Oct. 4. Yarns and threads, mercerizing.-Cotton is mercerized on the spinning-machine bobbin. It is wound tightly on the bobbin, boiled, saturated with soda lye, which is subsequently neutralized by means of a bath of acid, and washed. The washing is preferably effected while the bobbins are rotated vigorously, whereby the tension upon the cotton is increased.
Patent GB-189924119-A (GB)
Title: Improved Door for Stoves and Fire-places.
Inventor: SVENSSON HERMAN
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 24,119. Svensson, H. Dec. 4. Convertible close and open stoves; doors.- Stoves, grates, fireplaces, and the like are provided with a tightly-fitting front door, so that, when the fire has ceased to give flames, the front may be closed airtight. The fire will then continue to burn slowly for a long time, being supplied with the small necessary amount of air from the chimney. The heat will radiate to the walls of the fireplace, and thence to the room. In the form shown in elevation and horizontal section in Figs. 1 and 3 respectively, the door is made in two parts a, a, which are hung on hinges b, and are provided with asbestos, cement, or other suitable packing d, d' between the two doors and between the doors and the frame. The right-hand door has a pair of vertical screws f, the conical ends of which are forced into conical sockets h, h by turning the handle k. This door transfers pressure to the inner or left-hand door through the packing d, so that both doors are closed airtight. Mica panes are provided to transmit light from the embers. These panes are secured by asbestos packings. In a modification, the screws fare replaced by spring-actuated vertical rods, each having two cam surfaces at their upper and lower extremities respectively, so as to act as spring bolts entering cylindrical sockets. The doors may have air valves for regulating the draught.
Patent GB-190002393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Receiving Terminals of Pneumatic Despatch Carriers.
Filed: 1900-02-06
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 2393. Lamson Pneumatic Tube Co., and Jenney, R. T. Feb. 6. Pneumatic despatch apparatus.-The receiving- terminal 1, closed by a spring lid 14, is cast in one piece with a branch which consists of a neck 2 and a cylindrical end-piece 3. The socket 7 for union with the outgoing tube is fitted into the cylindrical casting, leaving an annular interspace 5 from which the air passes into the socket through slots. The upper end of the socket is closed by a free lid 8, which carries a screw-down valve 10 to regulate the available air-way of the slots.
Patent GB-190002878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Railway Carriage Couplings.
Inventor: BANOVITS CAJETAN
Filed: 1900-02-13
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 2878. Banovits, C. Feb. 13. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-A key B, arranged horizontally in Fig. 1 and vertically in Fig. 4, is used, and serves (a) to allow the parts to engage automatically, (b) to lock them when coupled, and (c) to lock them in such a position that they cannot couple. In Fig. 4, the part b of the key works in the slotted plate A, which is connected to the sliding block G by the spring rods a and pivoted arms L, L<1>. As shown, the arm b is in position to permit automatic coupling; if turned 90‹ to the left it locks the coupled parts, but if instead it is turned 90‹ to the right it pushes the plate A with it and prevents the parts from coupling. In Fig. 1, the left-hand plate A is connected to the coupling-arm K<1> by a lever and weight-controlled rod a', while the right-hand plate A carries spring rods a jointed to the lever I<1> on the arm K. Fig. 6 is a vertical section showing the application to a Janney coupling. The arm b, in the position shown in full lines, allows the block F to drop after coupling is effected, but locks the block when turned into the position shown in dotted lines. When the arm b is turned vertically downwards, the double-armed lever a<3> is swung on its pivot and lifts the block F and keeps it in this position. In addition to the main couplings, auxiliary safety couplings may be fitted. The fixed or pivoted arm P, Fig. 1, enters a corresponding socket in the adjacent coupling-head, and is locked by the plate R which assumes the position shown when the key B is rotated to lock the main coupling. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the plate R acts against a pivoted block D, to lock the auxiliary coupling. Fig. 5<c> shows a modification, in which the coupling-heads H<1>, H' are also connected by the hooks e and links g. The coupling-heads are supported on rollers slung from the ends of the vehicle by links. The rods B', Fig. 1, for operating the key B are flexibly supported, and have handles at the sides of the vehicles, or in the case of Fig. 4 on the platform or roof, boxes m being fitted to retain the key in any of its three positions. Each coupling-head H is secured by a cottar h<1> to the spring bar h, Fig. 13, which is jointed at h<5> to the section v of the drawbar. The sections v, v<2> carry plates o<1>, o<2>, and o<3>, o<4> connected by the pivot pins 8, 9 so that they slide over each other in a straight line. These plates have inclined slots to contain slides which receive a right and left handed screw X on rotating which the distance between the sections v, v<2> of the draw-bar is adjusted.
Patent GB-190006221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Typewriting Machines and the like.
Inventor: BETTENDORF HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-04-03
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 6221. Bettendorf, H., and Bier, J. M. April 3. Type-writers and like machines.-Relates to the keyboard mechanism of type-writers and like machines. The key t is provided with a vertical shank t<1>, pivoted at b<1> to the key lever b, and having a pin l passing through a slot g in the longitudinallymoving key lever a. If the key t is depressed, the lever b turns on its pivot k, and the type-bar c is actuated. If, however, the key is drawn forward without exerting downward pressure, the bar a slides on its guiding-pins i, and the type-bar d is brought into operation. The same key thus serves to operate two type-bars. Springs e, u return the parts to the normal position shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190007532-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Holding and Filling Sacks and Bags.
Inventor: AUGHTON THOMAS
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 7532. Aughton, T., Aughton, R. J., and Aughton, G. April 24. Filling grain, potatoes, roots, minerals, chemicals, &c. into sacks. A frame of wooden posts a is provided with handles l<1> and adapted to be tilted to run on wheels l. A hopper b is adjusted vertically by a worm b<1>, nut b<2>, and bracket b<3>, and guided by slotted plates b<4> and provided with two opposite shoots c, controlled by slides c<1>, and a swivelled plate turned by a handle c, to direct the charge to one or other of the shoots. The sacks f are hung on hooks g on curved rods g' and hooks g<2> on the shoots, and rest on platforms which are raised or lowered by means of a worm h<1>. The platforms and rods are arranged to be turned up out of the way. The operator stands on an adjustable footplate k. In a modification, the hopper is fixed and the platforms are adjusted vertically and supported by rods passing through a perforated angle-iron.
Patent GB-190010916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnaces adapted for the Combustion of Coal.
Inventor: THOMPSON CHARLES BEDFORD
Filed: 1900-06-15
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 10,916. Thompson, C. B. June 15. Stoves; air supply.-Relates to furnaces for heaters, and to the provision for coal combustion, of air-feed flues which discharge above the firegrate. In the furnace shown in Fig. 1 applied to a water heater, the grate 11 is mounted in the basering 10, and between the base-ring and the fire-pot is interposed the flue casing 19. The flue casing consists of an outer casing 16, Fig. 3, and an inner casing 17 resting upon a flange of the base-ring. The outer ring 16 is provided with an air port 20 and a damper 21, and the ring 17 may be formed of a number of segmental sections, and blocks 22 may be interposed between the rings to support the inner ring. The air-supply fitting is adaptable to existing furnaces. Applied to upright circular water heaters, the air flue 18 opening to the fire-pot is subdivided into a number of segmental slots or circular apertures. In the oblong water-heater shown in Fig. 8, the flue casing 19 has oblong openings, and in another form of heater the air openings are circular.
Patent GB-190011004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collars for Garments.
Inventor: LIAND JEAN CLAUDE
Filed: 1900-06-16
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 11,004. Liand, J. C. June 16. Capes; coats and jackets; collars; vestments, ecclesiastical and like.-Relates to collars for tunics, dolmans, pelisses, liveries, and other civil, military, or ecclesiastical garments for men or women, and consist, firstly, in providing them with a fastening arranged so that the ends exactly meet while the front portion retains a suitable curve, and, secondly, in providing them with an inner detachable collar which is adjustable as regards height. Fig. 1 shows an inside view of the collar, Fig. 5 shows the fastening, Fig. 7 shows a horizontal section, and Fig. 4 shows the arrangement of one of the studs o which support the adjustable collar C'. The fastening is a snap fastening and consists of two thin metal plates a, e, fastened on the inner side of the collar C by sewing through holes r. One of these plates a is provided with a projecting part in which is a slot c, and this projecting part fits beneath a projecting part of the other plate e, and the slot c is engaged with a projection n which is mounted upon an arm k pivoted at w. A similar arm u is pivoted at w to the other plate a, and on these arms are studs m, t, which serve for the attachment of the loose collar C<1>. Their position on the arms k, u allows of them being moved to place the loose collar C' in any desired position. The remaining part of the loose collar is supported by studs o, each of which is carried by a plate p, Fig. 4, placed in a casing l and provided with a finger i which engages with any one of a series of holes h so that it can be raised or lowered as required. The hole for the central stud o', Fig. 1, is of small size, and those for the other studs are elongated slots. This arrangement tends to prevent the collar C' from becoming creased.
Patent GB-190011497-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stud Holder for Curtain Rosettes and the like.
Inventor: BOSSE HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-06-25
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 11,497. Bosse, H. June 25. Nails, socketsfor.-A socket or sleeve c to be let into a wall &c. is fitted with a front plate c<1> and two plate springs b turned up at b<2>, b<1>. A plug a has a tube a' which serves to centre the stem d of a curtain rosette or other fixture. The turned-up edge of the springs b engage a screw-thread on the stem d, and the rosette &c. is secured by giving it a partial turn.
Patent GB-190011731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DURYEA CHARLES EDGAR
Filed: 1900-06-28
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 11,731. Duryea, C. E. June 28. Hubs.-Relates to motor vehicles in which the carriage body is carried on long springs resting at the front end on a cross-bar 2 passing through a ring bearing on which the certrally-situated single steering-wheel runs. The wheel hub and bearing are shown in section in Fig. 4. The ring 5 has arms 4 attached to a chain passing over pulleys and connected to the controlling hand-lever.
Patent GB-190013480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braiding or Plaiting Machines.
Inventor: WEISS OTTO
Filed: 1900-07-26
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 13,480. Weiss, O. July 26. Braiding-machines.-The ring 4, rotated by bevel. wheels 2, 3, has a groove 5, in which work a number of toothed sectors 6, and carries a corresponding number of shafts 8, on which are spur-wheels 7 and 9 of unequal diameters, preferably in the ratio 2 to 1. The wheels 7 gear with the sectors 6, and the wheels 9 with a fixed toothed ring 10. The ring 4 and the sectors 6 are thus driven with different speeds, but preferably with equal speeds in opposite directions. A sector 6 gears with the next wheel 7 before getting out of gear with the last. Each sector 6 carries one of a series of bobbins I and thread-guides 13. The other set of bobbins II is carried by the ring 4, and the threads pass through guides 15 on levers which are pivoted to the ring 4 and are caused to oscillate by means of a projection 19 engaging a wavy groove in the disc 10. As the levers oscillate, the thread 16 is brought inside or outside the track of the threads 14 of the other bobbins, as indicated in Fig. 8. The guides 15 work in slots in the ring 4, and pass between successive sectors 6. In a modification, the wheels 7 and 9 engage external, instead of internal, teeth on the parts 4 and 10, and the bobbins II are carried by the guides 15.
Patent GB-190016472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rotary Cutters for Suction Dredgers.
Inventor: BATES LINDON WALLACE
Filed: 1900-09-15
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 16,472. Bates, L. W. Sept. 15. Dredging.-Relates to rotary cutters for suction dredgers, a cylindrical form being shown in section and plan respectively in Figs. 1 and 2, and a conical form in Fig. 9. In the cylindrical form, the end of the suction pipe p has a bearing f supplied with water under pressure through an inlet f<1>, to allow the extension c to rotate with the revolving spindle e and attached conical plate e<1>. The extension c and plate e<1> carry similar conical rings b<1>, b<2> to which are attached cutters a<1>, and the plate e<1> also has openings e<2> provided with cutting-edges e<3>. The extension c has blades c<2> for disintegrating the dredged material, and water is also forced in through the axial passage e<4> and the radial passages e<5>, e<6> in the spindle e and collar e<7> respectively. In a modification, water is forced in from the circumference through nozzles directed towards the mouth of the suction pipe. In the conical form the cutters h are inclined to the generating -lines of the cone g and the dredged material is sucked in between the dome g<1> and the bell-shaped rotating extension c<x>. A modification is described, in which the extension c<x> does not revolve.
Patent GB-190023460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Starting of Internal Combustion Engines also adapted to the Continuous Running of such Engines.
Inventor: EDMONDSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-12-22
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 23,460. Edmondson, J., and Dawson, J. W. Dec. 22. Gas and explosive-vapour engines, starting and igniting in. The apparatus is of the type described in Specification No. 20,801, A.D. 1897. It comprises an air pump 1 and an oil pump 3 actuated by the same hand-lever 1c. The oil pump is pivoted at 3<A>, and its piston works in a guide 3<G> and may be fixed to a bracket 1<G> on the handle at different distances from the fulcrum to adjust the quality of the mixture. The oil and air pass through a mixing-chamber 2 containing gauze 2<c>, as shown in section in Fig. 4, and thence past the electric igniter 5 to the cylinder 7. The pressure as it is raised in the cylinder by the pump gradually moves the piston to the igniting-point, when the circuit is completed automatically or by hand. The igniter may be cut off from the cylinder by a valve 6, or it may be used for ordinary igniting by advancing the timing of its contact-maker, if there is sufficient space beyond it to receive the compressed inert gases. The igniter may be used with the pump described in Specification No. 20,801, A.D. 1897, which delivers both fuel and air. The present invention may be used with gas, benzene, or other light or heavy oil or producer gas.
Patent GB-190023897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Reversible Seats.
Inventor: WHITE CHARLES MELBOURNE
Filed: 1900-12-31
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 23,897. White, C. M., [Kling, P. M.]. Dec. 31. Seats and seat backs.-Relates to reversible seats. The seat 6 is pivoted at 7 in the frame 1, and is held in place by resting on the ends 11 of a pair of levers 8 pivoted to the frame at 10 and together at 9. On moving the arms 4, which carry the back 3, to the central position, they act on the pivoted ends 9 of the levers 8 and withdraw the projections 11, and so allow of the seat rotating to bring the dry surface to the top.
Patent GB-190101488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: BROOKER HENRY
Filed: 1901-01-22
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 1488. Brooker, H., and Russell, W. J. Jan. 22. Current meters.-A pivoted coil, for use in the field of a permanent magnet or electromagnet, is made by winding wire diametrically across the ends and along the surface of a cylinder A, B, consisting of a copper or other metal tube A supported by a disc B and a cross-strip E on an axle D. The coil is laid along the strip E. A stationary soft - iron core G may be supported within the cylinder by projecting feet H. The axle caries a pointer. The instrument may be used as a volt-meter.
Patent GB-190101938-A (GB)
Title: Fire Economiser.
Inventor: WHITTAKER HENRY
Filed: 1901-01-29
Granted: 1902-01-29
Abstract: 1938. Whittaker, H. Jan. 29. Fuel - economizers.- A hanger l is hung upon the top bar of the grate on each side. It is provided with lugs a projecting between the front bars j, each lug having a hole to receive one end of a removable bar or spindle. Instead of fixed lugs, an adjustable clip having a hole to receive one end of a spindle may be used. The lowest spindle also passes on each side through a hole c in a bottom bearer m, which rises towards the back k of the grate and is provided with slots d in which rest the ends of the bars of a false bottom. The bearers may be similarly carried on any of the front removable spindles, when it is required to reduce the capacity of the grate. The Provisional Specification states that the front spindles are carried in slots or grooves from which they can be lifted out, and that the bottom bracket has three slots to carry three bars, and at the rear a wider slot to carry a fixed plate.
Patent GB-190110108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles for Containing Aerated Beverages and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-05-15
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 10,108. Thompson, W. P., [Tognarini, D.]. May 15. Op e n i n g internallystoppered bottles.-Internally-stoppered bottles for containing lemonade nr other aerated or effervescing beverages are formed with a suitably - located aperture a, which is normally closed by a valve e and elastic ring e<1> mounted on the stem d, the valve being held in the closed position by the internal pressure. To open the bottle, the valve is displaced by pressing on the knob c of the stem d, thereby reducing the internal pressure so that the ball or other stopper falls away from its seating i. This method of opening is devised to obviate any risk of the liquid becoming contaminated by microbes &c.
Patent GB-190115578-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bedstead.
Inventor: GRAEBELDINGER JOSEF
Filed: 1901-08-01
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 15,578. Grõbeldinger, J. Aug. 1. Drawings to Specification. Picture frames.-The side frames of wooden bedsteads are parallel to receive pictures which can be removed and hung on a wall.
Patent GB-190116394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-Tube Boilers.
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 16,394. Guilleaume, E., and Maschinen & Dampfkasselfabrik " Guilleaume Werke" Ges. Aug 15. Water-tube boilers.-The front header is divided into three vertical compartments, and the tubes are preferably connected to a series of horizontal rear headers p, or to a single horizontally-divided header. The tubes connected to the central compartment o of the front header serve for return circulation, towards the rear headers.
Patent GB-190116429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glossing Leather, Paper, Textile Fabrics and the like.
Inventor: COHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1902-08-14
Abstract: 16,429. Cohn, A. Aug. 15. Coated fabrics.-A glossy coating is produced on textile fabrics &c. by applying a thick solution of celluloid to the surface. The celluloid solution may consist of 100 parts of amyl acetate, or amyl acetate and acetone, 7 to 12 parts of celluloid, and 10 to 18 parts of castor oil.