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Patent GB-189720680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Leather, Belting and in Apparatus applicable therefor.
Inventor: SARGEANT EDWARD FRANK
Filed: 1897-09-08
Granted: 1898-12-08
Abstract: 20,680. Sargeant, E. F. Sept. 8. Belts and bands, making from strips of leather. Central slits are formed along the edges of the strips a to be united ; these are then sewn together by thread passing through a vibrating arm b, b<1> and pegs c driven through the belt. Through and through stitches may be used instead of the pegs a. In a modification, the two strips are united by cement and a tape laid in the slits. Fig. 6 shows an apparatus for effecting this. a is a metal plough which turns up the edges of the slits ; it is made hollow for the passage of the tape which is coiled upon a spindle b and passes through a tray c of cement. An attendant follows the plough and presses the parts together. In some cases the strips may be sewn together as follows :-A hooked needle is driven through one strip at an angle so that it emerges at the lower edge ; this picks up and draws through a bottom thread, through the loop of which a top thread is passed ; both loops are then drawn back into the substance of the leather, the bottom thread is drawn up through the adjoining strip in the same way, the top thread is passed through its loop, and so on ; thus the top thread assumes a zig-zag course on top of the belt.
Patent GB-189720895-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Weighting the Skirts of Ladies' Dresses.
Inventor: BELLAMY EDWIN CARPENTER
Filed: 1897-09-11
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 20,895. Bellamy, E. C. Sept. 11. Safety -pins 5 have weights 6 cast on them or otherwise attached t o them to weight the skirts of cyclists and others.
Patent GB-189721200-A (GB)
Title: A Detachable Railway Label for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: DOVER HORACE WALTER
Filed: 1897-09-15
Granted: 1898-07-16
Abstract: 21,200. Dover, H. W., and Phipps, P. Sept. 15. Labels and label fastenings for velocipedes. A label A consisting of a tablet of celluloid is attached to the framing of a bicycle or other vehicle by means of lateral clips B, which are strengthened by a steel spring C. The address may be written on the tablet A, or a paper label may be pasted upon it.
Patent GB-189721892-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Locking Bicycles, Tricycles, and other Velocipedes.
Filed: 1897-09-24
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 21,892. Harvey & Co., M., and Cubley, H. Sept. 24. Locks, key, for velocipedes. Relates to locking- apparatus for velocipedes. The lock case A takes the place of the cross-piece connecting the chain stays, and is connected to the frame members by suitable lugs. The bolt is made in two parts, a sliding part D with a reduced end d<1> adapted to engage with the teeth of the chain-wheel F, and a turning part E operated by the key G which is provided with a spigot piece e<1> which takes into a hole in the part D. The key G is made with a peg to engage a hole in the turning part. The sliding part is prevented from rotating by a feather h taking into a way d<5>. The sliding part D is provided with inclined surfaces d<3>, d' which engage with corresponding surfaces upon the turning part E, so that, by rotating the latter, the bolt d' may be shot into engagement with the chain-wheel teeth. When in the locked position, the flat surfaces d<7>, e<5> which terminate the inclined surfaces are in contact with each other. A spring i serves to keep the surfaces in contact, and also to return the bolt when the unlocking process has been started by means of the key. The parts D, E are secured in place by the bush J, which is made with a keyhole j and may be provided with wards for the key.
Patent GB-189800011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Filed: 1898-01-01
Granted: 1898-12-03
Abstract: 11. Hill, A. J. E., and "Photo" (Limited). Jan. 1. Cameras; shutters. -Relates to a camera with a reflector which throws the image on the focussing-screen on the top, and which is combined with a roller blind shutter. The reflector B is pivoted at C, and throws the image from the lens at M on to the focussing-screen B' when in the position shown in Fig. 1. The blind shutter A is wound on two spring rollers D, (the upper one of which has the greater tension on its spring), and is attached to the free end of the reflector. In the blind are two apertures, one above the line of attachment of the reflector and one below. The reflector is held down by a spring catch acting on an external lever on the axis C. When this lever is released, the reflector and blind rise and make an instantaneous or a time exposure, the blind and reflector being arrested in the latter case by the catch while the exposure aperture is opposite the lens. A blind H of opaque fabric prevents light from passing through above the reflector.
Patent GB-189801492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fog or Audible Signalling Apparatus for Railways.
Inventor: GASCOYNE GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1898-01-19
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 1492. Gascoyne, G. F. Jan. 19. Signals on engines; indicators and repeaters, signal; contacts, mechanical.- A horn or whistle L on the engine is connected through the pipe K and air receiver M to the bellows B, and is sounded when the lever E affixed to the movable part of the bellows strikes the lever N mounted on the permanent way. The lever N is pivoted at the end N', and its free end bears on a cam Q on the rocking shaft Q<1>, which is connected to the ordinary signal-operating-mechanism &c. When the signal is at 'danger,' the lever N is elevated, as shown in dotted lines, to engage the lever E, but when the signal is put to 'safety,' the lever N is lowered into the position shown in full lines, and is then inoperative. Two or more treadle-levers, of which one may be fixed and the others may be adjustable, may be employed at each signalling- station. A non-return valve is interposed between the bellows and the receiver N, and the bellows is also provided with an air-inlet valve. A cylinder and piston may be employed instead of the bellows.
Patent GB-189805383-A (GB)
Title: A Propeller for Vessels.
Inventor: WESTPHALEN RUDOLF COUNT
Filed: 1898-03-04
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 5383. Westphalen, Rudolf, C o u n t . March 4. Screw propellers.- The blades have plain in place of helical faces, and are placed at an angle of from 30‹ to 40‹ with the axis of the propeller. They are circular or elliptical in form, and embrace nearly half the circumference of the boss when there are two, a third when there are three, and so on. Large apertures may be made in the blades without impairing their efficiency. The axes of the blades are preferably at right-angles to that of the boss, but may be inclined to it.
Patent GB-189807672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastening Devices for the Stoppers of Bottles and like Receptacles.
Filed: 1898-03-30
Granted: 1898-04-30
Abstract: 7 6 7 2 . Lake, H. H., [Branca Bros.]. March 30. Sealing bottles &c.- A metal ring a provided with arms b, b<1> is placed on the neck A of the bottle &c. before the usual rim C is formed thereon. After the vessel has been filled and corked, the arms b, b<1> are bent together over the cork and secured, as shown, by a lead seal K. The arms are notched near the ends to afford a good connection for the seal.
Patent GB-189809501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packings, Joint Washers, or the like for Pipe, Manhole, and other Joints.
Inventor: TURNER JESSIE ETHEL
Filed: 1898-04-25
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 9501. Turner, J. E. April 25. Drawings to Specification. Joint-making packing.-Relates to washers or rings for pipe. manhole, and other flanged joints. Asbestos, cotton yarn, or other textile material is wound on a soft metal core, and is then covered with india-rubber by saturating it or brushing it with rubber solution.
Patent GB-189809605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters for Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: FOKCHANER ISIDORE
Filed: 1898-04-26
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 9605. Fokchaner, I. April 26. Filters; cleansing. - T h e different layers of filtering- media are arranged as follows :-The block c of compressed animal charcoal, a layer of coarse carbon confined by a vessel having perforations e<1>, a layer of powdered charcoal, a sheet of woven asbestos, more charcoal, and a distributer i. In the cover are arranged sheets of asbestos h<1>, h<2> and layers of lump charcoal. Pipes l and d, connected to the top and bottom of the filter respectively, are joined outside by the pipe o, and three-way or other valves are so arranged that water may be passed from top to bottom for filtering, or in the reverse direction and to waste by the pipe p for cleansing purposes.
Patent GB-189810153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Polychrome Printing Machines.
Filed: 1898-05-03
Granted: 1899-07-03
Abstract: 10,153. Simultaneous Color Printing Syndicate and Montin, H. de. May 3. Printing in several colours.-The polychromatic blocks employed for printing in several colours are made up of various colouring-materials and a mixture which may consist of Japan wax, ceresine wax, castor oil, and mutton fat. A mixture of earth or mineral wax and vegetable and animal wax, either singly or in combination, anima!, vegetable, and mineral oils, either singly or in combination, and animal fat may be used with the colouring-matters. Fig. 3 shows such a block mounted upon the bed of a printing-machine. The block D is held by a frame comprising two angleirons g, and two side bars, secured adjustably to the angle-irons g, and composed of two or more overlapping portions ; the angle-irons are adjustably secured to side bars h, which are held by bolts h<2> within dovetailed recesses formed in the reciprocating bed B. After every printing operation the block D is forced upwards, through a small distance, by screws E which pass through nuts carrying bevel-wheels c', actuated by bevel-wheels c<6>, pinions c<4>, c<3>, and wheel and worm on a shaft a. Intermittent rotation is imparted to the shaft a by a ratchet-wheel d and pawl e, carried by an arm e', which strikes an adjustable stop f secured to the machine framing. The printing-cylinder may be heated by means of steam, hot water, or hot air, introduced from the hollow shaft j<1> into a jacket j, or into longitudinally arranged tubes, or into a coiled pipe. The Provisional Specification refers also to Specifications No. 13,874, A,D. 1887, No. 9870, A.D. 1894, and No. 22,376, A.D. 1895.
Patent GB-189810705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motor and Meters adapted for use with Alternating Currents.
Inventor: DAVIS HARRY PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-05-10
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 10,705. Davis, H. P., and Conrad, F. Oct. 22, A.D. 1897, [date claimed under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Motors, alternating-current.-Single-phase alternating-current motors have fields arranged as shown. The armature rotates within pole-pieces 3<1>, 4<1> carried by parts of an iron ring, separated by non-magnetic gaps or pieces 6<1>, A single magnetic circuit is produced around the ring by a continuous winding 8<1>. The pairs of adjacent pole-piecas 3', 4<1> are wound with coils 11<1>, which are connected in series, and supplied with current through an adjustable resistance 25, in parallel with the winding 8<1>. By these arrangements, each pair of pole-pieces produces a shifting field. In a modified form, the coils 11<1> are carried by radiating poles of a stationary core, within the armature, opposite the pairs of pole-pieces 3<1>, 4'. A further modification is provided with a disc armature, for use in a motor meter.
Patent GB-189811437-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Azo-dyestuffs from Picramic Acid.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1898-05-19
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 11,437. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. May 19. Dyes, artificial.-Azo dyes which yield fast dark shades on wool in an acid bath are produced by diazotizing picramic acid and combining the diazo compound thus produced with 1 :4-naphthol sulphonic acid, 2:3:6-, 1:3:6-, or 1:3:8- naphthol disulphonic acid, 1 : 8 : 4- or 2 : 8 : 6- dioxynaphthalene monosulphonic acid, 2 :8 :6-, 2 : 3 : 7-, or 1 : 8 : 4-amidonaphthol sulphonic acid, or 1:8:3:6- or 2:8:3:6-amidonaphthol disulphonic acid. In an example given, amidonaphthol disulphonic acid-H is used, and the product dyes wool a black shade which is changed by treatment with bichromate into a deep green, very fast to washing, soap, and fulling. In another case a dye is produced from 2 : 3 : 6-#-naphthol disulphonic acid which yields a red-violet shade in wool. The shade is scarcely altered by bichromate, but great fastness is thereby obtained.
Patent GB-189824323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Generators.
Inventor: KASTRUP HERMANN
Filed: 1898-11-18
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 24,323. Kastrup, H. Nov. 18. Patent refused. Steam-generator furnace flues.-Corrugated flues are made of conical form, tapering from the furnace end. They may be made in one or more sections.
Patent GB-189900135-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing Propeller Blades to their Bosses.
Inventor: DAVIES LEWIS
Filed: 1899-01-03
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 135. Davies, L. Jan. 3. Screw propellers.-Relates to means for securing removable blades. The blade 3, Fig. 1, is secured by cap-nuts 4 screwed on to studs 2 screwed into the boss 1. The cap 4 is secured by a set-screw 7, which is prevented from rotating by a pin passed through one of the holes 10, into one of the screwed holes 11 in the cap. Holes 8 and 9 are bored through the stud and screw respectively, to allow any water to escape when they are being inserted. The stud and set-screw are of opposite hand.
Patent GB-189913861-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cork Screw.
Inventor: HARDEMAN HENRY
Filed: 1899-07-05
Granted: 1900-06-09
Abstract: 13,861. Hardeman, H. July 5. Corkscrews and cork-drawers.-To permit the escape of the gas from a bottle before the cork is withdrawn, and so to prevent waste of liquor or the bursting of the bottle, the stem A of the corkscrew is made hollow, and formed with gas inlets C, C<2> and outlets D, D<2>. In use, the corkscrew is inserted until the perforations C, C<2> pass through the cork, the gas then escaping through these perforations C, C<2>, the tubular stem, and the perforations D, D<2>. To prevent the escape of liquor after the gas has escaped, the corkscrew is further inserted until the cork covers the outlet D<2>. Ordinary counter cork-drawers may be similarly constructed.
Patent GB-189915009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boats' Chocks.
Inventor: BURNETT WILLIAM MORE
Filed: 1899-07-21
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 15,009. Burnett, W. M. July 21. Boat supporting and securing gear.-Relates to the construction of boat chocks, which on the withdrawal of a pin or cottar automatically drop, leaving the boat hanging in the davits, and at the same time release the gripes or lashings. At each end the boat rests on a pair of arms 22, 23 hinged together. One arm is pivoted to a bracket on the skid 27, while the other is hinged to a bracket on a sliding bar or plate 29. At one end of the skid is a piece 27" through which is passed a cottar 32 to prevent endwise movement of the bar 29. When this cottar is removed, the arms drop under the weight of the boat. The sliding of the bar 29 draws the pins 37 from the links of the gripes 33, and releases them. In a modification, the movement of the bar disengages hooks from the gripes.
Patent GB-189918663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feed-pumps for use in connection with Vapour Engines.
Inventor: ELLIAS GOTTLIEB BEHREND
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 18,663. Lake, W. R., [Behrend, E. G., and Zimmermann, F. 0. C.]. Sept. 15. Vapour engines.- Relates to feedpumps for returning the liquefied motive fluid, such as ammonia or sulphurous acid, from the condenser to the vaporizer. The pump is situated below the condenser, so that liquid therefrom can gravitate into it. The suction valve a is positively actuated, as also the delivery valve, if one is used. The pump is cooled by cold water circulation in the jacket c.
Patent GB-189920094-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Smoking Apparatus for Use in connection with Smoke Houses.
Inventor: MELZER BRUNO
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 20,094. Melzer, B. Oct. 6. Fumigating.-Relates to apparatus for evolving smoke for use in smoke-houses. Flames from a firebox b pass up through a central hole g and a ring of holes h in the bottom f of a cast-iron cylinder a. A rotary perforated plate k, operated by a handle i, carries a perforated conical hood l. A conical vessel m, bearing by ribs u on the cylinder a, forms round this hood a jacket which is packed with wood shavings, peat, &c. The smoke from these passes through a perforated lid n, and out past dampers p in lateral tubes o of the cover v, through outlets r in the pipe q to the smoke house. A side bracket is attached to the cover v, to prevent contact between the cylinder a and the cover in its open position.
Patent GB-190004495-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wall and Ceiling Decoration.
Inventor: NESBITT JOHN ROBINSON
Filed: 1900-03-09
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 4495. Nesbitt, J. R. March 9. Wall and ceiling coverings.-Sheets of ornamental material are embossed or formed with raised ribs d which register with one another when the sheets are placed side by side. Ornamental buttons or plugs a, formed with conical bodies b and provided with pins or spikes c, are driven into recesses in the ribs at the junctions of the sheets.
Patent GB-190105447-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Implement for Cleaning Boiler Tubes and the like.
Inventor: EISELE JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-03-14
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 5447. Eisele, J. March 14. Cleaning pipes and tubes. -A device for removing incrustation from the exterior surfaces of fire - tubes of steam boilers, and cooking and distilling apparatus, and the like is shown in side view in Fig. 5, and consists of the hammer-shaped scrapers b, Fig. 3, which oscillate upon the axes d carried by the rigid or flexible rod or band a in one or several parts linked together, the scrapers being held by the springs g normally perpendicular to the rod or band. The instrument is operated up and down by hand, or may be driven by an electric, steam, or compressed-air motor with suitable crank and transmitting mechanism.
Patent GB-190105783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fly-wheels and Main Driving Wheels
Inventor: COOK SAMUEL GEORGE BAKER
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 5783. Cook, S.G.B., [Howland- Sherman, C. H.]. March 19. Flywheels. - The rim segments are each formed at each end with a lug l<6> for the connecting bolts l<7>, and with flanges l on both sides of the lug. The flanges of adjoining segments, when brought together, are retained in recesses formed in the flanged ends of the stays R, which are bolted to the rim and to the arms of the wheel.
Patent GB-190107583-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Modelling Casts or Busts of Individuals also Heads and Faces of Toy Figures such as Dolls, Soldiers, and such like.
Inventor: EATON FLORENCE EMILY
Filed: 1901-04-13
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 7583. Eaton, F. E. April 13. Moulding statuary and toys.-A process for modelling casts and busts of individuals, and heads and faces of toy figures, such as dolls, soldiers, and the like, consists in softening a sheet of dental enamel in boiling water, stretching it to the desired thinness, and then working it into the features of the cast, bust, face, or the like to be produced, whereby a facsimile is produced on the exterior of the sheet.
Patent GB-190111747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stand Pipes.
Inventor: GULLAND CHARLES
Filed: 1901-06-08
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 11,747. Gulland, C. June 8. Lift valves.-Relates to stand-pipes for locomotive use. The valve E is of the Gullland " type, such as described in Speccification No. 20,241, A.D. 1899, and is provided with an auxiliary valve F, which controls a passage 12 leading from the pressure pipe 5 to a chamber 13 above the valve 14. So long as the passage 12 is open, the pressure of the water in the chamber 13 keeps the valve 14 closed. By actuating the valve F, the chamber 13 is open to a discharge port, thereby relieving the pressure so that the valve 14 can open to supply water to the stand-pipe. The valve F is operated by a lever h terminating in a ring i<1> surrounding the pipe, and actuated by a latch k on the end of the rod k<1>, which is coupled, through a spring connection and bell-crank lever to a rod p<1>, carrying an actuating-lever q working in guides.
Patent GB-190114456-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Means used in connection therewith, for Dissolving Shellac and Obtaining Varnish or Composition therefrom.
Inventor: SHOOTER WILFRED LIONEL
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 14,456. Shooter, W. L. July 16. Varnishes.-Relates to a process for dissolving shellac to form a varnish, without the use of spirits, naphtha, or similar solvents. The shellac is first boiled with water, and to the boiling solution borax or boracic acid is added. Subsequently liquid ammonia is added, and completes the solution. In a modified process, soda or a mixture of soda and borax may be employed, instead of borax. In the latter case, the varnish or composition must be employed hot.
Patent GB-190121151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Self-generating Vapour Burners of Lamps.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM BEARD
Filed: 1901-10-22
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 21,151. Lake, W. B., and Elliot, E. F. Oct. 22. Vapour lamps.-Oil supplied under pressure by the pipe b traverses the tube b<2> and passes, under the control of the screw-threaded needle valve e, to channels b<3*> bored in the diamond-shaped vaporizing-chamber b<3> through the bosses b<9>. Thence the vapour returns by the tube b<4> to the nozzle b<6>. Projecting tongues c<2> in the burner orifice c' not only serve to break up the mixture of air and vapour from the tube and improve the flame, but also cause a part of the flame to traverse the space c<5> between the flanged cover c and the vaporizer. The extinction of the flame is facilitated by arranging the head e<1> of the valve e adjacent to the vaporizer, Fig. 6, so as to prevent the oil in the tube b<2> from passing to the flame, and the risk of damage to the frame by expansion and contraction is minimized by cutting away the metal from the burner support b<7>. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, two valves e, g are employed, and the starting - cup f is supplemented by a second cup b<17>, while the tube b<4> is jacketed to confine the heat.
Patent GB-190125614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Thermostatic Indicators
Inventor: RENNERT OTTO
Filed: 1901-12-14
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 25,614. Rennert, O. Dec. 14. Thermostats. -Relates to a thermostatic indicator in which a pointer indicates upon n a scale the temperature at which an electric alarm is given. The thermometric s t r i p a makes or breaks a circuit through the contact - s c r e w b. The contact-screw b is mounted upon the lever e, which is pivoted to the pin d and is pressed by a spring at one end and by the adjusting-screw g at the other end. The screw g adjusts the distance between the contact - screw and the thermometric strip.