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Patent GB-189712411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Cast Cycle Forks, Frames, and like Articles.
Filed: 1897-05-19
Granted: 1898-03-26
Abstract: 12,411. Accles, J. G., and Lu-mi-num Manufacturing Co. May 19. Casting.-Relates to the construction of cycle forks, frames, and the like, which are cast in aluminium or other suitable alloys or light metals, and consists in inserting, during the casting, steel or hard metal strips, bushes, or stiffening- pieces. The strips, bushes, &c. are supported in the mould, heated to the required heat, and the molten alloy poured around them either wholly or in part. Fig. 1 shows a cycle fork in which the tube a is provided with bent stiffening- pieces b which are enclosed by the aluminium alloy c. Fig. 4 shows a bottom bracket having a stamped metal bush e with suitable socket pieces e<1> held by the alloy c' forming the frame, which is partly run around it. The stay piece f may have a stiffening-piece if desired. The tube or bush e is preferably so formed that the bearings may be readily attached thereto. The bushes or strengthening-pieces may be provided with holes, slots, corrugations, or projections, if required, to make a more perfect connection with the alloy.
Patent GB-189713390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Forming and Preparing Blanks for Making Tubes or Wrappers and Mouth-pieces for Cigarettes or for other purposes.
Filed: 1897-05-31
Granted: 1898-05-14
Abstract: 13,390. Wills, W. D. & M. O., [Bonsack Machine Co.]. May 31. Paper tubes.-The invention relates to a machine for preparing the paper blanks for making conical wrappers or mouthpieces for cigarettes, or paper tubes for other purposes. Fig. 15 shows the form of mouthpiece for which the blanks are intended, Fig. 14 the blank, and Fig. 13 a strip of paper from which six blanks have been cut. The essential parts of the machine are shown in Figs. 5, 10, and 11. The paper strips, continuous or separate, are fed along the table B by the feedrolls O<4>, O<5>, and pass between the female die and a plate P' with a similar opening. The male die P' descends and cuts out the blank, and the stripper R moving within the die carries the blank through the female die on to a receiver S, shown in plan in Fig. 10. The receiver carries the blank beneath a presser-foot or nipper U, as seen in Fig. 11, and the bar V then rises, carrying the blank and the foot U with it. When the bar V has reached the upper limit defined by stops or shoulders on the slide U<1>, the plate W<2> slides past it and turns up the edge of the blank into contact with the intermittently-rotating paste-wheel T'.
Patent GB-189714639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Dyeing, Sizing, and Washing Hanks of Yarn and Slubbing.
Inventor: WOODCOCK WRIGHT
Filed: 1897-06-17
Granted: 1898-05-28
Abstract: 14,639. Woodcock, W., Longthorpe, J., and Dargue, W. June 17. Yarns and threads, finishing. -A machine for sizing or otherwise treating hanks of yarn and slubbing. The hank rollers 25 carry and gear by means of teeth 39 with endless chains 37 carrying convex bars 36 over which the hanks are placed. The b a r s are turned up at the ends to prevent the hanks from slipping off. The rollers are placed in brackets 26 on rails 27 which are connected by links 29<1> with cross-bars 31. The cross-bars carry pulleys 32 connected by ropes with an overhead carriage not here shown. The rails are lowered into pockets on the top of the vat, so that the squared ends 24 of the rollers 25 enter square openings 23 in the shafts of wormwheels 21. These wheels are rotated in either direction for moving the hanks in the vat by worms 20 on a shaft 19, which is operated by a train of wheels connected by reversing clutch mechanism 10 and bevel gearing 7, 8, 9 with the main shaft 3. By means of winding-drums 43, 49, connected by ropes with the overhead carriage, the cross-bars 31 and rails 27 carrying the hank rollers are lifted out of and moved away from the vat. The drums are operated by worm gearing, which is put into action by clutches 70 and 71 controlled respectively by levers 61, 64, 66, 68 and 62, 65, 67, 69. The rollers are delivered from the rails to special holders 40, Fig. 10, by means of a right and left handed screwed shaft 34 which, when rotated by a hand-wheel 35, traverses nuts 33 on links 29<1>, and thereby turns the latter upon their pivots so as to move the rails 27 outwards and liberate the rollers. The hanks are then taken off and replaced by others, and the rollers are returned on the rails 27 to the vat by means of the overhead carriage.
Patent GB-189718714-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of an Improved Alimentary Extract.
Inventor: KRESSEL EDWARD CHARLES LUDWIG
Filed: 1897-08-12
Granted: 1898-07-02
Abstract: 18,714. Kressel, E. C. L., and Hill- Jones, T. Aug. 12. Drawings to Specification. Food preparations.-Consists of improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 15,885, A.D. 1895, for obtaining an alimentary extract from yeast. The washed yeast, after adding common salt, is heated to a temperature of 60‹-65‹C. and the resulting product treated with a digestive agent (for example, a composition of sugar of milk, pepsin, pancreatin, ptyalin or diastase, lactic acid, and hydrochloric acid), or with formic aldehyde, at a temperature cf 40‹-45‹ C. until complete peptonization has been effected. The liquor is strained or filtered off, and condensed to the required consistency. In place of the digestive agent or formic aldehyde, superheated steam may be employed. For this treatment, a suitable apparatus is described, consisting of a closed vessel or pan, into which the superheated steam is passed through a coil of pipe perforated at its lower end.
Patent GB-189725129-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Bicycles.
Inventor: ROSENZWEIG ADOLF
Filed: 1897-10-29
Granted: 1898-02-19
Abstract: 25,129. Rosenzweig, A. Oct. 29. Bicycles are constructed with the pedal-crank axle passing through the centre of the rear driving- wheel, and with the saddle arranged almost vertically above the same, as shown in Fig. 1. This arrangement enables the wheels to be brought closer together. The pedal-crank axle a passes loosely through the hub of the rear driving-wheel b, and imparts motion thereto by means of four spur-wheels f, g, h, i, preferably fitted with roller teeth. The wheel f is fixed to the crank axle and the pinion i to the hub.
Patent GB-189725955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Vapour Burners.
Inventor: DURR LUDWIG
Filed: 1897-11-08
Granted: 1898-07-09
Abstract: 25,955. D³rr, L. Nov. 8. Vapour burners.-Relates to the construction of small burners of the type described in Specification No. 12,771, A.D. 1893, in which a main burner and a secondary burner are arranged the one behind the other in such a manner that the secondary burner heats the vaporizer. In the construction shown, the oil, under the control of a valve b, descends channels c to the vaporizer d, which is arranged to be heated by the flame of the secondary burner f, after the apparatus has been started by the burning of cotton waste or the like. The vaporizer is so shaped that it is practically enveloped by the flame of the secondary burner f, and its interior can be readily examined by removing the burner g. In a modification, the vaporizer is divided by a vertical partition into two chambers which respectively communicate with the main and secondary burners, to allow of the latter maintaining the heat of the vaporizer when the main burner is not in use. When used in connection with a steamgenerator furnace, the combustion chamber h is mounted on a wheeled carriage or frame. It is supplemented by a perforated cone and an air-supply valve, and may be lined with refractory material.
Patent GB-189728221-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Roving or Sliver Cans.
Inventor: COLLINS JOHN ANDREW
Filed: 1897-11-30
Granted: 1898-01-22
Abstract: 28,221. Collins, J. A. Nov. 30. Sliver cans.-In order to prevent the sliver or roving from being displaced in the can while the latter is being transported from one part to another of the mill, the cam is fitted with a movable transverse rod d. The rod is preferably of wood and takes into apertures c near the open end of the can. It is provided with a head e and with a groove or neck f, which engages with the edge of one of the apertures c to hold the rod in place.
Patent GB-189728711-A (GB)
Title: A Tool for Repairing Pneumatic Tires.
Inventor: GRISWOLD MARIUS EDWARD
Filed: 1897-12-04
Granted: 1898-01-29
Abstract: 28,711. Griswold, M. E. Dec. 4. Tyres, pneumatic, closing punctures of. The Figures show a tool for inserting rubber plugs into punctures in pneumatic tyres. The plug D is held between the longitudinal tapered sections of the split end of a barrel B grasped at one end by the expansible tapered end E of an outer tube A, and provided at the other end with a feather b, which engages with a groove in the cap C, and is thereby prevented from turning. The cap C is provided with a tongue c to engage with a groove in the tube A.
Patent GB-189730313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Holding Open Doors.
Inventor: HUGHES FREDERIC
Filed: 1897-12-22
Granted: 1898-03-05
Abstract: 30,313. Hughes, F. Dec. 22. Door holders.-A grooved plate o is fixed to the floor and a casing b fixed to or sunk in the lower edge of the door the position of the plate corresponding to the required position of the door. Wings e, hinged or a pin d, have upturned edges f, with slots g engaged by pins h on a plate i. This plate is carried by a lever j, pivoted in the casing, and having a toe-plate l on one or both sides of the door. By operating the toe-plate, the plate i may be lowered or raised, causing the wings e to engage the grooves in the plate o, or raising them to a horizontal position, flush with the bottom of the door, allowing the latter to be closed.
Patent GB-189800703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Degumming or Bleaching of Rhea Fibre.
Inventor: LONGMORE JAMES
Filed: 1898-01-10
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 703. Longmore, J. Jan. 10. Retting; yarns and threads. -Relates to the preparatory treatment of rhea and similar fibres for bleaching or ungumming, and consists in forming the fibre B into a sort of rope by passing it from a feed-table A between pressure rollers C and then through discs D<2> revolving in opposite di rections and having attached eccentrically to each of them a spindle D<5> on which is loosely mounted a bobbin D<4> filled with string which is wound around the fibre as shown. Instead of the feed-table, a gill drawing-machine or spreader may be employed. E is a tapered cone or condensing-funnel through which the fibre may be passed on its way to the winding-apparatus. Before running the rope to the bleach house it may be passed through a liquor bath and then through one or more pairs of squeezing-rollers.
Patent GB-189801306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in relating to Bottles and like Receptacles.
Inventor: LARRISON LEWIS KICE
Filed: 1898-01-17
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 1306. Larrison, L. K., and Larrison, A. M. Jan. 17. Measures of capacity; measured quantities, delivering. - A graduated measure B is fixed to the neck 10 of a bottle or other receptacle A for containing medicine &c., and can be wholly or partly filled from the vessel through the connecting - passage 13, a second passage 13<a> being provided to permit the air to pass from the measure to the vessel. The measure is normally closed by the stopper 14, and the vessel A by the stopper 15, the latter stopper also serving to close the passages 13, 13<a>. The stopper 15 is recessed at 16, so that, by rotating it until the recess is in the position shown in dotted lines, the measure can be filled without removing the stoppers.
Patent GB-189801449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dog Biscuits.
Inventor: HARTLEY ISAAC
Filed: 1898-01-19
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 1449. Hartley, I. Jan. 19. Moulding food for animals.-Dog biscuits are baked in tins or moulds A, A' having divisions or recesses D and D' respectively, which do not register with one another, but which form depressions in the biscuits so that they may be easily broken up by hand.
Patent GB-189802394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Valves.
Inventor: REYNOLDS ALFRED
Filed: 1898-01-29
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 2394. Reynolds, A. Jan. 29. Couplings with valves. -The seat A of the valve D is screwed into the casing C so as to be easily removable for cleaning &c., and is provided with a number of openings B. The tail piece G carries a washer F which fits a groove therein and by means of the nut shown is pressed against the end of the casing to prevent leakage. The valve is fixed in a suitable position, preferably by a detachable bracket H. The apparatus is applicable to fluids generally, but is specially applicable to beer pumps, the beer being retained at the level of the valve, thereby reducing labour.
Patent GB-189809968-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for Lubricating Door Hinges.
Inventor: GRELL JOHANN HEINRICH
Filed: 1898-04-30
Granted: 1898-07-02
Abstract: 9968. G r e l l, J H. April 30. Lubricating door hinges. A tube c is inserted in the socket or other part a of the hinge, which is provided with a channel to allow the lubricant to reach the bearing-surface d.
Patent GB-189811911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Saddle and Seat Springs.
Inventor: DUERRE CHARLES WILLIAM RUDOLPH
Filed: 1898-05-25
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 11,911. Duerre, C. W. R. May 25. Saddle springs.-Relates particularly to the form of saddle described in Specification No. 18,937, A.D. 1894. The saddle a is secured in front by the adjusting-screw z to stays which extend rearward and support the cantle. The stays are secured in the rear to pieces p having eyes p<1> secured to the stays and eyes l, l<1> which form with a rod m and similar eyes d; d<1>, formed on the springs b, hinges as shown. The springs beach comprise one or more plate springs secured together by clips h riveted to the top plate, and are secured by a suitable clip to the L-pin. The front ends of the springs are formed into eyes e<1> secured to a link f which embraces a plate k secured round the stays j, and is provided with an antifriction roller g which allows the link to move freely on the plate k.
Patent GB-189902499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating and Registering the Operations of Watchmen and others.
Inventor: VAUDREY PAUL VIRGILE
Filed: 1899-02-03
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 2499. Vaudrey, P. V. Feb. 3. Tell-tales for checking watchmen &c. The apparatus is for checking the visits of a watchman and his overseer and pricking a record for the manager on a disc revolved by clockwork. The clock D, at given specified intervals, connects the contact c<2> with the body of the clock and so, through the binding-screw 1, to the positive pole of the battery p. This is effected by the end of a pivoted switch dropping into a notch on a rotary disc or the like. Circuit for a bell A and for the electromagnet e is thus completed, and a tumbling switch g, released from the catch f on the armature of the magnet, Fig. 4, falls forwards against the contact k. When the clock again breaks circuit at c', and the bell A ceases ringing, the watchman restores the tumbler g by pushing in the button h, and, in doing so, connects the spring m and switch g so that circuit is completed for the register E and the pricker u is operated by the electromagnet s. If the watchman fails to actuate the apparatus, the tumbler g remains against the contact k, and a second pivoted switch on the clock, dropping shortly afterwards into the notch on the rotary disc, connects a contact with the positive pole of the battery, closing circuit for the overseer's alarm bell and setting free a drop-down signal similar to the tumbler g. If neither watchman nor overseer presses the button h, no registration takes place on the rotary disc and the absence of the pin-prick indicates the neglect to the manager.
Patent GB-189909065-A (GB)
Title: A Non-dripping-Syringe.
Inventor: DAVENPORT JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-05-01
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 9065. Davenport, J. W. May 1. Pistons, syringe. These are made with two flexible cups A, B, placed back to back with a washer between them. The cup B is in action during the forcing stroke, and the cup A during the suction. By this construction the discharge of liquid on to the person of the operator is avoided.
Patent GB-189912599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Plucking Pelts.
Inventor: SUTTON JOHN WASHBURN
Filed: 1899-06-16
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 12,599. Sutton, J. W. June 16. Furs.-Relates to machines for plucking pelts, of the type described in Specification No. 11,102, A.D. 1894. As described in that Specification, the skin is fed intermittently over a stationary stretcher-bar A, but a beater frame B, consisting of rods b<1> carried on a shaft, by end discs B<1>, is used to smooth down the fur instead of a rotary brush. The skin, having been fed forwards one step, is brushed at the sharp edge of the stretcherbar by revolving beaters F of thin sheet metal &c., the effective length of which can be adjusted by turning their supporting-bars f<1>, Fig. 5. The air currents produced by the beaters draw down the fine hairs, leaving the coarse or water hairs projecting. The comb G retains the fur on the descent of the beater frame C as shown in Fig. 1, and the blades D, D<1> then cut off the water hairs as described in the Specification mentioned above.
Patent GB-189916091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Apparatus suitable for Lighting, Cauterizing, and other Purposes.
Inventor: RICHARDSON JASPER
Filed: 1899-08-05
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 16,091. Richardson, J., and Ramsbottom, H. Aug. 5. Medical batteries.-Relates to electrical apparatus adapted for lighting, cauterizing, or heating, X-ray, or other work. The battery 1 consists of two or more cells connected to terminals 7 so that they may be arranged in series for lighting and in parallel for cauterizing &c. On the face of the box 3 is removably fitted the base 16 of the rheostat. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the connections, and Fig. 6 shows the construction of a switch for automatically connecting the batteries in series or parallel when the plugs are inserted. The contactplate 6 is normally in contact with the contact 5 and the cells in series for lighting the lamp when the contacts are in the sockets 9 and 9<a>. When the plugs of the cauterizing - appliance 28<b> are in the sockets 8<a>, the plate 6 is rocked by the pins striking a projection 6*, causing it to make contact with the contact 4, putting the cells in series. In a modified arrangement, the terminal or switchboard 7 is also placed on the base 16, and connected to the battery by pin-andsocket connections. Fig. 9 shows another arrangement of switch for altering the connections of the battery. In another arrangement, particularly adapted for X-ray work, additional cells are employed, and a rotary drum or commutator switch is fitted in the box for changing the connections.
Patent GB-189916344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inner Tubes for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: ATTREE GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-08-11
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 16,344. Attree, G. F. Aug. 11. Tyres, pneumatic.-The inner air tube is made in two or more separate sections, which are placed end to end. The sections are inflated through separate valves, so that, in case of puncture, any section may easily be replaced.
Patent GB-189918688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hydrocarbon Lamps or Burners and Wicks therefor.
Inventor: SCHIELE JOSEPHA
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 18,688. Schiele, J. Sept. 15. Oil burners.-In combustible or nearly incombustible wicks, of regular texture and uniform density throughout, and presenting flamesurfaces free from asperities, are prepared from the carbon from gas retorts. The incombustible wick a is supplemented by a cotton or feeding wick d, the escape of oil or vapour between the wick a and the wicktubes c is prevented by asbestos or other packing b, and the flame is regulated by an adjustable sleeve or burner cone e. The small portion of the wick which is burnt or worn by use may be removed by means of a fine file.
Patent GB-189920087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Candle Holding Devices.
Inventor: MATTHEWS ISAAC
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 20,087. Matthews, I. Oct. 6. Candle holders and save-alls; candlesticks.-The candle c rests upon a disc b on the end of the screw a, and is secured in position by the sharp edges of fingers d mounted on a disc or nut e, which may be screwed up or down upon the screw a. The holder may be provided with a tapered plug f for fitting into the socket of an ordinary candlestick, or the screw may be fixed directly to the candlestick. In a modification, the disc or nut e is arranged to rotate only, the screw a then rising and falling within it.
Patent GB-190004470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Stone-planing Machines.
Inventor: KOCH HUGO
Filed: 1900-03-08
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 4470. Koch, H. March 8. Dressing.-Relates to means for grinding a stone - planing machine cutter on the machine itself. A grinding-disc s and its driving-pulleys are mounted on a shaft a in bearings on the cutter frame g, and the cutter m is held by a holder k and blocks or brackets t on the table p, which feeds it under the grinder.
Patent GB-190005198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Turbines.
Inventor: ASHTON HAROLD THOMAS
Filed: 1900-03-19
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 5198. Ashton, H. T. March 19. Steam &c. turbines.-An expansive fluid-pressure or vapour turbine of the parallel-flow type is shown in Fig. 1. The shaft carries a turbine wheel B, which is hollowed out so as to form a conical set of grooves B<4>, and which has an external series of grooves B<1> of gradually increasing size. The casing C is made with corresponding series of grooves C<4>, C<1>. The grooves are divided into receiving and discharging chambers by median partitions C<6>, B<3>, and blades C<2>, B<5>. The arrangement of the partitions C<6> and blades C<5> for the conical part of the turbine is shown in Fig. 3, and the inclination of the blades C<5> is shown in Fig. 4. A fluid-pressure chamber F is formed inside the casing, and the motive fluid passes through the conically - arranged grooves and then through the gradually-enlarging external grooves to the exhaust passage G. The blades may be transversely inclined in the grooves, and the partition dispensed with, the vanes being suitably curved from the receiving-side to the discharge side. Separate blades may be replaced by recesses cut in the turbine wheel and casing so as to leave partitions which act as blades. Both the casing and turbine wheel may be made rotatable, and the number of blade-carrying surfaces may be varied. Two similar turbines may be arranged on one shaft. The Provisional Specification mentions the application of the invention to radial-flow turbines.
Patent GB-190008573-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Casting Pig-iron.
Inventor: ORTH KARL
Filed: 1900-05-09
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 8573. Orth, K. May 9. Loading ; shoots.-In a process of casting pigiron, the molten metal is run from the blast furnace into a channel b having a series of spouts c for directing it into a series of moulds f, provided with trunnions h, which are mounted upon a reciprocating carriage i. Upon one trunnion of each mould is mounted a segmental toothed wheel m adapted to engage with a fixed rack l. The carriage i is reciprocated in one direction so as to bring the moulds successively beneath the spouts c, and then in the opposite direction so as to bring the moulds in succession over a shoot n, by means of a rope k attached to the ends of the carriage and actuated by means of an electromotor. During the traverse of the moulds towards the spouts c, for charging, the rack l engages with the wheels m, so as to revolve the moulds into position for filling, and the moulds are locked by means of spring catches which engage with arms on the trunnions. The pigs fall from the shoot n upon an inclined plate o, which directs them into trucks p ; the shoot n and plate o are mounted upon a reciprocating carriage q actuated by means of an electromotor u.