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Patent GB-189726161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mudguards for the Wheels of Velocipedes and like Vehicles.
Inventor: TOWNSEND GEORGE
Filed: 1897-11-10
Granted: 1898-09-17
Abstract: 26,161. Townsend, G. Nov. 10. Guards, mud.-Relates to stays or supports for mud guards. Each support is formed of a bridgepiece A, two tubes B of triangular cross-section, and end plates or cheeks C. The ends a of the bridge-piece A and the shanks c of the cheeks C are pressed on to the ends of the tubes B. The cheeks C are strengthened by auxiliary plates C', the shanks c' of which may pass inside or outside the tubes B. Where double stays are employed, Fig. 3, one cheek C is flanged or cupped at c<2> to receive the auxiliary plate C', which is itself applied to the other cheek. The flange or cup c<2> and the auxiliary plate C' are notched at c<3> and c<4> respectively to hold the stays in position. The auxiliary strengthening-plates C' may be applied to stays of channel or other section.
Patent GB-189728264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Generation of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: GRUBB HOWARD
Filed: 1897-11-30
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 28,264. Grubb, H. Nov. 30. Acetylene.-Generators having baskets or compartments for carbide are connected with an elevated supply tank so that the water flows naturally into contact with the carbide. The generator may be within or outside of a gas container, and this is connected with the tank and generator in such a way that the level of the water rises and falls in both the generator and the gas container at the same time. One form of the apparatus is shown in Fig. 4, in which K is the tank, L the container, A the generator, C the water-supply pipe, and D the gas exit pipe. In this case, the water flows upon the carbide from above, and the waste water is driven through a siphon pipe E<1> to a tank E'. The water enters the pipe C through a conical vessel C' provided with holes which increase in number from below upwards in order that the supply of water may vary in inverse proportion to the amount of gas in the container. In Fig. 5 is shown an arrangement of spring valves and a screw-down cover B which ensures the automatic closing of the water-supply pipe C, waste-water pipe E<1>, and gas exit pipe D, and the opening of the emptying- pipe G' when the cover B is removed. When the cover is secured in place, it presses upon the spindles of the valves and operates them in the contrary sense. The water falls upon the carbide through a perforated plate B<6>, which entirely covers the basket A<1> except for the gas exit passage B<5>. A water jacket F surrounds the generator. A simpler form of generator is also described which is placed within the water-supply tank.
Patent GB-189730161-A (GB)
Title: Certain Improvements in Racquets for the Games of Tennis, Lawn Tennis, and the like.
Inventor: FLETCHER WILLIAM FOSTER
Filed: 1897-12-21
Granted: 1898-12-10
Abstract: 30,161. Fletcher, W. F. Dec. 21. Racquets.-The frame A is formed of aluminium or aluminium alloy, and is attached to the handle B by screws c. The frame may consist of a plain band or a band with outwardly-projecting beads at the top and bottom, it may be shaped somewhat as a double-headed rail, it may be an elliptical tube, or it may be made of wood with a facing- strip of aluminium or aluminium alloy. The Provisional Specification states that the handle may be also formed of aluminium or an alloy thereof.
Patent GB-189803580-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Sorting Grain and other Granular Objects, more particularly applicable to the Selecting of Seed Grain for Sowing.
Inventor: MATHIAS JULES FRANCOIS
Filed: 1898-02-12
Granted: 1898-12-10
Abstract: 3580. Mathias, J. F. Feb. 12. Screening grain.-Relates to a machine designed more particularly for selecting seed grain for sowing, but applicable for grading any granular material with respect to size. The grain is fed from a hopper g upon an inclined screen consisting of a large number of parallel rods I. The rods are free to turn, and receive an alternating rotary motion from the reciprocating bar J, the rubber face of which is in frictional contact with all the rods. The small grain falls upon the shoot k, and the large grain passes between the rods at the lower end, where they are reduced in diameter, and is discharged at m. The distance apart of the rods is simultaneously adjusted at the top and bottom of the screen by devices shown in Fig. 4. The shaft y being turned by a hand-wheel, the screwed rod U is moved, say, towards the left. The rings Q, in which the rods I rest, move further apart owing to the pressure of the spring-controlled bar R upon the balls or rollers W which rest on the rings, and the bars still remain equidistant, though further apart than before.
Patent GB-189806089-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Fastening Coats.
Inventor: COULTON JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1898-03-12
Granted: 1898-06-04
Abstract: 6089. Coulton, J. J. March 12. Coat fastenings; button-fasteners.-Coats are fastened by providing a buttonhole b<1> on each side at the lowest position and buttoning each side of the coat to the top trouser button a<2>. The button may have as a shank a long sewing of thread, or a long metal neck or shank may be attached to the button and secured to the trousers by riveting.
Patent GB-189806220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Relating to Apparatus for Heating and Agitating Air.
Inventor: PORTER EDWIN FORSYTHE
Filed: 1898-03-14
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 6220. Porter, E. F. March 14. Thermo-electric batteries.-A fan for circulating the air of a room is driven by a motor the current for which is supplied by a thermo - electric battery K<1>, K<2>, the inner ends of which are heated by a ring gas or oil burner H.
Patent GB-189814150-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Decorative and Useful Novelty intended as a Calendar or for like Purpose.
Inventor: TUCK GUSTAVE
Filed: 1898-06-27
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 14,150. Tuck, G. June 27. Calendars. - Fig. 2 shows the back of the calendar. A large sheet A with floral or other decorations and a yearly calendar marked on its face is connected to a series of smaller sheets B b y suspending-cords d, d so that the sheets can be turned back out of use, w h e n desired, as shown. The sheets B are also decorated, and a r e marked with monthly calendars.
Patent GB-189816561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings.
Inventor: EWALD JEAN
Filed: 1898-07-29
Granted: 1898-10-08
Abstract: 16,561. Ewald, J. July 29. Lubricating.-A disc B attached to the shaft revolves in the central chamber A, and delivers oil to the troughs C, from which it flows down the lubricating-channels F, returning from the end chambers G through the passages H. The disc B may have bucket or trough like blades, or brushes or pins may be used instead of a disc. Instead of a single apparatus in the centre of the bearing, a number may be used.
Patent GB-189817837-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Coin-freed Apparatus for the Storage and Delivery of Ices.
Inventor: RUSSELL JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1898-08-19
Granted: 1899-03-25
Abstract: 17,837. Russell, J. C., and Anderson, G. E. Aug. 19. Sale apparatus; casings; storage; refrigerating. -Ices in packets are piled in tubes b, e arranged in a ring and supported upon a turntable e<1> by posts e<II> lifting them clear of the lowest ices. The well h in the middle of the ring of tubes, and an annular jacket j outside them, are filled with a refrigerating-mixture. Delivery mechanism.-An ice is pulled out by drawing out a slide c which extends under the table and is folded back through a central slot, so as to form a thrust block i in the centre of the ring of ices. At the same time, by means of a ratchet lever g between teeth on the slide and teeth f<II> on the turntable, the latter is turned se as to bring another column of ices over the delivery slide. Coin action.-The coin dropped down a shoot m passes through a slot n in the delivery slide and overloads a detent n<I> engaging an underpart n<II> of the slide. Coin-discharging mechanism.-The slot of the slide draws the coin off the detent, whereupon it drops clear of the slot and rolls off the slide into the receptacle o.
Patent GB-189819385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Burning Hydrocarbons.
Inventor: BOYLE LEWIS COLLINGS
Filed: 1898-09-12
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 19,385. Boyle, L. C. Sept. 12. Spray burners.-Consists mainly in the adaptation to an injector of a chamber D in which the stream of liquid fuel and the impelling-medium are broken up, subdivided, and heated, before they escape by the nozzle E into the furnace or other heating-apparatus. F is the liquid-fuel delivery pipe, and A the connection for the steam or other impelling-medium. A spiral plug G is fitted to subdivide and impart a twist to the stream of fuel &c. as it enters the chamber.
Patent GB-189820467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fog Signalling Apparatus for Railways.
Inventor: WOOD GEORGE
Filed: 1898-09-28
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 20,467. Wood, G., and Mills, W. Sept. 28. Fog and audible signals.-Relates to railway fogsignalling apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 13,160, A.D. 1898, in which the slide K, which feeds the detonators on to the rail, is connected to and operated by the depresser rail D when the ordinary signal is at 'danger,' but is disconnected and rendered inoperative when the signal is put to 'safety.' The present invention comprises means for re-setting the apparatus by the passage of the train, so that it is operated by a following train even if the ordinary signal has not been put to ' danger' behind the first train. In the above-mentioned prior Specification, the rod E, operated by the treadle D through the lever C, is connected by a pin and L-shaped slot to the sliding rod G, which operates the slide K, and is disconnected by the weighted lever Q when the weighted lever S is raised by the connection T to the ordinary signal. In the present invention, the lever S is not connected directly to the wire T, but through a linkY and a second weighted lever Z, the linkY having a pin and L-slot connection s with the lever S. In the position shown in Fig. 2, the lever S is operated when the signal is put to 'safety' in front of the train, but, when the train passes over the depresser rail x, the lever X connected thereto raises the link Y and allows the lever S to fall, so re-setting the apparatus.
Patent GB-189825215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Matches.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1898-11-29
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 25,215. Marks, G. C., [Mead, F. W.J. Nov. 29. Rotary machines.-Relates to a machine for making matches which may also be printed by printing-mechanism combined with the machine. Fig. 3 shows a sectional elevation of part of the machine. The veneers are fed intermittently along a table 11, from a series of hoppers 1, by means of a cross-bar 6, connected to cam rods 4<a> by side bars 5 and provided with stepped portions 6<a> which engage with the lowest veneers in the hoppers. By means of a series of saws 8, the veneers are cut into splints which travel through tubes 12 and are received by spring grippers 18, carried by endless conveyers 17. As the splints pass through the tubes 12, they may be printed, upon two opposite sides, by means of printing-rollers 14, 14<a>, which project through suitable openings in the tubes ; they are then turned through an angle of 90‹ by means of twisted portions 16 of the tubes, and may have their remaining sides printed by means of rollers 14<b>, 14<c>. The printing-rollers are driven by means of racks on the side bars 5. The conveyers 17 mainly consist of endless chains passing over sprocket-wheels 18<1>, having grippers 18 comprising fixed arms 1 and swinging arms 2, mounted upon transverse rods which connect the chains ; the swinging arms are normally forced against the fixed arms by springs, but are oscillated at the receiving parts of the machine by suitable stops.
Patent GB-189906322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Cables.
Inventor: WHALLEY ALFRED
Filed: 1899-03-23
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 6322. Whalley, A. March 23. Cables.-Armoured cables A, B, C have the lead sheathing protected by double spirals D, D<1> of unvulcanized rubber or equivalent non-fibrous material, the joints of the spiral being made good by heating or by the heat in the wax-impregnated jute covering E. When the cables are to be laid in the earth, spiral armourings of steel F and an external jute coating G may be added.
Patent GB-189907162-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flexible Stiffening for Corsets and the like.
Inventor: PROSKAUER JACOB
Filed: 1899-04-05
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 7162. Proskauer, J. April 5. Corsets.-Stiffeners for corsets are made of one or more metal wires, each of which is bent to one of the shapes shown in Figs. 3 and 4, laid side by side. They are held together at the ends by caps, and at intermediate points by clips.
Patent GB-189914692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means and Apparatus for Controlling the Steering and other Mechanism of Torpedoes and the like from a Distance, and for analogous purposes.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG JAMES TARBOTTON
Filed: 1899-07-17
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 14,692. Armstrong, J. T., and Orling, A. July 17. Drawings to Specification. Radiations, electromagnetic and light, controlling and actuating apparatus by.-Relates to wireless electrical apparatus for controlling mechanism such as the steering-gear and firing-gear of torpedoes. A beam of light or other suitable rays is projected from the discharging-station, so as to influence a selenium cell and thus improve the conductivity of a closed electric circuit of which the selenium cell forms a part. As an alternative, Hertzian waves may be employed by acting upon a coherer contained in the closed electric circuit. By these means a larger current is permitted to flow through the coils of an electromagnet which is energized by the closed circuit, enabling it to attract an armature and close a relay circuit. By imparting a suitable number of short impulses to this relay, a second relay is closed through one of two solenoids which operate the valve of a servomotor to effect the requited steering, while a long impulse or a short and a long one will close the second relay through one or two electromagnets, the common armature of which renders the firing- apparatus inoperative when it is attracted by one of the electromagnets and releases it when it is attracted by the other.
Patent GB-189915230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction and other Clutches.
Filed: 1899-07-25
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 15,230. Reddaway & Co., F., Davis, De C. C. T., and Potter, T. July 25. Loom driving-mechanism.-The driven member c of the friction clutch shown in Fig. 1, which is stated to be suitable for loom and like driving purposes, is pressed up against the driving-member b by a spring f; it is held out of engagement, when desired, by a forked lever embracing its boss. The friction surfaces may be faced with leather. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the frictional driving is supplemented by the positive action of pins l carried in a disc a which is forced towards the driving-member by the operating-fork. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the driven part i is fitted with a disc j, which works on guide-pins and is pressed up by a spring f into contact with the driving-member ; it is also fitted with spring bolts adapted to be pressed into slots in the part b.
Patent GB-189920696-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Coupling and Uncoupling Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: PRINCE FREDERIC O'CONNOR
Filed: 1899-10-16
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 20,696. Prince, r. O'C., and Monkhouse, C. E. Oct. 16. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-The draw-hook A at the ends of each vehicle has pivoted to it a link B with a downward extension B<2>, which is engaged by the forked end D' of the guided bar D linked to the weighted bell crank C. When the handle F, attached to the cross-shaft E, is in the position shown in full lines, the arm E<1> bears against the arm C<2> of the bell crank, and the link B is horizontal, ready to snap over the adjacent hook when the vehicles are brought together. To uncouple, the lever F is turned into the position shown in dotted lines, allowing the weight C' to fall and raise the links B when the vehicles are backed. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which a spring C' is substituted for the weight, and the controlling-lever F is fitted inside a locomotive or other vehicle.
Patent GB-190003072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Weaving Card Chains.
Inventor: MIDDLETON FRANCIS PHILIP
Filed: 1900-02-16
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 3072. Middleton, F. P. Feb. 16. C a r d s.- Metallic cards a, bare connected together to form a chain b y means of rings c, d, secured in position by flat spring clips e, g, which can be drawn inwards t o uncover the cross-slots f, and allow the rings to be removed. The clip is formed with a hooked end e<1>, which prevents it from being drawn too far inwards.
Patent GB-190003600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switches or Cut-outs for Overhead Electric Wires.
Inventor: ELLIS ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-02-23
Granted: 1901-04-23
Abstract: 3600. Ellis, A., and Smith, W. T. Feb. 23. Electric railways and tramways with safety appliances for overhead conductors. Conductors, supports for. Relates to means for connecting overhead conductors to earth in case of fracture. Fig. 5 shows one arrangement. The conductor is attached to an ear a supported on a pivot or slide so as to be capable of swinging to either side should the conductor break. The ear is fitted with switch contacts c, which are adapted to engage with a contact d in the hanger b in the event of breakage. The contact d is connected through the post or other support to earth or to the return conductor. Fig. 7 shows a modified construction, in which the ear a is connected by a link m to the hanger. In a further modification, the ear a is provided with guides which are adapted to slide in slots in a suitably-shaped hanger, and, in yet another arrangement, the hanger is fitted with contacts against which the ear itself strikes when swung over. The Provisional Specification describes an arrangement in which the conductor is in separate lengths, connected independently to the support, and, when one breaks, it is completely detached.
Patent GB-190004175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Amines from the Corresponding Nitro Compounds.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-03-05
Granted: 1901-01-05
Abstract: 4175. Johnson, G. W., [Boehringer & S÷hne, C. F.]. March 5. Amines, obtaining; electrolytes; electrodes.-Relates to an electrolytic process of reducing aromatic and fatty nitro compounds to the corresponding amines in almost theoretical yield, and consists in subjecting the nitro compounds in solution or suspension in aqueous or alcoholic hydrochloric acid in the cathode compartment of the cell to the action of an electric current, the cathode employed being either composed of tin, or, if a cathode composed of an indifferent material, such as platinum, lead, carbon, or nickel, is used, a small quantity of a tin salt, or finely-powdered tin, is added to the cathode compartment. High current densities up to 1800 amperes per square metre are employed, and the cathode compartment is kept cool. No hydrogen is evolved until the reduction is finished, and no tin remains in solution, so that the pure base is obtained as hydrochloride upon evaporation. Examples are given in which nitrobenzene, p-nitrotolnene, alpha-nitronaphthalene, m-dinitrobenzene and phenylnitromethane are respectively reduced to aniline, #-toluidine, alpha-naphthylamine, m-phenylenediamine, and benzylamine.
Patent GB-190006473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trunks.
Inventor: BODENHEIMER LEVI ISAAC
Filed: 1900-04-06
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 6473. Bodenheimer, L. I. April 6. Fastenings for trunks. The lid 2 is secured by straps 16, 20 and spring catches 9 provided near each end of the trunk. Each catch is secured to the lid and enclosed in a casing 5, and engages with a suitable recess 10 in the body of the trunk. The straps 16, 20 are secured respectively to the catch 9 and to the body of the trunk, and to the opposite ends of a spiral spring 18 enclosed in a casing on the bottom of the trunk. The end of the strap 20, which is attached to the trunk, is covered by a casing 8, and the angles and the back of the trunk are fitted with antifriction rollers 21, 30, to prevent wear of the straps. The straps are made of such a length that, if the catches 9 are released, the lid will be automatically opened by the tension of the spring 18, and, when the lid is pressed down, the catches 9 engage and the straps are tightened automatically. Within a groove in the front of the trunk is a rocking rod provided near its ends with projections 14 for operating and disengaging both of the catches 9 simultaneously, and near its centre with a crank or lever, which is locked with the parts 14 in the position shown in Fig. 3 by means of the ordinary hasp and lock.
Patent GB-190011687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pulsometers.
Inventor: PETERMANN GUSTAV JULIUS
Filed: 1900-06-27
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 11,687. Petermann, G. J. June 27. D i r e c t air - pressure apparatus. - The valves k, h for reversing the air supply and exhaust valves of a pneumatic pulsometer are operated by a float i in the water chamber b. The air is admitted and exhausted by the top and bottom faces respectively of a valve l<1> attached to a piston m<1>, p being the supply and q the exhaust pipe. The opening of the valve h on completion of the discharge admits compressed air by the pipes x, y to the piston m<1>, thus cutting off the air supply to the chamber b and allowing exhaust through the pipes o', q. The opening of the valve k, when the chamber b is again full, releases the air from beneath the piston m<1>, and the valve l<1> then falls by its own weight. The float and valves h, k are also shown applied to a similar pulsometer, in which the air admission and exhaust valves are separate, and are moved in one direction by pressure water admitted to their pistons by the valve h.
Patent GB-190015542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coin-freed Sale Apparatus.
Filed: 1900-08-31
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 15,542. Lake, H. H., [Blanc & Co., P.]. Aug. 31. Sale apparatus for chocolate, photographs, or postage stamps. Storage; delivery mechanism.-The articles are placed between the turns of a wire helix a in a horizontal U-tube b, and are delivered one by one from the open end of the tube (under which there is a slope f) by turning the helix by means of a crank handle. Coin action ; coin-discharging mechanism.-The crank handle is normally locked by a pawl k engaging a shoulder on a disc h, but the coin dropped down a shoot g disengages it, and a cam protuberance h<11> on the disc displaces the pawl further against a spring q so as to let the coin drop away. Fraud, preventing.-Ratchet teeth n on the disc and a pawl i prevent reversal of the crank handle. A coin over weight slips past the locking-pawl, and allows it to re-engage, while one under weight does not disengage it.
Patent GB-190015689-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Fire Igniter for Steam Fire Engines and other Portable Boilers.
Inventor: MILNE JAMES
Filed: 1900-09-04
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 15,689. Milne, J. Sept. 4. Fire-engines.-The moving of a fire-engine from its position is caused, by means of a projection G and lever F, to turn on gas to a set of burners D, provided with a pilot igniting-jet B, over which the laid fire in the grate A passes. The fire having thus been ignited, further movement of the engine is caused to cut off the supply of gas to the burners by means of the projection G<1> and lever F'. If desirable, a special gas holder may supply the burners.