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Patent GB-189814617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Enamel Plates, Plaques, Dishes, Window Panes, and like Articles of Decoration or Ornamentation.
Inventor: BERTHELIER ALPHONSE JOSEPH ANT
Filed: 1898-07-02
Granted: 1898-10-08
Abstract: 14,617. Berthelier, A. J. A. July 2. Enamels.-Relates to the use of transparent or coloured glass plated with enamel or opal on one or both sides for the production of photographic enamels. The glass which forms the backing of the enamel or opal may be wholly or partially devitrified by suitable gradual cooling from the temperature necessary to fuse the vitrifiable colours. When the enamels are to be used as window panes the glass backing is not devitrified. This method of decoration may also be applied to plaques, dishes, and like articles.
Patent GB-189815128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Seats for Hansom Cabs or other Vehicles.
Inventor: BRADDYLL MARY MARIA
Filed: 1898-07-09
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 15,128. Braddyll, M. M. July 9. Seats for hansom cabs, wagonettes, and other vehicles. Fig. 3 shows a sectional plan of a hansom cab. An additional seat A is secured to the rod C, which is connected to the back D by a spring-hinge E. When the seat is required for use it is drawn down into the position shown.
Patent GB-189818261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Relays for Use on Telegraph, Cable, and other Lines.
Inventor: BROWN SIDNEY GEORGE
Filed: 1898-08-25
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 18,261. Brown, S. G. Aug. 25. Telegraphs.-Relays for cable and other telegraph work. A coil B, connected to the line H and mounted in the field of a magnet b, is either connected by two threads or a rigid attachment to a second coil A arranged in the field of an alternating-current magnet a. The coils of the magnet a and the coil A are connected respectively to a commutator E and a rectifier e. The commutator E is also in circuit with a battery D, and the rectifier is connected by lines G to the receiver or the next section of the cable &c. In modified arrangements, a single coil may convey both the line and induced currents, an induction coil being used with the battery as the exciting source of the magnet and a synchronizing-motor driving the rectifier. Condensers and inductance coils are inserted where necessary. In further modifications, a third suspended coil may be employed, or stretched wires connected by a paper strip may be substituted for the suspended coils.
Patent GB-189818408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Driving Mechanism for Velocipedes.
Inventor: CARLSON JOHAN MELCHER
Filed: 1898-08-27
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 18,408. Carlson, J. M., and G÷the, E. A. O. Aug. 27. Driving-mechanism.-Relates to means for varying the stroke of velocipede treadles. A disc d is movably secured in a ring in a circular opening in, and eccentric of, the gear-wheel a. Holes f in the disc are arranged in a circle passing through the centre of the gear-wheel. A movable pivot g can be locked in any one of the holes f, and is inserted or withdrawn by pulling a string m, which is secured to and so turns the bearing-socket h, a slot k in which bears against a pin p fixed to the bearing, so that the socket also receives a lateral motion, and moves the pin g into or out of one of the holes f. The treadle-levers n are fastened to the disc d by a screwed pin and washer and to cranked levers movably secured on the treadle shaft, so that up and down motion of the treadles is transmitted to give rotation of the disc and gear-wheel.
Patent GB-189826763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tables.
Inventor: CROSS ALFRED WILLIAM STEPHENS
Filed: 1898-12-19
Granted: 1899-01-21
Abstract: 26,763. Cross, A. W. S., and MacKinlay, K. S. Dec. 19. Tables.-The f r a m e consists of a bottom board 2 supported on four legs 1 and surmounted by partitions 3 on which rests the top. The end compartments are for containing tumblers and liqueur glasses, which rest on ledges 3<b> on the hinged doors 3<a>. The compartments 6, 7, 8, 9 contain boxes or drawers in which cigars, cards, chess men, &c. are kept. The compartment 5 contains liqueur stands ; the front 5<a> is hinged, and has flaps 5<b> to which cigar or cigarette boxes are hinged so as to turn down to the horizontal for use. One of a pair of flaps 13, 13<a>, hinged together, is pivoted at 13<c>, and can swing from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that in Fig. 7, in which Figure the flap 13 is turned over 13<a>. An additional top is placed above 13, and forms a chess board when one side is upwards and an occasional table when the other is upwards. The flap 13 may be supported, as shown in Fig. 7, by one of two pairs of hinged struts 15 to form a writing-table, the slope of which may be varied by pulling out the slides 14 which work in the compartment 15, Fig. 1. Brackets 11 are fitted at the corners.
Patent GB-189901475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Central Buffers for Railways and like Vehicles.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM RICHARD SUMPTION
Filed: 1899-01-21
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 1475. Jones, W. R. S. Jan. 21. Buffers ; couplings, automatic a n d non- automatic.-Relates to central buffers designed to be coupled together by means of a loose or independent coupling-link and coupling-pins carried by the heads of the buffers. One construction of coupling is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Each buffer head 1 is provided with a coupling-pin 2 capable of being moved in and out in a vertical direction and also lengthwise to tighten up the coupling-link 3. The upper end 2<a> of the coupling-pin is bifurcated and journalled upon the cross-piece 4 connected by links 5 to the lever arms 6 fixed to the cross-shaft 7. The lower end 2<b> of the pin engages with, and is moved longitudinally within the buffer head by, the slide block 8. The pivoted catch 15 holds the coupling- pin in the inoperative position until the vehicles are brought together, when the catch is lifted out of engagement with the projection 16 on the shaft 7. The coiled wire spring 19 is provided to allow the coupling-link 3 to move endways into the buffer head, in the event of its outer end striking against an obstruction. The screw 9 enables the cross-piece 4 to be moved inwards, and also the link 12 carrying the slide block 8, to tighten and lock the pin in position. In another arrangement, the means for holding the coupling-link in the inoperative position and for automatically releasing it when the coupling-link has entered the buffer head consists of a pair of spring levers loosely mounted upon pins in the buffer head and inclined backwardly towards the other. Fig. 6 shows a further modified arrangement in longitudinal section. In this, the pin 2 is inserted and withdrawn by hand, and tightening up is effected by a right and left handed screw connected to the bifurcated block 8.
Patent GB-189906121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: EARLE OSCAR THEODORE
Filed: 1899-03-21
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 6121. Earle, O. T., and Newton, C. W. March 21. Sectional and water-tube boilers.-Relates to a form of boiler, adapted for use at sea, with removable sections, shown in transverse and longitudinal vertical section, respectively, in Figs. 3 and 4, and, as an independent improvement, to a construction of water bottom, one form of which is shown in Fig. 16, to be applied beneath the grate of a boiler. Each section of the boiler shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is composed of vertical tubes E, made in parts a, b, c, of decreasing diameter as shown, depending from a double steam and water drum G, I, and connected below to two forkshaped manifolds M, M. Downcomers F, F connect the ends of the drums G with the manifolds M, M. The sections hang from supports R, R, in which T-pieces S may slide during insertion and withdrawal. The steam drums I are all connected at the front to the steam pipe J, and at the rear the water drums Q are connected by the surface blow-off attachments to the mud drum N. The manifolds M are also connected together and to the mud drum N as shown. Cocks are fitted to permit any one of the sections to be isolated. At the sides, pipes P, P, and downcomers at each end, connect water and steam drums with the mud drums Q, and feedwater-heating pipes 0, O are arranged at the back and sides of the furnace. Side sections cast in one piece may replace the arrangement of side tubes and drums shown. The water bottoms, Fig. 16, are cast in one piece with webs D between the tubes. The side members are formed with tube-junction sockets a, a, and the end members with nipples b to enable several sections to be connected together. A circular water bottom of similar construction is illustrated in the Specification.
Patent GB-189908025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dusting Machines for Removing Superfluous Powder from Bronzed Sheets.
Inventor: EMMERICH RUDOLPH FRANK
Filed: 1899-04-17
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 8025. Emmerich, R. F. April 17. Bronzing.-Relates to machinery for dusting or removing superfluous powder from bronzed sheets. Fig. 5 shows the dusting-machine in sectional elevation. The bronzed sheets are carried through the machine by grippers D, carried by endless chains C, which pass over sprocket-wheels c, c<6>, c<4>, and c', driven by toothed gearing from the driving- shaft F. Each gripper comprises a fixed jaw d, and a hinged and spring-controlled jaw d<1>, held in the closed position by means of a latch d<3>, which is depressed after leaving the wheels c<2> by an adjustable arm d<6>. The sheets are fed by two rollers g, h, respectively mounted upon brackets a<1> and swinging arms h<1> fixed to a shaft h<3>, which is oscillated by means of a cam on a countershaft I. An alternate backward and forward rotation of the roller g is transmitted from the shaft I by a cam, connecting-rod, and toothed gearing. As the sheets pass from the feed-table B, they are guided by a series of fingers h<6>, carried by a crossbar h<5>, mounted upon rearwardly-extending portions of the arms h', and the advancing edges of the sheets are brought into their proper positions by stops carried by the shaft of the roller h. The sheets passing the rollers g, h may be cut into smaller sheets by one or more pairs of cutting- discs j, j<1>. When the machine is in operation, the rollers g, h are first rotated backwards, and the stops are swung down across the table B; the roller h is then raised, and a bronzed sheet is fed by hand against the stops. The roller h is next depressed, and the sheet is fed forwards by the rollers g, h to the grippers D. The front edge of the sheet is guided into position between the gripper jaws by a guide-plate K, carried by swing- ing arms k<1> and acting in conjunction with a plate which is adjustably secured to a series of wheels l keyed to the shaft c<3>. Superfluous bronze is removed from the sheets by rollers m, m<1> respectively mounted in adjustable bearings in the compartments M, M<1> of a bronzing-box provided with doors n, n<1> and spring-pressed sliding shutters N. The rollers m, m<1> are separately driven by belt and toothed gearing from the driving-shaft F. When the dusted sheet has been carried a certain distance over the sprocketwheels c<6>, the hinged jaw of the gripper holding the sheet is liberated from the latch d<3> by means of an arm E, adjustably secured to the shaft c<7>. The back edge of the released sheet is then seized by delivery rollers o<5>, p, respectively carried by oscillating delivery arms o and the machine framing; the arms o are secured to a shaft o', and are actuated by the levers o<4>, o<2>, rod o<3>, and cam i<5> on the shaft I. The shaft P, carrying the rollers p, is driven by belt gearing from the sprocket-wheel shaft c<7>.
Patent GB-189912114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Driven Fans.
Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM HARDING
Filed: 1899-06-10
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 12,114. Scott, W. H. June 10. Fans, centrifugal, driven by electric motors and especially suitable for use for ventilation and forced draught upon board ship. Fig. 2 shows a transverse section of a combined electromotor and fan. In order to shorten the motor A and to carry it as far as possible into the centre of the fan to obtain the best cooling effect, a multi-polar or Gramme ring armature a is employed, as with either of these the bearing b can be carried up into the centre of the armature. For starting and controlling the motor, the switch e, which is contained in a part of the fan and motor frame, is employed. The ends of the coils of the field magnets, as well as the brush connections and the terminals for the main leads, are joined up to two parallel rows of spring contacts d, d'. Between these the cylinder E is rotated, the cylinder being mounted with metal strips such that in its various positions the circuit may be open, or the magnet coils placed in series, or two in series or two in parallel, or, in the fourth position, the four coils all in parallel. The box containing the controller communicates by an opening f with the interior of the motor casing.
Patent GB-189913257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Underground Conduits for Electric Tramways.
Inventor: SMITH MICHAEL HOLROYD
Filed: 1899-06-27
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 13,257. Smith, M. H. June 27. Electric tramways on a conduit system. Conduits.-Under the conduits C from which the tramway is worked is a culvert or subway K in which sewers, gas, water, compressed-air, and hydraulic mains and pipes, and electric conductors for power, light, telephones, &c. are placed. The roadway is carried by girders B and arches A. A service truck N driven by electricity runs on rails in the subway. Reference is made to Specification No. 5025, A.D. 1894.
Patent GB-189917800-A (GB)
Title: A Resilient Tyre for Cycle and other Wheels.
Inventor: DAVID JAMES BAMFORD
Filed: 1899-09-04
Granted: 1900-09-04
Abstract: 17,800. David, J. B. Sept. 4. T y r e s, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-The metal or like rim 5, shown in cross-section in Fig. 2, is, provided with projecting side-pieces 6, which take into rubber strips 4 lining the sides of an inverted channel-shaped annular ring 3. The concave periphery of this ring receives a resilient treadpiece 9.
Patent GB-190004694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Conveying Straw and the like to Packers or Compressors or for other purposes.
Inventor: WHITTOME CECIL
Filed: 1900-03-12
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 4694. W h i t t o m e , C. March 12. Baling-presses.-Relates to a conveyer for feeding purposes. Straw from a thrasher falls crosswise into a shoot, through slots in the bottom of which tines move along to convey the straw. Springs 3 prevent the straw from rising. The straw collects at the bottom of the conveyer, as indicated in broken lines, until the door 9 is automatically raised, to allow it to escape into the baling- press. The tines are mounted in pairs on cranks on beltdriven discs 20, 21, and 22, and each tine is also connected by links to an axle 7 on a bracket 8. The door 9 is mounted on one arm of a threearmed lever 10 which is operated by a pin 12 on the spur-wheel 13.
Patent GB-190004971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Cars.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-03-15
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 4971. Boult, A. J., [Summers, E. W., and Summers, H. H.]. March 15. Wagons, hopper. Relates to freight cars constructed chiefly of mild-steel plates. Fig. 2 shows a part central longitudinal section, and Fig. 5 a transverse section. The upper end of the plate h<4> is flanged over, while the lower end is flanged downwards and riveted to the flanged upper end of the plate h<3>, the bottom end of which and the upper ends of the plates h<1>, h<2> are riveted between the flanges a<3>, a<4> of the bolster, which also comprises the lower part a of trough-shaped crosssection deepest at the centre and tapering to the thickness of the plate metal at its ends. The plates h forming the upper sides of the shoots are riveted to the plates h<1> and the beams b. The sides of the vehicle comprise plates m, n riveted together and having triangular stiffeners s, struts r, and brace plates, not shown. The lower edge of the plate n is riveted to the flange of the longitudinal girder e, and the floor plates extend from bolster to bolster. The draw beam c is of an inverted trough-shaped section, flanged outwardly at the bottom, and its outer end is carried by braces t. Doors, wagon.-These are arranged to deliver to either side of or between the tracks, and comprise plates l, l<1> hinged at their upper and outer, and inner and common ends. On releasing the hooks l<7>, the arms l<4> move away from the bars l<3>, and the doors drop and rest against the beams i. The common edges of the doors are rolled, and are lowered simultaneously by rotating a shaft o, which operates by worm gearing the shafts l<12>, l<19> which are linked to the doors.
Patent GB-190008498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Automatic Starting Valves of Supplementary and Exhaust Steam and other Injectors.
Inventor: SAVILL ARTHUR SLATER
Filed: 1900-05-08
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 8498. Savill, A. S. May 8. Injectors; overflow arrangements.-Relates to automatic overflow valves, more especially those of live steam injectors combined with exhaust injectors, and consists of means for allowing leakage past the diaphragm c, by which the valve a is operated, to escape, thereby preventing the working of the diaphragm from being affected, and giving notice that the diaphragm requires attention. This is effected by eonnecting the chamber a<4> on the valve side of the diaphragm with the overflow by holes b, or by flats on the valve spindle, or by forming a separate outlet from the chamber a<4>.
Patent GB-190009558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coppers, Boiling Pots or Pans, Kettles, Saucepans, and other Vessels for Heating Liquids and other Purposes.
Inventor: GARDNER SPENCER
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 9558. Gardner, S. May 24. Glue pots.-To promote a rotary circulation of the currents produced in the contents of coppers, boiling pots or pans, kettles, saucepans, porridge and glue pots, and other vessels for heating water or other liquids, ribs, beads, vanes, or flanges of various shapes and sizes are formed or placed on the inside or outside or on both sides of the vessels. Fig. 11 shows the application of the ribs &c. to a glue pot. The inner vessel is supported on a pivot in such a way that the rotary motion set up by the ribs 28 in the liquid round it causes a rotation of the inner vessel, and, by means of the stationary stirrer 29, agitation of its contents. Beads 31, 32 are also provided to prevent the escape of water.
Patent GB-190011062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1900-06-18
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 11,062. Fell, J. C., [Wyckoff, Seamans, & Benedict]. June 18. Type-writers.-Relates to ball bearings for the type bars or levers of type-writers. Two concentric bearings are employed, of which the inner constitutes the true pivot of the type-bar, and the outer serves to prevent a deviation of the bar from its proper plane of movement. Fig. 1 is a side elevation, showing the type-ring 1, hanger 2, typebar 3, and connecting-rod 35. Fig. 2 shows the bearing in section. The hanger 2 consists of two parts a, b, held together by a screw 5, which serves also to adjust the bearing. The part b, shown detached in Fig. 4, is provided with a rib 25, which enters a slat or recess 12 in the part a. A conical boss 21 on the part b form part of the inner bearing, and a V-shaped groove 16 in the part a receives the balls of the outer bearing. To diminish the number of balls required, parts of the groove 16 are rendered ineffective by the insertion of arc-shaped staples 18 which block the channel. The boss 26 at the end of the type-bar 3 is formed with bearing-surfaces for both sets of balls, as shown in Fig. 2. An overhanging bracket 32, riveted to the type-bar, assists in preventing any lateral movement.
Patent GB-190100390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Furniture Leg Supports and Castors.
Inventor: MILLER ROBERT
Filed: 1901-01-07
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 390. Miller, R. Jan. 7. Castors furniture, adjusting height of ; furniture legs. - Relates to means for obtaining a slight adjustment of furniture legs to compensate for unevenness of the floor, and to an adjustable castor. An externally - s c r e w e d sleeve a is fixed to the leg, and an internallyscrewed bell-mouthed sleeve B is engaged therewith. By rotating the sleeve B its lower edge may be brought in contact with the floor or raised above it. The castor horn bears on a screwed stem which engages an internally-threaded flange socket c secured in a hole in the leg. By rotating the castor, its wheel may be brought in contact with the floor, or raised above it.
Patent GB-190107781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printer's Galley Locks.
Inventor: PEOPLES ULYSSES S GRANT
Filed: 1901-04-16
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 7781. Peoples, U. S. G., and Walther, C. F. April 16. Galleys; quoins and side-sticks.-Relates to means for locking type or linotypes in galleys. The galley A is formed with the inner face of one side a inclined from its lower to its upper edge, and the side-stick B is similarly inclined or wedgeshaped, so that the slugs h or types may be locked by pressing the stick B down between them and the inclined side a. The stick B has a projection g at one end for raising it, and its other end e projects over the end f of the galley to act as a fulcrum when the stick is being raised to unlock the type.
Patent GB-190109211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Insulation of Electrical Conductors and the like and to Compounds therefor.
Inventor: HUNGERFORD OLIVER T.
Filed: 1901-05-03
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 9211. Lake, H. H., [Hungerford, O. T.]. May 3. Conductors, insulating; insulating-compositions. - Conductors a are insulated with a layer b of felt saturated with a mixture of resin, silica or kaolin, and non-drying oil, such as resin oil or paraffin oil. The insulating-material is mixed with the felt, preferably while hot.
Patent GB-190109967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Sashes
Inventor: JOHNS GEORGE WILLSHIRE
Filed: 1901-05-14
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 9967. Johns, G. W. May 14. Windows.-The sash stiles c are connected to sliding stiles d by pivoted plates e, f and slotted plates h, which slide on screws fixed to the sash stiles and enter grooves in the sliding stiles. The pivot plates e, fixed to the sash stiles, are of sufficient length to support the sash rigidly when it is turned into a horizontal position, and may be used for ordinary reversible non-sliding windows. The sliding plates h are provided with operating studs or projections, and may be covered by plates fixed to the sash stiles.
Patent GB-190120226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shirts and similar Under-wear Articles of Wearing Apparel particularly Hunting Shirts
Inventor: ENGLAND SYDNEY JOHN
Filed: 1901-10-10
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 20,226. England, S. J. Oct. 10. Shirts; chemises. -Relates to shirts and similar articles of underwear, and particularly to hunting - shirts. The shirt is divided into two parts a, c, joined together at the shoulders by a yoke and cut so that portion of the two parts overlap at the back and front, and each half can be tucked independently into the legs of the trousers and be wrapped around the thighs. The divided parts may only extend as high as the shirt waist, the upper part being of ordinary construction. The invention may be applied to articles for women's wear.