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Patent GB-189914993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Dies or the like and Inking Devices of Presses for Printing or Embossing.
Inventor: JOHNSTON JOSEPH YARDLEY
Filed: 1899-07-20
Granted: 1900-07-20
Abstract: 14,993. Johnston, J. Y. July 20. Embossing and stamping.-Relates to dies or the like and inking-arrangements for printing or embossing presses, such as those described in Specifications No. 16,704, A.D. 1893, and No. 14,664, A.D. 1894. The die a is secured to a block b provided with a shank m which slides vertically within an aperture formed in one end of a revolving die-arm. A dovetailed groove c in the underside of the block b receives corresponding ribs e, f, formed on clamping-jaws g, h, which grip the die, and are actuated by means of a right and left handed screw i. The position of the die a, in one direction, may be adjusted with the aid of a sliding index-plate k provided with recesses l, or apertures, engaging with the pointed end of a screw n; or, instead of the plate k, a pair of clamping-jaws may be employed. For the purpose of depressing the inking-roller, or its equivalent, and ensuring that it only comes in contact with the printing-portion of the die face, adjustable guards o are employed ; these guards are fitted within vertical apertures formed in projections q on the jaw g. The guards are adjusted and supported by means of screws r, engaging with halfnuts formed in the guards, and each guard is fitted with a removable wearing-piece w, having an inclined forward edge. During the operation of the press, the inking-roller or its equivalent is depressed, at the proper times, below the die face by the action of the guards o, and is raised by means of springs so as to ink the required part of the die. Apparatus similar to that described above is also described in Specification No. 14,994, A.D. 1899.
Patent GB-189918183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing Carriages of Typewriters.
Inventor: STANDBRIDGE HENRY
Filed: 1899-09-08
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 18,183. Stanbridge, H., and Akers, A. Sept. 8. Type - writers.- The paper - feed mechanism is constructed so that the platen is free to be set at any required p o i n t , from which the feed is taken up. Fig. 1 shows a side view, and Fig. 2 a plan. The platen B is carried on the shaft b<1> to which is fixed the disc C. The two - armed lever F is pivoted at f<1>, and bears upon balls f<3> supported on springs. The piece E is provided with slots e<2> to receive pins f<2> on the lever F, and carries a pin e<1> which travels in a curved slot d<1> on the sliding cylinder D. By turning the lever F to the right, the cylinder D is first moved along the shaft b<1> till the friction clutch H engages the recess c' in the disc C; the movement of the pin e<1> along the slot d<1> then causes the cylinder D to rotate, carrying with it the disc C, the shaft b<1>, and the platen B.
Patent GB-189918397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burglar or Fire Alarms.
Inventor: WAY NICHOLAS
Filed: 1899-09-12
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 18,397. Way, N. Sept. 12. Alarms, burglar and like.-For use as a burglar or fire alarm, a whistle or siren C is removably fitted in a socket B in the window frame, wall, or partition A of the room, so that its sounding end projects to the exterior. The interior end is formed with a nozzle C, for the attachment of a rubber tube D, the free end of which is provided with a mouthpiece, ball, or cylinder and piston, for use in sounding the whistle &c.
Patent GB-189920404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tube Clips for Velocipedes, Motor Cycles, or the like.
Inventor: ADAMS FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1899-10-11
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 20,404. Adams, F. G. Oct. 11. Fastenings.-Relates to adjustable clips for locking various parts of motor or other cycles, applicable also for attaching bells to vehicles, and name plates to tubes, and for fixing the adjusting-cups of bearings. Fig. 2 shows the clip fitted to the head of a cycle. A split clip A, formed with ears A<1>, is fitted with a transverse bolt B on which is pivoted a lever D with a cam-shaped part D'. When in the position shown in full lines, the cam contracts the clip on the head. The clip is opened by swinging back the lever as indicated in dotted lines. The lever may be pivoted on a stirrup &c. fixed to one end of the clip, or may be pivoted on a pin passing through both ears A', Fig. 9, in which case it is formed with lateral cam surfaces D<2>. The clip may consist of a flexible band.
Patent GB-189924441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Fire or Temperature Alarms.
Inventor: DAVOINE LEON
Filed: 1899-12-08
Granted: 1900-12-08
Abstract: 24,441. Davoine, L. Dec. 8. Electric-bell pushes.-A circuit-closing device for an electric alarm bell operates when a fusible plug e contained in the push d is melted by the heat of a fire &c. When the plug is sufficiently heated, a spring d<4> surrounding it presses out a cap d<2>, which presses on a spring c such as is used in an electricbell push, and closes the bell circuit. A fusible plug of similar design may be connected up to a telephone circuit.
Patent GB-190003156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cash Registers.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1900-02-16
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 3156. Marks, G. C., [Sterling Supply & Manufacturing Co.]. Feb. 16. Receipts, checking and recording.-The object of the invention is to apply to a cash register, such for example as that described in the U.S. Specification No. 597,676, A.D. 1898, a means by which, directly a special key is depressed, the indicating - drum will exhibit the amount of the transaction, the parts being subsequently returned to zero by the operation of the external handle of the machine. For this purpose, the purchasers' indicator drum a containing motor springs normally wound, and the smaller drums p are geared together by sectors A and pinions x<1>, y<1>; when any key d is pressed in, a detent is released and a star-wheel s is revolved by a spring through an angle dependent upon the value of the key, and, striking repeatedly the slip-pawl o, rocks the escapement lever l, l<5> up and down. The drums p. a are thus allowed to revolve step by step until they exhibit an amount corresponding to that marked on the key. The movement of the star-wheel s is controlled by a step cam y striking the end of the lever d', the position of which is regulated according to the key actuated. This is effected by means of three segments, the front one g of which is shown, peculiarly-shaped slots on the edge of which engage pins on the keys, and one of which is connected by pin and slot with the lever d<1>; the segment g also locks down the actuated key. The apparatus, having been "set," the special key c is pushed in and, striking an incline on the end of the lever e<2>, rocks that lever and with it the bell-crank lever n<3>, m<2>. A spring then raises the lever m<3>, link w<3>, and shutter b so as to display the amount ; at the same time a lever w is rocked upwards, turning the shaft q and with it the spring detents q<2>, which, engaging with or under pins q<7> on one out of each set of segments, prevent any alteration or further depression of the keys d. The parts are reset by actuating an external handle on the shaft a<5>, which is geared also with the shafts n, D, e<7>. The fingers D<2> strike projections d<3> from the sectors A and set them back, the pin f<4> on the ratchet - wheel f<2> returns the lever w, and the projection f<3>, striking the buffer o', lowers the lever m<3> and the shutter b. The crank s<3> and a pin and pawl thereon restore the key and escapem e n t mechanism to normal position.
Patent GB-190004248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switches or Circuit-breakers for High Potential Electric Circuits.
Filed: 1900-03-06
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 4248. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Rice, E. W.]. March 6. Switches couplings. -Switches for highpotential circuits provided with means for minimizing arcing and for safely detaching the operative parts &c. Figs. 1 and 2 show apparatus for a threephased current, there being a double - pole break in each circuit, each break taking place w i t h i n an enclosed chamber. The three pairs of switches are mounted on a base, suitably supported. The back and dividing- walls 2<a>, 2<d> are preferably of masonry, while the front consists of an iron door 3 secured by turnbuttons 4<a>, 5<a>. The movable contacts are sliding rods or plugs 22, which engage with s p r i n g sockets contained in closed chambers 19, filled or partly filled with oil &c. In order to secure good contact, the socketsmay be divided, and held together by springs 29 as shown in Fig. 7. The contactrods 22 are drawn up into insulating-tubes 21, when the circuit is broken. The switch may be controlled by a motor 32, the armature of which carries a screw 33 working in a nut in a sliding piece 34. This is connected with the crosshead 35 by springs 37, to prevent jarring and to give a quick break. A switch is automatically operated to cut-out the motor by collars 40, 40<a> on one of the rods 36. The cross-piece connecting a pair of rods 22 is secured to its operating-rod 36 by a clip and bolt 38, so as to be readily disconnected. In order to disconnect the sockets from the main conductors 6, the latter are connected to sockets 9 suitably fixed to the base. The rods carrying the current to the switch sockets have plugs 10 adapted to fit in the sockets 9. They are suitably insulated by blocks 12, and are adapted to be raised by cams 16 and sliding blocks so as to break the connection between the parts 9 and 10. In modified arrangements, each of the vessels 19 and fittings may be separated by masonry. In a modified construction of socket, each portion is connected separately to the conductor or container. The vessels 19 may be made smaller, and connected to reservoirs so as to lessen waste of oil by carbonization.
Patent GB-190007100-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Fixing Incandescence Electric Lamps.
Inventor: HOLLUB LOUIS JEAN PAUL
Filed: 1900-04-17
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 7100. Hollub, L. J. P., and Mignal, H. April 17. Incandescent lamps.- A lamp bulb is made with a flat projection b carrying contact-plates c, or the bulb may carry a similarlyformed metal projection. The upper part of a metal cap d is slit longitudinally to form spring tongues, which grip the neck of the bulb. The cap contains a plate f, slotted so that the projection b can be passed through it, and bent up at the sides g of the slot, to hold the projection b, as shown, when the lamp is turned through a right-angle after being placed in the cap. The cap may be provided with pins to engage a bayonet-joint holder, or with a projecting edge and a loose coupling-ring to screw on a holder, so that the plates c bear on spring plungers.
Patent GB-190009584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Fasteners for Joining Together the Ends of Machine Driving Belts, or Hoop Iron Bands, and Sheets of Corrugated Metal Plates.
Inventor: GOODE FRANCIS WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-05-24
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 9584. Goode, F. W. May 24. Bale-tie fasteners.-A fastening for hoop-iron bands or bale ties and other purposes is of the paper-fastener type, Figs. 1 and 2, and is made of mild sheet steel, to permit of the tangs being bent over. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show it applied. for coupling the ends of a belt by means of a cover plate. In a modified construction, a number of pairs of tangs are formed along the back-plate.
Patent GB-190015139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Curtain Supporting Devices.
Inventor: DAMRAU EMMA
Filed: 1900-08-24
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 15,139. Damrau, E. Aug. 24. Curtains, suspending; brackets.-Curtains, portiÞres, and similar articles are suspended without the use of pins, hooks, and other fastening-devices, by clamping them between plates which are attached to a certain pole or canopy. Figs. 1 and 2 show in elevation and plan respectively the method substantially adopted. The curtain pole C, is secured to the brackets B by means of screws which enter plates fastened to the pole. Between the loose plates G, H the edge of the curtain is placed. The plates and curtain are then pressed against the pole by screws h<2>, which enter sockets prepared for them. In place of the pole a canopy may be used.
Patent GB-190023134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Heating Railway Carriages and other Vehicles, Ships' Cabins, also Rooms and Buildings.
Inventor: BELLIS THOMAS KERRISON
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 23,134. Bellis, T. K. Dec. 18. Heating. - Relates to means for heating railway carriages and other vehicles. Fig. 2 shows the application to a railway carriage. The circulating-pipes c communicate with the tank k a, containing water heated by an immersed electric device comprising a coil of thin wire, which may be arranged in the manner described in Specification No. 9263, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Heating]. The current is supplied from a dynamo driven from the axle of the vehicle or otherwise.
Patent GB-190100327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-01-05
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 327. Boult, A. J., [Marks, A. H.]. Jan. 5. Tyres, pneumatic. - The two open ends a, a<1> of the inner air tube are connected together by overlapping them on a short flexible tube B provided with external circumferential grooves b, into which the ends are forced by rubber or like bands C. The tube B is preferably composed of fabric embedded in rubber, and the ends of the air tube may additionally be cemented to one another or to the tube B.
Patent GB-190102776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fuses.
Filed: 1901-02-08
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 2776. Callender's Cable and Construction Co. and Callender, J. O. Feb. 8. Cut-outs particularly adapted for underground boxes. Pillars or contacts b are fixed on the base, and sleeves d connected by a fuse h are slipped over them. The sleeves are held by a glass tube e enclosed in a slotted ebonite casing g, forming a handle. The fuse h passes within the glass tube.
Patent GB-190106883-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Sounding Apparatus for Navigational Purposes
Inventor: LILLEY GEORGE CHARLES
Filed: 1901-04-02
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 6883. Lilley, G. C. April 2. Sounding-apparatus.-Relates to that type of apparatus in which the depth is determined by the degree of compression of the air in a tube closed at one end and open at the other, the tube being coated internally with some chemical compound to show the height to which the water has risen. To preserve this chemical compound, the tube, Fig. 6, is closed at both ends and cut at m, so that one end can be broken off just before the tube is used. The ends of the tube may be sealed up in various ways. To read off the compression, and read the depth, a cylinder, Fig. 7, is employed with longitudinal grooves to receive the sounding- tube. Each groove is graduated for a certain value of the barometric height. The scales may also be formed on the outside of a grooved hollow cylinder to which the sounding-tube is introduced.
Patent GB-190109282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Tipping Trucks.
Inventor: SAMS CHARLES EGBERT REYNOLDS
Filed: 1901-05-04
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 9282. Sams, C. E. R. May 4. Tipping-apparatus.-A revolving cradle, pivoted at b, has three floors c symmetrically placed at angles of 120‹, but arranged so as, when horizontal, to be below the centres b. A truck run on to the floor which is horizontal, causes the cradle to rotate, at the same time tipping the coal &c. into a shoot e. In the rotation of the cradle the empty trucks are brought back into position to be run off.
Patent GB-190109622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOND EDWARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 9622. Bond, E. S. May 9. Gas or explosive-vapour engines; carburetting.- Oil is kept at a certain level by a float feed, Fig. 3, having two or more valves 14 operated by the float 7 through levers 11. The pipe 25 communicates with the spraying-nozzle 17 in the vaporizer 20. The nozzle is mounted on a post 18, which is easily accessible by removing the cover 22 and plate 23. The oil impinges against a conical ribbed spreader 26, heated by an incandescent electric wire as shown in Fig. 5. The nozzle may be at the top of the post 18, and the spreader aLove it. The air is controlled by a rotary disc valve on the cover. It is conducted by pipes 37 towards the bottom of the vaporizer, where it stirs up any unvaporized oil. The vaporizer is further heated by passing exhaust through the base 29. Valves.-A throttle or other valve 31 is used to cut off the carburetter from the cylinder when power is not required and the engine is opened to exhaust.
Patent GB-190126325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevators.
Inventor: ROETEL OTTO VON
Filed: 1901-12-24
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 26,325. Roetel, O. von. Dec. 24. Safety retaining- apparatus. - T h e cage is made in two parts, and the floors for the wagons are inclined downwards towards the opposing faces of the two parts. Thus, when the rope breaks, the weight of the wagons forces the two halves of the cage outwards against the walls of the shaft. Each floor is connected at p to the main supporting - bars n, o, which thus take the weight of the wagons almost direct, and the cage can therefore be of relatively light construction. The gaps between the floors are closed by overlapping plates t, u. In a modification, the floors can tilt to a limited extent, and thus increase the wedging action. Usually the air resistance, friction on the guides, &c. will afford sufficient resistance to bring the wedging action of the wagons into play. Safety gripping-devices may, however, be fitted, and a suitable one is described. It comprises pivoted jaws adapted to engage the guides under the action of a spring, but normally held clear by the tension of the winding-rope.
Patent GB-190126526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sluice and like Valves.
Inventor: SMITH ANTHONY P.
Filed: 1901-12-28
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 26,526. Lake, H. H., [Smith, A. P.]. Dec. 28. Sliding valves.- A sluice or gate valve is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The spindle E screws into a yoke C, which has wedge pieces c<8> at the ends of its arms arranged to act on similar wedge faces b<11> on the valve discs B<1>. A nut D is engaged in recesses in the valve discs, and, when the valve is opened, the spindle first lifts the yoke until projections c<3> on the yoke arms engage shoulders b<8> on the valve discs and raises them. The spindle then screws into the nut, and the parts move together. When the valve is being closed, the valve discs, first freed from the spindle, abut against stops a<5> in the casing, and the wedge surfaces then force the valve discs apart.
Patent GB-190201929-A (GB)
Title: Improved Walking Stick and Seat Combined
Inventor: COX BENJAMIN BRIMLEY
Filed: 1902-01-24
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 1929. Cox, B. B. Jan. 24. Walking-sticks.- Consists of a combined walking-stick and seat. The handle of the stick is formed of a pair of U-shaped rods or tubes d, d, each of which is pivoted at one end of the stick a, while the free ends of the tubes are connected by a link or jointpiece f. The rods are mounted to turn on their pivots through an angle of 45‹, and are capable of being folded together to form the handle or crook, or opened out into a position, as shown in Fig. 3, at rightangles to the stick, to form an oval-shaped seat. The stick is formed with abutments or shoulders to support the rods when opened out. The lower end of the stick may be shod with a flanged spike, or provided with a bucket so as to form a golfcarrier.
Patent GB-190205414-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Press and Stretcher for Trousers and like Garments.
Inventor: DORE EDWIN STEPHEN
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 5414. DorÚ, E. 8. March 4. Trouser presses; trouser stretchers.-The trousers are pressed between two boards a, b, Figs. 1 and 2, and are stretched by engaging one end of the trousers between strips e,f and turning a screw g so as to move the strips e, f further away from a frame j, which is hinged to the board a so that, when not in use, the stretching- appliance can be turned over on to the board a.
Patent GB-190209716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Laundry and like Irons
Inventor: KRUPITZA FERDINAND
Filed: 1902-04-26
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 9716. Krupitza, F., and Krizek, J. April 26. Ironing.-A hand-iron a is provided with a sliding frame d having slotted legs c, on which the iron stands when a lever i is moved into its upper position above a stop k.
Patent GB-190223054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spittoon Bottles
Inventor: JAENEL EDMUND
Filed: 1902-10-22
Granted: 1902-12-18
Abstract: 23,054. Jaenel, E. Oct. 22. Spittoons.-The neck b of the spittoon bottle a, is provided with a funnel d and an opening c, which may be made to communicate with the interior through the opening f of the rotary tubular stopper e. The funnel d may be dispensed with, and the stopper e may be cylindrical throughout its hollow part, in place of tapering at the bottom as shown.
Patent GB-190223153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tandem Compound Engines
Inventor: HARDILL JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-10-23
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 23,153. Hardill, J., and Benson, R. Oct. 23. Compound engines with valves for converting double-acting engines into single-acting; slide valves -Relates to engines of the tandem compound type, and consists in means for enabling the engine to be worked either single-acting or doubleacting by a double - D slide valve actuated by a single eccentric. Fig. 1 shows an external view of the cylinders and valve-chest, and Fig. 2 a section at right-angles to Fig. 1. Steam-inlet openings 13, 14, both connected with the branched supply pipe 9, are arranged one on each side of the passages 7, 8 leading from the valve-chest to the high - pressure cylinder 1. By means of valves 11<1>,12<1>, both the openings 13, 14 may be supplied with steam so as to make the engine double-acting, or either may be closed so as to make it singleacting. The steam passages of the low-pressure cylinder 2 are disposed as usual one on each side of the final exhaust 15. Steam is distributed to both cylinders by a single valve 17, which works between the cylinder port face and a plate 19 pressed against its back by springs. The valve has two cavities or Dees 20, 21, and is hollow from end to end, and has three ports 22, 23, 24 communicating with the hollow interior, whereby the steam is conveyed from the cylinder 1 to the low-pressure cylinder 2.