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Patent GB-189712323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Harness for Horses and other Animals.
Inventor: LEE FREDERICK
Filed: 1897-05-18
Granted: 1897-06-19
Abstract: 12,323. Lee, F. May 18. Tugs, shaft.-Relates to shaft tugs for use with short shafts which have a loop at their ends to which a short trace may be attached. The upper bar r of the shaft loop c fits into the hook d of the tug, the lower bar s rests beneath the tug as shown, and the cross-bar h passes through a slot in the hook and lies in a groove g. The loop is kept in place by the latch i fastened by the buckle strap j, and the tug is fastened to the backband and bellyband respectively by a buckle b and loop c. The short trace n may be attached to the shaft loop, or to the loop m of the tug by enlarging the end of the trace.
Patent GB-189716352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Furnaces, Fire Grates, and the like.
Inventor: BIDDLES GEORGE HARRY
Filed: 1897-07-10
Granted: 1897-08-14
Abstract: 16,352. Biddles, G. H. July 10. Smoke-consuming.-An air chamber Nx is built up at the back of an ordinary domestic stove or fireplace. The ashpit is covered by the perforated plate M, below which a pipe for the supply of forced draught may be provided. The forced draught may be controlled by an arrangement such as shown in Fig. 9 and be operated by a pull-chain. On the hollow plunger H falling, water passes into it by the valve H<2> from the one compartment of the communicating double chambers F and F<1>. On the plunger being raised and the water therein taken up by it, the ball-float F' falls and the valves G<4> open until the water has ceased to escape from the plunger by the valve H<3> when the float has ascended and the valve closed.
Patent GB-189716566-A (GB)
Title: Prismatic Pavement, Ceiling and Vault Lights.
Inventor: EWEN JOHN MEIGGS
Filed: 1897-07-13
Granted: 1897-09-18
Abstract: 16,566. Ewen, J. M. July 13. Pavement-lights.-One side of each prism consists of two plane or curved surfaces B, B<1> at such an angle that the rays of light pass through the surface B', whereas the rays incident on the surface B are reflected as shown. By adopting this form of prism the obstruction of reflected and refracted rays passing through the upper part of one prism by the adjacent prism is obviated.
Patent GB-189718915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Machines for Grinding Balls.
Inventor: MANZ FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1897-08-16
Granted: 1897-11-13
Abstract: 18,915. Manz, F. Aug. 16. Surfacing and polishing balls. The conical grinding-wheel J rotates in a cone B having a spiral path which is in connection at its upper end with a tangential feed-shoot L. The ground balls drop down the stem of the cone B and pass out by a shoot S to an elevator Q, at the upper end of which is a sorting-apparatus consisting of a trough with a slit large enough to admit balls of the proper size ; those that are too big are rejected and returned to the feed-shoot of the apparatus. The cones may be inverted ; the cone B rotates in the opposite direction to the grinding-wheel.
Patent GB-189719363-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clockwork with a Long Going Period.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1897-08-21
Granted: 1898-06-11
Abstract: 19,363. Dymond, G. C., [Bauer, J. C.] Aug. 21. Barrels; going trains; clock framework. - A small movement W is secured eccentrically upon one of the frame - plates of a going train with a large barrel, and is driven thereby, the first arbor f<1> of the movement being the last arbor of the barrel train. The motion - work Z is also driven from this connecting-arbor.
Patent GB-189722044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Batteries, Electrodes, and Method of Making the same.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-09-25
Granted: 1897-11-13
Abstract: 22,044. James, R. W., [Bell Electric Co.]. Sept. 25. Primary batteries.-Consists of a sealed battery, for bells, lamps, &c., having a negative electrode 2, Fig. 1, of zinc fixed in the cover as shown, a special positive electrode 3, Figs. 1 and 3, similarly fixed in the cover, and a special electrolyte 4. The electrode 3 consists preferably of a stem 15 and heads 16, 17 of an alloy of lead and antimony with a little tellurium, which will not be attacked in the subsequent processes. On the stem 15 is threaded a series of lead discs 18, with projections 20 struck up from them so as to keep the discs apart. The projections 20 are arranged along radial lines, and those of adjacent discs do not register with each other. When the discs 18 are in position, the head 17 is fixed on to the stem 15, and the electrode is electrolytically coated with mercury and is then ' formed' by the passage of an electric current in a bath containing sulphuric acid, water, caustic potash, magnesium nitrate, potassium glyceride, and nitric acid ; the result of this treatment is that the discs 11 are eaten away and replaced by active material. The active material is then hardened, firstly in a solution of magnesium sulphate and glycerine, and then in dilute sulphuric acid. It is then preferably electrolytically treated in dilute sulphuric acid, and washed in water, after which it may be dipped into a saturated solution of magnesium sulphate, which is permitted to dry on the electrode, which is then ready for use. The electrolyte consists of a mixture of sulphuric acid, water, sodium sulphate, and magnesium sulphate. The positive electrode may be formed from a single plate or grid of lead.
Patent GB-189722753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Coating Fondants and the like with Plastic or Semi-liquid Material.
Inventor: HOLMES DANIEL MOREY
Filed: 1897-10-04
Granted: 1898-08-20
Abstract: 22,753. Holmes, D. M. Oct. 4. Confectionery or sweetmeats.-Relates to apparatus for coating fondants with plastic material, such as icing or cream. The fondants are rolled over on a table, on which is fed a layer of the coating- material. In the form of apparatus shown in Fig. 1, a jacketed tank A contains the coating- material, and in it rotate a beater B and feedroller C. This roller feeds the cream on to a table D. The fondants are supplied to a roller E, fitted with ribs E', and mounted in bearings E<3> sliding in guides E<5>. The roller E rotates, and at the same time is moved by the links F', F<3>, by the action of the cam G, along the table, rolling the fondants in the cream. In a casing beneath the rear end of the table is a series of pins L, which are forced out and form an extension of the table when rods strike the bar to which the pins are attached. The pins are drawn in by the springs L' when the roller moves back, and the fondants fall on to the travelling band.
Patent GB-189724802-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus to Threading Fish on Wire.
Inventor: ANDERSEN EDVARD
Filed: 1897-10-26
Granted: 1898-06-11
Abstract: 24,802. Andersen, E. Oct. 26. Preserving fish.-Apparatus for threading fish on wire in a regular row, preparatory to smoking them, or for any other purpose. The fish are placed head downwards between a series of wedge-shaped projec - tions b along the edges of a table a, and are held in a folding frame formed by two hinged pieces d and h, each provided with a series of tapering notches e<1>, e'. An elastic band f runs behind the notches e' and, when the fish are in position, they are pressed against this band by a hinged angle-iron k. The wire is then threaded through the hole formed by two corresponding grooves m in the parts d and h.
Patent GB-189729498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tires for Wheels.
Inventor: CHAMBERS EDWARD JAMES
Filed: 1897-12-13
Granted: 1898-02-19
Abstract: 29,498. Chambers, E. J. Dec. 13. T y r e s, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-The wheel rim A has a projecting flange B supporting a buffer D which prevents displacement of the tyre. The tyre consists of anumber of sections F of tempered spring metal, the outwardly-bent edges f of which are sprung into place and grip the flange B. The said edges are protected by an apron C of suitable material. Metallic shields G may be used to protect the joints of the tyre sections, and are provided with clips H to engage with the inner surface of the said sections. A cover I is provided, and is secured to the rim by stitches J or other suitable means.
Patent GB-189805612-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Decorating Glass Panels and the like, for Covering Walls or similar surfaces.
Inventor: MONDRON LEON
Filed: 1898-03-08
Granted: 1898-05-20
Abstract: 5612. Mondron, L. March 8. Ornamenting.-Relates to the decoration of opal glass panels &c. by transferring a design in vitreous pigments and burning it in and annealing in the usual way. The constitution of seven primary pigments, containing silica, soda, borax, fluor-spar, red lead, and colouring-matters, is given, the constituents being fused together and ground to powder. The designs may be imprinted on paper coated with dextrin, and the glass surfaces to which they are to be transferred are coated with colophony dissolved in turpentine. Or the design may be imprinted on a gelatine film, temporarily mounted on paper in the process of transference to the glass. By another process the design is printed directly upon thin paper which is damped and applied to the glass, the design being then burnt in.
Patent GB-189809482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Turning on, Lighting, and Extiguishing Gas at a Distance by Means of Electricity.
Inventor: GUYENOT PAUL LOUIS
Filed: 1898-04-25
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 9482. Guyenot, P. L. April 25. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-Relates to an electric device for turning on, lighting, and extinguishing gas burners, of the kind described in Specification No. 29,244, A.D. 1897. Figs. 1 and 3 are sectional elevations of the burner on planes at right-angles to one another. The service pipe B opens into a chamber A from which-tubes a<1> and f lead to the burner and pilot-light respectively. The end e<1> of an electromagnet lies between the ends d, d<1> of a horizontal permanent magnet. The battery, switch, electromagnet, and a lighter or platinum wire in the pilot-light Y are connected by wires, and when the electromagnet is excited the ball b is lifted from its seat by the joint attraction of the electromagnet and of one pole d<1> of the permanent magnet. Gas then passes up both the burner and pilot-light, and is ignited by the latter. On breaking the circuit, the ball drops into the seat c<1> and cuts off the supply of gas to the pilot-light. To extinguish the flame, the current is passed in the reverse direction, the ball b being lifted up to the end d of the permanent magnet and then dropping into the seat c, thus cutting off the gas supply. The switch consists of two springs l, l<1>, operated by a rotatable. stud l<2>, which brings one or other of the springs into contact with the studs n<1>, n<2> and sends the current in either the forward or the reverse direction.
Patent GB-189809544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inflator and like Carrier Attachments for Cycles.
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1898-04-26
Granted: 1899-02-11
Abstract: 9544. Brooks, J. B. April 26. Clips for attaching inflators &c. A spring metal &c. piece is used in combination with a strap to take up the slack of the strap. Fig. 7 shows a bide view of the clip extended, and Fig. 3 shows the clip holding an inflator in position. The strap encircles the frame tube f, and both ends pass through the spring piece a<1>, one limb of which is for and with a projection c to engage in stud-holes d' in the strap d. The piece a<1> may be free or fixed to the strap. Turned-over ends of the spring piece serve to hold up the end of the strap. The form of the spring piece may be modified, by making the arms of equal length &c., and in some cases it is made double so that the arms bear both the frame tube and the inflator.
Patent GB-189811673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladders.
Inventor: KILLIP ROBERT
Filed: 1898-05-23
Granted: 1899-03-25
Abstract: 11,673. Killip, R. May 23. Ladders.-A steel or metal rod C is passed through a hole bored through the wooden rung A, and is secured by washers or nuts D and by riveting the ends of the rod, or otherwise. Holes E are made in the nuts to receive a forked key or wrench, and are filled in with white lead to prevent the entrance of moisture. The nuts or washers are preferably dished or concave so as to make weather-tight joints at their edges. The rungs may be split, and metal strips may be secured between the halves by end nuts, riveting, &c.
Patent GB-189812633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printers' Furniture for Use in the Composition of Tubular and like work.
Inventor: PATERSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1898-06-06
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 12,633. Paterson, A. June 6. Type, setting.-Relates to printers' furniture for tabular and other work, specially applicable for filling up spaces or blanks in a forme. Corner pieces A, having angular recesses formed by the projections A<1>, A', are placed in the column or space E, and clumps or blocks D are fitted in the angular recesses. In Fig. 5, a small corner piece H is used with large clumps L, and the corner is tilled up with quads or blanks K. In Fig. 6, the end clumps M are formed with projections M<1> which engage the ends of the side clumps N.
Patent GB-189812784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Rheostats and Resistances.
Inventor: STEELE LOUIS JOHN
Filed: 1898-06-08
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 12,784. Steele, L. J. June 8. Resistances. - A resistance is made by coiling m e t a l strip or wire into a helix, and forming this into a larger helix, which again may be formed into a still larger one. The helix thus formed may be carried by two terminals. In the second coiling, a flexible insulator may be used as a core, which may afterwards be coiled, with the wire on it, to form a large helix. Or, as shown, the coiled wire a may be laid into a helical groove in a fluted insulating-cylinder c<2>, and mounted in a casing s, which is provided at one end with a rotatable switch g<2> and a number of contact studs. These are connected by metal strips laid in the flutings of the cylinder with different parts of the helix. The cylinder carrying the helix may otherwise be mounted to revolve in contact with a slider on a parallel bar.
Patent GB-189813182-A (GB)
Title: Appliance for Squirting Out Liquids to be used Principally by Cyclists.
Inventor: REIMANN GUSTAV
Filed: 1898-06-13
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 13,182. Reimann, G. June 13. Dogs &c., apparatus for protecting cyclists from attacks of.-Relates to a pistol for squirting out a liquid, preferably a solution of sal-ammoniac, to be used principally by cyclists to ward off dogs or highway robbers. A rubber ball b provided with an air-inlet valve c is enclosed within the handle a, and is connected by a tube d to the barrel f which contains the liquid. The trigger h, which has a finger-ring i, engages a plate k which bears against the ball b and is controlled by a spring l. A piece of metal or hard rubber q depresses the upper wall of the tube d, and co-acts with the head n on the lever arm o of the trigger to close the tube d. When the trigger is pulled, the arm o swings round and opens the tube d, and the plate k compresses the ball b, thereby forcing the air into the barrel f and driving the liquid through the conical end m of the barrel.
Patent GB-189820349-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Weaving Rectangular Meshed Netting.
Inventor: RENDALL HENRY ARTHUR
Filed: 1898-09-26
Granted: 1899-09-26
Abstract: 20,349. Rendall, H. A., and Ackerman, W. G. Sept.26. Net-making.-A number of warps 337, after passing through a tension device, pass through tubular guides 7 on a bar 10 capable of being shogged longitudinally in a guide 11 carried on arms 12 which can be rocked. In making the knots, the initial position being shown in Fig. 24, the guides 7 are shogged and then rocked so as to lay a loop round the hooks 50 ; when the guides are rocked to the left of the fingers 74, 75, they are shogged and rocked back to their initial position, thus laying a loop round the pins 75. Forked depressors 49 then come down and pass the part of the warp, Fig. 28, through the parts 337, 338 stretched between the hooks 50 and pins 75. A shuttle carrying a weft, and moving in guides 301, now passes between the lower part of the warp and the parts 337, 338. A cam on the shuttle carrier now acts on the hooks 132, and sinks the weft into successive loops, as shown in Fig. 28. The depressors 49 now rise, and the hooks 50 pass over to the left of the fingers 75 and disengage their loops, the tension arrangement taking up the slack of the warps. The pins 75 now disengage from both warp and weft. Brushes or curved bars 89 now tighten up the knots. The bar 207 now rises, and the pins 205 withdraw from the lastformed meshes, after which the bar 207 falls again and causes the hooks 132 to disengage from the weft loops, which drop on to the protruded pins 205. The work roller now takes up the new mesh. The various parts are shogged, rocked, and operated principally by cam and lever mechanisms. There is a spring take-up arrangement on the shuttle to take up the slack when the shuttle reverses. Means are provided for regulating the amount of motion of the hooks 132 to vary the length of loop sunk. The shuttle is moved by a carrier driven alternately in opposite directions by a chain and sprocket-wheels ; one of the sprocket-wheels is caused by a switch to move to opposite sides of its driving-wheel so as to reverse the motion.
Patent GB-189824085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Driving Gear for Cycles.
Inventor: BUCHNER HANS
Filed: 1898-11-15
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 24,085. Buchner, H. Nov. 15. Driving-mechanism for bicycles &c. Treadlelevers h, pivoted at the rear, rest on and actuate cranks which are geared with the driving-wheel by a chain &c. The cranks carry obliquely-mounted oval discs d, fitted with a roller or rollers a, c, on which the treadle-levers bear.
Patent GB-189827505-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for the Purification of Feed Water for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: PFISTER AUGUST
Filed: 1898-12-30
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 27,505. Pfister, A. Dec. 30. Feedwater, heating and purifying.-The box B placed in the steam space of the boiler receives the feedwater through the tube A. The feedwater passes along the troughs D, E, F into the funnel G, and is discharged into the lower part of the boiler. The suspended and calcareous impurities are deposited in the troughs. A bent tube connected to the feed-pipe, and sloping to the mean level of the water in the boiler, may be employed in place of the open tubes or troughs.
Patent GB-189905152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Packings.
Inventor: WARD SYDNEY ASLINE
Filed: 1899-03-09
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 5152. Ward, S. A. March 9. Stuffing-boxes.-Relates to metallic packing of the kind described in Specification No. 672, A.D. 1893. According to the present invention, the packing is composed of sectional pieces E, of the form shown in elevation and plan in Fig. 4, in the recesses between which are placed, as shown in Fig. 2, gluts F of the form shown in Fig. 5. The parts are drawn together by a clasping-spring H, and fit into a conical seating G as shown in Fig. 1. The whole is enclosed by a recessed cover C.
Patent GB-189906619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Inventor: HOLDSWORTH GEORGE EDWARD ARTHU
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 6619. Holdsworth, G. E. A. March 28. Roughing; calks. -The toe A and heels B are made with projections provided with dovetail grooves to receive the solid or divided dovetail projections on the removable calks C. The calks may be grooved, and the shoe formed with the dovetail projections.
Patent GB-189906739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Lamps.
Inventor: LUCAS CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1899-03-29
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 6739. Lucas, C. March 29. Lanterns. -Relates to means for attaching lanterns or lamps to vehicles to prevent theft &c. The attachment consists of a strip of metal, bent to form a hook with projecting ends A, B, which may be locked together, as shown in the Figure, after the free ends of the hook has been passed over the iron or plate on the vehicle.
Patent GB-189909938-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Protective Conduit for the Current Conveyors of Electric Railways.
Inventor: PETZENBUERGER ARTHUR
Filed: 1899-05-11
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 9938. Petzenb³rger, A., and Haisl, A. May 11. Electric railways on the conduit system are formed preferably above ground of metal or other plates a, b curved to an arched form and either bent to engage together at their ends or with recess grooves r bent in them to spring round correspondingly-arched stay rods m. The plates may be attached to the sleepers, or held in position by the rods m which are secured to piles p. The conduit may form one or more chambers, a central piece correspondingly dividing the space between the edges of the plates. The conductors C are separately supported, and are rubbed by a collector S passing through the opening A. The opening A is preferably closed by hinged and spring flexible flaps, so that the collector S opens and closes the slot A as it moves along.
Patent GB-189909995-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Fabric Tufting Machine.
Inventor: ROBERTS JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1899-05-11
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 9995. Roberts, J. T. May 11. Pile fabrics, tufting-tools for. A tufting-tool comprises two parts I, capable of sliding upon each other and carrying respectively a needle 8 and a holder 9 to prevent the withdrawal of the thread after the loop has been formed. One part is formed with longitudinal grooves 2, undercut at the front end and provided with recesses 3 at the rear end, and the other part is formed with ribs 4, which work in the grooves and engage with the undercut and recessed ends at the limits of the relative movement of the parts. The ribs have slots 6, through which passes a pin 7 for holding the parts together, and they may also have a series of holes 10, in any one of which can be inserted a pin 11 to engage with the pin 7 and limit the sliding movement. Lugs 4<a> are formed on the ribs to pass through corresponding openings and engage with undercut parts at the sides of the grooves 2.