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Patent GB-189706342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Motors.
Inventor: LAMPLOUGH FREDERICK
Filed: 1897-03-10
Granted: 1898-03-05
Abstract: 6342. Lamplough, F. March 10. Liquid and gaseous fuel fittings.-Relates to a liquid or gaseous fuel steam motor combination, especially designed for motor cars, comprising improvements in the engines, generator, condenser, and devices for automatically controlling pressures and supplies so that the attendant has merely to regulate the reversing-lever. The generator is heated either by compressed gaseous fuel or by vaporized oil fuel, The supply of oil or gas may be reduced or cut off when the steam pressure rises to the desired limit, either by a diaphragm-actuated valve such as that shown in Fig. 35, or by a valve controlled by a Bourdon tube opposed to a spring, as shown in Fig. 34<a>. Another form of diaphragmcontrolled fuel valve is also shown in the Specification. In Fig. 43 is shown a pressure-reducing reservoir for compressed gas. The gas enters by a valve f<3> adjusted by the diaphragm f<5>. Fig. 9 shows a perforated burner g<1> for gaseous fuel, with air inlet g and needle valve g<2>. In Fig. 10 is shown the burner employed for vaporizing and burning liquid fuel. The oil drips at the valve g<9> into the retort chamber g<6>, whence, being vaporized, it passes by the pipe g<10> to the nozzle g<11>. When the vapour pressure rises, the fuel valve is closed by the action of the diaphragm chamber g<7>. Kindling cups are provided at g<15>, and when heavy oils are used a cone and baffler g<16> are furnished in order to heat the retort more intensely.
Patent GB-189710501-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Removing Carbonic Acid and Hydrogen Sulphide from Ammoniacal Liquor.
Inventor: FELDMANN ALFRED
Filed: 1897-04-27
Granted: 1897-06-05
Abstract: 10,501. Feldmann, A. April 27. Purifying ammoniacal l i q u i d o r.- Consists in removing carbonic acid and hydrogen sulphide from the ammoniacal liquor of gas works &c. by heating it in distilling - columns at a temperature of 94‹-97‹C. A suitable form of apparatus is shown,consisting of a cylinder A with s e v e r a l compartments f provided with overflow pipes g and central tubes i covered by caps h. The liquor enters at a, and steam is admitted at d ; the purified liquor flows away at b, and the gases escape at e.
Patent GB-189712704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Can Labelling Machines.
Inventor: BARKEY JOHN L
Filed: 1897-05-22
Granted: 1897-09-18
Abstract: 12,704. Barkey, J. L., and Ross, F. H. May 22. Damping and affixing labels.-In a can-labelling machine, the cans are fed down a shoot H<2>, and are allowed to roll one at a time on to a pasting-band F<2>, Figs. 1 and 5. This band runs on rollers F, d<3>, and is in contact with a second endless band d<2> running through a paste t r o u g h D<3>. The can is carried forward by an endless band L<3> with projections M, which catch each can in turn. These projections also serve to trip rocking arms provided with adjustable stops 10, 20, which form an escape device for feeding the cans singly. Adjustable guide - rails are provided to guide.the cans over the pasting - band, from which each drops on to a two-track platform which is adjustable to allow a can of any size to fall exactly on the edge of the pile of labels. These are contained in a label holder of adjustable size and guided on a vertical pillar, the labels being constantly pressed upwards by the action of spring rollers and cords on a false bottom in the label holder. The lap of the label is pasted by a rotary brush T, Fig. 6, revolving under a perforated trough T<3>, in which a brush U is reciprocated by a cam t<3> and follower t<1> to force paste through the perforations u<1> on to the rotary brush. The can is then delivered from the machine by an endless band V, running above a spring- mounted and hinged leaf w. The outer roller of the delivery band is hollow and steam-heated to keep the band dry when running. The machine is mounted in a suitable framework, and all the feeding-rollers and bands are mounted to be adjustable for cans of various sizes. The label holder is also adjustable in position to suit the cans. The inclinations of the shoots &c. can also be varied.
Patent GB-189715713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: FLETT GEORGE
Filed: 1897-07-01
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 15,713. Flett, G. July 1. Rail joints.-The rails are scarfed together at their ends. One fishplate D is extended to embrace the foot of the rail, forming thereby a sole-plate, as shown. The other plate C may be of channel section. The head or foot or both may be cut away, as shown, at b, b<2> where the fishplates come.
Patent GB-189717081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electrical Furnaces.
Inventor: PATTEN FRANCIS JARVIS
Filed: 1897-07-20
Granted: 1897-12-18
Abstract: 17,081. Patten, F. J. July 20. Electric furnaces.-In an arc or incandescence furnace, the arc, or the current traversing a fused mass, is made to travel round by producing a rotating magnetic field in the furnace. In the form shown in Fig. 6, arcs are produced from concentric hollow carbons C<1>, C<3> to a solid electrode C<2>, resting on an iron plate F. A surrounding iron ring N, wound continuously, is supplied by four connections with two alternating currents in quadrature, to produce the rotating field. The ring is protected by an asbestos, mica, firebrick, or other lining, or by an upstanding edge on the lower electrode C<2>. The materials are supplied through the hollow carbons C', C<3>, which may be raised or lowered by supports on a screw R<1>. A single hollow carbon may be used similarly, or a solid upper carbon may enter a hollow in the lower one. In an incandescence furnace, in which the current passes at first through a thin carbon rod, and afterwards through a fused mass of the product, the rotating magnetic field directs the current to one side of the fused mass, and causes it to revolve round the axis of the mass.
Patent GB-189717895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Attachment of Pedals to Cranks of Cycles.
Inventor: MONEY JOHN
Filed: 1897-07-30
Granted: 1898-06-04
Abstract: 17,895. Money, J. July 30. Pedals, fixing to cranks. The crank end is shouldered at A<3>, and has a tapered piece A<2> which fits inside a correspondinglytapered hole in the enlarged end B of the pedal axle. The shoulder A<3> engages a flat B<3> on the axle. A nut C secures the parts together, as shown. In a modification, a U-shaped shoulder is formed on the crank to engage a corresponding recess in the pedal pin.
Patent GB-189721999-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Sprocket Wheel applied to Cycles.
Inventor: WARD HORATIO MARSH
Filed: 1897-09-25
Granted: 1898-05-28
Abstract: 21,999. Ward, H. M. Sept. 25. Chain gearing for cycles. An elliptical chainwheel A is fixed on the pedal-crank axle, and geared by a chain with an ordinary circular wheel N on the driving-wheel hub. The tension of the chain may be kept constant by forming the chain of alternate sections F, H, the links, blocks, or rollers forming the sections F being provided with projections on their inner or gearing faces.
Patent GB-189723349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spanners or Wrenches.
Inventor: HARRIS WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1897-10-11
Granted: 1898-08-13
Abstract: 23,349. Harris, W. G. Oct. 11. Spanners and wrenches.-The nut is gripped by a ring of pivoted jaws d, d<1>, &c. with bevelled ends to bear against one another. The jaws are all adjusted by moving one of them d, preferably by a nut h and screwed rod g. The jaws may be adjusted by a ring or rings having pins to engage the jaws.
Patent GB-189729189-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of a Substitute for Eggs.
Inventor: BERNSTEIN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1897-12-09
Granted: 1898-05-20
Abstract: 29,189. Bernstein, A. Dec. 9. Food preparations.-A substitute for eggs is obtained from milk by coagulating both the casein and the albumen of the milk, removing the liquid, and reducing the curd to the consistency of a paste. The casein is preferably obtained in the form of a farinaceous curd as described in Specification No. 14,336, A.D. 1897 ; the whey separated therefrom is boiled to coagulate the albumen as described in Specification No. 23,590, A.D. 1895 ; finally, the farinaceous curd and coagulated albumen are mixed together. Alternatively, the albumen and casein may be removed simultaneously by first boiling and then coagulating.
Patent GB-189729224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Taps.
Inventor: WREN ANDREW
Filed: 1897-12-10
Granted: 1898-11-05
Abstract: 29,224. Wren, A. Dec. 10. Repairing, facilitating.-When it is desired to repair or clean the screw-down valve a, the water supply is cut off by a plug cock b provided with an opening d or a series of holes. The spindle e passes through a cap g screwed to the casing and locked in position by a pinching-screw g<2> ; in place of this cap a stuffing-box, carried by the extension i, may be used.
Patent GB-189730112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Manufacture of Incandescence Bodies for Illuminating Purposes.
Inventor: MANN GUSTAVE LEON ALBERT COUNT
Filed: 1897-12-20
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 30,112. Manin, G. L. A. Count de H. de. Dec. 20. Incandescent gas &c. lamps.-A hood, mantle, or the like for incandescent lighting is impregnated with an aqueous or alcoholic solution or thin paste of a salt of lime and a salt of magnesia. A salt of aluminium, or a silicate of calcium or magnesia, may be added. A small percentage of bichromate of potash, nitrate of cobalt, uranium, or strontium, or similar salt may be added to colour the light. The mantle may be constructed of platinum or other suitable wires or carbon filaments wound or surrounded with cotton or the like. Such filaments are also applicable to incandescent electric lamps.
Patent GB-189801545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
Inventor: DUNBAR WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-01-19
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 1545. Dunbar, W. Jan. 19. Hooks and eyes are provided with recesses or loops B, D to allow of additional attachment by sewing.
Patent GB-189805674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Mills.
Inventor: NORTON EDWIN
Filed: 1898-03-08
Granted: 1898-06-18
Abstract: 5674. Norton, E. March 8. Rolling ; s hea ring.-Rolling- mills for reducing bars or plates to packs of thin sheets are provided with mechanism for automatically operating the adjusting- screws of the rolls after each pass, for automatically changing the amount of rotation of the screws after any particular pass or series of passes, and for setting the work centrally on the mill platform or table. The mill is also provided with sheet trimming or shearing and pack shearing or slitting apparatus. The reversing-mill is fitted with feed tables or platforms C at each side carrying live rollers c. The lower driven roll B has a cam G frictionally connected to its shaft, and at each reversal of the rotation of the roll B the cam is oscillated against stops and acts through suitable mechanism to clutch a driving-pulley F<3> to its shaft F. The roll adjusting-screws are connected together by wheels D<2>, D<3>, and brackets nn the wheels D<2> carry worms D<6> gearing with wheels D' allowing adjustment of the screws by hand. The shaft F drives through bevel gearing F<4>, F<5> a vertical shaft carrying pinions H, H', H<2> gearing successively into segmental wheels h, h<1>, h', of different lengths and arranged so that each commences where the preceding one terminates. The segmental wheels are connected to a wheel D' on one of the screws. Other mechanism for automatically actuating the screws after each pass may be employed. After the bars or packs are completely rolled or finished, a cam K<5> on one of the wheels D<2> acting through lever mechanism clutches the pulley K<4> to the shaft K<1>, which through bevel gearing K, D<7> returns the screws and roll. The bar or pack is placed centrally on the feed-table before each pass by movable guides C' mounted in slides C<5> caused to approach and recede from each other by an arm C<2>, frictionally attached to the driven roll and oscillating between stops, acting through lever mechanism to operate a rack C<9> and pinion C<10> which through lever mechanism C<13>, C<14>, C<15> reciprocates the slide C<5>. The work may be delivered from one of the platforms C to a table M<1> from which the sheets are passed between the shearing or trimming apparatus M<2>. The work may be delivered from the other platform C to trimming and slitting mechanism at N, a roller feed-table N<5>, and finally transversely through slitting-apparatus N<7>.
Patent GB-189805762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Files.
Inventor: RUSSELL JOHN
Filed: 1898-03-09
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 5762. Russell, J. March 9. Files for filing brass &c. have one set of teeth A cut in the usual manner; but the other set B, either single, Fig. 1, or double, Fig. 2, are spaced at a considerable distance apart as shown,
Patent GB-189806449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bicycles.
Inventor: PALMEN JOSEF
Filed: 1898-03-16
Granted: 1898-07-02
Abstract: 6449. Palmen, J. March 16. Mounting and securing wheels on shafts.-One end of the crank axle of a velocipede is made polygonal and slightly tapered, Fig. 15, to receive the spur-wheel R<1> and the flanged hub of the crank. The nut u keeps the parts in position.
Patent GB-189811544-A (GB)
Filed: 1898-05-23
Granted: 1899-03-25
Abstract: 11,544. Dreyfus, S., and Clayton Aniline Co. May 23. Concentrating sulphuric acid etc.; pans, trays, and like open evaporators.-The concentration is effected in a cast-iron vessel A provided with an overflow passage a through which the heavier concentrated acid is continuously drawn off, while lighter unconcentrated acid is continuously supplied to the upper part of the vessel. The passage a may be replaced by a spout or pipe on the outside of the vessel A.
Patent GB-189820321-A (GB)
Title: Convex Glass for Miners' Lamps.
Inventor: KENKMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1898-09-26
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 20,321. Kenkmann, W. Sept. 26. Miners' s a f e t y lamps. - The glasses or glass cylinders are made convex in crosssection to serve as lenses.
Patent GB-189827639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Machines.
Inventor: KOPP NICHOLAS
Filed: 1898-12-31
Granted: 1899-10-28
Abstract: 27,639. Kopp, N. Dec. 31. Printing from engraved plates; printing fabrics.-Relates to machines especially adapted for printing thin paper transfers for printing on glass, pottery, &c. The strip of paper or fabric 9 passes from a roll on to an endless band 4 stretched on rollers 2, 3 and having a soft coating of felt or rubber &c. The strip passes under a feed-roller 11, damping-apparatus 23, feed-rollers 12 which engage only the edges of the strip, and absorbent roller 25 to the printing-roller 10. The damping-apparatus 23 damps the central part of the strip, leaving the edges dry. The cylinder 10 is mounted on screwed discs or collars on the ends of hollow shafts, one at each side of the machine, and it is heated by steam introduced through the hollow shafts. The design is engraved on a plate or shell removably fixed on the cylinder. The colouring- matter is applied to the cylinder 10 through an opening in the reservoir 21 in contact with the cylinder. The reservoir 21 is surrounded by a jacket 22 into which steam is introduced for heating the colouring-matter. A flexible strip above the orifice spreads the colouring-matter on the cylinder, pressing it into the engraved lines, and returns the surplus into the reservoir. The reservoir is pivoted on the shaft 27 so that it may be turned into and out of position by a lever locking device. On the reservoir is a roller which tightens the driving-belt when the reservoir is in its operative position. A rod connecting the reservoir 21 and moistening-device 23 throws the latter, which is also pivoted, into and out of operative position. On the shaft 27, which is in rotation, are stirring-blades 28 for agitating the colouring-matter. A sliding door 33 is provided for closing the reservoir opening. A presser 34 presses the colour into the engraved parts of the plate, and cleans it from surplus colour. A further cleaning-arrangement, such as a knife or cloth &c. cleaner, is provided. The printed paper is fed on to the table 14 by feed-rollers 13 which grip its edges. 26 is an absorbent roller for removing surplus moisture from the band 5.
Patent GB-189905264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sleeve Links, Solitaires, Studs and such like articles.
Inventor: SMITH CHARLES MONTAGUE
Filed: 1899-03-10
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 5264. Smith, C. M. March 10. Sleeve-links; studs and solitaires.-The back-plate A has two side slots a', a<2>, leaving between them a portion a<3> which acts as a spring. Two projecting pieces, for pivots for the coupling B, may be formed on the plate, or a second plate C may be provided with two projections c<1>, c<2>, and a central perforation c<3>, and fit between the plate A and the head D, the slots a<4>, a<5> in the back-plate allowing the projections c<1>, c<2> to pass through. The coupling- piece B has square-shaped ends b<2>, so that the spring portion a<3> tends to turn the piece B at right-angles to or parallel with the head.
Patent GB-189905396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: CONSTAN MADAME MARIE
Filed: 1899-03-11
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 5396. Constan, M. March 11. Cameras; change-boxes ; shutters.- Consists in a combination of a camera, a plate-changing arrangement, and a shutter, of which the latter may be automatically set by the plate-changing device. The plates &c., in suitable sheaths p<2> to p<24>, are pressed forward by springs r. To remove the front plate (after exposure) from front to back, the camera is held with the lens upward as in Fig. 1, and a hinged side is pulled out by means of the ring y'. Hooked rods pull out the front plate, and allow it to fall into the position shown at p<1>, so that, when the hinged side is pushed in, the plate p<1> is placed at the back of the pile of plates. A disc to show the number of exposures is actuated by a pawl jointed to the hinged side. A hooked lever c, controlled by a cam on the disc n<1>, locks the hinged side when all the plates have been exposed. A cord y, fixed at one end to the camera and at the other to the shutter, passes round a pulley on the hinged side, and automatically sets the shutter by the movement of changing a plate. The shutter, Fig. 4, consists of two slides j<1> and j<11> (with exposure apertures), one of which opens the lens, and then releases the second slide, which closes the lens. The two slides are actuated by spiral springs r<1>, r<2>. By pressing the knob d<11>, the latch d' is lifted from the stop b<4> and releases the front slide j<1>, which moves to the left till its aperture is opposite the lens. At the same time a stop b<1> on this slide strikes the lever l<2>, which liberates a spring- pressed pneumatic piston (not shown). This piston moves forward at a speed regulated by the area of the escape apertures, and at the end of its stroke liberates the slide j<11>, which closes the lens opening. The area of the escape apertures is regulated by a piston valve p<11> which uncovers more or less of the apertures t<1>, t<2>, &c. through which the air escapes from the speed-controlling cylinder. For time exposures, the mechanism is altered, so that the release of the second slide j<11> is not automatic, but is effected at any required interval by hand.
Patent GB-189912723-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Attachment of Dust-caps of Bicycle Valves.
Inventor: DUNLOP HENRY WALLACE DOVETON
Filed: 1899-06-19
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 12,723. Dunlop, H. W. D. June 19. Tyres, pneumatic. -The dust cap A of the inflating- valve V has an under-collar C provided with hooks H, which are connected, by rubber or other springs S, to the spokes P or the rim R of the wheel, so that the springs r e - move the dust cap when it is unscrewed.
Patent GB-189918472-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Making Collar and Cuff Tabs.
Inventor: MORRISH GUY PERCIVAL
Filed: 1899-09-13
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 18,472. Morrish, G. P., Ferguson, H., and MacRae, D. Sept. 13. Collars; cuffs.-Consists of a machine for use in the manufacture of tabs for collars and cuffs. Fig. 5 shows a linen blank from which a tab for the back of collars is made, and the function of the machine is to fold over the edge of the blank. Fig. 6 shows the blank with its edge thus folded, after which it is folded along the line X X into the shape shown in Fig. 7, and is then sewn in the usual manner. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the machine, and Fig. 4 shows a plan. The machine consists of a heated plate b, on which are four folders c, c<1>, c<2>, c<3> mounted so that they can be simultaneously slid inwards or outwards towards or from a central point on the plate b. The linen blank, Fig. 5, is laid on the plate b, with its edges resting along the curved inner edges of the folders, and the plate or former k shown separately in Fig. 8 is brought down on to the blank. The folders are then moved inwardly, and force the edges of the blank over the former k, and the fabric when folded and pressed by the heated folders retains its shape, Fig. 6, after it is removed from the former. Cuff buttonhole tabs are similarly formed, the shape of the folders and former being slightly varied.
Patent GB-189920163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MITCHELL EDWARD ALBERT
Filed: 1899-10-07
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 20,163. Mitchell, E. A. March 8, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Drawings to Specification. Motor road vehicles, operated by gas engines, are stopped by shutting off the air pump from the combustion chamber and opening it to a brake cylinder.
Patent GB-189920543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines or Apparatus for Cleaning, Separating, and Grading Peas, Grain, and other Substances or Materials.
Inventor: WHITE WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-10-13
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 20,543. White, W., and Vickers, J. Oct. 13. Sifting or screening peas, barley, grain, malt, &c. - Relates to apparatus for cleaning and grading peas, barley, grain, malt, or other substances. The sieve B is of perforated zinc, or like material, and is mounted in a frame adapted to slide into a supporting-frame D, which is fixed in the machine frame A, but is pivoted at E and adjustable by means of a suspending-link F. The material issuing from the hopper C is carried down the sieve by the action of transverse brushes P or leather &c. wipers carried by chains K and operated by hand or power. Brushes may also be arranged above the sieve. The larger or smaller grades of material are discharged at H<1> or J respectively. The bearings of the shafts M are adjustable relatively to the frame D. The mesh of the sieve may be of more than one gauge, the hopper I being correspondingly divided. The machines may be fixed on different floors, and the materials transferred from one to another by chutes.
Patent GB-190003212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapourisers or Steam Generators.
Inventor: BELLENS CHARLES
Filed: 1900-02-17
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 3212. Bellens, C. Aug. 19, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Instantaneous watertube generators; steam generation by heated liquids. - The tubes are enclosed in a body of fatty substance, having a high boiling point, such as vaseline or paraffin, which is interposed between them and the heating- gases or products of combustion. The tubes are secured in tube-plates b, and are connected together in pairs by recesses.in outer plates c in such a way as to form one continuous serpentine channel for the water and steam. The fatty substance is enclosed in a casing which is subdivided into narrow chambers, each of which contains one row of tubes as shown in the crosssection, Fig. 4, the intermediate spaces forming flues, which are further divided by baffle partitions , Fig. 3. The generator is heated by liquid fuel vaporized in apparatus i exposed to the escaping products of combustion. The vapour of the fuel is delivered through nozzles h into perforated firebars.