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Patent GB-189919248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Trucks.
Inventor: MEANEY JOHN
Filed: 1899-09-25
Granted: 1900-09-25
Abstract: 19,248. Meaney, J. Sept. 25. Hand - trucks.- The wheels care prevented from moving backwards when loading the trucks by wedges h attached to the weighted or spring- controlled shaft f by arms g. The wedges are turned to and from the operative position by an arm k on the shaft f.
Patent GB-190002071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Devices for Elevators.
Inventor: HOLMES JOSEPH WARREN
Filed: 1900-02-01
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 2071. Holmes, J. W. Feb. 1. Safety suspending- apparatus.-The lifting-rope G passes over a pulley F at the top of the well fixed on a cross-beam C supported by springs I, which are thus normally compressed. Depending rods m are attached to a number of pawls mounted in the guide-posts A. Should the rope G break, the beam C is forced up by the springs, and the pawls tilt so as to engage with rackplates L on the cage, thus suspendmg it.
Patent GB-190004461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Cables or Conductors.
Inventor: GLOVER WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1900-03-08
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 4461. Glover, W. J. March 8. Cables.-A cable is built up with a central core A of stranded wire surrounded with paper insulation B. Around this are placed one or m o r e spiral layers of flattened wire C, E having curved edges. The spaces between the wires may be filled with insulating-material or conducting-wires. F is a layer of paper insulation, and D is the external insulation.
Patent GB-190006026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Coin-freed Mechanical Toys.
Inventor: PALMER GEORGE DAVID
Filed: 1900-03-31
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 6026. Palmer, G. D., and Hartley, H. Match 31. Games of skill, appzratus for.-Figs. 3 and 5 are views in the same direction at different points on a shaft p, and Fig. 10 is a view of a detail with the shafts p in elevation. A pair of toy cyclists carried by arms 3, 4 on a vertical spindle and concentric sleeve are-run round a circular track by turning handles d at the ends of horizontal shafts s, which are connected by flexible shafting to worms x, z in gear with worm-wheels 1, 2 on the vertical sleeve and shaft. Actuating - mechanism. - The operating-handles are loose on the ends of the shafts s, and a pair of clutches described as follows enable them to be connected to their shafts after prepayment. The shaft s bears a loose sleeve r and a rod which is bent parallel to it after coming through a slot in one end of the sleeve. If the sleeve is pushed against a spring t upon this rod, a lug u upon it comes into the path of a lug v upon a disc e borne by the handle. This movement of the sleeve is effected by the operation (as subsequently described) of a cross-shaft p bearing a crank arm o with a branch q, and simultaneously another arm on the cross-shaft draws a bolt 8 from a notch in a disc 5 attached to one of the worm-wheels. The operation of the fellow shaft p with an arm 11 draws a bolt 9 from a notch in a disc 6 attached to the other worm-wheel. Spring latches 13 lock the cross-shafts p by engagement with the arms 10, 11, but before the worm-wheels have made a complete revolution these latches are disengaged by a pin on each disc, so that the bolts relock the discs when the revolution is complete. Coin action.-The crank arm o of each crossshaft p is connected by a link n to an arm m on a shaft k parallel to the main shaft s, and an arm i on this parallel shaft hangs against a pair of discs e on the handle d. A coin drops between this arm and a pin g connecting the discs, and as the handle is turned pushes the arm aside, so operating the cross-shaft p. Coin-discharging mechanism; returning coin.- The two coins, after passing the arms they act on, drop into shoots, and one of them is conveyed to a receptacle by an endless band w, while the other is stopped in its shoot by extensions 16, 17 of the bolts 8, 9. When the bolts shoot back again, this second coin is recovered by the players. Displaying flags.-Zig-zag shaped flags 18, 19, connected to arms 20, 21 on the cross-shafts p, are pulled down out of sight and return in the order of arrival of the cycles at the goal.
Patent GB-190010542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & connected with Electric Couplings.
Inventor: OPPENHEIMER HERMANN
Filed: 1900-06-09
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 10,542. Oppenheimer, H., [Actiengesellschaft Mix & Genest]. June 9. Drawings to Specification. Couplings.-Relates to wall plugs, ceiling roses, &c. fitted with fuses. The parts are so arranged that only apparatus adapted for the fuse can be connected up. The plug portion of the fitting is formed in two parts, the lower part carrying the pins and fuse, and the upper the cord grip. The two parts are connected by screws. The screws and the threaded holes for receiving them are made in different sizes, according to the capacity of the fuses. The shanks of the screws may be of smaller diameter than the threaded part, to prevent them from falling out when the parts are detached.
Patent GB-190013352-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Toughening, Hardening or Annealing Iron and Steel.
Inventor: HOLZER WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-07-24
Granted: 1901-10-24
Abstract: 13,352. Holzer, W., and Frith, W. F. L. July 24. Annealing.-Iron, steel, manganese, bronze, o r other metal, is toughened, hardened, or annealed by heating it in a bath of mercury and allowing it to cool slowly, an electric current being passed through the bath while the metal is under treatment. The mercury may be contained in a metal receptacle a, provided with terminals h, and enclosed by means of two covers b, c and two sets of screws f, e, which respectively pass through the cover c and clamps. The ends of these clamps engage with recessed bosses g on the receptacle.
Patent GB-190023540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perambulator or the like Hood Fittings.
Inventor: MOORE GEORGE
Filed: 1900-12-24
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 23,540. Moore, G. Dec. 24. Perambulators &c.-Relates to an improvement on the hood joint and handle described in Specification No. 22,531, A.D. 1898. The handle 3, while in alignment with the members 4, 5 of the joint, forms an extension of the member 4 beyond the pivot 6.
Patent GB-190100920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Colour Printing Machines.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-01-14
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 920. Imray, O., [Soc. Edouard Lambert et Cie.]. Jan. 14. Printing in several colours.-A number of stopcylinder machines, one for each colour, are combined in one machine. Fig. 1 shows a diagrammatic elevation of a machine for printing four colours. The cylinders 1, 2, 3, 4 print the sheets respectively on the forms 5, 6, 7, 8 mounted on one reciprocating bed. The cylinders each make a revolution as the bed travels in one direction, and are stopped, by their stopping-levers 19, 20, 22, 23, &c., as the bed makes its return movement. Inking -mechanism 12, 13 ink the formes 8, 6, respectively. The forme 7 is inked by rollers 14 and distributers 15 from the ink slab 11 on the bed, and the forme 5 is inked by rollers 16 and distributers 17 from the ink slab 10 on the bed. Above the cylinders is a sheet conveyer, reciprocating in guides 24, which is provided with a number of grippers for transferring the sheets from one cylinder to another. At each operation a sheet is fed from the board 25 to the grippers of the cylinder 1, another sheet printed by the cylinder 1 is transferred to the cylinder 2, another sheet printed by the cylinder 2 is transferred to the grippers of a table 26, another sheet is transferred from the table 26 to the cylinder 3, another from the cylinder 3 to the cylinder 4, and, lastly, a sheet having received its fourth impression is delivered from the cylinder 4. The grippers are mounted on arms pivoted on the conveyer carriage, and have a rising and falling movement to lift the sheet from the grippers of one cylinder and lower it to the next. They have also the required opening and closing movements. The reciprocations of the grippers are so arranged that the grippers have a dwell or period of rest at each end of their movements, during which times they take the sheets from, and deliver them to, the cylinder grippers.
Patent GB-190107555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shirt Neck Bands.
Inventor: JACK JAMES EDMOND
Filed: 1901-04-12
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 7555. Jack, J. E. April 12. Shirts.-Relates to the neckbands of shirts, and consists in providing them with means whereby the shirt collar can be easily and quickly secured on the shirt stud. For this purpose, a pocket B, Figs. 1 and 2, is formed on the neckband. The pocket is closed at the end b<2>, and in the front of the pocket is a stud-hole b<3>, so that the finger and thumb may be placed in this pocket and be used to press the stud forward into the stud-hole in the shirt collar. In a modification, a stud-hole is formed in the rear wall A of the pocket, in addition to that in the front B. The shape of the pocket is varied slightly when it is applied to shirts which open down the back.
Patent GB-190109792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sack and Bag Holders
Inventor: GOTT JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1901-05-11
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 9792. Gott, J. T., and Gott, G. E., [trading as Gott Bros.]. May 11. Sack-holders.-Relates to an appliance for holding sacks to be filled without the use of hooks. The stand is adjustable in height, and consists of a standard A sliding in an eye D secured to the standard B and carrying an eye C in which the standard B slides and is adjustably fixed by a setscrew C<1>. A leg or strut F is pivoted, with limited movement, in a bracket E on the standard B. The lower ends of the standard B and leg F are forked to give a firm base. A conical ring H with flange N is secured to the top of the standard A, and a hopper L is supported on an arm K pivoted in an extension J of the ring H. The bottom of the hopper L is provided with a ring M which, in conjunction with the flange N, forms a gripping- device for the mouth of the sack.
Patent GB-190112444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mopping Apparatuses.
Inventor: HAYDEN HENRY ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-06-18
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 12,444. Hayden, H. A., and Friedrichs, H. June 18. Mops; mop wringers.-The mop consists of pieces of sponge e, Fig. 2, removably clamped between parallel bars d which slide in a flanged frame a provided with a handle b. The bars are pressed together by screws f or cams &c. The mop wringer consists of a perforated tray h, Fig. 7, hinged to a bar i which is clamped to the sides of a pail &c. k. The front end of the tray is supported by a bar or bars m.
Patent GB-190114519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stuffing Boxes or Means for Packing Piston Rods, Valve Rods, and the like.
Inventor: MORELAND HENRY JORDON
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 14,519. Moreland, H. J. July 16. Stuffing-boxes. - The stuffing-box 5 is made movable on the piston, valve, or other rod 4, the recess 3 containing the packing fitting over a projection 2 from the cylinder head 1, towards which the stuffing-box can be forced by suitable screwed studs. At the outer end of the box 5 is a second recess containing packing compressed by a gland 12. Between the two packings is a groove surrounding the rod, to which oil is supplied from the cup 15.
Patent GB-190115030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wax-thread Sewing Machines.
Inventor: PEARSON MARSHALL HENRY
Filed: 1901-07-24
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 15,030. Pearson, M. H. July 24. Wax-thread machines ; waxing thread.-Consists of a sealed hot-water circulation system for heating the machine and the wax-pot. The system comprises two coils or other devices capable of being heated by a lamp, the upper end of one leading by the pipe C<1> to the shuttle-box a and back through the joint B to the lower end of the other coil, which leads by the pipe E<2> to the head and take-up &c., and thence by the pipe E<3> and airescape valve D to the wax-pot b and back to the bottom of the first coil. A<2> is the filling-pipe, provided with a joint at A' and connected to the system at the joint B. In a modification, the upper end of the pipe A<2> is connected to a sealed air chamber which acts as a safety cushion, and there is also an overflow pipe leading into the air chamber. According to the Provisional Specification, the pipes are arranged somewhat differently.
Patent GB-190118609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators
Filed: 1901-09-17
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 18,609. Lake, W. R., [Motormobile Co.]. Sept. 17. Water-tube boilers; feedwater, supplying and con- trolling; super- heaters, steam.-In a steam boiler, par- ticularly applicable to automobiles, water is supplied from a recessed header 10 to a number of coils 17 communicating with the top and bottom of the header and wound so as to interlock with one another. The steam leaves the header by a super- heating-coil 19, supported by a bracket 22 on the cross-bar 23 of a frame which binds the coils together. The header 10 is divided into two compartments by a partition 27, Fig. 7, and a chamber 28 with an inlet 29 and an outlet 30 through which water is driven to the water tubes by irregularly-shaped pistons 31 operated from the vehicle by toothed and worm gearing, which may also operate a cam which engages a roller on a slide block at the end of the valve spindle 49, Fig. 10. This spindle carries recessed piston valves 75, and a spring-pressed valve 67 with a backing 68 of soft metal. These valves control the passage of water from the inlet pipe, opening into the neck 75<b> of the receptacle 12, to this receptacle, and thence to the header. Ports 13 and 14 open into the steam and water space respectively. The valve 67 may be dispensed with, the upper piston valve control- ling the water inlet and the steam port. The header may have a low-water alarm or indicator controlled by a float 56, Fig. 7, and a bent arm 57 on a shaft carrying a crank operating the alarm cord. The header has a drain pipe and an auxiliary water supply pipe, and is preferably enclosed, with the coils, in a casing with a removable top.
Patent GB-190119150-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Treating Alluvial Deposits for the Extraction of Metals and Minerals therefrom.
Inventor: MACTEAR JAMES
Filed: 1901-09-25
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 19,150. Mactear, J. Sept. 25. Drawings to Specification. Treadle-driving gearing. - In a machine for washing alluvial deposits for the extraction of minerals, a rocking trough is described, which may be actuated by cranks from a shaft driven by pedal gearing.
Patent GB-190124119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Parquetry
Inventor: CLEMETSON HARRY PEARCE
Filed: 1901-11-27
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 24,119. Clemetson, H. P. Nov. 27. Mats.-Relates to parquetry of the kind described in Specification No. 20,130, A.D. 1900, for mats, floors, &c. The sides B of the parquetry sections are made longer than the blocks A, and are connected to the end rails D by screws O or bent metal angle-pieces H. The end-blocks A are fixed to the end-rails by dowels or screws, and the corner-blocks may be fixed to the side-rails A by screws, as shown in Fig. 7. The ends k of the transverse connecting-wires K are bent back or clinched so as to enter the side rails B and allow for expansion and contraction without any danger of the ends of the wires projecting outwards. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 8, the end of the wire is secured in a recess in the side-rail by a pin O<1>. The side-rails may be cut at one or more places to allow the parquetry to fold up. Rubber washers M may be inserted between the blocks A to allow for expansion and form a cushion when the parquetry is used as a mat.
Patent GB-190202037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Eyelets or the Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-01-25
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 2037. Boult, A. J., [United Fast Color Eyelet Co.]. Jan. 25. Drawings to Specification. Coated fabrics.-A blank consisting of rings of celluloid or other wear-resisting material and an intervening ring of cloth or fabric, which may be combined by heating and pressing, is used for facing eyelets by moulding. The fabric sheaths the flared edge of the eyelet, preventing damage to the celluloid &c. and binding it.
Patent GB-190208810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Engines
Inventor: JACKSON OSWALD
Filed: 1902-04-15
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 8810. Jackson, O. April 15. Valves and valve gear.-Comprises a combined link-motion and cam gear. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the engine, and Fig. 2 a plan partly in section. The distribution of steam is effected by a piston slide valve 10, live steam being admitted to the cylinder ports from the central channel 11 and exhausted at the ends. The valve is tubular, so that the ends of the valve-chest are in communication with each other. The actuation of the valve is effected by arms on a rocker 19, operated by a connecting-rod 21 and a block in a slotted link 22. This link is pivoted at the middle and has a stud at one end engaging with a cam-groove in a disc 30 mounted on the crank shaft by which it is rocked. The shape of the groove is preferably determined so as to give a sudden and full opening on the admission side and a free exhaust, but an ordinary eccentric may be substituted for it if desired. Variation of the grade of expansion and reversal are effected by adjusting the position of the connecting-rod 21 and block in the link by the hand set-lever 35.
Patent GB-190218920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Insulated or Covered Wires and in Machines therefor
Inventor: MARTIN CHARLES
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 18,920. Martin, C. Aug. 28. Conductors; wire, covering by winding.-Relates to the manufacture of insulated. or covered wires, in which the wires are successively wound, enclosed in a longitudinally-folded rubber strip, again wound, and finally covered with a knitted layer. The figures show a machine in which a wire c is drawn from a drum b over rollers c<1>, and then vertically down, through appliances A, g, B, C, to grooved rollers n actuated from a main shaft by mechanism n<1>. The appliance A comprises bobbins e<1> mounted on a table e<2> rotated ftom the main shaft by gearing e<4>, e<5> and carrying guides e<3> for the yarns. The wire passes from the table e' by a pulley d<5>, over which a rubber band d is fed by guide and tension-adjusting pulleys d<1>, d<2>, d<3>, d<4> from a reel b<1>. The paper strip, which is enclosed between the layers of the band, is removed through rollers i driven from a pulley i<1>. The wire and band pass together, first through a former f, Fig. 3, the prongs of which bend the band into U-shape, and then through a device g having a spirally-grooved or scrolled inner surface and formed at its end as shown in Fig. 5, this device folding the band round the wire. The band is fed by the pulley d', which is actuated by a belt and other gearing at a slower rate than the wire, so that the rubber covering is in tension. The wire is next wound with yarn in a device B similar to the device A and supported by the bars k<2> of a knitting-device C, such as that described in Specification No. 17,890, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Lace-making &c.]. The plate e' of the device B is also supported by a bracket m engaging a shoulder g<3>, Fig. 5, on the part g. The spaces between the devices are made long, to facilitate the inspection of the conductor. Arrangements may be provided for repeating any or all of the coatings, and the conductor may be impregnated with insulating-bodies, such as paraffin, shellac, &c. The central tube of the knitting-device may be slotted.
Patent GB-190220830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Actions for Coinfreed Apparatus.
Inventor: KLEIST EUGENE DE
Filed: 1902-09-24
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 20,830. Kleist, E. de. Sept. 24. Coin-freed apparatus is employed for connecting and disconnecting an electric motor used for operating a photographic or other apparatus having a bellows in its mechanism. The tapering coin pocket F has two opposite metal sides separated by two insulating sides, and a coin in it forms a bridge between the metal sides. One of the insulating sides of the coin pocket turns on a pivot, and a finger f<3>, which is bent round from it into a slot in the other side, ejects the coin. To obtain this action, the hinged side is connected by a rod h to the movable cheek of a valveless bellows G with an opening- spring which, at the end of a revolution of a wheel, is put into communication with the suction windchest 0 of the main bellows, through a compartment I so that the bellows collapses under atmospheric pressure. A tooth k<1> on the barrel or wheel wipes one end of a lever the other end of which forces down a rod i<3> against a hinged valve in the partition forming the compartment. To allow several revolutions of the wheel, the valve-opening lever l is mounted in a slide K which has one or more stiff pivoted teeth k for successive engagement by the tooth k<1> on the wheel. Thus the slide is drawn one tooth space for each revolution until the lever l itself is in the effective position. The slide is re-set from an adjustable stop o by a second valveless bellows with opening spring, the cheek of which has an extension p to a peg n<1> on the slide. Specification No. 20,829, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Coin-freed apparatus &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190223148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Swinging Window Hinges.
Inventor: PARKER GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1902-10-23
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 23,148. Parker, G. H. Oct. 23. Hinges.-Relates to hinges for sliding sash windows to enable the sashes to be turned inwards for cleaning. Two sockets A, Fig. 4, are fixed to the window frame, and two plates B with sockets b<2> are fixed to each sliding sash. The pin or pivot of the hinge which fits in the socket a<1> has a cranked extension c with a pin c<2>, which fits into the socket b<2> when the sash is pulled down. The sash is thus connected to the two binges, and can be turned inwards. A separate pair of hinges is provided for the top sash. The pin c<2> has a ridge c<3>, which fits in a groove, in the socket b'. In a modification, Fig. 8, the pin c<3>, is replaced by two pins e'.
Patent GB-190223265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire-alarm Systems.
Inventor: BOWELL GEORGE BENNETT
Filed: 1902-10-24
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 23,265. Bowell, G. B. Oct. 24. Telegraphs. - Relates to combined automatic telegraphs and fire-alarm systems. Transmitters T, Fig. 1, connected in series to a central station, are each controlled by a detent and an electromagnet M normally short-circuited by a switch A. The main constant current passes from I to T, 3, 4, 5, contact 6, and back to 2. The local thermostat circuit W, W<1> is supplied by a battery B, a constant current normally passing through 7, 8, 9, W, relay R which attracts the switch A to its contact 6, thence by W, 10, and 11 to the battery. If a thermostat fuses or the local circuit fails, the relay R allows the switch A to close on the back contact so that the magnet M is excited and starts the transmitter, which, after one revolution, shifts the contacts as shown in Fig. 2. The main current then passes by I, T, resistance R
, 5, 18, and 2, thus short-circuiting the magnet M and stopping the transmitter. The local circuit is non-active until another thermostat fuses, a shunt circuit being then supplied through the switch 3 ; the relay R thus attracts the switch A and the main current passes by R
, 12, M, 2, so that the transmitter again acts.
Patent GB-190223380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Propelling Vessels.
Inventor: BROOK JAMES
Filed: 1902-10-27
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 23,380. Brook, J. Oct. 27. Propelling and steering by reciprocating pistons; and water jets.-Rams C are reciprocated in the cylinders B, which have flared delivery ends. A duplicate pair of rams fitted in the bows provides means for stopping the vessel or reducing its speed.