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Patent GB-189708827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Adjusting the Tension of Cycle Chains.
Inventor: WATCHORN ERNEST
Filed: 1897-04-07
Granted: 1898-02-26
Abstract: 8827. Watchorn, E., and Baldwick, H. April 7. Chains, adjusting tension of.-Relates to a chainadjusting device for cycles. The rear stays are provided with the usual forked ends, and the bearing-cones may be preferably formed to slide within the same. A link f is secured to each end of the axle e, and a link g pivoted at h to the back stay d is jointed thereto. The axle e turns with the link f, so that, by shifting the link f, the axle is moved equally in each fork end, thereby keeping the rear wheel in alignment with the front wheel when adjusting the tension of the chain.
Patent GB-189711533-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Transmitting Power as applied to Tandem and other Multicycles.
Inventor: CUMBER CHARLES
Filed: 1897-05-08
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 11,533. Cumber, C., and Battersby, F. May 8. Driving-mechanism ; tandems. -Relates to mechanism for conveying power from the front to the rear crank axle of a tandem &c. Both axles are cranked at right-angles in their centres, as shown at B<2>, B<2>, and are mounted in ball bearings in the frame A. The crank-pins B', B<3> are connected by connecting- rods C, C to the corresponding crank-pins on the other axle.
Patent GB-189713983-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Tubes for Cooling and Heating Purposes specially adapted for Brewers, Dryers, Dairies and other Trade Uses, also for Condensing Steam and Vapours.
Inventor: SCHMIDT WILHELM
Filed: 1897-06-08
Granted: 1898-04-23
Abstract: 13,983. Schmidt, W. June 8. Metal pipes.-Straight or bent pipes A for building up condensers, heating or cooling apparatus, or the like are made of the section shown. One side B is of straight or approximately straight section, the others being rounded. The bends at F may be formed into flanges, or have flanges G attached, and are fitted together as shown. They may be secured at their ends to uprights which aid in distributing fluid passed through them. Modes of applying the pipes are shown by drawings. Distance-pieces K may be used to separate consecutive pipes.
Patent GB-189714713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registering Apparatus or Tills.
Filed: 1897-06-17
Granted: 1897-08-28
Abstract: 14,713. Thomson, W., and Northern Inventions (Limited). June 17. Tills.-The register is in two independent parts, one totalizing shillings to pounds, and the other pence and half-pence to shillings and pounds. The two have a common drawer. Fig. 2 shows a crosssection of the shillings side, the arrangement of that for pence being similar. There are ten levers 19, operating toothed wheels 15, to each of which is attached a transferring-wheel 46, the number of the teeth of which corresponds with that stamped on its operating-lever. The wheels 46 gear with a toothed cylinder 22 having 20 teeth, which indicates pounds. When a lever 19 is depressed, the lever 71 is rocked, raising the catch 76, and so allowing the drawer 84 to be pushed open by a spring. A plate 81, engaging with a ratchet on the lever 19, keeps the latter depressed until the drawer is pushed back, when a lever 84<1> pivoted to the drawer raises the pin 83 attached to the plate 81, so that the lever 19 is freed and returns to its normal position.
Patent GB-189715409-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Making Joints in Metal Piping.
Inventor: BUTTON HEDLEY
Filed: 1897-06-28
Granted: 1897-07-31
Abstract: 15,409. Button, H. June 28. Angle pieces and the like; stopping tubes. - Relates to means for making a large number of joints by means of a few fittings which can be put together in a variety of different ways. The fittings are shown in elevation, outside and sectional, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, where the surfaces dare roughened so as to embed themselves in packing-rings. Fig. 6 shows a joint made by two such fittings as are shown in Fig. 1 united together by a bolt E. The tubes G may be placed at any angle. Fig. 9 shows a complicated joint in which two branches G<1>, G<2> are connected to a main G. A reducing-ring D is here placed between the fittings A and C. Fig. 7 shows the fitting A and the reducing-ring D applied as a tube stopper.
Patent GB-189715601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Peat, to obtain therefrom Fibrous Material for the Manufacture of Paper and for other purposes.
Inventor: FESZTY ADOLF
Filed: 1897-06-30
Granted: 1898-07-30
Abstract: 15,601. Feszty, A. June 30. Raw materials, treating.-Washed peat is boiled in dilute hydrochloric or sulphuric acid, or in a solution of an acid sulphate, either at the ordinary pressure or at a pressure of from two to seven atmospheres. It is then washed and boiled in a solution of an alkali or of an alkaline carbonate for from one to seven hours under pressure, if desired, and stirred. The degree of pressure employed and the length of time the boiling is continued depend upon the kind of paper or article to be produced and the nature of the peat. If the pressure be increased to from ten to fifteen atmospheres the use of alkalies may be dispensed with. The resulting product is bleached and treated as desired.
Patent GB-189716443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescence Electric Lamp Sockets and Holders.
Inventor: BEVIS HENRY
Filed: 1897-07-12
Granted: 1898-05-28
Abstract: 16,443. Bevis, H., and Fletcher, J. Y. July 12. Couplings for use on incandescentlamp holders. A connecting-plug C, which may be inserted in an ordinary lamp holder, carries a holder B for a lamp L, and a coupling d with a removable plug e and conductors f, f<1>, by which a motor or other apparatus may be connected while the lamp is in use.
Patent GB-189717101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Scrubbing Brushes and Mop-holders.
Inventor: MATTHEWS FRANCIS EDGAR
Filed: 1897-07-20
Granted: 1897-08-21
Abstract: 17,101. Matthews, F. E. July 20. Mops and like cleansin g - appliances.-The handle 7 is provided with a spring clip by which it may be secured to a scrubbing-brush 8 or to a mop, sponge, &c. The clip consists of a loop 2 to embrace the handle, spring arms 3, and pointed ends 4 for engaging the eyes 9 on the brush or entering the material of the mop &c. A sliding loop 6 presses the arms together for disengaging them from the brush &c.
Patent GB-189717973-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Apparatus used by Printers for Taking Proofs.
Inventor: ROEBELEN ALBERT
Filed: 1897-07-31
Granted: 1897-09-04
Abstract: 17,973. Roebelen, A. July 31. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces; inking-apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for taking proofs. In arms h<1>, h<2> of a frame H are an inking-roller F and an impression roller A. The inking-roller consists of a wood core m wound with string s, on which is cast the composition f. In the core m are fixed metal pieces n for the bearing-screws. The proof roller A is covered with yielding material such as rubber or felt &c. It is journalled in bearings l sliding in slots in the arms h<2> and pressed outwards by springs r. The frame H is provided with handles.
Patent GB-189717981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire Bars.
Inventor: PIRON HENRI JOSEPH
Filed: 1897-07-31
Granted: 1897-09-25
Abstract: 17,981. Piron, H. J. July 31. Firebars.-Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 a cross vertical section. Arms A project from both sides of a thin web S which, near the fuel surface, is constructed of a corrugated or sinuous form. The invention may be applied to fixed or moving bars.
Patent GB-189720617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas, Petroleum, or Mineral-oil Motors.
Inventor: MARTHA LOUIS
Filed: 1897-09-08
Granted: 1897-11-06
Abstract: 20,617. Martha L. Sept. 8. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.-The cylinder jacket is constructed to form a carburetter or mixing-chamber. Ribs c on the cylinder produce a helical passage, into which air and oil or gas enter at E, cooling the cylinder as they pass along to the outlet, whence they pass to a tubular cooler H to increase their density before they are admitted to the cylinder through the valve D. The ribs may be longitudinal, forming zig-zag passages round the cylinder; a portion of the rear end of the cylinder may be water-jacketed, holes being made through the spiral ribs for the circulation of the water. Light hydrocarbon is used for starting. The invention is described in connection with a fourstroke cycle engine having two cylinders with their cranks in a chamber a between them. This chamber may serve as an air pump. The exhaust valve G and the valve E are operated by the same cam f<1>.
Patent GB-189722645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Triple Cylinder Engines.
Inventor: BROTHERHOOD PETER
Filed: 1897-10-02
Granted: 1897-12-04
Abstract: 22,645. Brotherhood, P. Oct. 2, Radial-cylinder engines; connecting-rods, engine; valves and valve gear.-Relates to engines of the class described in Specification No. 3989, A.D. 1887, in which three single-acting cylinders radiate from a common crank chamber. The present improvements comprise chiefly the construction and action of the connecting - rods in conjunction with terminal exhaust openings in the cylinders, and the construction and actuation of the piston admission valves. In each piston is a slot p, Fig. 1, which during the exhaust stroke coincides with an opening c through the rounded end of the connecting-rod. This arrangement is to enable the fluid left in the cylinder after the closure of the openings R by the piston to escape into the crank chamber, and thence by the hollow shaft D into the atmosphere. The inner ends of the connecting-rods, as shown in Fig. 2, have lips L at the sides engaging with annular grooves in the crank web B and balancing-disc F. Admission is controlled by piston valves S operated through rubbers N by a cam G, against which they are pressed by springs, as shown.
Patent GB-189726085-A (GB)
Title: Combined Drinking Vessel and Advertising Device.
Inventor: ALBACHARY JACQUES
Filed: 1897-11-09
Granted: 1898-03-12
Abstract: 26,085. Albachary, J. Nov. 9. Advertising. -Beer mugs, jugs, cups, wine glasses, and other drinking-vessels, for use in hotels, restaurants, &c., have advertisements suitably formed on them, and also an announcement "This vessel is the property of the customer." The object is to distribute advertisements by allowing the customer to take away the drinking- vessel used by him, and to increase the publican's trade.
Patent GB-189728460-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electrical Accumulator.
Inventor: PAYEN CLEMENT
Filed: 1897-12-02
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 28,460. Payen, C. May 4, [date claimed under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Secondary batteries.-The electrodes, two forms of which are shown in horizontal section in Figs. 4 and 6, are in the shape of a grooved or fluted truncated cone or pyramid enclosed in an openwork conductive case b proof against the action of the electrolyte. The electrode may have a central longitudinal orifice c, Fig. 4, which may be filled with a core of lead a, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-189728542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to the Handle Bars of Cycles.
Inventor: GUEST DAVID HENRY
Filed: 1897-12-03
Granted: 1898-02-19
Abstract: 28,542. Guest, D. H. Dec. 3. Lamp brackets. -Relates to a folding handle - bar for cycles. In some forms of the device the hinge pins b upon which the sections C, D swivel are p e rforated for the attachment of a lamp bracket or similar object, the perforations b<1> serving to receive corresponding pins or bolts on the articles to be secured.
Patent GB-189804066-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Joint for Pipes Constructed on the Spigot and Socket Principle.
Inventor: BROWN JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-02-18
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 4066. Brown, J. W. Feb. 18. Spigot-and-socket joints for sewer, gas, water, and other pipes. Relates to an improvement o n the invention described in Specification No. 8526, A.D. 1897. Recesses are formed in the shoulder a, Fig. 1, and end a<1> of the spigot for the reception of rings e of felt, hemp, indiarubber, or other compressible material, which are forced home by end pressure. Cement or molten lead is run in through the channel d to complete the joint. In some cases the rings may be cemented to the shoulder b of the socket. Fig. 5 shows a modification, in which angle rings f are attached to the shoulder a and spigot end a<1>.
Patent GB-189805924-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool for Cutting Tubes, Metal Bars, or the like.
Inventor: WOLLNY ROBERT
Filed: 1898-03-10
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 5924. Wollny, R., and Fortaner, E. March 10. Pipe and rod cutters.- The movable jaw c slides between the cheeks hand through a slot j in the fixed jaw a, which has a socket for a second handle i. The jaw c is adjusted by the sleeve d, which screws upon the stem k and is fixed at its lower end to the tube b upon which the jaw c is formed. The cutter f is adjusted independently of the jaw c by the sleeve g fixed to the screw e<1>, which screws into the tube b and is connected by a swivelling joint to the cutter carrier e. The cutter f is adjustably connected to its carrier by a lug or pin fitting into a vertical series of notches or holes.
Patent GB-189809165-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Derivatives of Ionone and Pseudo-ionone, and of beta-ionone therefrom.
Inventor: TIEMANN JOHANN CARL WILHELM FE
Filed: 1898-04-20
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 9165. Tiemann, J. C. W. F. April 20. Perfumes.-Relates to the production of #- or iso-ionone. Ethyl citralidene-aceto-acetate (the ethylic salt of pseudo-ionone carboxylic acid) is produced by heating citral with ethyl aceto-acetate and acetic anhydride in a steam bath for 5 to 6 hours. The product is mixed with ether, shaken repeatedly with soda solution, and after evaporation of the ether the residue is fractionally distilled in'a current of steam. The pseudo-ionone derivation thus produced is converted into the ethylic salt of ionone carboxylic acid by dropping it slowly into concentrated sulphuric acid cooled to between 2‹ and 7‹ C. The mixture is then poured upon ice, and the new product is isolated by extracting with ether, distilling with steam, and fractionating urder reduced pressure. Ethyl ionone-carboxylic ester boils at 160‹ C. under 11 mm. pressure, its specific gravity is 1À0387 at 19‹ C., and its index of refraction nD is 1À5110. By heating it with alcoholic potash it is saponified, and, after acidifying, the free carboxylic acid is extracted by a large quantity of ether. The acid loses carbon dioxide, when heated in an atmosphere of carbon up to, or a little above, its melting point (280‹ C.), and the oily distillate which is thus obtained consists chiefly of #- or iso-ionone. This #-ionone is isolated by converting it into its semicarbazone, and then treating this as described in Specification No. 23,719, A.D. 1897.
Patent GB-189813298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Withdrawing and Collecting and, if Required, Sterilizing Dust and other Minute or Light Particles of Matter, applicable to Hairdressers' Shears, Rotary and other Brushes, Carpet Sweepers, Dust Pans, and other Objects.
Inventor: EATON-SHORE JAMES
Filed: 1898-06-14
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 13,298. Eaton-Shore, J. June 14. Hair, bannister, carpet, and long-handled brushes and brooms; dusting-apparatus; dust pans.-Dust, hair, and the like is drawn away from hairdressers' brushes and shears, carpet sweepers, brooms, dust pans, &c. by mounting a hood of light material such as mica, celluloid, or aluminium on these articles and connecting it by means of a flexible pipe c to an exhausting-fan. Fig. 5 shows the hood a applied to a brush. The dust may be sterilized by collecting it in a vessel containing carbolic acid or other disinfecting-material.
Patent GB-189816975-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Rotary Steam Engine.
Inventor: HUCKAUF GUSTAV
Filed: 1898-08-06
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 16,975. Huckauf, G. Aug. 6. Axial-shaft and reciprocating- piston type.-This engine is capable of rotating in either direction, and is especially suitable for marine purposes. Cam - like tubular projections a, b on the end plates A, B of the cylinder cause a transverse piston E on the rotary cylinder or drum C to move laterally to increase the piston surface progressively as the steam expands. The piston E slides endwise through the partition C' of the open-ended drum C, and is formed of several plates of such a length that the ends just abut against the opposite edges of the tubular projections a, b when the cylinder C is mounted in those projections, as shown in Fig. 1. Each of the projections a, b at its highest point just touches the face nearer to it of the partition C', so that steam cannot pass. As soon as the piston E has passed the highest point of the projection a, steam is admitted, and the piston in moving towards that end of the cylinder exposes a progressively greater surface to the steam until half a revolution has been made, when the piston moves back through the partition C<1> and operates in the half of the cylinder adjacent to the projection b. The steam is cut off at any desired point according to the expansion desired, and the ports at opposite ends of the cylinder C are arranged at 180‹ apart to secure a balanced working. The power is taken off from a pulley H on the cylinder C.
Patent GB-189823430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Controller Mechanism, Primarily Adapted for Railway Motors.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-11-07
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 23,430. Thompson, W. P., [Zweigbergk, T. von]. Nov. 7. Motors, controlling.-Relates to a series parallel controller especially adapted for railway motors. The controller has three handles, the ordinary controlling-handle, a braking-handle, and a reversing- handle. These are fitted with special interlocking mechanism, to prevent movement except when they are in certain relative positions. Only two contactdrums are employed, and are operated by gearing from the handles. Additional switches are fitted for cutting out either of the motors, should it be burnt out. Figs. 1, 3, and 4 show the construction of the controller, and Fig. 8 is a diagram of the connections. The three handle shafts P, U, L are mounted independently of the switch cylinders J, Q. The shafts are fitted with notched discs p<2>, u<1>, and l for holding them in the successive positions. The cylinder Q may be operated by the controlling- handle P, or braking-handle Q, through the gearwheels p, j<5>, u<3>, Fig. 7, and the switch Q from the braking-handle by a pin u on the disc u<1>, or from the reversing-handle by pins l<1>, l<2> taking in a notched disc q<6>. The handles are locked against improper movement by means of a sliding bar V fitted with pins v<1>, v', v<3> adapted to take in notches in discs p<4>, u<4>, l<4>. The braking-handle operates the reversing switch cylinder and cuts off the connection with the trolley T, short circuits the armatures through resistances, and finally cuts-out the resistances. The switches S' and S<3> for cutting out either one of the motors are so connected to the circuits that the controller may be used either in the series or parallel position.
Patent GB-189901061-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Nut Locks.
Inventor: PADFIELD HARRY VALENTINE
Filed: 1899-01-17
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 1061. Padfield, H. V. Jan. 17. Locking nuts.-The washer 5 is formed with slits 7 and 9 at right - angles t o one another. The slit 7 is preferably at rightangles to a radial line 8. The tongues 10 and 11 are bent up as shown in Fig. 4, the tongue 11 to bear on the lower face of the nut and the tongue 10 to engage with one of the side faces. The washer is kept from turning, when the work is of wood, by bending down the projection 12 so that it penetrates the wood ; when the work is of metal, a shoulder is formed on it to bear against a shoulder on the washer.
Patent GB-189904632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Operation of Electric Motors at Different Speeds.
Inventor: REED CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1899-03-02
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 4632. Reed, C. J. March 2. Motors, controlling.-Relates to the operation of electric motors at different speeds by current supplied from a divided source of electric energy, such as a number of primary or secondary batteries or dynamos, or batteries and dynamos combined. The field coils of the motor are divided into sections, each independently supplied with current from one or more of the batteries or other units, while the armature is supplied with current from the entire source of electric energy, the grouping of the units being varied so as to vary the electromotive force. Fig. 1 is a diagram of a motor supplied with current by six secondary batteries, numbered 1 to 6, together with a controller for varying the connections, having its drum developed. The field coils of the motor are divided into six sections, numbered 10 to 15, each of which is normally connected with one of the secondary batteries through contacts 20, 26, &c. The armature 7 of the motor is supplied from the contacts 18 and 19. The controller drum is provided with nine rows of contacts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, connected together in the manner shown. When the drum is in its first position, the contacts A make the necessary connections for charging the secondary batteries from the contacts 16 and 17. In the second position, the contacts B throw all the batteries into parallel, and the motor runs at its lowest speed ; in the third position, the contacts C throw the batteries into three parallelconnected series of two, and the speed is increased ; in the fourth position, the contacts D throw the batteries into two parallel-connected series of three, and the speed is further increased ; finally, in the fifth position, the contacts E connect all the batteries in series, and the motor runs at its maximum speed. The other positions are employed for effecting the same changes when the motor is reversed. During the charging of the secondary batteries, the field-magnet contacts 20, 26, &c. are separated from one another, but, as the drum is rotated, they are again put into connection through the action of a pivoted lever and cam. A number of motors may similarly be operated at variable speeds by supplying a constant current to their fields and varying the connections of the supply units and the motor armatures.
Patent GB-189905931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding Engines.
Inventor: BERAU SAMUEL
Filed: 1899-03-18
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 5931. Berau, S. March 18. Carding-engines.-The fibre which remains on the cylinder after it has passed the doffer b is raised by a fancy d and carded and transferred by a number of rollers e, f, g to the doffer b, where it is mixed with the fibre which is removed bv the doffer from the cylinder. The beater or fancy d also engages with the roller g ; f<1> is an auxiliary roller placed between the cylinder g and doffer b.
Patent GB-189912486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: MCCHESNEY WILLIAM WALLACE
Filed: 1899-06-15
Granted: 1899-09-16
Abstract: 12,486. McChesney, W. W., and Mackintosh, J. H. June 15. Wrenches.-The wrenches for pipes, nuts, &c. have a fixed jaw A, A<10> with a telescoping handle A', A<2>, and a movable jaw B, B<6> pivoted thereto either adjustable or otherwise. Teeth are formed on each jaw, and the direction of the teeth is varied in many ways. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the sections b b<1>, b<1> b<2>, b<2> b<3> are in straight lines, and the sections a a<1> and a<1> a<2> are in intersecting curves. All the teeth in the movable jaw may be in the same straight line. The adjustment may be effected by a pin passing through several holes in the stem A<1>. A series of holes may also be made in the movable jaw. Instead of holes in the stem, a slot S, Fig. 8, with ratchet teeth may be used. The form shown in Fig. 8 may be used as a cant hook or a nut wrench.
Patent GB-189913015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Labels, Tags and the like.
Inventor: ROSENTHAL ADOLPH
Filed: 1899-06-22
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 13,015. Rosenthal, A. June 22. Labels.-An eyelet washer for strengthening the holes in labels, tags, &c. is made with a central flange or projections C and with projections or tongues B at or near the edge. Figs. 3 and 6 show two forms, one being fixed in position in the label A.