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Patent GB-189924860-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for the Mixture of Beverages or other Liquids in any Desired Proportions.
Filed: 1899-12-14
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 24,860. General Automatic Delivery Co. and Cooper, C. C. Dec. 14. Measured quantities, delivering. - Relates to apparatus of the character described in Specification No. 20,802, A.D. 1899, and particularly to means for delivering a definite proportion of syrup to the measured quantity of aerated liquid ; the apparatus may, however, be used for other liquids. The measuring-vessel, conveniently a soda-water bottle, is filled and emptied according to the position of the actuating-handle, which is connected to a cam for opening the snift valve and to a hook working over and under a drop catch to ensure complete movement of the haudle. When the discharge of the aÙrated water takes place through the pipe f, Fig. 3, it lifts a paddle f<1> mounted on a shaft f<2>, and with it the arms f<3>, of which there are two. A choice of two syrups is given ; an index-finger can be moved to either side, according to the syrup chosen, and brings a projection on the actuating-lever of the corresponding syrup-discharge valve j, Fig. 4, over one or other of the arms f<3>. The lever engages the groove j<5>, and when rocked by the arm f<3> depresses the valve j. Syrup then flows from the valve i into the cup j<1>, and thence, through the ports j<3>, j<3> and nozzle j<4> to a second cup and discharge pipe leading into the main discharge nozzle. The valve i is for regulating the amount of syrup discharged. The apparatus may be modified to give the choice of more than two syrups.
Patent GB-189925756-A (GB)
Title: Checking Apparatus applied to Coin-freed Gas Meters, in which each Quantity of Gas Taken is Released by the Rotating of a Spindle.
Inventor: PIPERSBERG HERMANN
Filed: 1899-12-30
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 25,756. Pipersberg, H. Dec. 30. Gas meters; registers; fraud, preventing.-A locked-up counting-mechanism A is driven from a shaft, which is turned by hand after prepayment, through the medium of a cross-shaft e and worm gear c, d. When the counter is removed for inspection, the cross-shaft is shifted longitudinally by a spring g so as to disengage the worm-wheel d from the worm c, and a pawl h is applied to lock the main shaft.
Patent GB-190000148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pelt Refining Machines.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-01-02
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 148. Imray, O., [Hulbert, M. A.]. Jan. 2. Furs.-Relates to machines for removing the water-hairs from pelts. The pelts are secured to an endless apron 10 passing over the rollers 6, 9, 7, 8, and the stretcher-bar 11. The apron is tensioned by springs 12 acting on pivoted arms 2 which carry the roller 7. The other rollers and the stretcher-bar are carried by oscillating levers 1 to which are secured the arms 3, 4, 5. The levers 1 are oscillated by means of a cam on the shaft 43, on which rests a lever pivoted at 91 and connected by a suitable link with the arm 3. The stretcherbar is thus caused to reciprocate between the shearing position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 and the position shown in dotted lines, where the pelt is in contact with the rotary brush 26. To the arms 4 which carry the stretcher-bar are secured brackets 16 supporting a fur-retaining device consisting of a brush 18 and comb 24. The feed of the apron is effected by means of a ratchet-wheel . 77 bearing a pinion which gears with a toothed wheel on the shaft of the roller 6. During the descent of the levers 1, the ratchet-wheel comes in contact with a pair of pawls 72, 76 pivoted t) the machine frame. As the stretcher-bar returns to the shearing point the strip of pelt which has been brushed by the brush 26 is drawn through the prongs of a comb 45 adjustably mounted on camactuated slides 46. The stiff water-hairs are not held down by the comb 45, and are sheared between the fixed knife 37 and the reciprocating knife 36. The knife 37 is fixed to a bar 88 carried by sliding blocks 86, so that it can be withdrawn from its working position by means of links 87. arms 90, and rock-shafts 91 actuated by a locking hand-lever. The knife 36 is mounted on a bar 103 carried by blocks 104 actuated by cams 101. A compressible packing 106 is interposed between the knife 36 and bar 103, thus rendering possible a minute adjustment of the edge of the knife relatively to the other. The edge of the knife 36 forms an obtuse angle with the vertex in the centre. A similarly-shaped bar 114 is mounted above the knife, and is provided with a number of set-screws 115, which bear on the knife near its edge and serve to accurately adjust it throughout its length. In a modified form of machine, the apron is not fed by pressure between the rubbercovered rollers 6, 8, but a fifth roller is introduced, round the greater part of the circumference of which the apron passes, and which serves to feed it. One of the rollers is tensioned by a cord and weight instead of by the spring 12.
Patent GB-190008835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Mechanism for Actuating Brakes for Railway Wagons or Vehicles.
Inventor: GRESHAM HARRY EDWARD
Filed: 1900-05-12
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 8835. Gresham, H. E. May 12. Brakes, hand. The shaft a from which the brake block b<1> is suspended has attached to it a lever c jointed to the spring link d', d' pivoted to the arm d<3>, which may be part of a ratchet-toothed section e on the cross-shaft e' fitted with end handles f. On depressing one of the handles f, the brake is applied, and the pawl g engages the ratchet e to hold the handle f in any desired position. When the handle is raised again, a projection f<1> on it lifts the pawl g, and the brakes fall off by gravity. In a modification applicable to brakes applied to both sets of wheels, the brake lever is connected to a rigid link instead of the flexible link d<1>, d<2>.
Patent GB-190015132-A (GB)
Title: Improved Wrench.
Inventor: KING WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-08-24
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 15,132. King, W. Aug. 24. Wrenches.-The disc D of a ratchet wrench is extended on both sides of the head A, and provided, if desired, with milled heads E, so that the disc may be prevented from turning back when a loose nut is being screwed up. The disc is pressed against the work, or is pressed upon by the workman's hand.
Patent GB-190016791-A (GB)
Title: Telescopes for Sighting Ordnance
Inventor: COMMON ANDREW AINSLIE
Filed: 1900-09-20
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 16,791. Common, A. A. Sept. 20. Telescopes.-Fig. 2 shows a section of a telescope specially adapted for sighting ordnance and smallarms. The erector d e, the field lens f of the eyepiece, and the cross-wires h are fixed in a tube c. This tube is adjusted longitudinally in the outer tube a by the rotation of a sleeve k screwed differentially externally and internally to engage with corresponding threads on the tubes a and c respectively. The adjustment made, the sleeve is locked by a nut l. The eye lens m is mounted in a sleeve n adapted to slide on an extension of the tube c and also on the end of the tube a. A spring n<2> normally extends it. The cross-wires are adjusted by set-screws i. By this arrangement any displacement of the optic axis during focussing is obviated. The eye-piece is fitted with a resilient shade p.
Patent GB-190105493-A (GB)
Title: Carpet-beating-machine.
Inventor: PINKWARTH HERMANN
Filed: 1901-03-15
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 5493. Pinkwarth, H. March 15. Carpets, beating.-Fig. 1 shows a plan of the carpet-beating machine, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation. The carpet a is attached to a blanket, which is drawn through the machine between the rubber-covered rolls 2. The beaters 8, mounted on the transverse rod 7, are actuated by the arms 6 on the rotary shaft 4. The dust which settles in the receptacle 9 is removed through the door 11. One of the end pairs of rollers 2 serves as guiderollers, and the other end pair is driven by a belt connected to the central pair. In a modification, the beaters are mounted vertically, and the carpet is carried on a drum.
Patent GB-190112617-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Explosives.
Inventor: SILVA ALVARO ALBERTO DA
Filed: 1901-06-20
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 12,617. Silva, A. A. da. Feb. 8, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Explosives.-Consists in combining guanidine with the acid ingredients of explosives, the combinations thus obtained being used alone or with other explosives.
Patent GB-190112726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Packing
Inventor: KIRKMAN JESSE
Filed: 1901-06-22
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 12,726. Kirkman, J. June 22. Drawings to Specification. Stuffing-boxes.-Relates to asbestos and fibrous packing. According to the present invention, alternate strands of wire and asbestos or other fibrous material are twisted together, and a number of such twisted strands are plaited or woven together to form packing of any desired size or section. Such packing may also be formed with a soft core.
Patent GB-190113769-A (GB)
Title: Spark Arrester for Locomotive and other Engines.
Inventor: DRUMMOND DUGALD
Filed: 1901-07-06
Granted: 1902-07-05
Abstract: 13,769. Drummond, D. July 6. Spark-arresters for locomotive and other engines. A sleeve C, having lateral apertures E, extends from the exhaust pipe D to the funnel A of the smoke-box B, and carries two pairs of wings F, sometimes at the level of the fire-tubes, Fig. 2, and sometimes above them, Fig. 5. In a modification, the wings without the sleeve are formed of two semicircular plates having extending pivoted quadrants.
Patent GB-190114101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Blocks.
Inventor: ROCKSTROH WILHELM MAX
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 14,101. Rockstroh, W. M. July 10. Printing-blocks; printing in several colours.- Relates to printing-blocks having relief printing- surfaces and surrounding cutting-edges, which cut out a paper &c. design and fix it upon a differentlycoloured backing of cardboard &c., at the same time printing part of the design cut out in another colour. Fig. 1 shows, in plan, a block having relief printing - parts c and cutting - edges b. Fig. 3 shows the printing-block impressing the intermediate sheet e upon the backing d. The cutting-edges force the paper &c. e into the backing, causing the cut-out design to adhere thereto without the use of an adhesive.
Patent GB-190114702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cargo Steamers.
Inventor: BURRELL HENRY
Filed: 1901-07-19
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 14,702. B u r - roll, H. July 19. Hatches and hatchways. - Relates to steamships of the type described in Specifications No. 2770, A.D. 1899, and No. 12,271, A.D. 1900, and consists in arranging the hatchways equidistantly, and hinging their covers so that they can be swung back to rest on the deck. As shown in Fig. 4, each cover is in two parts hinged at one end and resting in the centre -on a movable hatch-beam E They can be raised and swung back to rest on chocks H by means of a crane. As shown in Fig. 5, the covers are hinged by means of eyebolts engaging brackets projecting from the coaming. A strip of india-rubber I, secured by metal bands J, makes a water-tight joint with the coaming. Each half-cover, when open, abuts against the open half-cover of the next hatch.
Patent GB-190116742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manifolding-sheets
Inventor: BROWN HORACE PERCIVAL
Filed: 1901-08-20
Granted: 1901-09-21
Abstract: 16,742. Brown, H. P. Aug. 20. Copying documents.-Manifolding-sheets either for forming manifolding-books or for use separately, and applicable when the original is made with pen, pencil, printing-press, or type-writer, are coated on one side with an adhesive such as Japanese vegetable wax applied in the liquid state, and on the other side with a colouring-compound of any desired tint, and which is not removable by contact with ordinary paper surfaces, preferably water colour to which calcium chloride may be added. In books, the intermediate sheets are thus prepared, the original or first sheet has a prepared coloured surface only, and the last sheet a waxed surface only. For a simple transfer, one sheet has a coloured, and the other a waxed, surface.
Patent GB-190123864-A (GB)
Title: New Method of Attaching Metallic Necks to Metallic Bottles and other similar Articles of Irregular Shape.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM HALL
Filed: 1901-11-25
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 23,864. Jones, W. H., and Jones, B. H. Nov. 25. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining.-Relates to a method of attaching the necks or covers of metal bottles or other similar articles of irregular shape, in which an inside tool cannot be used. The edge of the neck or cover B is formed with an annular channel B<1> of inverted U-shape, and the body C of the vessel is formed with an outwardly-turned edge or flange C<1>. The flange C<1> is placed within the channel B', as shown in Fig. 3, and the outer edge of the channel is turned over the flange, as shown in Fig. 4. The single seam so formed is then turned down by a hammer or press against the side of the vessel, as shown in Fig. 5, thus forming double seam. During the last-mentioned operation, a suitable stake or tool D is placed behind the seam, to give the necessary resistance.
Patent GB-190201145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Exposure Meters.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1902-01-15
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 1145. Smith, J. H. Jan. 15. Actinometers.-Relates to an exposure-calculating device combined with an actinometer. The actinometer consists of a strip of sensitive paper h which is drawn out through a slit in the card a. The time taken to darken the section of the paper drawn out to a standard colour i, is determined. A tape is then pulled down till the speed number in the column f comes opposite the number representing the actinometer time in the column b. Opposite the diaphragm number in column g of the tape, will be found the exposure time in the column which represents the class of subject being photographed.
Patent GB-190205042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nets or Court-dividing Partitions for Table Tennis.
Inventor: COHEN HERBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1902-02-28
Granted: 1903-01-29
Abstract: 5042. Cohen, H. E. Feb. 28. Nets and net-supports.-A net or court-dividing partition for use in table tennis is built up of two frames d, e, f, g, connected together permanently by clips or ferrules m, so as to telescope one upon the other for adjustment to any width of table, and so as to support each other in the middle or between the points of telescoping. The fitting-in fabric is attached to the sides and ends of each of the frames.
Patent GB-190206948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the "Feeder Pillars" or Above Ground Boxes used in connection with Electric Supply Mains.
Filed: 1902-03-21
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 6948. Callender's Cable and Construction Co., and Petersen, T. March 21. Junction boxes. -A feeder - pillar, or above - ground box, has the switches, fuses, and other fittings arranged outside instead of inside the pillar, the fittings being protected by a cover. The pillar a extends above the cover b, which can be raised by means of ropes so as to expose the fittings, which are carried by the panels d. An internal gutter f, or an external removable cap, for making a water-tight joint, and a frame g, for preventing the fittings from being damaged by the cover in its descent into the socket h, are provided.
Patent GB-190208015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filter-presses.
Inventor: HARDINGHAM GEORGE GATTON MELHU
Filed: 1902-04-05
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 8015. Hardingham, G. G. M., [Johnson, H.]. April 5. Falter presses; cleansing.-Relates to the plates of filter presses for brewers' mash. In order to allow the cloth to sag without interfering with the flow of liquid, the plates are made with large corrugations between which are smaller grooves c. The large corrugations are shown between the ridges a, a, and the cloth e, when under pressure, takes the shape shown. The hole for admitting the liquid to be filtered is shown at f ; the holes g communicate with a passage g<1> formed by cutting away the large corrugations, and admit washing- water, which escapes through g<2>.
Patent GB-190212345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Surveyors' and Engineers' Plummets.
Inventor: THOMSON HUGH ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 12,345. Thomson, H. A. May 31. Plumbing - inatruments.-Relates to surveyors' and engineers' plummets in which the point is protected from injury when not in use. The body a, preferably of brass, has a flange b and a central aperture to receive a pointed steel rod c having a knurled head d. The knot on the end of the suspending-cord p passes through a side aperture n to the bottom of a narrower central aperture. As shown in Fig. 3, the rod c may be clamped in either of its extreme positions by screwing one of the shoulders e against a pin f. Fig. 2 shows a modification, in which the rod c is turned to bring one of two tapered grooves k into clamping engagement with a pin g, a flat part h being provided to allow longitudinal movement. In another modification, a pin on the rod c engages a bayonet slot in the body a.
Patent GB-190215086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Apparatus for the Distribution of Sewage or Polluted Waters upon Filter Beds.
Inventor: CANDY FRANK PULLEN
Filed: 1902-07-07
Granted: 1903-08-07
Abstract: 15,086. Candy, F. P. July 7. Sewage and foul waters, treating; filtering.-Relates to apparatus for the distribution of sewage or polluted waters upon filter beds. The sewage is led to a distributing-conduit, which is caused to travel up and down the filter bed by means of a water-wheel or water motor driven by the sewage itself, the motion of the distributing-conduit being automatically reversed when it approaches the end of the filter bed. In the arrangement shown, the sewage entering by the pipe 1 is directed against one side or the other of the water-wheel 2, according to the direction in which the distributing-conduit is to be moved. The sewage then flows into the channel 4, from which it is supplied to the distributer 5 by siphonic action. The distributer is driven by the water-wheel through the medium of ropes or chains 7 passing round pulleys 9, 9<a>. The motion of the water-wheel is reversed by alternately opening and closing shutters 12, 12<a> in the sewage-supply pipes, by means of a weighted lever, actuated by tappets on a weighted cord 8, which, in turn, is actuated by a striker 19 attached to the distributer. The ropes or cords which move the distributer are maintained constantly wet or damp, it may be with an antiseptic liquid. The flow of sewage into the distributer at either end of its travel may be reduced by raising the bottom of the feed-channel towards either end. A wind motor may be used to assist the water wheel or motor, but in this case the latter always runs in one direction, the motion being transmitted to the distributer through suitable reversing-gear. According to the Provisional Specification, the distributer is protected from the action of the wind by one or more walls, fences, or the like, and rotating or travelling distributers of the reaction type are supplied from a fixed channel by siphonic action.
Patent GB-190217669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling Towers.
Inventor: BREWER GRIFFITH
Filed: 1902-08-12
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 17,669. Brewer, G., [Wheeler Condenser and Engineering Co.]. Aug. 12. Condensers, cooling water for.-Cooling - towers, especially water-cooling towers used in connection with steam plants, are constructed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The tower is formed of a suitable framework located on the top of a reservoir a having a suction pipe 2. Extending vertically through the centre of the tower is a discharge pipe e having branches 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, &c., which supply troughs 4, 5,6,7, 8, and 9, placed as sbown in Fig. 2. Communicating with the troughs are slit or perforated pipes h which convey the water from the troughs to mats m, preferably of wire mesh, which are suspended from the pipes h in series corresponding with the pipes, this arrangement of the mats permitting of the unobstructed entrance of currents of air to the central space. Extending radially from the pipe e are baffles which prevent strong currents of air from passing through the tower, and which tend to cause an upward current of air.
Patent GB-190218913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book Cases.
Inventor: SCHULZ HERMANN
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 18,913. Schulz, H., [trading as Wenkel, G.]. Aug. 28. Bookcases.-Relates to supports for shelves in book cases, by which a shelf can be raised or lowered without removing the books &c. thereon. The end supports a have notches c and slots b and the shelves have projections f and e to engage therewith. By lifting the front of a shelf the projections can be readily disengaged and re-engaged with other notches and slots. Fig. 2 shows a support a having shelves on each side back and front.
Patent GB-190222124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Desk for Drawing.
Inventor: WOOD FRANCIS GEORGE
Filed: 1902-10-11
Granted: 1903-07-23
Abstract: 22,124. Wood, F. G. Oct. 11. Blackboards.-In a drawing-desk for use in schools, the fall C is hinged to the frame and is supported in various positions by iron bars and pins, screws, or cottars D, E. The underside of the fall is prepared for drawing upon with chalk or other medium. In the horizontal part of the desk top, a circular hole is cut to admit a jar F for holding water. The jar is supported by a shelf H.
Patent GB-190225595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Leggings, Boots Shoes and other Articles of Clothing.
Inventor: ROBERTS HUGHIE
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 25,595. Roberts, H. Nov. 21. Buttons and buttonfasteners.-Relates to a fastening for boots, shoes, leggings, and other articles of dress. The top of the fastening is formed of two wings a, b pivoted on axes a<1>, b<1> surrounded with spiral springs for retaining the wings in the o p e n position. The wing a is provided with a heelpiece, which lies, in the open position, in a recess in the face of wing b. The wings may be embossed, or otherwise ornamented, or jewelled. The axes a<1>, b<1> are mounted in the ends of a forked stem c provided with a base-plate e. The fastening is attached to the fabric by tangs g, or staples, integral with, or passing through, the plate e and upset over a slotted plate. The slotted plate is provided with an upturned edge to secure a back covering-plate. Instead of the tang fastening, the plate e may have a screw to engage with a nut plate on the opposite side of the fabric.
Patent GB-190227889-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Soap.
Inventor: ZADIG MORITZ
Filed: 1902-12-17
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 27,889. Zadig, M. Dec. 17. Soaps.-An antiseptic soap is made by saponifying coco-nut oil or other suitable fatty matter with soda lye, and superheating to produce a neutral soap, and then adding suitable quantities of Swedish wood tar and carbolic acid.
Patent GB-190301518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Globes or Chimneys, more especially applicable to Incandescent Gas Lighting.
Inventor: KIESOW AUGUST
Filed: 1903-01-21
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1518. Kiesow, A. Jan. 21. Globes; chimneys.-Globes for incandescent gas and other lights are made with the upper part a, Fig. 3, conical or of other suitable form with a nearly flat base a<1> joining a narrow neck b<1> at about the beginning of the flame. The lower part b<2> of the neck b is made wider, to fit the ordinary size of gallery, and is cylindrical or may be of other form, being connected with the narrow part by a shoulder b<3>. A modified form is shown in Fig. 4. The narrowed neck causes an increased current of air to flow past the mantle or flame.