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Patent GB-190002409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic and like Electrodes, and in Electrical Resistances.
Inventor: KENT HENRY ANDREW
Filed: 1900-02-07
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 2409. Kent, H. A. Feb. 7. Platinizing; gilding.-Electric conductors are made by platinizing ground or sanded glass or unglazed porcelain plates, tubes, rods, or vessels of any shape. A thin coating of platinum or gold is first formed by painting or flowing gold or platinum solution with ether or essential oils thereon, and heating to a red heat, or by pouring a tin chloride solution thereon, washing, and afterwards applying a gold or platinum solution in caustic soda, together with a few drops of glycerine, and keeping the article warm. After cooling, a solution of platinum chloride is applied, and the article again heated. The article is afterwards coated with platinum electrolytically.
Patent GB-190003331-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus to Prevent the Freezing of Water in Pipes.
Inventor: NUEESCH-SAXER ARNOLD
Filed: 1900-02-20
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 3331. N³esch-Saxer, A., and N³esch, R. Feb. 20. Water supply.- Pipes are emptied, to prevent the water from freezing in them, by the apparatus shown. The double valve e, f is carried by a hollow spindle i connected by a stuffing-box with the service pipe. Water from the main entering at d flows through the valve f and the opening o between the valve faces, to the spindle On raising the spindle by a handle connected to it, the valve f is closed, and the water remaining in the service pipe flows away through the valve e.
Patent GB-190004006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Lewis or Holding Down Bolts.
Inventor: MARSDEN WALTER
Filed: 1900-03-02
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 4006. Marsden, W. March 2. Bolts; bushes, bolt-hole ; screw sockets.-Relates to bolts for holding down engine and other bed-plates &c. to foundations. An ordinary bolt a with square &c. bead b is introduced into a socket c of dovetail or other form provided with notches &c. h. The socket is afterwards cemented into place. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the bolt is introduced longitudinally, and the concrete is prevented from entering the space i by a sliding plate k. Should the bolt a become broken, the part inside the socket falls down so that another bolt, shown in dotted lines, may be attached by the screw-threads j. In another form, the bolt a is introduced laterally, and the space i is not deeper than the bolt head. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the socket is made in two pieces k, l fitting together as shown.
Patent GB-190004161-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Fixing Rings, Frames, or Bands of Soldering Metal on the Lids, Bottoms, or Sides of Cans or Boxes for Containing Preserved Food, and of other similar Receptacles that are Closed by Soldering.
Inventor: BESSE EMILE
Filed: 1900-03-05
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 4161. Besse, E., and Lubin, L. March 5. Soldering.-The lids, sides, and bottoms of metal cans or boxes for preserved food &c., are formed with peripheral grooves or flanges for retaining rings, frames, or bands of soldering-metal, ready to be melted to fix the parts together. The apparatus for placing this solder in position comprises a matrix a with a projection b, shaped according to the lid or bottom j, sliding plates c, d supported in caoutchouc &c., cushions e, f, and a die g. surrounded by a gas burner h. The meeting surfaces of the die, the lid or bottom &c. j, and the plate d are e shaped to register exactly. The solder i is placed on the partition b, and forced by the die into the previously-formed groove or flange of the part j, in which tapering or dovetail holes k have been punched to cause the solder to form dovetail tenons. When a grooved periphery is used, the edge of the partition b is rounded to form a groove in the solder for the reception of the edge of the can or box; this is unnecessary with the flanged periphery shown.
Patent GB-190005699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: OVERBAUGH CHARLES BATES
Filed: 1900-03-27
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 5699. Overbaugh, C. B., and Sandford, P. March 27. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-The bottle neck is fitted with a casing, forming seats 22, 28 for the heavy ball valve 18 and the float valve 20. The casing is made in three parts 14, 15, 16, which are secured together, and fixed in the neck by cement in the grooves 12. The neck is contracted at the underside 36 of the groove 12, so as to gather the cement from the part 14 into the groove, as the casing is being inserted. The part 15 is of cap shape, and forms an inwardly-projecting shoulder 26, to serve as a stop for the ball 19, which aids in retaining the valve 18 on its seat. When the bottle is inverted, the ball 19 enters the recess in the cap 15, and permits the valve 18 to open for the outward passage of the contents. Tue liquid is discharged between the ribs 23, which guide the valve 18, and the ribs 24 of the cap 15, then through the valve 20, between the guide-ribs 29, and through the passages 31, 30, which are adapted to prevent the insertion of an instrument for tampering with the valves. The upper end of the part 16 is closed by a cap 17, which is provided with a stop 34 for the valve 20. The valves permit the contents to be poured out, but prevent refilling.
Patent GB-190006288-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Indicating the Temperature in Pottery and similar Kilns.
Inventor: WATKIN HENRY
Filed: 1900-04-04
Granted: 1901-04-04
Abstract: 6288. Watkin, H. April 4. Thermometers and pyrometers.-To indicate the maximum temperature that has been reached in pottery kilns, blocks &c., arranged in order of fusibility, according to s o m e well - known scale, are placed in recesses a<1> &c. in a refractory tray A. These trays may be placed in different parts of a kiln.
Patent GB-190013160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock Drilling Machine Chucks.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1900-07-20
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 13,160. Justice, P. M., [Ferns, A. R.]. July 20. Rock drills, percussive, tool-holders for. The drill D is held in a conical or pyramidal socket C in the end of the piston-rod by two recessed wedges B', B', which are semicircular or triangular externally. They are provided with shoulders b<1>, b<2> for the drill to bear against, and are of such a size that they do not abut at their faces. A gib and wedge are driven through the slot F to remove the tool,
Patent GB-190013466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps.
Inventor: MERRYWEATHER JAMES COMPTON
Filed: 1900-07-26
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 13,466. Merryweather, J. C., and Harris, G. July 26. Pumps enclosed in casing. - The barrels and moving parts of the radial - cylinder pump described in Specification No. 870, A.D. 1896, are enclosed in a casing comprising the wall 1 with a bearing for the crank shaft, and the detachable wall 3 having the other bearing and a stuffing - box. The wall 1 may also be detachable and fitted with a stuffing-box. The casing may contain oil for lubricating purposes. According to the Provisional Specification, rings of india-rubber are used to prevent the entrance of dust &c. through the bearings, the parts are lubricated from a cup fixed to one of the casing walls, and the side plates may be hinged and latched instead of being secured by screws.
Patent GB-190016177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means and Apparatus for use in Cutting or Dressing Stone or like Material.
Inventor: MCLARTY FARQUHAR MATHESON
Filed: 1900-09-11
Granted: 1901-09-11
Abstract: 16,177. McLarty, F. M. Sept. 11. Dressing; sawing.-Relates to means for cutting, dressing, and polishing stone and the like, the improvements being applicable to the machines described in Specification No. 7520, A.D. 1899, and to other machines. The conical rolling cutters or tools v have V-shaped teeth externally and V- shaped spaces with scraping edges internally, but either set may be omitted or may have a rounded form. The cutter v is attached to a sleeve q which rotates on a conical pin held in the part j. This part j is angularly adjustable, being clamped on the block i, which swivels on the cylinder f. This cylinder is vertically adjustable by a screw in a flanged split cylinder c, which is closed by bolts to clamp it, and is movable along the adjustable tool-holder bar E<1> of the machine. A liner r is used to take up wear, and this liner may have a rib working in a groove t filled with grease to keep out grit. A similar grit excluder is placed at the lower end of the bearing. Water for cooling the tool and washing away grit is supplied by the pipe through the centre of the bearing-pin, and distributed to one side or all round by a suitably-formed baffle p<6>. The sides of the carrier sleeve q are provided with webs and covers s to form oil receptacles for lubricating the pin. Verticallyadjustable oil cups u may also be used. With these arrangements, the cutter or stone or both may be traversed, and the cutter set flat or at an angle to the surface of the stone for dressing or tooling either the top or sides. In addition to the above - described holders, the bar E<1> carries the telescopic holders A, A' into which hollow journals are introduced from the side and held by cottars A<5>. A sleeve A<6> with lubricating spaces fits over a bush on the bar and is held endwise by nuts A<7>. The sleeve is feathered to hold tooling, polishing, dividing, &c. cutters and distance washers, and these are secured by nuts A<9>. Water is circulated through the bars by pipes with detachable nipples, and may be led to the tools. The ends of the bars may be held on the swivelling blocks i of the first-mentioned tool-holder, and polishing-tools may replace or be attached to the cutting and other tools.
Patent GB-190101899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: HILDEBRAND HEINRICH
Filed: 1901-01-28
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 1899. Hildebrand, H. Jan. 28. AÙrial machines with aÙrostats.-An aÙrostat 1 is attached to a framework 2, 3, 4, which is pivoted at 5 to the car 8. By means of cerds 9, the inclination of the aÙrostat can be adjusted relatively to the car, to act as a surface for vertical steering. The wings 11, 12 are pivoted at 14, Fig. 8, and are feathered by causing a block 15 attached to the inner end of the wing arm to move in a grooved triangular guide 16, Fig. 7, with hinged abutments 23, 24 to prevent backward movement. The wings are feathered by the blocks 15 on passing the abutments, being tilted by engaging the corners 25, 27, and turning through a rightangle from the positions II and VII to the positions III and VIII.
Patent GB-190102964-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Colour Printing Machine
Inventor: WRIGHTSON WILLIAM PERCIVAL
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1902-03-12
Abstract: 2964. Wrightson, W. P. Feb. 12. Grant of Patent opposed. Printing fabrics, floorcloth, and linoleum ; printing in several colours.-Relates to colour-printing machines for printing fabrics, floorcloth, linoleum, and other material. The machine is suspended above the floor X by means of a framework F having depending side cheeks or frames A, 0, P provided with bearings for the printing-rollers D and for the bowl or drum E round which the fabric &c. f passes. The frame F may have wheels K running on girders J so that the machine may be traversed to different positions. Or the frame F may be fixed on suitable pillars or girders &c.
Patent GB-190107248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Method of and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Air Damping Appliances for Electric Measurement Instruments and the like.
Filed: 1901-04-06
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 7248. Clark, A. M., [Hartmann & Braun]. April 6. Castings; casting and moulding.-An alloy of 75 parts of tin with 20 parts of antimony and 5 parts of bismuth, is cast in a metal mould, to form segmental boxes to contain air vanes for checking oscillations in electric measuring instruments ; it gives smooth castings, requiring no finishing. In the form of box shown in Fig. 3, a pivot bearing is carried in the closed end of a brass tube g set in the casting. A mould, Fig. 5, for such a box, consists of a circular box k provided with a stem to receive the tube g, and a flat cover i with conical inlets i<1>, adapted to be turned about the tube g and stem by the use of handles m, m', to shear the sprues from the castings. The box contains two fixed cores p, q, and a sliding steel tongue r to form the slot s, Fig. 3. The tongue r can be withdrawn from the slot by an eccentric pin on a handle t, to allow removal of the casting from the mould.
Patent GB-190107468-A (GB)
Title: An Arrangement of Steam Engine Specially Suited for Motor Cars.
Inventor: CASTIN CHARLES
Filed: 1901-04-11
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 7468. Castin, C. Oct. 8, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Reversing ; starting and stopping ; regulating power.-Comprises a steam engine, especially suitable for motor cars, which is provided with a controlling-valve worked by a single handle for starting, stopping, and reversing the engine, and regulating the power. Fig. 1 shows the engine in longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3 shows the engine in plan. There are two pairs of singleacting cylinders 1, 2, 3, 4 placed side by side, each pair driving cranks disposed opposite each other. Steam is distributed to the pair 1, 2 by a piston slide valve 8, and to the pair 3, 4 by the similar valve 9. Both valve casings communicate with the case 12 of the controlling-valve disposed in front of the engine as shown in Fig. 3. Steam is supplied to this by the branch 15, and the exhaust leaves by the branch 19. According to whether the controlling- valve is raised or lowered, the valves 8, 9 receive steam internally and exhaust through the passages 18, or receive steam through the passages 18 and exhaust internally, the direction of driving being thus in one direction or the reverse. In intermediate positions, the coutrolling- valve either closes the supply passages altogether or more or less throttles the supply.
Patent GB-190107545-A (GB)
Title: Improved Food Products and Processes of Preparing the same.
Inventor: FERSON LOUIE OSBORNE
Filed: 1901-04-12
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 7545. Ferson, L. O. Sept. 13, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Food preparations.-Condensed army &c. rations, to be eaten as cakes or biscuits or made into soup, are prepared from pork, beans, flour, and seasoning. The beans are cleaned and soaked in water, and then boiled with the pork, the rind of which is first scored. The whole is then placed in an earthen pot with the pork in the centre of the mass, and a mixture of salt, molasses, soda, mustard, and boiling water, is added. The contents of the pot are then slowly cooked, and afterwards poured into a shallow pan, dried by heat, crushed to a paste, mixed with flour and water, rolled out under pressure for reducing the bulk, cut into squares, cubes, &c. brushed over with melted butter or lard, and baked.
Patent GB-190111497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Common Salt (Chloride of Sodium).
Inventor: GUTIERREZ FRANCISCO PEREZ
Filed: 1901-06-05
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 11,497. Gutierrez, F. P. June 5. Drawings to Specification. incrustation, preventing.-Glycerine, sugar, or the like are added to brine to prevent incrustation in apparatus for evaporating brine.
Patent GB-190112797-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Kiln or Apparatus for Drying Malt, Hops and the like.
Inventor: LARKIN THOMAS
Filed: 1901-06-24
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 12,797. Larkin, T. June 24. Drying-kilns.-In kilns for drying barley, malt, hops, and the like, the drying-chamber A is distinct from the chamber B containing the gas burners, fires, or other means for heating the kiln, so that the material is not exposed to the gases rising therefrom. The gases may be led away through openings D to heat another drying-chamber. Heated air may be supplied to the drying-chamber A by means of pipes J, traversing the chamber B and formed with perforations K opening into the space P below the perforated floor of the drying- chamber. The chamber B is preferably subdivided into compartments, in each of which a fire or burners are situated. The material is withdrawn through shoots M.
Patent GB-190113580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheer Legs.
Inventor: MAIDEN HUGH
Filed: 1901-07-03
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 13,580. Maiden, H., and Coutts, J. July 3. Shear-legs.-A pair of legs A are hinged to the base of a rigid triangular frame C, stayed by ropes D. The legs are supported by tackle E connecting the top of the legs and top of the frame. A lifting-tackle H is suspended from near the top of the legs. The falls of the tackles pass over pulleys at the top of the frame to winches X, Y respectively.
Patent GB-190117960-A (GB)
Inventor: SHAW LEONARD
Filed: 1901-09-07
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 17,960. Shaw, L. Sept. 7. Copying drawings etc.; printing; lighting- arrangements.-Relates to an apparatus for copying drawings and the like by artificial light, and consists of improvements on the apparatus described in Specification No. 5561, A.D. 1899. The tracing or other negative to be copied is wrapped round a glass or other transparent cylinder A, made up of two semi-cylinders held together by terminal discs B and three bolts C. The sensitive paper is then placed over the tracing, and the whole is held in place by two canvas covers connected at one end to hooks a' and at the other to rollers by which they can be tightened up. The arc lamp H is suspended by two cords l<1> connected to a counterweight l<2>, which is connected by a single cord to a winch I by which the lamp can be moved up and down in the centre of the cylinder to secure uniform printing. The cylinder is suspended on trunnions D, D<1>, and may be clamped in any position by the fly-nut M.
Patent GB-190119829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Track Construction of Electric Railways or Tramways Operated on the Conduit System.
Inventor: CHAPMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-10-04
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 19,829. Chapman, W. Oct. 4. Electric railways and tramways on the conduit system with means for operating the points of the running rails and the conduit slot. Conduits; permanent way.-Figs. 1, 3, and 4 show spring points for the conduit slot. Tongues 28, 29 with bevelled ends are pivoted under the top of the slot rails 27, and are held by the springs 33 so as normally to close one of the slots. By reversing the flanged sleeve 38 on the screwed stud 34 of the tongue, the latter can be readily changed from the open to the closed position. Fig. 7 shows the arrangements for operating the points by hand. Similar tongues 40, 41 are worked through the levers 43, 44 from the lever 59, and similar connections (not shown) from the rocking shaft 50 also operate the rail points. Counterweights 61 are provided to hold the points in either position.
Patent GB-190121282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Evaporating and Condensing Apparatus
Inventor: MORISON DONALD BARNS
Filed: 1901-10-23
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 21,282. Morison, D. B. Oct. 23. Feedwater, puri- fying.-Relates to apparatus adapted to serve for evapo- rating water by means of steam and for condensing steam by means of water, suitable for use for example on ships for the production of fresh water for use as auxiliary feed- water for boilers. Fig. 1 shows a combined evapo- rator and winch condenser, the upper portion of the containing vessel being in section and the lower door removed to show the coils 3. The apparatus consists of an upper part 16 and a lower part 1, of which the latter may be of the construction described in Specification No. 13,775, A.D. 1900, [Abridg- rnent Class Pipes &c.]. The two parts are separable from each other, and the upper part rests upon an intermediate part 7 formed with inlet and outlet passages which communicate with the interiors of fixed hollow standards 10 carrying the coils 11 and serving as their inlets and outlets respectively. Access to the standards 10 is obtained through a narrow opening 12 closed by a door 12<a> of light weight. On the side furthest away from the standards 10, the coils 11 are sup- ported by means of a vertical stay or bracket 14, to which they are clamped so as to be held in position. When the apparatus is used as an evapo- rator, steam may flow through the lower coils 3 only, or through both the upper and lower coils.
Patent GB-190206836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Angle Joints of Cornice Poles and the like.
Inventor: CHISHOLM GEORGE
Filed: 1902-03-20
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 6836. Chisholm, G., and Chisholm, G. March 20. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-Relates to joints for cornice poles, which allow motion in a horizontal plane but are rigid in a vertical plane. Two discs A, B, pivoted together at C, have grooved extensions a', b<1> integral with fixing-screws E, F. Flanged and slotted hemispheres drop over the projections a<1>, b<1> and surround the discs A, B, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5; they are held in place by the cupped ends of the sockets K, L, which are retained in place on the screws E by washers M, N. The screws engage wooden plugs retained in the ends of the pole by screws or by expanding the plug R<1> by wedges T, T', one of which is fixed to the projection a<1> while the other is moved longitudinally by a nut U. Fig. 11 shows a section of the arrangement when an oval pole is used.
Patent GB-190209618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Fabrics.
Inventor: CAMERON JAMES AUGHILTREE
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 9618. Cameron, J. A. April 25. Cutting-machines for fabrics; cutting-tools, hand. -Relates to apparatus for cutting folded lengths of fabric into sections of a proper length for use in the manufacture of hem-stitched handkerchiefs. The fabric is folded lengthwise along a table 10 at the ends of which are stretching-bars threaded on vertical rods. The rods at one end of the table are fixed, while those at the other end are adjustable, so that the total length of the folded fabric may be an exact multiple of the length of a handkerchief. The fabric is cut transversely by a hand tool consisting of a blade 47 fixed in a wedgeshaped stock 48 and provided with a handle 49. During the cutting operation, the knife block is guided between weighted clamping-plates 42 carried by pivoted arms 40, which are mounted on a carriage moving on rails on each side of the table. The clamping-plates are shown in full lines in their raised or inoperative position, being held in this position by hooks 38. When the carriage has been adjusted to the proper position along the table, the clamping-bars 42 are released and lowered into the dotted position, so as to hold the folds of fabric firmly on each side of the cut to be made. The table may be suitably graduated to facilitate the adjustment of the carriage and of the stretching-bar above referred to.
Patent GB-190209646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connnection with Grease, Water and like Separators.
Inventor: NESBIT DAVID MEIN
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 9646. Nesbit, D. M. April 25. Steam separators.-Oneor more baffle-plates d are arranged in a casing in the path of a stream of steam or other fluid which it is desired to free from grease, water, or other impurity. The plates are preferably perforated, the perforations being arranged to break line, and being preferably of the form shown in Fig. 5, with ribs or recesses f round them. The casing may be vertical, as shown in Fig. 1, or horizontal, as shown in Fig. 9, and the plates may be flat or curved, and variously arranged and supported ; for instance, they may be arranged in the form of a cross in transverse section, and they may be suspended from the top cover.