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Patent GB-190007452-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of and Means of Cleaning, Dressing and Straightening Piassava, or Bass, and other like Bristles or Fibres.
Inventor: BUCKLEY CHARLES
Filed: 1900-04-23
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 7452. Buckley, C. April 23. Bristles; machines for making brushes. Relates to cleaning, dressing, and straightening piassava or bass and like bristles or fibres for brushes and the like. The bristles to be treated pass from the conveyer a to the rollers b, and thence to rotary brushes or the like c, c, which travel at different rates. The bristles are then caught by revolving brushes d, and thrown upon an inclined shoot g corrugated longitudinally to make the bristles lie parallel. These corrugations preferably converge towards their lower ends. From the lower end i of this shoot the bristles may be delivered on to a conveyer j. The shoot g may be vibrated as a whole, or in sections, and moving fingers may be used to urge the bristles downwards.
Patent GB-190008838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for the Frames of Velocipedes.
Inventor: CROSBY WILLIAM HUGH
Filed: 1900-05-12
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 8838. Crosby, W. H. May 12. Frames, joints for. The invention is shown as applied to the crank-axle bracket, but is applicable to other joints. The bracket A is formed with the usual nipples a, in which are fitted the reduced ends of thimbles C, which are then upset on the inside of the bracket. Shoulders c are formed on the thimbles, to rest on the ends of the nipples. The tubes B fit over the thimbles, and bear against the ends of the nipples, forming flush joints.
Patent GB-190012198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saddles for use in connection with Carts, Waggons or the like Heavy Vehicles.
Inventor: LEES WILFRED
Filed: 1900-07-06
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 12,198. Lees, W. July 6. Saddles.-Cart and like saddles consist of a leather part a and a backband or chain trough d, supported well above the part a by brackets c with broad bases. Pressure on the spine is thus prevented. The leather may be lined with felt b.
Patent GB-190013566-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Disinfecting and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: FOURNIER EUGENE
Filed: 1900-07-27
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 13,566. Fournier, E. July 27. Disinfecting. - Relates to apparatus for simultaneously disinfecting rooms and bedding, clothing, &c. contained in the rooms. The bedding is hung from a frame 5, and boots, books, head gear, and similar articles are placed on shelves 6. A suitable fan 21 is placed in the room, and actuated by a flexible shaft 19 passing through a removable door 7 secured in the doorway by cross-pieces 10 and bolts 9 to actuating-mechanism 18. A system of perforated pipes 45, containing unperforated concentric pipes connected by detachable pipes 47, is then placed among the bedding &c., the tubes 47 being removed and replaced by pointed ends which render insertion easy. The tubes 47 are then again connected, and the system is connected to a pipe 16 passing through the door and connected to a vaporizer 36 adapted to be heated by an appliance 22 and provided with tubes 14 and 15, which supply disinfectant to nozzles 44 placed inside the door 7. The vaporizer 36 comprises an inner and an outer chamber containing disinfectant and water respectively. The heating-apparatus comprises a lamp 23 placed under two coaxial bells 24 and 25, having outlets 30 and 32 into the room as shown in Fig. 2. The opening in the door through which the pipe 30 passes can be closed by a register 31. The upper ends of the bells 24 and 25 are connected by a perforated cylinder 27, and are closed when the vaporizer 26 is not in use by a double lid 37, 38. Before finally closing the door the chamber is heated at each corner by the lamp 23, and formacetone is then sprinkled on the floor. The room is then closed and heated by placing the lamp under the bells 24, 25, and the fan rotated until the whole of the room is at the desired temperature. The lid 37, 38 is then replaced by the vaporizer 36, and the vapour of acetonized water injected for some time. The vaporizer is then removed, and any vapour condensed in the pipe 47 withdrawn through a pipe 51. After heating for a short time longer, the chamber is closed for some hours, then again heated, and the fan rotated, and then again closed. After standing, heat is again applied, ammonia injected, and the chamber again closed. If required for immediate use, the chamber is again heated, and ventilated through openings 12 and 13 in the door.
Patent GB-190013893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake-blocks for Gun Carriages and Road Vehicles.
Inventor: GUMPEL GUSTAV
Filed: 1900-08-02
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 13,893. Gumpel, G. Aug. 2. Brakes, blocks for. Strips b of leather, pinned and cemented together, are secured by screws d to the wood block a, which is dovetailed into the shoes. The pins c are formed of wood. In a modification, cheese-headed screws are let in from the back of the block a, and their threaded portions set in a cement filling in the holes in the strips b. In light vehicles, the block a is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190014673-A (GB)
Title: New and Improved System for the Preservation of Liquid Air and other Liquefied Gases in the Liquid Condition.
Inventor: JOLY CELESTE
Filed: 1900-08-16
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 14,673. Joly, C. Aug. 16. Storing under pressure.-Liquefied air and other gases are stored for transport in a vessel l with a jacket of insulating-material 2. The vessel is contained in a double-walled casing 4, 5 with a lid 6 and with insulating-material between the walls. Ice or a freezing-mixture is packed around the vessel, and may be separated from it by a perforated screen 3 through which liquid from the freezing-mixture may pass. In Fig. 2, a space is shown at the bottom for the collection of the liquid. A casing for containing several vessels is also described.
Patent GB-190016296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Storage or Show Cases.
Inventor: KINNEAR WILLIAM RAYMOND
Filed: 1900-09-13
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 16,296. Kinnear, W. R. Sept. 13. Safes.-Metal storage cases, show cases, or safes are formed at the rear of panels A which interlock wich one another and with the shelves B as shown in Fig. 1, but the shelves B may have only single tongues, instead of tongues bent to form grooves, as shown. The rear panels have also tongues to interlock with the sides. The shelves are supported at the front by pillars B which are in sections, secured together by tongue-and-socket connections. The top and bottom are bolted to the adjacent parts. The sides have grooves E in front to receive a metal screen, which may be mounted on a roller at the top. The parts are adapted to be readily taken asunder for shipment.
Patent GB-190104098-A (GB)
Inventor: HUME WASHINGTON
Filed: 1901-02-26
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 4098. Hume, W. Feb. 26. Signalling to cabins etc.; signalling approach of trains; indicating and recording movements of trains; fog and audible signals ; indicators and repeaters, sagnal ; contacts, electric.-Relates to electric signalling-apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 18,439, A.D. 1898, for signalling the approach of trains and their numbers on the service timetable to cabins &c., and for enabling the signalman to transmit audible signals to the drivers, the circuits for effecting these objects being completed selectively by contactbrushes on the engine &c. engaging certain of two series of contact-bars on the track. In the present invention, the transverse and longitudinal series of contact. bars and the contact-brushes are replaced by contact-makers actuated mechanically by bars 3, suitably arranged on the locomotive or on the last vehicle of the train. Figs. 2 and 3 show the contact-maker as adapted for lines on which the trains always travel in the same direction. The lever 1, when tipped by the bar 3, forces the spring-controlled rods 6, 7 into contact with the terminals 8, 9 in the circuit to be completed. The rods 6, 7 are carried by the crosshead 5 on the bar 4, which is held up to the lever 1 by the spring 10. The crossheads 5 are, preferably inclined, as shown in Fig. 5, so that they may be slightly overlapped without interfering with each other. The form of the contactmakers and terminals may be modified. The contact-makers may also be arranged to close a circuit through an annunciator in the cabin of the section jnst left, to show that the train has cleared that section, in which case the bar 3 is preferably mounted on the last vehicle of the train. For tracks such as single lines, on which trains travel in both directions, a contact-maker is provided on each side of the lever 1, while the stops 11, 25 are arranged to permit the movement of the lever in either direction. Fig. 6 shows the electrical connections. The transverse series A of contacts are connected through the attention bell 13 near the contacts to the indicator 15 and callbell 22 &c. in the signal cabin. Preferably ten contacts are employed for timetable working, the bars 3 on successive trains being suitably arranged to operate successive contacts. Four additional contacts and their connections are shown in dotted lines, and these may be used for special trains, for trains behind time, or for trains coming from other lines &c. The longitudinal series of contacts B are connected through two gongs near the contacts to the repeater gongs 23, 24 and the switches 20, 21, &c. in the signal cabin. A single bar 3 on the engine &c. operates all the contacts B, and the desired instructions are transmitted to the driver by code on the gongs.
Patent GB-190104366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for the Trolley Poles of Electric Cars.
Inventor: BELLAMY CHARLES REVILL
Filed: 1901-03-01
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 4366. Bellamy, C. R., Turner, W. J., and Hardman, D. R. W. March 1. Electric railways and tramways with overhead conductors. Relates to trolley rope pulling-down appliances. Reference is made to a similar apparatus described in Specification No. 18,757, A.D. 1900. Collectors. -T h e trolley rope 1 is wound on the spring barrel 2, which has a spring 3 strong enough to take up the slack. This barrel 2 is made conical. When the pulley escapes from the trolley wire, its stem rises in the head under the influence of the spring 29, and allows the completion, at the contacts 33, of a battery or other circuit to the electromagnet coil 10 This magnet attracts successively the light and the heavy armatures 23, 12. The former acts through a lever 19 on the spring pawl 1, which couples the stronger spring barrel 4 to the conical drum, while the other armature 12 withdraws a pawl 9 and allows the spring 4 to wind in the rope. The spring 4 is reset by pulling out the rope, a Geneva stop 24 preventing overwinding. The trolley head frame may be pivoted instead of sliding, and more than one magnet 10 and pawl 1 may be used. The pawl 1 normally rests against the lever 19.
Patent GB-190107065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid-pressure Turbines
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1901-04-03
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 7065. Parsons, C. A. April 3. Steam &c. turbines.-A section through two adjacent rings of blades of a fluid-pressure turbine fitted with a device for securing the blades in position is shown in Fig. 3. The drum 5 is formed with an undercut annular groove. The blades 7 are formed with bases 7<a>, and the bases are inserted into the grooves through a lateral recess 11. When the groove has been filled with blades, a block 12 is placed in the recess and secured by a stud, so securing the blades in position. Blades may be inserted and secured in the surrounding cylinder 6 by a similar device, and more than one lateral recess may be used to each groove.
Patent GB-190107347-A (GB)
Title: Improved Knife with Fixed Blade.
Inventor: WENGER THEODOR
Filed: 1901-04-09
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 7347. Wenger, T. April 9. Table, carving, and like knives.-The blade has two extensions a, c to engage recesses in the sides of the handle M. These extensions are secured together, as shown, by an iron or softmetal cramp E,
Patent GB-190108632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dies and the Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: SAGENDORPH LONGLEY LEWIS
Filed: 1901-04-26
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 8632. Sagendorph, L. L., and Lloyd, H. P. April 26. Stamping.-Dies for striking up sheet metal, such as metallic ceiling plates, or for various purposes are made by forming a metal facing-plate D of the required contour and attaching it to a frame E, filled in with molten or plastic metal or other material which will fill the spaces and set hard. A piece of metallic lathing or wirework f is embodied in the filling to prevent it from cracking under pressure. The frame has crossbars e to receive bolts c<1> for attaching the die to the plunger. The plate D is made between a hard metal die A and a second die cast therefrom, several of such plates being struck off to enable the built-up die to be readily repaired. Both upper and lower dies may be built up, if they will withstand the pressure necessary to form the desired article.
Patent GB-190110568-A (GB)
Title: Improved Smoke Consuming and Coal Saving Apparatus for Steam Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: MARSHALL JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-22
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 10,568. Marshall, J. May 22. Water - circulation, promoting; feedwater, heating. - A waterjacketed air tube D with openings d extends along one side of a steam-boiler furnace above the grate. The tube D and its connections are shown to an enlarged scale in Fig. 2. Jets of steam delivered opposite to the openings d induce a flow of air through them to the fire. The water jacket of the tube D is connected by pipes h and h<1> to the boiler water space. According to the Provisional Specification, tubes such as D may be placed at both sides of the furnace and along the back ; the water jacket may also be utilized " as " a hot-water supply for the boiler or for heating water for other purposes.
Patent GB-190117646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1901-09-03
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 17,646. Haddan, H. J., [Harris, J., and Smart, S. H.]. Sept. 3. Incandescent gas lamps for burning low-pressure acetylene or other gas rich in carbon comprise a bunsen burner in which the mixing-tube 12 rests upon a flange 13 on the conical gas nozzle 14, and is formed with a flange 22 for supporting the perforated globe or chimney holder 21 with the socket 50 for the mantle rod 24. The air supply through the inlets 18 is controlled by a rotary hit- and-miss valve 19, and the passage and mixture of the air and gas supplies to the tube 12 are facilitated by the employment of a tubular fitting 32, of which both the inlet 29 and the outlet 31 are flared. The gauze 34 is secured between a detachable ring 35 and a detachable burner head 36, both the ring and the burner head being shaped to contract the outlet, in order to increase at the point of discharge the pressure of the mixture of air and gas, and to prevent the flame from lighting back.
Patent GB-190126072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Recorders.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-12-20
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 26,072. Thompson, W. P., ["Dey" Zeitregister-Syndicat Ges.]. Dec. 20. Time-checking apparatus for workmen. Fig. 3 shows a rear view, and Fig. C a side view. A drum 4, having a band of paper divided into numbered spaces, is turned to bring any desired space under a time-printing wheel 21 in a vertically-sliding frame 23 by means of a handle 6 in front of a ring of numbers on the casing 2, and the printing-frame is brought down by using the handle as a lever which acts through a sliding collar and a pair of levers 28. The inking-ribbon is automatically fed to and fro by toothed drums 42, 43, which are driven alternately by a pair of gravity pawls 38, 39 on the printing-frame according as the one or the other is applied hy a rocking yoke 29, bearing on the ribbons. The drum shaft 5 is mounted on a sliding carriage 7, part of which is a disc 9 fitting a hole in the casing through which the drum may be drawn out to allow removal or renewal of the paper. The drum can be shifted along its shaft to suit different divisions of the day, and is locked in any position by a claw 11 engaging a collar 20 on a rod extending from the drum in a channel in the shaft. The claw is shifted along a rock-shaft 12 to suit the position of the drum, and is engaged or disengaged by turning with a key an eccentric 18 for which the shaft has a fixed fork. A mutilated disc 17 turning with the eccentric simultaneously engages or disengages a slot 19 on the carriage front 9.
Patent GB-190200204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Drying Peat
Inventor: CARSWELL JAMES WALLACE
Filed: 1902-01-03
Granted: 1903-01-03
Abstract: 204. Carswell, J. W., and Trotter, S. Jan. 3. Steam generators combined with drying-apparatus. -An apparatus for drying peat for fuel combined with a water-tube steam generator is shown in Fig. 2. The wet peat is placed in a hopper 1, and a fluted shaft 24 feeds it on to an endless carrier belt, on the top of which is a second belt 12, and the peat is fed into the end 31 of the drying- chamber. The peat passes between two carrier belts 43, 46 in the drying-chamber and is discharged on to an incline leading into an auxiliary drying- cylinder 60, fitted with a worm and connected to two similarly-fitted cylinders, through which the peat passes and is then discharged. A water-tube boiler 33, under the drying-chamber, heats the peat passing over it and supplies steam to drums 56 in the drying-chamber and to steam jackets on the worm conveyer cylinders. By means of a fan 68, the furnace gases are exhausted through the cylinder 60 and the moist air is withdrawn from the drying-chamber.
Patent GB-190204092-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brake and Dismounting Trip Mechanism for Cycles
Inventor: OXBORROW FREDERICK
Filed: 1902-02-18
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 4092. Oxborrow, F. Feb. 18. Brakes ; steps; mounting and dismounting, facili- tating.-Relates to improvements in the brake and dismounting trip mechanism described in Specifi- cations No. 13,608, A.D. 1899, and No. 18,004, A.D. 1900. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the lever d, carrying the trip to engage the crank on back-pedalling and actuating the brake, is pivoted so as to be adjustable laterally inside the end of a U-shaped band a bolted to the lower back fork and formed with an arm c to engage the fork bridge. When intended for use only as a step, as shown in Fig. 3, the trip 1 is pivoted to a rigid arm 2 secured by a clip a in the path of the crank, so that the backward motion of the crank is arrested, to assist in dismounting &c. The brake may also be actuated by a cord which, as shown in Fig. 7, guided round the bicycle frame by tubes n loosely secured by clips o, is secured to a suitable actuating-lever. The cord is prefer- ably secured as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, to a pin i carrying a toothed disc k' which is normally held by a nut l in engagement with a lug k on the lever, but which, when the nut is slackened, can be rotated, to adjust the tension of the cord.
Patent GB-190209852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pawls for Lifting Gear and other purposes.
Inventor: WALL ALBERT HOWARD
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 9852. Wall, A. H. April 29. Gearing. - Consists of an improved pawl adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchetwheel, round which it is carried, without the aid of a spring. The hooked end c is heavier than the other end c<1>, so that, when the wheel a carries the pawl above the ratchet-wheel, as shown, the end c engages the teeth, while, when the pawl is below, the end c' engages the teeth.
Patent GB-190215586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Saponifying Fatty Substances.
Inventor: PERRELET FRITZ
Filed: 1902-07-12
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 15,586. Perrelet, F. July 12. Soaps; fats and fatty oils; fatty acids; glycerine.-Relates to the treatment of fatty bodies with steam or other decomposing - substance, in such a manner that the decomposed fat does not come into contact with the untreated fats. The liquefied fatty body, at a high temperature, is forced through the pipe a and adjustable nozzle c into the chamber d, where it meets with finelydivided and highly-heated milk of lime, alkaline solution, acid, steam, &c., forced through the pipe b. Only as much fat is supplied as can be decomposed while passing through the chamber d and heater e before reaching the outlet f to the tank for separating glycerine. Another method consists in using a centrifugal atomizer having a number of rotating dishes, some containing sulphuric acid, and others liquid fatty matters. The liquids are thrown against the sides of the casing, and thus mixed together in a finely-divided condition.
Patent GB-190218582-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of and Apparatus for Copying Writings
Inventor: POST FRIEDRICH GUSTAV JULIUS
Filed: 1902-08-23
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 18,582. Post, F. G. J. Aug. 23. Copying documents.-Relates to roller apparatus for copying writings. (1) The prepared copying- paper a, Figs. 4 and 5, and the sheet f to be copied. are conducted together along a portionof the periphery of the pressure roller b<1>, at least as far as the point of contact with the second roller b<2>, so that the transfer commences before that point is reached. The sheets may be separated after passing the contact point, as shown in Fig. 5 ; or, when several copies are required, the sheets may be carried farther round the roller b<1>, as shown in Fig. 4, and the sheet f passed below a guiding surface h, or the sheets may be carried still farther round, so that the sheet f is caused to adhere to the roller, by reason of the outside stretching. The paper a is carried over a guide-roller &c. c, which is adjusted by means of a hand-lever d, e, g. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the roll of copying-paper rests on the roller b<1>, and produces a certain amount of pressure on the sheets below. (2) The sheets to be copied may be fed into the apparatus by means of a movable support operated by an eccentric or cam device on one of the pressure rollers. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the support is an oscillating lever i, which is held against a stop-piece i' by a spring i<3> and actuated by an eccentric roller j on the roller b<1>. The sheets f are fed to the lever i through a slot k. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the support is a plate l carried by oscillating arms m, one of which is pressed, by means of a spring o, against an eccentric or cam n on the roller b<1>.