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Patent GB-189905448-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Exercise Copy Book for Shorthand.
Inventor: BUNGENSTOCK HERMANN
Filed: 1899-03-13
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 5448. Bungenstock, H. March 13. Shorthand, teaching; copybooks.-An exercise book or copybook for use in teaching shorthand w r i t i n g contains a number of sheets of white paper a, interleaved w i t h several sheets b of transparent paper. The matter to be written in shorthand is printed along the lines d, and the shorthand copies are to be written along dotted lines h, in the intermediate spaces. Several copies may be made upon the transparent sheets, and a copy in ink upon the sheet of white paper. The speed at which the writer is writing the shorthand characters may be ascertained by means of conventional signs interpolated between the words.
Patent GB-189912012-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Cleaning or Scraping the Interiors of Pipes or Tubes, particularly applicable to the Ascension Pipes of Gas Retorts.
Inventor: ELLIOTT CHARLES
Filed: 1899-06-09
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 12,012. Elliott, C., Damp, G., and McDade, J. June 9. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-Relates to apparatus for cleaning and scraping gas-retort ascension and other pipes. The scraping-appliances a are mounted on shafts b, which pass through packed glands in the ends of the pipes d. The cutter shafts are supported in bearings e on angleirons e<1> carried by the brackets e', and are rotated by hand or by power through bevel gearing and the pinion j, which may slide upon the vertical shaft k. The pinion j is secured to the bracket e<2>, and the bevel-wheel l forms a nut upon the shaft p, so that the cutter shafts and the gear are raised vertically as the cutters are revolved. The cutters may act only in one direction, the quick return being effected by clutches or other devices. Instead of the pinions j, l, a worm and wheel may be substituted.
Patent GB-189920951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Pneumatic Tyres.
Filed: 1899-10-19
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 20,951. Dessau, M. M., and Wapshare Tube Co. Oct. 19 Tyres, pneumatic.- A canvas band 0 is placed on the collapsable drum A, which has portions hinged at E, E and connected by a pin F passing into sockets G, G'. When the pin F is withdrawn, the drum collapses and the tyre can te removed. K, K are stretching-bands, preferably of india-rubber, engaging the hooks J, J, which act as gauges to the edges of the tyre strip. The drum has a central ridge A<2>, and grooves A<1>, A<1> for the wires. The canvas is smoothed out by placing the stretching- bands K, K centrally over it, and rolling them to either side till they snap into the grooves A', A<1>. They are then removed one at a time to the hooks J, J, and replaced by wires, after which the edges of the band are turned over the wires, strengthened by strips of fabric, and a second covering-band is laid over. For forming pockets for the wires, the ridge A<2> is dispensed with, and the band when complete is cut round centrally. A forked stand, for carrying the drum axis B during the process described, has one of the supports in which the drum is journalled hinged in the middle and normally kept upright by a wedge. When it is desired to remove the drum, the wedge is withdrawn and the support turned down, leaving the drum free.
Patent GB-190003391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas and Oil Motors and in Appliances for use in connection therewith.
Inventor: STEPHENS RICHARD
Filed: 1900-02-21
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 3391. Stephens, R. Feb. 21. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.- Motors for vehicles and boats are fixed to their frames by constructing the frames, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, with plummer blocks F and J which carry the crank shaft G and a crossbar K through which an axial bolt C on the cylinder A passes. The open end of the cylinder is held in a ring I, which is bolted to lugs H on the frame. The cylinder barrel A is screwed into the end B. The vaporizer is supplied with oil on the bird-fountain principle, the oil flowing out of the tank B<1>, Fig. 5, through a valve D into a chamber C, and thence through a hole H into the vaporizer until the hole becomes immersed.
Patent GB-190003577-A (GB)
Inventor: BROMHEAD SAMUEL SIDNEY
Filed: 1900-02-23
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 3577. Bromhead, S. S. Feb. 23. Cans; kettles; saucepans etc.; spouts.-The spout a of a can, kettle, drum, or other hollow vessel used for boiling liquids, or for containing oil &c., is made of flexible metal tubing, fitted to a socket b on the vessel, and provided with a discharge nozzle c. The spout is normally supported in the raised position, as shown, by the band e, which is passed over a suitable hook f on the vessel. To draw off the contents, the band is disengaged, and the nozzle c is lowered by means of the manipulating-handle d. Instead of employing the band e, the spout may be attached to a tension spring, or to a spring wheel, adapted to raise the spout automatically to its normal position. The spout may be provided with a ball valve, to exclude air or dust and prevent evaporation.
Patent GB-190004508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Signalling Systems for Railways.
Inventor: GARL MANIOUS
Filed: 1900-03-09
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 4508. Garl, M. March 9. Fog and audible signals; contacts, electric; signalling to cabins.-Relates to means for signalling and establishing telephonic communication between a signal station and a train or trains within adjacent block sections, to avoid accident in case of two or more trains occupying the same section, or for communication in other cases as may be required. The apparatus in each signal station comprises a call bell 6, a telephone 5, a relay 4, and a switch 8, which works on the contacts 9, 10, 11. A duplicate apparatus is also provided for the section on the other side of the station. The relay 4 is connected up to a live line-wire 2 &c., and the switch 8 is connected through wires 13, 14 to one or more signalling- devices Y, Z within the section. The signals are given to the train officials by the explosion of dynamite cartridges 22, arranged in a branch circuit 21 from the lead 14, a second branch 26 being connected to the jack 28. The circuit for exploding the cartridges is normally broken at the contacts 9 and 24. In operation, the apparatus is set from the signal station by placing the switch 8 on the contact 9, and, when a train passes the signalling- apparatus Y or Z, it actuates the treadle-lever 33 to close the contacts 24, and explode the cartridges 22. The action of the apparatus is indicated to the signalman by the click of the relay 4, caused by the breaking of the circuit at the cartridges, and he then places his switch on the telephone contact 10. The train official also connects a portable telephone to the jack 28, so establishing telephonic communication. In the normal position of the switch 8 on the contact 11, the call-bell 6 is connected up to the line 13, so that the train official, even when not signalled, can call up the signalman from an intermediate point in the section.
Patent GB-190007597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Vapour-tight Vessels or Apparatuses Capable of Resisting Chemical Action.
Inventor: TEISLER EMIL
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 7597. Teisler, E. April 24. Carbon pipes and tubes.-Vapour-tight apparatus capable of resisting chemical action, such as pipes and the like, are formed of separate pieces which are made by moulding and heating, in absence of air, a mixture of as pure carbon as possible (coke, soot, retort carbon, graphite) with a carbonaceous adhesive, such as tar, resin, or pitch, which, when incandesced, will only leave carbon. The separate pieces are connected together by the same adhesive material, which may be mixed with carbon.
Patent GB-190012187-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fastener for Bottle Stoppers.
Inventor: LEDBROOK JOHN
Filed: 1900-07-06
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 12,187. Ledbrook, J. July 6. Stoppers; corks, retaininy.-The cork or stopper of a bottle is secured by means of the fastener a, Fig. 1, the hooked arms b of which are sprung into inclined recesses or indentations c, Fig. 2, in the neck of the bottle, or under projecting ledges d, Fig. 3. When the fastener has been placed in position, it is rotated so as to draw the cork or stopper down tightly into the neck. The indentations or ledges may be formed in or on a metal or other fitting secured on the bottle neck.
Patent GB-190012328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tubes used in the Freezing Process of Shaft Sinking and the like.
Inventor: CAVENAILE ALPHONSE
Filed: 1900-07-07
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 12,328. Cavenaile, A. July 7. Shafts, sinking by the freezing process. To allow for the contraction and expansion of the freezing - tubes 1, 2, and to prevent their breakage, they are surrounded bv an outer tube 4 closed at the lower end 6 and resting on the bottom of the borehole. The space between the tubes 2, 4 is filled with uncongealable liquid.
Patent GB-190012901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hydraulic Pumping Apparatus for use in Mines and in other places.
Inventor: PATTINSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-07-17
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 12,901. Pattinson, J. July 17. H y d r a u l i c ally-actuated pumps for use especially in mines. The pump is preferably horizontal, and comprises two power cylinders 2, one on each side of the crosshead, and each situated between two pump cylinders. The supply of pressure water is controlled by D-valves 51, Fig. 5, each situated in a valve box 5, having a pressure port 52 and an exhaust port 53. The valve is carried on an arm of a spindle 6, oscillated by auxiliary power rams. The inner end of the spindle 6 is exposed to pressure, in order to balance the valve. The two auxiliary rams are carried by two connected crossheads 9, and the supply of water to their cylinders is controlled by a threeported D-slide valve operated from the main crosshead through tappet levers 16. The main power rams R are hollow, in order to remove the pressure from their outer ends, and at their connection with the crosshead they are bulged as shown at B. A cushioning-device consists of a rod H at the outer end of each power cylinder of a diameter somewhat smaller than the internal diameter of the ram. A single pipe conveying the pressure water from the surface has connections to the two mains, and the auxiliary valve boxes, and the exhaust pipes from these, are connected to a single return pipe. The pressure pipe may be fitted with an accumulator or similar device, adapted to stop the surface engine on the pressure becoming excessive. Each end of each pump cylinder is connected to the suction main, which may consist of several sections 33 bolted together to form the base of the pump. The pump valves are entirely of metal. When gritty liquid is pumped, plungers are preferably used instead of pistons.
Patent GB-190022003-A (GB)
Title: Improved Trap for Animals.
Inventor: HERZBERG CARL
Filed: 1900-12-04
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 22,003. Herzberg, C. Dec. 4. Traps.-Relates to the construction of a selfsetting trap provided with a catching and a retaining compartment. The catching-compartment b is provided with an entrance door h composed of wires and resting on a bar s to prevent it from opening outwards. Additional wires may be fixed in the bottom or top of the chamber b with their points directed inwards. A bait receptacle e with hinged lid d depends from the top of the compartment b. A wirework vertical passage k with wooden bottom connects the compartment b with the retaining-compartment a, partially filled with water. A tilting platform g is suspended from the lid of the compartment a, and throws the animal standing on it into the water beneath.
Patent GB-190022526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Easels
Inventor: ANDRIEU LOUIS
Filed: 1900-12-11
Granted: 1901-12-11
Abstract: 22,526. Amdrieu, L. Dec. 11. Reading-desks.- Relates to an easel for use in writing, reading, painting, drawing, &c. while marching, standing, reclining, &c. The easel has jointed legs a, a<1>, Fig. 1, and a cord c is passed over pulleys r from a winding-device h, Figs. 1 and 3, comprising a grooved drum f actuated by a spring g and provided with notches m and a spring detent-pin rod i. When the easel is used in bed &c., the cord c is passed through a hole e as shown in Fig. 1 and fixed to the ceiling &c. When the easel is used while standing &c., the free end of the cord is attached to the top of the easel, and the cord is passed from the back round the front and to the pulleys r to form a bow for the neck, and an additional neck cord n is provided, passing over buttons o, o' for use, or over buttons o, o<2> when not in use.
Patent GB-190022650-A (GB)
Title: An Instrument to Facilitate the Insertion of Studs or similar Fastenings into Collars Shirts and the like.
Inventor: ANDERSON CHARLES ARTHUR MASON
Filed: 1900-12-12
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 22,650. Anderson, C. A. M. Dec. 12. Studs and the like, instruments for inserting.-An instrument for inserting studs and the like into shirts &c. consists of a plate a, bent up in front, slotted as shown at c, and having formed on it, or secured to it, a spring tongue b adapted to grip the stud when placed in the narrow part of the slot c. The instrument is passed through the stud-hole to insert the stud, and is then released by sliding it along until the stud enters the wide part of the slot c. In a modification described in the Provisional Specification, the instrument comprises two pivoted parts, which are notched to receive the stud.
Patent GB-190022921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casement Stays or Fastenings.
Inventor: ILLIDGE ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-12-15
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 22,921. Illidge, A. Dec. 15. Stays.-Relates to a method of jointing the stay C, Fig. 1, to the casement window A, to admit of the ho les a being slipped off and on the peg b. The j oint is shown in section on Fig. 3. The end of the stay is bent as at F, and the hole through which the pin D passes is made oval or countersunk, so as to allow the stay to be lifted as shown in dotted lines, and yet to prevent shaking when the stay is in its normal position.
Patent GB-190100158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Punches.
Inventor: PARMENTIER WILHELM
Filed: 1901-01-02
Granted: 1902-02-01
Abstract: 158. Parmentier, W., and Kuhn, H. Jan. 2. Filing papers.-Relates to apparatus for punching holes in letters and documents for filing in cabinets &c. A U-shaped frame b is secured a short distance above a base a to allow of the paper &c. being passed between them. The punches g, i are suspended from a spring-supported plate f and pass through apertures in the plates e, b, and a. The punch g is fixed in position, but the punch i may be slid along a longitudinal slot in the plate f and caused to engage with other sets of apertures in the plates e, b, a so as to vary the distance apart of the apertures punched. The end of the plate f opposite to the punch g is pressed upwards by a spring h<2>, which surrounds studs h, h<1> on the plates f, e. The plate f is depressed to force the punches through the material by a pivoted lever or plate j<3>.
Patent GB-190102486-A (GB)
Title: A Letter and Parcels Receiving Box.
Inventor: FYFE PAUL PHILIA ICAVILLE
Filed: 1901-02-05
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 2486. Bergstein, S. Feb. 5. Boats, stowing, ships' hand-7-rails.-The boats are stowed bottom upwards on the deck and are lowered by special davits hinged to the deck. The hand-rails B are cut away as shown in Fig. 1, to admit the boats.
Patent GB-190103951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Compressed Air-brakes for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: HILDEBRAND WILHELM KARL MAX
Filed: 1901-02-23
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 3951. Hildebrand, W. K. M. Feb. 23. Brakes, air. Relates to compact and noiseless air-compressing pumps particularly adapted for electric railways. Two high-pressure and two low-pressure single-acting cylinders are arranged at an angle of 90‹, more or less, to each other above the double-cranked electrically-driven shaft b, which rotates in the oil chamber a. The low-pressure cylinders deliver to the chamber g, which also acts as a suction box to the highpressure cylinders. In a modification, the lowpressure cylinders are arranged at a very acute angle to the high-pressure cylinders, and the driving-shaft has four cranks arranged so that the high and low pressure cylinders work at an angle of 90‹.
Patent GB-190106653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Weighing Machines
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1901-03-29
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 6653. Bloxam, A. G., [Schenck Eisengiesserei & Maschinenfabrik, C.]. March 29. Compound-lever apparatus.-Relates to a weighing-machine of the kind in which a number of weighing-beams linked together are brought into use successively, when a load is being weighed, until an equipoise is obtained. In the example shown in the Figures, three beams b<1>, b', b<3> are used, and the load is supported from a rod c attached to one end of the beam b<1>. The beam b<1> has a bearing a<1> in the framework A, and the second beam b<2> is hung from its inner end and similarly supports the third beam b<3>. Each beam carries a sliding weight e<1>, e<2>, e<3> as shown fitted to the beam b<2> in Fig. 3, the weights balancing maximum loads of, say, 20, 200, and 1000 kilos. respectively. The weights are formed with rack teeth and are actuated by pinions g<2> which gear with vertical racks f<1>, f<2>, f<3>. The beam b<3> carries an indicating-rod z, which also has two stops k', k<3> on which excess-weight levers l<2>, l<3> normally rest. The lever l<3> normally abuts against a catch p<3>, and keeps it disengaged from the rack f <3>. The lever l<2> similarly acts on the catch p<2> of the rack f<2>, and the beam b<3> acts on the catch p<1> of the rack f <1>. By means of a rail h, which can be raised by means of gearing h<4>, the racks are raised to their highest position as shown. By means of a suitable pendulum escapement P the racks, when freed, can descend step by step. The operation, if a load necessitating the use of all the beams, is placed on the platform, is as follows:-The rail h is lowered by hand, and the free rack f<3> descends and traverses its weight until the beam b<3> tilts under the influence of the weight e<3> and levers l<2>, P. The heavier lever l<3> is first released, and allows the catch p<3> to engage with the rack f<3> and stop it, and also causes the catch device g<3> to free the detent i<32> from the rack f <2>, which now descends. When the weight e' has moved sufficiently to cause the beam b<2> to tilt, the second lever l<2> is put out of action, the rack f is arrested, and the rack f is released. The weighing is completed by the movement of the weight c', and the corresponding release of the catch p<1> from the end of the beam b<3> arrests the rack f<1>, and the load may be ascertained by reading off the graduations on the racks.
Patent GB-190107465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Making Wire Mattresses or the like.
Inventor: WOOD THOMAS
Filed: 1901-04-11
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 7465. Wood, T., Wood, S., and Booth, F. April.11. Wire fabrics.-A machine for making or weaving wire mattresses is provided with feed-mechanism to obtain the spirals of uniform length and reduce to a minimum the trimming of the edges of the fabric produced. Feed-rolls C, D are driven from a clutch shaft J, the driving-part M of the clutch carrying a chain-wheel T and a belt pulley. A chain U passes over the wheel T and a wheel V on a stud W adjustable on an arm X. The chain carries a suitable series of projections Y, which engages at regular intervals a clutch lever P pivoted at R, thus temporarily disengaging the clutch and stopping the feed. The number of projections in the series determines the interval of rest, the clutch lever being returned by a spring. The automatic stopping and starting of the feed ensures the uniform length of the spirals and allows the attendant time to sever and displace each spiral, so that the successive one is interlocked with it. The length of the chain may be varied to suit various lengths of mattresses. A treadle Z, connected by a chain X<1> to an arm X<2> of the clutch lever, allows the feed to be stopped at any time.
Patent GB-190107585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cylinder Printing Machines.
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE ASHLEY
Filed: 1901-04-13
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 7585. Wilson, G. A. April 13. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces; lithographic and like printing.-Two impression cylinders 2, 3, each provided with any suitable feeding-tables 22 and delivery apparatus 24, are arranged on a frame 4, and a reciprocating printing-surface 7 passes under them alternately. Inking-mechanism is arranged between the cylinders, and damping-rollers 6 between the inking-meohMiism and each cylinder. The bed 8 carrying the printing-surface 7 preferably runs on a frame of rollers 9 running on tracks 10 of the framing. The bed may be reciprocated by a rack 11 gearing with a wheel 12 on a shaft 13 having another wheel 14 gearing with a wheel 15 on an arm 16 oscillated by a rod 17 and crank 18. The wheel 15 gears with a fixed curved rack 19. The cylinders 2, 3 may be driven by the gears from the shaft] 13
Patent GB-190110455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Construction of Floors.
Inventor: CONFALONIERI PAOLO
Filed: 1901-05-20
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 10,455. Lake, H. H., [Confalonieri, P., and Confalonieri, N.]. May 20. Wood, treating.--In order to cause wood flooring- boards to adhere to a mortar foundation, they are coated with a hot bituminous mixture consisting of 100 parts of dry tar, 5 of pitch (Trinidad or S. Valentine), 3 of resin or pitch resin, 1 of light naphtha-oil, and 0À50 of pulverized sulphur, and the hot coating is sprinkled with sand or fragments of glass, earthenware, metal, dross from coals or metals, or the like.
Patent GB-190112037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Clothes.
Inventor: HILL WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1902-05-08
Abstract: 12,037. Hill, W. T., and Evans, W. June 13. Washing-machines. -A rotary dolly c provided with pegs d carries a pinion h, which i s rotated alternately in opposite directions by a rack i on the piston of a hydraulic motor A of special construction. In a modification, two hydraulic cylinders are used in line with a piston-rod bearing a rack common to both cylinders. The Provisional Specification states that the rotary dolly may be replaced by a hollow conical plunger reciprocated vertically by similar mechanism.
Patent GB-190117777-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Fittings for Laboratories and the like.
Inventor: COOKSEY ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-05
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 17,777. Cooksey, A. W. Sept. 5. Ventilators; air, drawing-off, methods of.-Relates to fittings for laboratories. The rows of benches a are separated, a space being left between each row. In addition to a draining- arrangement, there is provided within this space a ventilating-device, consisting of a hood j, for collecting the fumes, connected with tubes b, i leading to a fume duct l beneath the waste trough n. The lower part of the tube i branches, so as to surround the trough n and enter the tube l on both sides. At the end of the benches, the duct leads into another dnct, which is connected with a junctionbox having a branch leading to an exhaust.