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Patent GB-189817758-A (GB)
Inventor: WEISS JULIUS HERMANN
Filed: 1898-08-17
Granted: 1899-11-17
Abstract: 17,758. Weiss, J. H., [Preble, W. P.]. Aug. 17. Lathes.-Relates to automatic lathes for cutting bars of wood, bone, &c. into knobs, buttons, rosettes, balusters, chair and table legs, posts, etc.; twisted and polygonal w o r k may also be produced. The work R held in the chucks h<1>, h is rotated by the wormwheel I and fed lengthwise through the stationary chuck h by the sliding piece f<1> operated by a half-nut f with handle f and a feed-screw f<4>. The chuck carriage H is mounted on the bed-plate G which can be reciprocated in the direction of the shaft i. The cutter L fixed to the shaft l has its bearings fixed to the bed-plate M, which can also be reciprocated in the direction of the shaft i, either automatically or by hand. Thus the rotating cutter can be reciprocated laterally while the work can be rotated and moved longitudinally and transversely. The mechanism for producing these motions is preferably as follows :-The worm-wheel I above-mentioned is rotated by a worm on the shaft i connected to the main shaft a by bevel gearing. The feed-screw f<4> is rotated by a worm-wheel S, worm on shaft a<9>, and change gearing operated by the shaft a<7> connected to the main shaft a by bevel gearing. The bed-plate G is reciprocated by connecting- rods F<1> and cranks F on a rock shaft a<3>. An arm E fixed to the rock shaft bears against a cam D on the shaft a' connected by the change gearing c<1>, c, C to the main shaft a. The cutter L is rotated by the pulley N, and the cutter carriage bed-plate M is reciprocated by cams &c. on the shaft a<10>. This can be rotated by hand by the hand-wheel K, or more slowly by the hand-wheel P on the shaft a<11> carrying a worm for the worm-wheel k. The shaft a<10> can be rotated automatically by a worm on the shaft i gearing with a worm-wheel k<1>. The worm-wheels k, k<1> can be put in and out of gear with the shaft a<10>.
Patent GB-189826576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means or Method of and Apparatus for Removing Wool and other Hair from Skins.
Inventor: JOHNSON SETH LEWIS
Filed: 1898-12-16
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 26,576. Johnson, S. L., Johnson, E., Brooksbank, J., and Gibbings, A. H. Dec. 16. Horse-clippers and the like.-Relates to a too for removing wool or hair from skins without injury. An electric current is conveyed by flexible wires to two conductors passing through the insulating-handle 1 and connected to metal branches 5, 6 joined by a platinum wire 10 bound by wires 20 to the edge of a plate 8 of ganister. The wire 10 is raised to a white heat by the passage of the current, and is passed over the skins, severing the hair at the roots. The Provisional Specification states that a wire sheath or guard heated by a series of oxyhydrogen jets may be employed.
Patent GB-189913898-A (GB)
Inventor: BRUEGMANN HEINRICH CHRISTIAN J
Filed: 1899-07-05
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 13,898. Br³gmann, H. C. J., and Prochnow, R. W. July 5. Cooking - vessels for fish etc.; foodwarmers; egg - boilers. -Relates to an adjustable rack or support for trays containing articles to be cooked or warmed, the racks being adapted to be placed in an ordinary cooking - vessel. The rack is formed with a triangular base, of which the limbs a, b, c are divided and the parts are adapted to slide over one another to adjust the size. Uprights d, e, fare fitted at the corners of the base, and are connected at the top by adjustable bars similar to those forming the base. The appliance is fitted with shelves i, k for supporting pans or the like, and is particularly useful for boiling fish. The shelves may be perforated for holding eggs for boiling.
Patent GB-189913930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magneto Electric and Dynamo-electric Generators.
Inventor: BRYAN FRANK
Filed: 1899-07-06
Granted: 1900-07-06
Abstract: 13,930. Bryan, F., and Bayley, A. H. July 6. Flywheels.-The flywheel A of an explosion motor has one or more permanent magnets or electromagnets B mounted upon it, so as to be in running balance with it, and provided with polar extensions C. An arm G, mounted adjustably on the motor shaft, carries one or more generating- coils F, which are connected with the igniting- device J, either directly or through an induction coil K. The arm G is capable of adjustment relatively to the flywheel, to allow the maximum current to be generated at any desired moment. In an arrangement described in the Provisional Specification, the generating coils are arranged on the poles of stationary magnets, and currents are generated by moving past them armatures carried by the flywheel.
Patent GB-189916124-A (GB)
Title: Safety Arrangement for the Reversing Gear of Hoisting Machines and Motors generally.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-08-08
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 16,124. Golby, F. W., [Brucksch, E.]. Aug. 8. Hauling and winding engines. - Relates to a device for preventing hoisting - machines and motors generally from being run twice successively in the same direction. Fig. 2 shows a plan, the reversing-lever a being so controlled that it can only be moved upwards in its guide. It carries projections o, n bearing against projections m. l on a disc i. Bolts c and d carry pins h and g which engage with diametral slots in the disc. As the lever a moves upwards and is afterwards brought back to the position shown, the disposition of the parts is changed to that shown in Fig. 4, in which further movement of the lever is only possible in a downward direction, the upward movement of the lever being barred by the bolt c. A downward and upward movement restores the parts to the position shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to operate the lever twice in the same direction, the disc i is turned by hand.
Patent GB-189916265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Generation of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: DARGUE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1899-08-10
Granted: 1900-08-10
Abstract: 16,265. Dargue, W. H. Aug. 10. Acetylene lamps.- Relates to acetyl e n e - generating apparatus in which the supply of water to the carbide is automatically regulated by the pressure of the gas. Fig. 1 shows the application of the generator to a cycle lamp, but it may also be applied to carriage lamps, table lamps, and other portable lamps. The casing A is divided into two superposed compartments a and a', containing the carbide and water respectively, and communicating with one another through the tube B. A cap C is placed over the upper end of this tube, and may be combined with a valve D. During operation, water flows under the cap C and down the tube B into the carbide chamber. When, however, the gas generated exceeds the demand, the water is forced back under the cap C, and, if the rate of generation is excessive, the gas escapes into the chamber a<1> and through a hole in the plug a'. A modified construction is described in which the cap is placed at the lower end of the tube B. In larger apparatus, a number of tubes B are employed, each of which may be furnished with a cap, or each cap may serve for more than one tube.
Patent GB-189917931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Machines.
Inventor: BELL CHESTER LLEWELLYN
Filed: 1899-09-05
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 17,931. Bell, C. L. Sept. 5. Platform machines.-The upper part of a platform weighing-machine, fitted with a taring-device for weighing empty vessels, vehicles, cars, &c., is shown in Fig. 2. The platform lever is connected by a rod 3, through an intermediate pivoted lever 10, to the tare beam 4, and the tare poise 8 is adjusted until a balance is obtained. The full load is then put on the platform, and is transmitted through a lever 14 and a series of links 25, 28, 31 to a corresponding series of beams 13, 12, 11. The motion of the free ends of the beams is restricted by slots in a plate 22, and the system of linkage is such that the uppermost beam has a range from, say, 0 to 100 lbs., the next beam from 100 to 300 lbs., and so on. The load is transferred by the links to the uppermost beam, and is balanced by the poise 15. If the load is beyond the range of the beam, the free end of the beam presses against the top of its slot, and causes the next lower beam to come into operation, and so on. The poises 15, 16, 17 have terminal slides 33 connected by a graduated bar 34, carrying a subsidiary poise 35, which indicates fractions of each beam graduation. The poises may be of the same or different values, and the linkage may be arranged so as to give various rates to the beams.
Patent GB-189923411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Spinning and Twisting Cotton and other Yarns.
Inventor: HARRISON JAMES
Filed: 1899-11-23
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 23,411. Harrison, J. Nov. 23. Flyer frames.-Relate to spinning and twisting frames in which a variable drag is applied to the spindle by the weight of a chain &c. acting upon a pad or roller which rests against the spindle. The slide A, which has hitherto been operated by hand for regulating the drag during the formation of the cop bottom, is actuated automatically. The screw C, which carries the slide, is fitted with a ratchet-wheel c, the pawl lever D of which is actuated by the wedge-shaped end g of a reciprocating link or rod G connected with a lever E operated by a cam e. The slide A carries a rod or finger K, which, when the cop bottom is finished, engages with the lever E and moves it out of engagement with the cam e. When starting a fresh set of cops, the slide A is moved backwards until an adjustable stop L on the rod K comes in contact with the frame H.
Patent GB-190002918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoes.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-02-13
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 2918. Mackenzie, J. W., [Reed, A., and Winter, G. J.]. Feb. 13. Insoles; sewing, methods of.-Relates to shoes of the kind described in Specification No. 15,592, A.D. 1896, in which a cushion C is placed between the leather insole and a covering D of soft leather or other material. The insole is skived off at b, and has sewn to it at d a tape B. The covering D, cushion, insole, and tape are all sewn together by hand or machine as shown at E. Fig. 4 shows a detail view of the stitching. The stitching d may be omitted, if desired, as the tape is attached to the insole by the stitching E.
Patent GB-190006366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Vapour Lamps.
Inventor: PIERCE GEORGE FRANK
Filed: 1900-04-05
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 6366. Pierce, G. F. April 5. Incandescent vapour lamps.-When the burner has been initially heated by the ignition of alcohol in the cup 19, the valve controlling the supply of hydrocarbon is opened, and the hydrocarbon traverses the wire-gauze and sand filter 28, 27 in the pipe 26 to the channel 6 of the burner 1. Thence it ascends the tube 7 to the vaporizing-chamber 9, whence the vapour passes by the tube 8 and the channels 16, 17 to the burner orifice 22, which is controlled by the screw valve 20. The vapour, together with air drawn in through the lower open end of the casing 14, ascends the channel 2, the opening 4 in the partition 3, the gauze cap 13, and the perforated burner head 10. A screw plug 23 is provided to permit of the cleaning of the burner channel 17.
Patent GB-190006926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Glass Melting Pots or Crucibles.
Inventor: REGLE LEON MARTIN
Filed: 1900-04-12
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 6926. Regle, L. M. April 12. Crucibles and melting - pots. - Crucibles or melting-pots for the manufacture of glass are constructed of two vessels g, g<1>. The latter is divided into compartments a and e. The materials are fused in the vessel g, and pass by openings h to the compartment e, and thence by a passage d to the compartment a. The compartment a has apertures b, through which the glass is collected by the operatives. Upon the sides of the vessel g may be arranged one or more jackets k for re-heating the necks of bottles, or for heating the glassblower's pipes. The upper wall of the compartment a may hollowed to permit the furnace gases to pass beneath the vessel g. The whole crucible may be formed in one piece, and the vessels g and e may be roofed over.
Patent GB-190010757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Bicycles and other Road Vehicles in which the Steering Wheel is Mounted between Forks.
Inventor: HORSFIELD WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-06-13
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 10,757. Horsileld, W. June 13. Frames; steering- mechanism. -The steering- forks of vehicles in which the steering-wheel is mounted between forks are supported by arms 8 which run by grooved rollers 13 on the sector 15 carried by the bracket arm 16. The extensions 20 of the sector 15 are hinged, and are normally bent inwards by the rubber connection 21. Small rollers 24 are provided on the arms 8, and stops 25 are fixed to the extensions 20.
Patent GB-190013537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Finishing Nails for Horse-shoes.
Inventor: WILLIAMS HENRY ALEXIS
Filed: 1900-07-27
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 13,537. Williams, H. A. July 27. Nails for horse-shoes, making. The nail blanks b, Fig. 6, are held in dies 48 arranged round a disc 46, which has a step-by-step rotary movement imparted to it by pawls engaging with the ratchet-wheel 53. The blanks are held in place by a band 35, and are brought in turn to the gripping and heading dies, the shank curving and bevelling dies, the pointing-dies, and a projection which removes the finished nails. The blanks travel down and between two long, inclined, substantiallyparallel rollers, which are kept rotating in opposite directions. The end blank b, Fig. 9, is suspended above the dies 48 by the spring fingers 100, and is forced between the die and the guide 118 on the band 35 by a pusher 102 fixed to a block 103 reciprocated vertically by a cam and levers. The other blanks are kept back by a slide actuated by the levers 123, 126. The slide is drawn back by the engagement of the block 103 with the end of the lever 126. The vertical header is worked by toggles and a crank, and the adjustable horizontal gripper which acts therewith is worked by a cam. The bevelling is effected by dies 135, 137. The die 135 is carried in a block 140, which can be adjusted vertically in the carrier 142 by the screw 143. The die can also be adjusted horizontally, according to the thickness of the nail, by a screw 148, which acts on the carrier 142 and rocks it on the pivots 145, which connect it to the slide 147. This slide is moved at right-angles to the axis of the disc 46 by toggles 150. The block 140 is shaped at 158 to curve the nail shank suitably. The pointing is effected by two inclined cutters, and the nail is held during pointing by guides which bear on its head and shank.
Patent GB-190014710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Stoppers for Bottles Jars and other similar Articles
Filed: 1900-08-16
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 14,710. Solidite (Limited), Rawbon, J. L., and Bundy, E. W. Aug. 16. Moulding bottle stoppers &c.-A stopper for a bottle, jar, &c. consists of a cork body B, Fig. 2, provided with a cap A. The cork is first compressed in a tool or die C, Fig. 5, which is made in two or more sections and provided with a flange or rib c<1> for indenting the cork and forming a recess b. A die or plunger D is then employed to compress the head, after which plastic material to form the cap is tightly compressed around the head by means of another plunger.
Patent GB-190014766-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic or Steam Motor.
Inventor: HELWIG ANNA
Filed: 1900-08-17
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 14,766. Helwig, A. Aug. 17. Oscillating-cylinder engines.- Relates to portable pneumatic or steam motors with oscillating cylinders for operating drills or similar implements. Figs. 3 and 5 show sections through the apparatus taken at rightangles to each other. The two oscillating cylinders B<1>, B' have trunnions by which they are supported in bearings formed in a central framing A<1> and in an outer casing E<1>, E<2>. The pistons drive on a crank shaft H<5>, also supported in bearings in the frame A<1> together with the drill spindle M<4> and the gearing L<7>, L<8>. The inner trunnions of the cylinders form the valves by which the distribution of the motive agent is effected. These work in seatings situated between two chambers A<3>, A<4>, either of which can be caused to act as the supply chamber or the exhaust, according to the direction in which the motor is desired to run. The construction and bushing of the valves and of the means for adjusting the shaft longitudinally are described in the Specification in full. The starting, stopping, and reversal of the motor is controlled by rotating the valve F<3>, which is in one piece with the stem F<1> forming the handle by which the motor is held. Through this handle pass two conduits i<4>, i<5>, one of which is connected to the pressure fluid supply pipe and the other of which is the exhaust. Half a turn of the handle thus reverses the engine, while a quarter turn cuts off the motive fluid. A notched flange and stop are provided at F<5> for holding the handle in any one of its operative positions. The whole motor is enclosed in a casing N<1> with a hinged door N<2>.
Patent GB-190015044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alarm Clocks.
Inventor: FATTORINI EDWARD
Filed: 1900-08-23
Granted: 1901-08-23
Abstract: 15,044. Fattorini, E. Aug. 23. Alarms.-A wheel 10, frictiontight on the hour arbor 3 and bearing o n i t s boss the alarm - setting dial or hand, drives a wheel 12 of twice the size, which has attached to it a snail 13, bearing a concentric ridge 15 on its face. Some time before the alarm moment, this ridge encounters the horizontal limb 23 of a bell crank 22, which normally props up an arm 17 on a pivot 18 by its vertical limb. The arm consequently falls until a projection 25 upon it rests on the snail, and at the alarm moment the snail allows the arm to fall again to complete the circuit of an electric bell by contact with a fixed stud 20. The form of the snail is such that it would be a considerable time before the circuit was again broken, but a rod 30 is provided by which the bell crank can be set again as a prop to the arm. A spring finger on the front of the clock case may be applied to the end of the rod, so as to prevent the bell crank from falling away from the arm at all, and thus prevent the alarm from being rung.
Patent GB-190102388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pressure Reducing Apparatus.
Inventor: KAEFERLE FRITZ
Filed: 1901-02-04
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 2388. Kaeferle, F. Feb. 4. Reduciug - valves.-Relates to the type of valve shown in Fig. 1 in which a double-beat valve d is controlled by a float a. The lower part of the reduced pressure chamber b contains liquid, and the position of the float and corresponding opening of the valve is determined by the amount of liquid forced through the pipe f into the adjustable vessel g. The invention consists in preventing rushes of fluid through the pipe by forming one or more restrictions i in the pipe.
Patent GB-190102682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trenails for Wooden Railway Sleepers and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-02-07
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 2682. Thompson, W. P., [Stahl, F.]. Feb. 7. Trenails. - The trenail for driving into wooden railway sleepers &c. for receiving the means for fastening the rail has a conical part c between the screwthreaded part a a and the part b, which is afterwards cut off. It has also a metal cap d to keep the end dry. Any water which may enter the channel g is prevented from accumulating at the bottom by the funnel - shaped opening f.
Patent GB-190107783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controllers for Electric Motors.
Filed: 1901-04-16
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 7783. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Potter, W. B.]. April 16. Switches. - In series - parallel controllers an additional set of resistances are employed to increase the current-carrying capacity of the resistances when the motors are in parallel. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement in which four motors M', M', M<3>, M<4> are connected in pairs, either in parallel or series. The drum A is adapted to engage with the row of contact-brushes B, resistances R being arranged between these brushes and the wire 1. C, C<1> are the reversing- switches, and G the series-parallel switch. S is a row of resistances, which may be connected in parallel with the resistances R by the switch rod D and conductor 2. In a modified arrangement, Fig. 4, the series-parallel contacts G' and the resistance contact D are mounted on a shaft H and operated together. Reference is made to the controller described in Specification No. 13,972, A.D 1897.
Patent GB-190116148-A (GB)
Title: Improved Starching Composition
Inventor: CABIDOS MICHEL
Filed: 1901-08-12
Granted: 1901-09-28
Abstract: 16,148. Cabidos, M., and Abram, J. M. Aug. 12. Starching clothes and the like.-A composition for starching linen &c. consists of 100 parts of rice starch, 12¢ of borax, and 7 of white fat soap.
Patent GB-190123659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoisters for Suspended Electric Lamps
Inventor: GRAETZER OTTO
Filed: 1901-11-21
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 23,659. Graetzer, O. Nov. 21. Supporting lamps.- A lamp is hung adjustably from a ceiling rose a by two separate flexible conductors b, c, which are passed under a double pulley d on a counterweight f, over another double pulley e carried by the rose, and through eyes in a guide g attached to the counterweight. A third wire, to act as a support only, may be placed between the conductors, each pulley being provided with a middle groove of smaller diameter for it, and three eyes provided in the guide.
Patent GB-190125270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically-operated Valves and Gas-lighters.
Inventor: BAADER HANS
Filed: 1901-12-11
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 25,270. Baader, H., and Rau, E. Dec. 11. Actuating cocks.-Relates to electrically-operated gas valves, and lighters for incandescent and other burners. The valve h has conical apertures b or two intersecting passages, to control the passage of gas to the ignition pipe r and the burner passage c<1>, and carries a six-toothed ratchet-wheel z operated by a pin s on a pawl t pivoted to an iron armature a. This armature is pivoted at d, and raised each time the circuit is completed through electromagnets m, m'. When the circuit is first made, the valve h is turned so that gas can enter the ignition-pipe at full pressure and be ignited at l by the sparks of an interrupter u, while gas flows slowly to the main burner, and is quietly ignited by the pilot jet. When the circuit is made a second time, the ignition passage is closed, and the burner passage fully opened, while the third closing of the circuit causes the closing of both passages. One battery terminal is connected to an insulated screw k connected through the magnets m, m<1> with the screw n of the interrupter u which is insulated by a ring y, operated by the action of the magnets on an iron armature c, and guided by an insulated base-plate w to which it is connected by a conducting-spring v. A strip i of insulating-material is let into one end of the plug h to break electric connection between the plug and projections p on a spring f, adjusted by a screw and secured to the base-plate w, when the gas is turned on full to the ignition-tube. A downwardly-bent spring tongue o on the spring f slides against a contactpiece g on the armature a when the armature hangs down.