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Patent GB-189816693-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Swinging Supports for Typewriters and the like.
Inventor: GREGORY JOHN FRASER
Filed: 1898-08-02
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 16,693. Gregory, J. F. Aug. 2. Brackets.-Relates to a swinging bracket or support for type-writers &c. The type-writer is secured to a disc N provided with arms P and adjustably secured by a bolt and nut 0 to a plate M formed on a bracket F swung upon pins G, H in lugs C, D formed upon a plate A adapted to be secured to the desk. The pin G is screwed and provided with a nut I by which the bracket can be drawn down until a bevelled edge K formed on it engages a similar edge on the plate A and clamps the bracket in position.
Patent GB-189902162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: CLARK GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1899-01-31
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 2162. Clark, G. H. Jan. 31. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to tyres of the form shown in Fig. 1, reference being made to Specification No. 8107, A.D. 1898. Along the tread is placed a strip of cellular material, the form shown being composed of an inner layer d<1> of cork and an outer layer d<2> of spongy rubber. The rubber of the air tube a and the cover f is prevented from being forced or drawn into the pores of the cellular strip, by interposing strips c of closely-woven canvas which has been saturated with rubber worked into the canvas under pressure. The strips c are preferably inextensible, but an additional extensible cover b may be placed between the air tube and cover f. Fixed to the inside of the air tube is a small circular sack n, which is filled with some puncture-closing liquid, such as linseed oil mixed with gum, capable of resisting the heat necessary to vulcanization. The tyre is inflated or deflated by pushing through the wall of the tyre and through this sack, the position m of which is marked, a needle-shaped nozzle attached to the inflator.
Patent GB-189905231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Attachment Hooks for Elastic or Extensible Cords and the like.
Inventor: SHEPHERD GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1899-03-09
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 5231. Shepherd, G. H. March 9. Hooks.-A hook or eye for elastic cords, such as those used in certain gymnastic apparatus, is formed of wire bent at a into a helix and at b into any form of hook &c. The hook is attached by looping the cord c at e, clamping it at d, and extending the loop by a wire w until the loop can be pulled into the helix. On letting go the wire, the cord is securely fixed.
Patent GB-189911517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trusses for the Treatment of Hernia.
Inventor: GONDOLO AUGUSTE
Filed: 1899-06-02
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 11,517. Gondolo, A. June 2. Trusses.-A truss for treating hernia consists of springs a having back pads b of the usual construction, and front pads c each consisting, as shown in Fig. 2, of a pad c carried by rods f which slide in sockets d secured by plates a<1> to the springs a. Each pad c is pressed inwards by a spring g, the tension of which is adjusted by rotating a screwed disc e carried in screw-threads d' formed on the sockets d.
Patent GB-189913522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Inventor: BRADFORD THOMAS
Filed: 1899-06-29
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 13,522. Bradford, T. June 29. Mangling and wringing machines.-Relates to means for regulating the pressure between the rollers. Fig. 3 shows an end view of the machine. The bearings d<1> of the lower roller b serve as guides for the rods f which carry the bearings e<1> of the upper roller a. The bars f<3> supported by the helical springs f<4>, are connected by links g<7> with a pair of levers g, pivoted at the outer ends of the base, and held at their inner ends, at the centre of the machine, by a suitable stirrup piece governed by a screw. The pressure between the rollers is regulated by turning the nuts f<2>, or by altering the positions of the levers g by means of the screwgoverned stirrup. A folding-board h and draining- board i are provided, and the rollers are preferably driven by means of the differential gearing described in Specification No. 12,421, A.D. 1891.
Patent GB-189913908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: GREVE BERNHARD
Filed: 1899-07-05
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 13,908. Greve, B. July 5. Type-writers.-In the mechanism shown in Fig. 2, a series of nine types are carried on each of the sliding rods 11, which are mounted radially upon a sector plate 5, so that the lines in which they move intersect at the impression point. Each rod is provided with a head 10 having a stud 12 guided in a radial slot in the sector plate. One press-button 24 is rigidly secured to the head 10, while two others 25 and 26 are carried by spring-controlled pivoted key levers having projections 19, 20 which can be caused to enter the aforesaid radial slot. On the depression of a key, the head 10 moves down the sector plate against the control of the spring 13, until the corresponding projection 12, 19, or 20 reaches the stop plate 22, further pressure then causing the sector plate to turn on its pivots against the control of the spring 6 so as to press the selected type against the paper on the platen 28. An inking-roller 29 is provided for the type. The stop plate 22 is stepped so that, by varying its position, any key may be caused to stop at either of three positions, three keys on each rod 11 being thus rendered sufficient for the nine types carried thereby. Fig. 9 shows a modified form of machine, in which the type selected is determined by the movements of the sector plate 5, while the printing is effected by the descent of the rods 11. In this case the projections corresponding to 12, 19, and 20 in the former machine abut against a plate 34, which is itself movable by keys 36, 37 so as to furnish the required triple movement for each key. In a further modification, the key rods may be regarded as united into a plate carrying all the types on its lower end, and sliding upon the radiallyslotted sector plate in a direction and for a distance depending upon which key is depressed, the depression of a key causing the entry into one of the slots of a suitable guiding-piece and stop. A typecylinder may also be employed in the machine, being driven from a toothed cylinder over which pass racks carried by the key rods. Each key rod as before is capable of nine graded movements, each of which causes a definite rotation of the toothed cylinder and the location of a definite type above the point of impression. Instead of depressing the whole sector plate at each imprint, the key-rods may be mounted so as to approach the platen independently, being guided for that purpose in a slotted plate 62, Fig. 17, and normally held upwards under spring control.
Patent GB-189921749-A (GB)
Title: Fender for Street-cars.
Inventor: SLEEMAN GEORGE
Filed: 1899-10-31
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 21,749. Sleeman, G. Oct. 31. Obstruction-removers for tramcars. Relates to the construction of a fender which is normally held in a raised position but can be lowered by the driver or automatically by an obstruction on the road. A tubular frame 2 is mounted in bearings 5 on brackets 6, 6 secured to the end of the car. Hinged latches 7 hold the frame in the bearings, but can be turned aside to allow the fender to be removed, to be replaced at the other end of a non-reversible car. The frame is filled with wooden slats, the top rear ends of which are bent into loops to give them elasticity. An indiarubber band 26 prevents injury to any one picked up by the fender. A spindle 10 is mounted in bearings in the lower ends of the brackets 6, and secured by hinged latches as described above. It has keyed on each end a lever 9 to which is pivoted a link 13 also pivoted on a cross-bar 8 forming part of the framing. The outer ends of the levers 9 are jointed to a trigger frame 18 which, when the fender is raised, extends beyond it as shown in Fig. 1. On meeting any obstruction, this trigger frame is pushed back to rock the levers 9 and lower the fender. Hooks 19 engaging stops 20 prevent the trigger frame from moving too far forwards, and stops on the brackets 6 limit the backward movement of the levers 9. The fender can be raised and lowered by the driver by means of a rod 23 engaging a crank on the spindle 10. When this rod is disengaged to allow the fender to be removed, it is held in a raised position by a spring 25. The front bar of the fender carries two india-rubber rollers 32 to enable it to ride easily when in the operative position. Inclines 33 are provided to enable the trigger frame to pass over them during its forward movement. The brackets 6 are adjustably secured to the fixed parts 28 and 29 attached to the car.
Patent GB-189922666-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Chemical Generator of Electricity.
Inventor: ANDERSON EDWARD LACEY
Filed: 1899-11-14
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 22,666. Anderson, E. L. Nov. 14. Primary batteries.-Relates to batteries in which carbon is the element consumed, and consists in the use in such batteries of hydrofluoric acid as the electrolyte. The other element may be any material not attacked by hydrofluoric acid, and this element, if made of lead peroxide or the like, may be the means of supplying the oxygen necessary for combination with the carbon ; otherwise, the oxygen is supplied by other means, such as by the addition of chromic acid to the electrolyte. When glass vessels are used, boracic acid or other material is added to the hydrofluoric acid to prevent its injurious action upon the glass. When both elements are made of carbon, they are separated by a porous diaphragm, and chromic acid is only added to the hydrofluoric acid surrounding one of the carbons.
Patent GB-189922822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes for Butter and other Merchandise.
Inventor: MASTERS HENRY
Filed: 1899-11-15
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 22,822. Masters, H. Nov. 15. Wood boxes for butter &c. are formed in sections which may be produced by cutting the sides and ends c partially through by saw cuts d, the remaining portions d<1> being cut to remove the section for the exposure or withdrawal of the butter &c.
Patent GB-189924751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Arrangement and Construction of Foundries for the Casting of Steel.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1899-12-12
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 24,751. Hadfield, R. A. Dec. 12. Casting and moulding.-In a steel foundry, a drying-stove c or set of stoves is placed between the moulding-shop a and the foundry, the moulds being run on trolleys g from the moulding-shop into the stove and thence, after drying, into the foundry, doors d, e on each side allowing the trolleys to travel on rails f. Travelling cranes &c. h, i are provided to load or unload the moulds. This arrangement allows the moulding to be performed apart from the casting.
Patent GB-190002867-A (GB)
Inventor: SCHLICKEYSEN CARL
Filed: 1900-02-13
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 2867. Schlickeysen, C. Feb. 13. Moulding bricks, tiles, pipes, etc.; pug-mills.-In addition to the ordinary mouthpiece or, die at the end of the extrusion machine or pug-mill shaft d, lateral apertures or dies b, c are provided, so that two or more different articles can be produced at the same time by one machine. The clay is diverted through the side dies by fixed curved or inclined blades m<1>, which are arranged between the rotary screw blades m, and may extend parallel to the shaft a short distance. The dies can be changed, and the pressure can be regulated by increasing or decreasing the lengths of the mouthpieces.
Patent GB-190003888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and in Apparatus for Operating Set-off Webs on Printing Machines.
Inventor: DAWSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-02-28
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 3888. Dawson, W. H., and Stott, J. Feb. 28. Cylinder machines; set-off, preventing.-Relates to means for operating set-off webs on the impression cylinders. The set-off web 1<c> passes over the impression surface 1<A> from one of two rolls G, I to the other. The shafts A, B of the web rolls are geared by wheels E, F, and H to friction rollers C, D adapted to engage, respectively, with cam surfaces K, J on the framing. The cams K, J are adjustable, and either or both may be moved out of operative position, so that either of the rolls G, I may be used for winding the set-off web, or both rolls may be left stationary. The amount of web fed at each rotation of the cylinder increases as the winding-roll G or I increases in diameter. The cams J, K are each pivoted at one end, and adjustable at the other end by a screw M and slot N.
Patent GB-190004700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Tanks or Hollow Walls for use in Apparatus for Cooling purposes or for Producing Ice.
Inventor: HUGHES WALTER ALFRED
Filed: 1900-03-12
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 4700. Hughes, W. A. March 12. Ice-making; cooling air.-Relates to the manufacture of tanks or hollow walls for use in apparatus for cooli n g purposes o r for producing ice. The plates A forming the sides are bent over at the top a, and are inserted in grooves a<2> in a block or strip B at the bottom, or vice versÔ. Or the plates A are secured at their edges in a groove or grooves in a strip or frame B in apparatus for cooling air. A tight joint is made by hammering or by pressure, and riveting is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190009933-A (GB)
Title: Distributor for Agricultural Purposes.
Inventor: SARGEANT THOMAS CHARLES
Filed: 1900-05-30
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 9933. Sargeant, T. C. May 30. Manuring and fertilizing ; seeds, sowing.-Relates to the construction of an agricultural drill for sowing seeds and fertilizers simultaneously. The hopper 1 is divided longitudinally by a partition 3 with adjustable board 4 for regulating the relative size of the seed compartment 9 and the manure compartment 8. The manure is fed by stirrer blades 17, through adjustable openings formed by the sliding board 10, into tubes 22 which deposit it at the rear of disc coulters 23. The seed passes from the compartment 9 through an opening 60 into a disc distributing- device 52. A flanged disc rotates in the casing 52, and delivers the seeds through openings 50 at each side into tubes 49, which deliver them against shields 35 behind disc coulters 33. The coulters 23 and 33 are set in opposite directions, so that a layer of soil is laid between the fertilizer and the seeds. The coulters 23 and 33 are carried on a lever 24 attached by a spring connection 32 to a frame 29. The coulter lever 37 is connected by a strap 38 to the frame 29 and by a link 39 to a hand-lever 40. The lever 40 is fitted with a pin 48 adapted to engage a hook 45 pivoted on the hopper. Means are provided for disengaging the hook 45 when necessary. The implement is steered by a wheel 65 with guiding-lever 66 mounted in a rear extension 63 of the frame.
Patent GB-190012797-A (GB)
Title: Tape Measures.
Inventor: BRUNELLO JOHN JASPER
Filed: 1900-07-16
Granted: 1900-08-18
Abstract: 12,797. Brunello, J. J. July 16. Measures of length.-Relates to tape measures. The tape 7 is brought out of the aperture 2 between rollers 3, 3. Secured to the shaft 4 of the reel 6 is a ratchet-wheel 8 with which engages a spring pawl 10. By this means, the measure is free to be drawn out only when a stud 12 is pressed.
Patent GB-190015030-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture of Incandescence Gas Mantles.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1900-08-22
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 15,030. Bloxam, A. G., [Phlox-Gl³hlicht- Gesellschaft]. Aug. 22. Incandescent gas lamps.-The manufacture of mantles is mainly based upon the discovery that the light emitted by incandescent threads or fabrics of thoria-ceria mixture reaches a maximum, and is at the same time more lasting, when the percentage of ceria in such threads or fabrics is increased in the same proportion that the mass of such threads or fabrics is diminished." Mantles having a larger number of meshes per unit area than usual are impregnated with a solution of thorium and cerium salts, the concentration of which is less and the percentage content of ceria greater, in the same proportion, than the solution formerly employed. The reduction of mass without disadvantageous effect on the strength of the mantle is rendered possible by adding dialysed silicic acid and ammonium nitrate in specified proportions to the solution of the thorium and cerium nitrates, the ammonium nitrate counteracting the sintering of the silica by the vapour which it evolves in its decomposition by heat. Any organic or inorganic substance (or substances) which, when heated, volatilizes or is decomposed into volatile products may be substituted for ammonium nitrate. The silica may be added to the impregnating-solution in the form of a compound of silicon with an organic radicle which is not volatile on drying, and the silica may be replaced by other substances, such as alumina, beryllium oxide, and magnesia, which have the effect of sintering the illuminating-oxides.
Patent GB-190016237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Lamps for Carriages, Buggies and like Vehicles.
Inventor: WOOD HARRY STEPHEN
Filed: 1900-09-12
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 16,237. Wood, H. S. Sept. 12. Acetylene lamps for carriages and l i k e vehicles. To allow vehicle candle lamps to be cheaply c o n - verted into acetylene l a m p s, the carbide holder 2 is shaped like a n ordinary candle tube, and is similarly attached to the socket of the lamp body 1, while the water chamber 23 is detachably connected to the lamp body 1 by a chain and hook 29 and a tongue and strap 26, 27, and to the carbide holder 2 by a flexible or other tube 18. The water supply, controlled by a screw or other valve 19, traverses the tube 18 and the coupling 13, and drips from the swan-necked tube 10 on to the head 9 of a rod 8, which distributes it to the carbide, the distribution being assisted by the movement of the carbide consequent on the jolting of the vehicle. The one end 21 of the thumb-piece of the valve 19 moves over a scale on the water chamber 23 to indicate the position of the valve, of which the movement is limited by the other end 22 serving as a stop. The wire gauze 31 prevents the flame from flashing back from the burner 7 on the detachable cap 5, and also receives the carbide while the chamber 2 is being charged through its lower end. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the flexible tube 18 is supplemented by metal tubes 17, 12 the lower end of the tube 12 being flanged at 14 to engage within the screw cap 16 of the coupling.
Patent GB-190022605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Plate-holders for Electric Accumulators.
Inventor: MUELLER THEODOR
Filed: 1900-12-11
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 22,605. M³ller, T. Dec. 11. Secondary batteries.-Relates chiefly to portable batteries, and consists of a support for the plates or electrodes to prevent shocks or jars during transit from being fully transmitted to the plates. The form of the support a is shown m Fig. 2, and in place in a cell in Fig. 1, but the support may be made by forming the cell bottom itself of the shape shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190103215-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Treating Peat
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1901-02-14
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 3215. Jensen, P., [Heine, G.]. Feb. 14. Moulding peat.-Relates to the treatment of peat for the production of briquettes. Raw peat, thoroughly mixed with water, is conveyed along a pipe from the bog to a plant for treating the peat. The peat may be extracted from the bog by means of a screw, or other means, and then raised by means of a centrifugal pump and forced along the pipe into a disintegrator. The peat, mixed with water, next passes into a pulping-machine d of the kind employed in making paper; this machine is of the usual cylinder type, and mav be provided with one or more sets of pressing-rollers h, i, for expressing water from the peat. The peat is lifted by the cylinder f, and, after being pressed between the cylinder f and a roller g, adheres as a thin layer to an endless carrier s, which carries the peat between the pressing-rollers h, i. The peat may be discharged from carrier s into the briquette press, or, as shown in Fig. 6, the peat may be transferred to a heated drum t, to which the peat adheres until detached by a scraper x. In another form of apparatus, the peat passes between cylinders f, g, Fig. 7, and is transferred to a heated cylinder t, from which the peat is removed by a scraper l. A jacket k surrounds the cylinder t, and the vapours generated are withdrawn by means of an exhausting-apparatus v. In a third form of apparatus, a series of pressing- rollers is mounted above a cylinder corresponding to cylinder f, Fig. 7, and the peat passes successively from one roller to the next of the series. A scraper removes the layer of peat from the last roller. Finally the dried peat is conveyed to a briquette press.
Patent GB-190103490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cycle Frames.
Inventor: MORRIS GEORGE LEONARD
Filed: 1901-02-18
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 3490. Morris, G. L. Feb. 18. Bicycles; frames; forks.-Relates to arrangements of cross-frames for cycles &c. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the steering-head a is connected by a tube e to the top of the saddle post, and by a tube d to the bottom bracket, the tubes d and e being joined by a lug at their point of intersection. In modifications, the tube e is connected to a point below the top of the saddle post, and may be continued to the upper fork, as shown in Fig. 3. When applied to a drop-frame cycle, as shown in Fig. 2, the tube e is connected to the lower part of the post b. It may be forked and prolonged to the upper or lower fork, or to the fork ends. An additional bar may connect the head a to the fork ends, or it may be bent at its intersection with the saddle post, and be connected to the upper or lower fork.
Patent GB-190110143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Walls, Ceilings, Partitions and the like.
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 10,143. Fireproof Plate Wall Co. and Sidebotham, C. H. May 16. Walls, ceilings, partitions, &c.-Slabs a, of cement, plaster of Paris, or the hke are laid diagonally, instead of horizontally as described in Specifications No. 18,583, A.D. 1893, and No. 9108, A.D. 1898, and are made with perforations, interlocking edges, and receases a' for the reception of cement. Dovetail or curved undercut recesses c, for the reception of cement, are produced in the edges of the slabs by means of strips of rubber c<1> secured to plugs c<3> by screwed rings c<2>. Metal tierods may be inserted in the perforations, which are filled in with liquid cement. In order to prevent distortion of the slats during the setting of the plaster, the sides and ends of the mould are arranged to slide outwards, and are secured together during the moulding operation by bolts g, slotted plates g<1>, or the like. Bevelled tongues f<1> of the ends f bear against inclined recesses in the sides, and both sides and ends move outwards simultaneously when the plaster expands in the mould.