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Patent GB-189907300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Driving Mechanism for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: DICK JOHN
Filed: 1899-04-07
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 7300. Dick, J. April 7. Driving-mechanism for bicycles &c. The pedals are mounted on treadle-levers K of the form shown &c., which are pivoted at M behind the rear wheel, and are connected by rods I to cranks on an axle F geared with the driving-wheel by an endless chain A, A. The axle F is mounted in a bracket carried on the rear ends of the stays D, and arms N depending from the bracket support the treadle-levers. Quadrant guides K<1> prevent lateral play of the treadles.
Patent GB-189907460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Articles of Furniture.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JAMES
Filed: 1899-04-10
Granted: 1900-04-10
Abstract: 7460. Robertson, J. April 10. Furniture, folding and portable.-Relates to methods of making folding and portable tables, hat, coat, and umbrella stands, bookcases, shelves, sideboards, &c. in a manner analogous to that described in Specifications No. 9718, A.D. 1896, No. 2550, A.D. 1897, and No. 9022, A.D. 1898. The essential part of the invention consists in making the frames H-shaped. Fig. 1 shows an underside view of a table, the legs, frames A, and cross-piece B forming the H. The legs A are hinged or pivoted to the cross-piece B, and the cross-piece B is hinged to the top. Figs. 8 and 9 show metal girders n<6>, n<7> which replace the bar B. The legs may be hinged to the top, and the part B to one of the leg frames. A shelf may be hinged to the lower edge of the bar B or between a pair of legs. Fig. 14 shows an umbrella stand, in which the H is formed by the sides L and middle bar N ; the tray frame k<10> is pivoted, and can fold between one pair of legs l<3>, and the open frame P can fold down between the other pair. An umbrella stand, sideboard, or bookcase may be formed from two end boards with cross-pieces corresponding to N and B at top and bottom, and shelves, frames, or tray supports hinged to the cross-pieces. Figs. 26 and 27 show a hall stand in which the H is formed by the mirror frame K and cross-pieces k<6>, k<11> and the end boards or frames L ; the table top k<5> and frames k<12>, k<10> are hinged or pivoted to the cross-bars k<6>, k<11> so as to fold as shown in Fig. 28. A hat rail M is pivoted to one end frame L, and is secured to the other by fitting over a pin c<2>, Fig. 2, being secured by an anglepiece c<1>, Fig. 18. The pivot pins or stops c<2> and angle-pieces c<1> can be used in various positions to hold the parts together. The pegs are arranged to project outwards as at l<2>, or may be arranged in the open panels to point outwards or sideways, but in suoh a manner that the clothes hung thereon will not cover any part of the ornamental panel K.
Patent GB-189907583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spark Arresters for Use in connection with Locomotive and other Boilers.
Inventor: STEVENS NATHAN PAGE
Filed: 1899-04-11
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 7583. Stevens, N. P., and Knowles, F. M. April 11. Spark-arresters.-The smoke-box B of a locomotive boiler is prolonged beyond the funnel A<2>, and the extension is occupied by a drum D which is incompletely divided by a horizontal partition D<x>. An oblique diaphragm E<1> crossing the exhaust E directs the smoke into the lower half of the drum, where many of the sparks encounter oblique tubular staggered baffles D<3>, and are thrown into a box C beneath. The sparks which pas on over the partition encounter oblique, staggered, simple baffles D<4>, which throw them down into the tubular baffles, and the latter convey them into the box. The drum can be easily re noved and replaced, being provided with ribs which slide into grooves in the smoke-box.
Patent GB-189907618-A (GB)
Title: Electrical Apparatus for diminishing the apparent Self-Induction of Alternating Current Circuits, and capable of being used in lieu of Condensers.
Filed: 1899-04-11
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 7618. Abel, C. D., [Soc. Anon. pour la Transmission de la Force par l'ElectricitÚ]. April 11. Dynamos and motors, alternating-current. - Relates to apparatus for diminishing self - induction, applicable in lieu of condensers. If a coil, suitably proportioned, through which the alternating current passes, is suspended in a constant magnetic field, it acts similarly to a condenser. Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically one arrangement, in which the coil v, x, y, z is suspended between the poles of a horse-shoe magnet. The induction &c. effects produced by this arrangement are analysed mathematically in the Specification. Fig. 2 shows a suitable construction of apparatus. Two grooved pieces of steel A, B are fitted together so as to leave an annular space for the reception of a magnetizing-coil M. A copper disc a, having downwardly-inclined edges dipping in a mercury trough r, is pivoted at its centre and connected to one of the circuit terminals. A fixed copper disc c is arranged above the disc a, and also dips in the mercury trough. It is connected to the other circuit terminal at S. A continuous-current dynamo in which the induced part can oscillate freely can be used for the same purpose. The apparatus is especially useful with asynchronous machines for reducing the apparent self-induction.
Patent GB-189908353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water or similar Veterinary Appliances.
Inventor: DAVIES ARCHIE
Filed: 1899-04-21
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 8353. Davies, A. April 21. Heating-appliances.-Relates to means for applying external heat to the bodies of horses &c. A hot-water vessel a, with filling or emptying stoppered funnels c, is secured by straps d to the animal. The straps may be secured direct to the vessel, or may be passed through loops f on one side of the vessel. The vessel a is provided with internal strengthening-ribs.
Patent GB-189910887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-propellers.
Inventor: WESTPHALEN RUDOLF COUNT
Filed: 1899-05-24
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 10,887. Westphalen, R., Count. May 24. Screw propellers.-The blades, which are preferably circular, are secured by arms c, c at some distance behind the boss. The arms are formed so as to have a propelling effect. Two blades only are shown, but any desired number may be used, touching one another in the manner shown.
Patent GB-189912000-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Fastening Window Blinds and the like to Rollers.
Inventor: MADDISON JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-06-09
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 12,000. Maddison, J. W June 9. Window blinds.- The fabric is fixed to a window-blind roller by flat steel clips having turnedup prongs A at one end and at the other a tab fixed by a projection B. The tab serves to lift up one end of the clip, to insert or adjust the fabric.
Patent GB-189913121-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement of Automatic Coupling for Railway Carriages and Wagons.
Inventor: LETHEM EDWARD
Filed: 1899-06-24
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 13,121. Lethem, E. June 24. Couplings, automatic.-Fig. 1 shows a part plan, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation. When one vehicle backs into another, the fixed link A on each strikes, opens, and enters the pivoted arms B, which are then closed by coiled springs. As the links move back, the spring plates K, carried by the chains C, strike the pivoted levers J, which are forced up and fill the space between the front bars of the links A and the inner sides of the arms B. To uncouple, the handles I are turned towards the vehicles and the rods H lift the plates G, mounted to turn in grooves in the chairs C, clear of the shoulders b, which, being unsupported, as the vehicles draw apart, allow the arms B to open to release the links A and the levers J drop back to their former positions. In a modification suitable for goods wagons, the front bar of the link A is pivoted, and when the vehicles are brought together rises over the arms B and falls back by its own weight, after coupling. The uncoupling is effected in the manner described.
Patent GB-189915644-A (GB)
Title: Electrical Ignition Apparatus.
Inventor: KUEPPER FRANZ
Filed: 1899-07-31
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 15,644. K³pper, F., and Vorreiter, A. E. July 31. Gas and like engines, igniting in. An induction coil is enclosed in a slit iron box e, and is surrounded by a condenser c. The primary coil a is attached to the box at one eud, and at the other to the insulated screw k. The secondary coil b is also attached to the box, and to an insulated bolt i secured by a nut m. The box is screwed by the screw g into the cylinder of a motor or other place, and a spark passes across the space between the nut m and box e.
Patent GB-189915659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Kilns for Burning Sewer Pipes and other Articles of Clay Manufacture.
Inventor: FINCH JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1899-07-31
Granted: 1899-10-07
Abstract: 15,659. Finch, J. T. July 31 Kilns. - The domeshaped roofs of kilns for burning sewer pipes and other clay goods are made double, to enclose a " supplemen- "tal chamber" through which the gases from one kiln chamber wherein goods have been burnt can be led to another to assist in the burning of the goods therein. Openings F, H, closed by removable covers, are formed in each part of the roof as shown, and pipes M with dampers P connect the supplemental chambers of the various kilns, the pipes M being formed with perforated extensions R. Each kiln chamber has flues J with dampers L below the floor, leading to the chimney. The goods in one kiln chamber having been burnt with direct draught to the chimney, the damper L of that kiln is closed, and the covers of the openings F are removed and the dampers P opened, so that the gases can escape to another kiln chamber. Pipes through the roof allow the escape of steam while the goods are drying.
Patent GB-189922159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Umbrellas, Sunshades, and Umbrella-tents.
Inventor: HARLEY ERWIN MINER
Filed: 1899-11-06
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 22,159. Harley, E. M., and Stewart, G. Nov. 6. Top-notches; runners. - The top - notch and runner of an umbrella, sunshade, or umbrella tent are made so that any rib may be independently removed. In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, a sleeve E, fitting over a sleeve D, has perforated flaps pressed out radially, similar flaps D' being pressed out from the sleeve D through the orifices in the sleeve E, forming pairs of lugs. The T-end or cross-pin of a rib F is placed between each pair, and secured by squeezing the pair together. Any rib is released by springing apart a pair of lugs, The Provisional Specification states that the sleeves may have a slight relative rotary movement, to release the ribs, a screw normally preventing such movement. In an alternative form shown in Fig. 6, lugs on a sleeve Care circumferentially slotted at H and radially slotted at J, forming sets of four points K which are closed in on the cross-pins, as shown. The Provisional Specification states that the lugs may be merely divided radially, to form pairs, which are treated as in the first form described.
Patent GB-189922700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Oil-feed Apparatus for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: CRAIG ALEXANDER
Filed: 1899-11-14
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 22,700. Craig, A. Nov. 14. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. Oil is led from the tank B to the carburetter A by a pipe A<2> and nozzle A<1>, which terminates just above the level of the liquid in B ; this level is kept constant by an overflow pipe B<3>.
Patent GB-190005046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters.
Filed: 1900-03-16
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 5046. Wright, A., and Reason Manufacturing Co. March 16. Quantity meters.- Mercury voltameters are provided with registering-mechanism operating by means of gravity. In one arrangement, Fig. 1, a mercury anode 3 is contained in a small glass dish attached to a vertical glass tube 6, the upper end of which carries a pointer 9 near a stationary scale, and which is suspended by a helical spring 11. Electric connection is made with the anode by a platinum wire in the glass tube. The anode is suspended in a vessel containing the electrolyte and a mercury cathode 4 at the bottom. As current passes the anode becomes lighter, and the pointer rises. This arrangement may be used with the movable part 3 connected as cathode, the cathode surface being provided by a conical coil of platinum wire, or a porous carbon block ; the anode is mercury in an annular trough, above the cathode. In a modification, the glass tube and dish 3 may be stationary, the vessel containing the electrolyte and lower electrode 4 being suspended by a spring. In other constructions, Fig. 6, the anode 3 and cathode 4 are mercury contained in recesses at the ends of an inclined tubular vessel 1, filled with the electrolyte. The anode may be fed with mercury from a bulb 20, as described in Specification No. 2222, A.D. 1900. The vessel 1 is supported by a clip on a pivot 22, its inclination changing as mercury is transferred from the anode to the cathode. The vessel may be connected with a spring by a thread passed round a pulley on the axle of a pointer, so that this moves along a stationary scale as the vessel turns. Or, as shown, the clip may carry a suspended receptacle 39 to receive a chain balancing the mercury transferred, the chain being supplied by a spring or other motor 32 when this is released by an arm 36 of the clip ; the motor also drives counting-wheels 34.
Patent GB-190017383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Gas Igniters.
Inventor: METTE-NEE-ZSCHIESCHE LUISE
Filed: 1900-10-01
Granted: 1901-09-21
Abstract: 17,383. Mette, [nÚe Zschiesche], L. Oct. 1. Lighting gas.-A tough and durable catalytic igniter is obtained by mounting the igniting- pellet in the upper part of a cylinder, cone, or bell, open at the base, and consisting of an incinerated fabric containing about 96À7 per cent. of alumina, 1 per cent. of cerium oxide, and 0À3 per cent. of metallic platinum. Igniters thus prepared are fixed inside the upper end of the lamp chimneys. Better results are obtained by placing within the trough cone or bell, prepared as described above, a fragile cone or bell of incinerated fabric containing such materials as thorium, cerium, and other rare earths. The best results are, however, obtained by replacing the inner cone or bell by a bundle of incinerated threads, containing thorium, cerium, and other rare earths, and platinum, and arranged like a painter's brush.
Patent GB-190101603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Lubricators.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1901-01-23
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 1603. Haddan, H. J., [Simms, H. W.]. Jan. 23. Lubricators.-A grease cup 1 is fitted with a removable cover 2 in which is mounted a screw 3 engaging a follower or disc 4. A coiled spring 5 is interposed between the follower and a plunger 6 which forces the grease to the bearing to be lubricated. An extension 8 of the screw passes through the plunger and acts as a guide, and is provided with a head 8<a>, which serves to withdraw the plunger, when required, and also to prevent the grease outlet from being blocked. A tube 9, passing through the follower and the plunger, screws through the bottom of the cup and engages a hole in the journal box. This tube prevents rotation of the follower or plunger, locks the cup, and also acts as a means for supplying the bearing with oil or cleansing-fluids &c. A cap 10 screws into the cover 2, and engages the top of the tube 9, thereby locking the cover and closing the tube. Grease is automatically fed to the bearing by the action of the spring 5 upon the plunger, and by means of the screw 3 the follower can be moved so as to adjust the tension of the spring, and, consequently, the rate of feed.
Patent GB-190104432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Fires
Inventor: RICHMOND EDMUND WALTER TYRELL
Filed: 1901-03-01
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 4432. Richmond, E. W. T., and Thornton, H. M. March 1. Gas fires. - The front metal casing is hinged at e to the main casing a, and the firebrick body b is made so a to o b e slipped i n t o and out of place from the frcnt, when the 1 at t e r is opened, the side panels j are also hinged to the framing a, so that the tiles k may be easily got at for repair or alteration. The burner is removable from the gas pipe o. The guard d retains the asbestos &c. in its place. The invention is applicable to the gas fires described in Specification No. 74, A.D. 1900.
Patent GB-190105186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Attaching Brush Handles to Brushes.
Inventor: TRANTER WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1901-03-12
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 5186. Tranter, W. J. March 12. Handles, fixing to stocks.-The handle b of a brush or broom is removably and reversibly attached to the stock a by a clip c, d, of which the arm c carries a socket j in which the handle is fixed by a thumbscrew k. The arms c, d have bent ends f, and may be hinged together at e and tightened by a thumb-screw g. In a modification, the arm d is slotted for a screw carried by the arm c. The Provisional Specification states that the arms c, d may be made in one piece of spring metal.
Patent GB-190107230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bakers Travelling Ovens
Inventor: VICARS JOHN
IPC: A21B1/48
Filed: 1901-04-06
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 7230. Vicars, J., Vicars, T., and Vicars, J., [trading as Vicars, T. & T.], [Bernard, A.]. April 6. Ovens.-Different sizes or kinds of biscuits or the like are baked at once in a travelling oven by providing two or more sets of chains or conveyers driven separately at different speeds. An arrangement of two sets of chains a, b is shown. Their separate shafts c, d carry gear-wheels g, h respectively engaging wheels i, j on a shaft k, which is driven through gearing l and double cone pulleys and a belt m. A separate set of pulleys and gearing may be used for each set of chains. The heat may be regulated on either side of the oven.
Patent GB-190107706-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Channel or Trough Connection for Conveying Water from Waste Pipes to the Drain Trap.
Inventor: PALMER EDWARD RICHARD
Filed: 1901-04-15
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 7706. Palmer, E. R. April 15. G u l l y traps.- The waste pipes l discharge into a trough a leading to the trap c and fitted with gratings e and h disposed as shown to prevent splashing.
Patent GB-190109468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Incandescent Gas and other Burners
Inventor: JENKS ALFRED LAFAYETTE
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 9468. Jenks, A. L. May 7. Incandescent gas and oil burners.- Additional air is supplied to the flame in the interior of the mantle through perforations 6 in the tubular mantle support 5. This support fits in the upper end of a tube 7 in the burner, and the air inlet holes 8 are controlled by a cap 9. The tube 5 may be of metal, kaolin, or other refractory material, but is preferably made of metal and either coated or covered with kaolin or the like, or loosely enveloped in a supplementary mantle 10 of closely-woven refractory material which will become incandescent when the burner is lit.
Patent GB-190114788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathe Beds.
Inventor: LANG ROBERT
Filed: 1901-07-20
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 14,788. Lang, R. July 20. Lathes.-The bearing- surfaces of lathe beds of the type described in Specifications No. 9639, A.D. 1899, and No. 15,992, A.D. 1900, are protected from cuttings &c. by cover-plates secured to the shears and passing through gaps in the saddle. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement for a lathe with a poppet, while Fig. 4 shows an arrangement for a surfacing and boring lathe with no poppet, the bearing-surfaces c being constantly covered by the cover-plates d. A band may be used having its ends secured to opposite sides of the saddle and passing over guide-rollers on the lathe. Fig. 5 shows a form in which the cover-plates dare supported at the ends of the bed and slide on pins in the saddle.
Patent GB-190115616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor-Vehicles Applicable for the Traction of Railway Carriages, Barges, and the like.
Inventor: HOCHEGGER ADOLF
Filed: 1901-08-01
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 15,616. Hochegger, A. Aug. 1. Traction engines; locomotives.-Relates to locomotives for traction on railways and for towing barges, which locomotives have driving-wheels running on the road or ground in order to secure greater adhesion than the rail track can afford. One form of the invention is shown in elevation in Fig. 9 and in plan in Fig. 10. In this, the driving- wheels T run on the ground outside the rails, and the portion of the locomotive not carried by the driving-wheels is supported on a truck or bogie running on the rails. In order that, when running on a curved track, the driving-wheels shall be kept tangential to the track, the bogies have a curved slide-rail s, on which the locomotive body can slide laterally when a curved part of the track is entered upon. Various means are provided for effecting the lateral shifting compulsorily, as, for instance, the levers h, a, v jointed together at a. In the example shown, the point h is kept central to the track by a small bogie E with lateral springs at f,f. In order to vary the load on the driving-wheels so that sufficient adhesion may be provided without excessive resistance, a loaded truck G is mounted on the locomotive so that it can be shifted as desired.
Patent GB-190122475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paddle-wheels for Vessels.
Inventor: HORTON DAVID WRIGHT
Filed: 1901-11-07
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 22,475. Horton, D. W. Nov. 7. Paddle-wheels adapted for effective operation when rotated in either direction have the paddle blades 11 either made in one piece or built up in sections and pivoted at 12 to a ring 10, which stays the radial lozenge-shaped arms 9 at their widest part. The stay-rings 10 have eye-bolts, and the paddle blades 11 have perforated lugs at their inner edges, pintle rods passing through aligned holes forming hinge joints which allow the blades 11 to rest upon the inclined edges of adjacent sets of radial arms 9.
Patent GB-190201156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Teaching Model Drawing, and Outdoor Sketching
Inventor: ALLAN JAMES
Filed: 1902-01-16
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 1156. Allan, J. Jan. 16. Drawing, teaching. - Relates to apparatus for teaching model drawing and outdoor sketching. A circular, oblong, or, as shown in Fig. 1, square piece of card, celluloid, wood, metal, &c. is provided with a square, oval, or, as shown, circular opening S, and with a moulding or rim circular in cross-section on the outer or inner, or, as shown, both outer and inner edges. Spring clips D', D" with elastic cords E are adjusted on the rims, and serve to give the outlines of the object ; or sliding spring clips and thin wire or string may be used. The outer rim may be dispensed with, and a scale stamped or marked upon the outer edges instead.
Patent GB-190202295-A (GB)
Title: Improved Protected Pneumatic Tyre
Inventor: SMITH ENOS
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 2295. Smith, E. Jan. 28. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to means for protecting pneumatic tyres. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the air tube C is protected by interposing between it and the thickened tread F of the outer cover B a flexible shield formed of overlapping thin metal plates D secured by rivets e to one of the layers E of the canvas lining. In a modification, the metal plates are replaced by a continuous metal strip, between which and the air tube a leather band may, according to the Provisional Specification, be inserted.