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Patent GB-189715651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suction Dredgers.
Inventor: COISEAU LOUIS
Filed: 1897-07-01
Granted: 1898-01-08
Abstract: 15,651. Coiseau, L. July 1. Dredging.-Fig. 1 shows a suction dredger with a central pipe 6 in thrust or compression, while Fig. 4 shows a modification with the pipe in tension. As the dredger is moved forward, the pipe slices off a layer from the bed of the channel, and the dredged material is stored in side tanks 3. To prevent choking of the suction pipe, the mouthpiece is divided by vertical walls or partitions which intercept obttructive matter. The depth of cut is regulated by a roller or drum 8 adjustable vertically by the side screws 15, nut 14, and toggle-links 10, or the screws may act directly on the bearings of the roller as shown in Fig. 4. In each case the screws are operated by a handwheel 16 and bevel gearing. The free end of the pipe is suspended by a cable 21 and lifting-tackle 23, and is held down, in the trailing arrangement, by a racked bar 25 carrying a roller 26. The racked bar may be forked, and fitted with a second roller 30 underneath the pipe, and may be used' for raising the pipe.
Patent GB-189720140-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Revoluble Miniature Diorama.
Inventor: KAUFMANN JACOB
Filed: 1897-09-01
Granted: 1897-10-23
Abstract: 20,140. Kaufmann, J. Sept. 1. Graphoscopes.-An apparatus for viewing a series of miniature photographs is formed of a casing a somewhat similar to a watch case, having viewing- openings e therein between which is a disc b carrying a circular series of small Stanhope lenses d on the flat back surface of which the miniature photograph is secured. The disc is rotated by an external knob g and tooth mechanism f, or by other means. There may be but one lens, and that fixed in the opening e, the photographs being in this case mounted on the disc b, which is transparent.
Patent GB-189721325-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Fishermen's Waders, Wading Trowsers, Stockings, Boots, and the like.
Inventor: DUNLOP HENRY WALLACE DOVETON
IPC: A41D13/012
Filed: 1897-09-17
Granted: 1898-09-17
Abstract: 21,325. Dunlop, H. W. D. Sept. 17. Drawings to Specification. Waterproof trousers, stockings, &c. - Wading trousers, stockings, and the like have a gusset or patch inserted in the knee, or the garments are cut in such a way to produce extra fulness at that part, so that the wearer can bend the knee with freedom.
Patent GB-189803107-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Enabling the Pipes of Water Supply Systems to be Emptied when Required.
Inventor: PAIGE HERBERT STANLEY
Filed: 1898-02-07
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 3107. Paige, H. S. Feb. 7. Water supply.-Relates to means for enabling the service and supply pipes to be emptied during frosty weather without discharging the water from the supply cisterns. A ball valve 2 is provided at the entrance to the service pipe 1, and is normally raised out of action by a pull-chain attached to a lever 4 connected to the valve rod 3. A weight 3<a> on the rod closes the valve when the chain is released. The rod 3 works in a pipe 7, and is connected to it by a waterproof tube 9. Guide-rods 11 prevent displacement of the ball valve, and air is admitted to the service pipe by an inlet tube 12 extending above the cistern. The supply pipe from the main is fitted with a cut-off cock or valve 16 connected to a two-way draw-off cock 17 by toothed wheels 19 so that one cock is opened when the other is closed. When it is desired to empty the supply pipe, a little water is first drawn from the cistern to slightly open the ball cock 13 and admit air to the pipe. This arrangement can be used in connection with a water-supply system in which the service pipes are supplied directly from the main. In this case, air enters the supply pipe through one of the service taps.
Patent GB-189805373-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or applicable to Anti-fouling Compositions and the like.
Inventor: DELL JOSEPH FRANCIS
Filed: 1898-03-04
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 5373. Dell, J. F. March 4. Antifouling paints and compositions; preservative compositions.-Relates to the addition to antifouling paints of known composition or to preservative compositions for treating wood, of a germicide consisting of mercury or mercury perchloride.
Patent GB-189812352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar Making Machines.
Inventor: BULLARD DUKE WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-06-01
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 12,352. Bullard, D. W. June 1. Cigars.-Relates t o improvements in cigar - making machines of the type described in Specification No. 5455, A.D. 1895. The cigar is rolled between four rollers R having fixed bearings and a fifth roller R<1> journalled in a pivoted lid L which can be closed against the action of a spring W and held in place by spring catches. Each roller is formed in three sections, the cased parts r being united to the cylindrical part by universal joints C consisting of short cylinders having end mortices at right-angles which engage with pins in the roller-sections as shown. The cylindrical parts have sunk teeth, and are driven from the toothed wheel m, idle pinions P, P' being introduced so that all the rollers rotate in the same direction. The lid L is pivoted about the axis of the pinion P<1>. A conoidal recess V, partly formed in the lid L, serves to shape the mouth end of the cigar. Paste is supplied through a slot in the table adjacent to the rollers from a box fitted with a piston controlled by a hand-wheel.
Patent GB-189813519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Meat-bread, Meat-cakes, and the like.
Inventor: LISCHNER OTTO
Filed: 1898-06-17
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 13,519. Lischner, O. June 17. Bread; cakes; biscuits.-Meat bread, meat cakes, meat biscuits, and the like are made by drying the meat, fowls, or game in an oven or otherwise, and then tearing into fine shreds or fibres which are incorporated with a dough made of flour and water only. After baking, the loaves or cakes are exposed to a high temperature in a drying-room.
Patent GB-189815841-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Nutritious Extract.
Inventor: OVERBECK OTTO GERHARD CHRISTOP
Filed: 1898-07-20
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 15,841. Overbeck, O. G. C. L. J. July 20. Food preparations.-Relates to an extract of yeast and malt combs. A quantity of yeast is boiled with water until the cells are burst, and the mixture is then allowed to cool to 130‹-140‹ F. One sixth to one half the weigh of malt-combs are then added, and the whole is digested at 120‹ to 130‹ F. for some hours. By this process the albuminoids of the yeast are rendered soluble. The mixture is next boiled, and chalk &c. is added to neutralize acidity. The liquid is then separated by filtration or otherwis3, and is boiled down to a suitable consistency, salt or other flavouring being added as desired. The product is stated to possess largely the characteristics of a meat extract.
Patent GB-189816841-A (GB)
Title: Carrier System.
Inventor: JOHNSON CHARLES M
Filed: 1898-08-04
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 16,841. Johnson, C. M. Aug. 4. Coin and small-parcel transferring apparatus.- The current from an electric generator P is distributed to the motor on the car on different imaginary sections of the route T through rocking counterweighted electromagnetic switches and wire reel sections A, A', &c. When a car passes from one section to the next, the intervening rocking switch iv, l with mercury cups b, c, e cuts out the section behind and puts, it into an auxiliary circuit C, D, the electromagnet d of the switch of which remains in circuit until the car has reached the next switch. Electromagnets operating the points and signals are also cut in and out by the passing car in a similar way.
Patent GB-189904566-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding or Collapsible Cardboard Box.
Inventor: THOMPSON SAMUEL MAXWELL
Filed: 1899-03-02
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 4566. Thompson, S. M. March 2. Folding-boxes of cardboard are secured when set up by means of flaps F on the sides, which are inserted under strips A secured to the ends, the flaps having pins or studs D which engage in perforations in the ends, or in the strips A. The lid is formed by securing the flaps on the sides to the ends by rivets, and is folded by creasing the flanges at the comers.
Patent GB-189906682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Travelling Trunks and Cases.
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 6682. Burnett, O. F., and Army and Navy Co-operative Society. March 28. Fastenings.-Sliding bolts E are placed in a guideway a in the front a' of the lid A of a travelling trunk or case, and corresponding eyes or loops b are formed on the front b<1> of the body B. Projections e<1> on the bolts travel in a slot a<3> provided with a central stop a<3>, and in the locked position the projections e' are retained one on each side of the hasp c. The bolts may be placed on the outside of the lid, or the eyes may be on the lid and the bolts on the body.
Patent GB-189908341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rocking Stops for French Windows, Louvre Blinds, and the like.
Inventor: GONSALVES ANTONIO IZIDRO
Filed: 1899-04-20
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 8341. Gonsalves, A. I. April 20. Door holders; catches, gravity.-Relates to a stop for holding open or closed, French windows, louvre blinds, and the like. It consists of a lever pivoted at b to the fixed framing a and loaded at one end, so that the other end rises and forms a stop. In the rising end is a curved slot f, through which a screw passes, to prevent the lever from raising too far. When the window or the like moves in one direction, it depresses the end of the lever, and passes over it; to liberate the window the stop must be pressed down by hand, or otherwise. The levers may be pivoted on the window &c., instead of on the framing; when fixed at the top they may be depressed by a wire or cord.
Patent GB-189910886-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Measuring the Pressure of the Blood.
Inventor: GAERTNER GUSTAV
Filed: 1899-05-24
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 10,886. Gaertner, G. May 24. Pressure gauges.-The apparatus is for indicating the pressure of the blood. The finger is passed through a rigid ring a, lined with an annular inflation tube b, and the blood is pressed out of its end by forcing the tip into the thimble e with elastic lining f. A compressible air ball may be connected to the thimble e to increase the pressure. When the blood is expelled, a considerable pressure is put on the air ball d and the thimble e is removed ; the pressure is then gradually relaxed until the blood is seen to flow back to the finger tip, whereupon the pressure indicated by the gauge e* is read off.
Patent GB-189914988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pivotal Car Trucks.
Inventor: BECK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1899-07-20
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 14,988. Beck, W. H., [Adams, W. S.]. July 20. Axle-trucks or undercarriages. - Relates to bogies in which flexible or rigid equalizing-bars are used to suspend the bolster as described in Specification No. 14,989, A.D. 1899. In the arrangement shown i n Fig. 1, the bolster 10 is supported by springs 11 on a plank bolted at each end to an equalizing- bar 13 supported in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 5 from the side bar 1 of the truck. The links 15 are shown as supported on blocks 22 bolted to the side bar, but the side bars may themselves be formed for the support of the links as shown in Fig. 11, in which an elliptical spring 13<a> is shown as taking the place of the bar 13. The bolster 10<a> rests on blocks 43 embracing and movable on the side bar.
Patent GB-189921739-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Coat or Garment.
Inventor: ZETZSCHE ARTHUR
Filed: 1899-10-31
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 21,739. Zetzsche, A. Oct. 31. Jackets.-Consists of a loose garment, Fig. 1, resembling a jacket but without sleeves, collar, or fastenings and adapted to be worn under the ordinary coat. The garment is provided with a number of pockets, in which are placed the articles which would otherwise be carried in the pockets of the outer coat.
Patent GB-189924110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cramps for Cramping Together Blocks of Concrete, Stone, and the like, in Breakwater and other Works.
Inventor: SHIELD WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 24,110. Shield, W. Dec. 4. Cramps.-Consists of a cramp, shown in elevation in Fig. 1, for cramping together blocks of concrete, stone, and the like in breakwater and other works. The cramp comprises two clamping- arms a, a<1>, each formed on its nearer side with a flat or round bearing.surface a', a<20>, and on its further side with a heel a<3> adapted to take against the surfaces of the holes c in the blocks A, B. The bolt b passes through holes in the heads of the clamping-arms, and is provided with a nut b<2> and other tightening-means, for drawing together the arms and the blocks.
Patent GB-190002287-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Production of Mica Plates or Mica Sheets for Insulating and other Purposes.
Inventor: JAROSLAW BENNO
Filed: 1900-02-05
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 2287. Jaroslaw, B. Feb. 5. Paper tubes.-Tubes consisting partly of mica are made by coating very thin paper with shellac, copal varnish, rubber solution, or other adhesive material, from a brush or roller, and passing it under an oscillating sieve from which are sprinkled mica flakes, of one to two square millimetres area, produced by a disintegrator. The coated paper is dried, again coated with adhesive material, and rolled on mandrels to form tubes.
Patent GB-190004464-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Truss or a Combined Ordinary and Bathing Truss.
Inventor: WOOD VINCENT FAEVA
Filed: 1900-03-08
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 4464. Wood, V. r. March 8. Trusses.-Relates to a truss which may be worn in the bath as well as on ordinary occasions. The truss is provided with a washable detachable cover of cellular cloth, and consists of a circular steel spring a carrying one or two adjustable pads b, straps d, d<1>, and a back strap g.
Patent GB-190005992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Construction of Filters.
Inventor: SMITH ALFRED
Filed: 1900-03-30
Granted: 1901-02-01
Abstract: 5992. Smith, A. March 30. Domestic &c. filters; cleansing. - A hollow filtering-shell a is fitted water-tight into the bottom of an inner casing b of the filter. The aperture d, through which the filtered water flows, is large, so that the shell a can be sterilized from the interior, without removing it from the casing b, by pouring a suitable liquid through the aperture d. The shell may be made as described in Specification No. 11,073, A.D. 1895, and more than one may be used.
Patent GB-190013704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Pumps for Pumping Air, Water, and Vapour, and particularly applicable for use with Steam Engines.
Inventor: WHEELER FREDERICK MERIAM
Filed: 1900-07-31
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 13,704. Wheeler, F. M. July 31. Air pumps.-The pumps f are vertical, and are operated by a simple or compound direct-acting steam engine a. The discharge valves h and i lift upwards, and are easily reached by removing the covers m, k. They are kept covered with water. The piston g serves as the inlet valve, and is so wide that it just uncovers an annular port 4 at the end of each stroke. The steam and exhaust pipes of a compound engine are fitted with stop and three-way cocks, so t h a t either the high or low pressure cylinder may be used alone or both may be used in the usual manner. The pumps are specially suitable for torpedo-boat and similar engines.
Patent GB-190014919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Buckets for Fire Extinguishing and other Purposes.
Inventor: ROBERTSON GEORGE
Filed: 1900-08-21
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 14,919. Robertson, G., aad Robertson, J. B. Aug. 21. Buckets.-A water bucket for fire - extinguishing or other purposes has a lid made in two parts c<1>, c<2> hinged to a pin D and having inclined arms F<1> which engage pins G<1> on the bail handle B, so that, when the bucket is tilted, the lower lid is opened.
Patent GB-190016173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Steam Boilers.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG ROBERT BAYLES
Filed: 1900-09-11
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 16,173. Armstrong, R. B., and Day, A. J. Sept. 11. Water-tube boilers.-Straight, or slightly-curved, water tubes are arranged to cross one another as shown, being either connected in groups to separate top and bottom water drums 2 and 3 as shown in Fig. 1, or to horizontal drums 2*, 3*, as shown in Fig. 5 ; the drums, in the latter case, extend from back to front. A steam drum 4 communicates with the upper water drums. Partitions 6 rest on the tubes, and divide the furnace 7 from the side flues 8, 8, and the latter from an upper flue 9. The gases from the rear of the furnace pass forward through the flues 8 and back again through the flue 9. Downcomers 18, connect each upper drum with one or both of the adjacent lower drums on the same side, and into the upper ends of these downcomers the feedwater is supplied at 27. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, smaller tubes serve as downcomers.
Patent GB-190016616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Music-leaf Turners.
Inventor: EATON ETHAN W
Filed: 1900-09-18
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 16,616. Eaton, E. W. Sept. 18. Leaf-turners; leaf-holders.-Fig. 1 shows the front elevation of the music leaf-turner as provided with two lever arms, Fig. 2 a transverse section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 a vertical section through the retracting - shaft. The retracting- shaft 8, contained within the central recess 2, is provided at its upper end with the toothed wheel 9, which engages with the toothed end of the leaf-arm 14 in such a way that, on a movement of the crank 10 of the shaft 8, the arm is brought back into its normal position ready to be released for turning the music. At the same time, this arm engages with the leaf clamp of the other arm, and returns the latter to its operative position. For turning a leaf, each arm carries around its axis 13 a spiral spring 18, secured in such a way that, on the release of the arm, by the movement of a knob 41 which acts upon a finger 35, the spring operates the arm. The upper end of the axis 13 may be provided with a pawl, toothed wheel, and means for adjusting or winding the springs. To accommodate sheets of varying size the position of the bar 46 may be adjusted by sliding the bar upon racks 43. The free ends of the lever arms may each be provided with a clamp of sheet metal, the clamp comprising a strip bent upon itself to form a loop or keeper embracing clamping-jaws, the clamping being effected by a cam-finger.
Patent GB-190103016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Life Boats.
Inventor: PAFF JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1901-03-16
Abstract: 3016. Paff, J. J. Feb. 12. Lifeboats.-Relates to a valve for allowing water to escape. Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a draining-valve for a lifeboat. The casing has a branch 4, which passes through the bottom of the boat and is secured by a nut, the joint being made tight by a packing-ring 7. This branch and the open end of the casing are protected by gratings. One end of the casing is closed and provided with a stuffing-box, through which the valve stem passes. The valve is loosely mounted on the stem, so as to be movable on it under the control of a set-screw. It is held closed by the air pressure in the casing when the boat is afloat, and can be opened by the stem. In a modification, a spider at the open end of the casing carries a pintle on which the valve slides to prevent it from sticking to the stem.
Patent GB-190103828-A (GB)
Title: Match Igniter for Attachment to the Chimney of a Lamp, Lantern, or other Illuminating Device
Inventor: FOLTZ CHARLES OLIVER
Filed: 1901-02-22
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 3828. Foltz, C. O. Feb. 22. Match-striking plates. -An igniting-appliance, which is applied to the chimney of a lamp, lantern, or other illuminating device, is made of a strip of metal A, bent into triangular form and having its opposed ends b, c roughened. The base of the tri. angular appliance is perforated, and secured by means of a tubular rivet D to the inner surface of the chimney, which is provided with an aperture registering with that of the igniting-appliance.
Patent GB-190108104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ovens.
Inventor: HARTON PEMBROKE DECATUR
Filed: 1901-04-19
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 8104. Harton, P. D. April 19. Ovens.-Relates to means for operating oven shelves on opening and closing the door. The shelf 3 is pivoted to a bar 7, the inner end 8 of which is bent at an angle and comes in contact with the back of the oven as the door is closed, and the outer end is provided with a projection underneath and an inclined catch-piece above. A gravitating catch-plate 13 is formed with side bars and winged guides 15 which slide in keepers 12 on the door, and is provided with several cross-bars 16 corresponding in position to guide-rests 4, 5 for the shelf, and adapted to engage the catch on the bar 7. The projection on the underside of the bar 7 is intended to come in contact with V-shaped guides 9<1> on the door and bring the catch-pieces into proper relation. A knob 19 is attached to an arm 18 engaging a projection 17 on the plate 13, so that the bar 7 can be released when desired. The arm 18 is retained on the stem of the knob by a nut, and is cast with a hollow boss recessed to receive a projection on the stem of the knob.
Patent GB-190112074-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Receptacle for Storing Sand for use on Road-surfaces.
Inventor: GOETHER AUGUST
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 12,074. Goether, A., and Wetzel, F. June 13. S and bins.-A receptacle, for storing sand for use on wet and slippery road surfaces, consists of an outer casing a having charging and discharging doors opposite similar doors d and f in an inner container b supported on legs as shown. An inclined shelf is provided inside the container and over the door f. Gas jets or burners i are provided to heat the sand and prevent it from freezing. The heated air and gases escape at c.
Patent GB-190112604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cutting Cheeses and the like.
Inventor: GILBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-06-20
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 12,604. Gilbert, W. June 20. Cheese cutters.-The cheese k or the like is cut upon a table a by means of a lever i and a cord f, which is stretched from it over the cheese by a weight h.
Patent GB-190112793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Tree and similar Guards applicable also for Fencing Purposes Generally.
Inventor: LLOYD MARSHALL BURNS
Filed: 1901-06-24
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 12,793. Lloyd, M. B. June 24. Fencing tree guards.-Tree guards consist of sheet-metal pickets a, formed as shown in Fig. 3, and having central ribs b, which are cut at b<1> to receive semicircular crimped wires d, which are secured to the pickets by bars or wedges e. The wires d of two sets of semicircular guards thus formed are hinged together at one end, and are provided with loops at the other end for securing them in position around the tree by a rod g, Fig. 1. Fencing in general may be similarly formed.
Patent GB-190115136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Ventilation of Fiery Mines, Ships' Bunkers, Coal Heaps and the like, and to the Utilisation of the Fire-damp or other Gas Generated or Contained therein for Motive Power, Lighting and other Purposes.
Inventor: SOUHEUR BAUDOUIN
Filed: 1901-07-25
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 15,136. Souheur, B. July 25. Ventilating mines, tunnels, &c.-Relates to the ventilation of fiery mines, ships' bunkers, coal heaps, and the like, and to the utilization of the firedamp or other gas generated or contained therein for motive-power, lighting, and for other purposes. Suction pipes are introduced into the coal, and the gas is exhausted therefrom and forced into suitable receivers or gas holders. In the case of exposed coal heaps, coverings or magazines are additionally provided.