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Patent GB-189813599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-prepayment Mechanism for Fluid Meters.
Inventor: PEEBLES DAVID BRUCE
Filed: 1898-06-18
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 13,599. Peebles, D. B. June 18. Gas meters; liquid meters; coin action; coin-discharging mechanism.-The coin shoot A, which has a heavy top side A‹, is carried by a pair of flat arms A<5> which are pivoted coaxially on each side of a well B against the front of which the coin shoot ends. The sides G, E of the well B are hinged, and one side hangs against the valve lever, while the other side, which bears a broad roller E<2>, hangs against an extension of one of the arms A<5>. The well is fed with coins by inserting them one at a time into the coin shoot and then lifting it clear of the edge of the well by means of a handle A'. On releasing the handle, the coin shoot is re-set by its own weight, and that side of the well which bears the roller is pushed in, so that, owing to the presence of the coin, the other side is pushed out and the valve is opened. The meter drives an endless chain M bearing T-shaped pieces N which travel through a slot B<1> in the bottom of the well and discharge the coins one by one. When clear of the pile of coins above it, the departing coin is displaced slightly by a strip on the bottom plate, and the hinged side which hangs against the valve lever is thrust back slightly so as to let the pile of coins settle down on the bottom plate. Fraud, preventing; coin-slit closing-devices.-A shield A<3> attached to the coin shoot closes the insertion slot when the shoot is lifted to discharge its coin into the well. A finger P', resting on the top coin of the pile, extends from a gravitating-lever which operates an index showing the number of coins.
Patent GB-189817620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw and Nut Mechanism.
Inventor: CLARKE GEORGE
Filed: 1898-08-16
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 17,620. Clarke, G., aud Mackenzie, A. Aug. 16. Tobacco.-Relates to screw-and-nut mechanism applicable in portable tobacco-cutting machines &c. The nut is composed of two threaded segments not in the same plane, so that it may be tilted and moved to any part of the feed-screw.
Patent GB-189823935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cycle Mud Guards and Dress Guards.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD THOMAS MORTON
Filed: 1898-11-14
Granted: 1899-10-07
Abstract: 23.935. Schofield, T. M., and Schofield, G. C. Nov. 14. Guards, mud and dress; gear cases.-Mud guards are secured by a series of spring tongues, Fig. 1, which engage sockets, Fig. 2, and are locked therein by set-screws. The sockets are preferably fixed to the frame, and the tongues to the mud guards and stays. For attaching the dress guard, the rear mud guard is provided with hooks, Fig. 7, or rings pivoted to its edges. The mud guard is made of flexible material, and is made in sections connected by a rivet &c. to allow it to be folded when detached. The rivet carries one of the tongues as shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 9 shows the complete mud guard, with a horizontal stay. The sockets may be made with extensions to facilitate the insertion of the tongues. The tongues and sockets may also be used for connecting the parts of a gear case.
Patent GB-189826568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Food Preparations.
Inventor: BALLANTYNE HORATIO
Filed: 1898-12-15
Granted: 1899-10-07
Abstract: 26,568. Ballantyne, H. Dec. 15. Food preparations. -Relates to a food, for infants and young children, adapted for use with diluted cows' milk. Wheat germ, freed from bran, and either raw, or cooked, with or without salt, by superheated steam, is mixed with wheaten or other flour and kneaded into a dough with water. Sodium or calcium phosphate may also be added. The dough is then rolled out and baked, preferably in steam-heated ovens at 400‹ F. The biscuit-like product is ground and bolted and mixed with a preparation containing maltose and dextrin, obtained in known manner by the action of malt on farinaceous materials such as wheat.
Patent GB-189908214-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Means for Retaining and Holding Doors, Window-sashes and the like.
Inventor: BUTTERWORTH JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-04-19
Granted: 1899-06-24
Abstract: 8214. Butterworth, J. April 19. Door holders; sliding bolts.-Relates to means for holding doors, window sashes, and the like in any position. The end of an ordinary sliding or spring bolt A is fitted with a piece of indiarubber or the like B. The face of the rubber is made concave. When applied to a door, the holder is fitted so that the concave end B<1> bears against the floor. The holder is used also as a bolt in the ordinary manner.
Patent GB-189908280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements Appertaining to Waste Water Closets.
Inventor: OATES WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-04-20
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 8280. Oates, W. April 20. Latrines.-The usual loose bend at the bottom of the flushing-pipe of a trough closet is dispensed with, a channel b being formed integral with the trough itself. The lower end of the flushing-pipe d is fitted into a socket c.
Patent GB-189910059-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Splitting or Treating Raw or Crushed Fibres.
Inventor: SZYMANSKI FRANZ
Filed: 1899-05-12
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 10,059. Szymanski, F. May 12. Breaking-apparatus; obtaining fibres.-Relates to apparatus for splitting raw or crushed banana, sisal, aloe, and other fibres, and dividing them into filaments suitable for spinning &c. The material is fed between two pairs of nippers or bars 32, 33, 34, and 35, and a pair of intermittently-rotating rollers 62, 63. The bar 34 is stationary and the bar 35 is raised and lowered at intervals for the purpose of releasing and holding the material. The bar 33 has a rising and falling motion with reference to its corresponding bar 32, and the two bars have also intermittent motions towards and from the pair of bars 34, 35. When in the position shown in Fig. 11, the bars 32, 33 are reciprocated, whereby the material which is held between the two pairs of nippers or bars is rubbed between them and divided into filaments. When the rubbing operation has been continued for a sufficient interval, both sets of nippers are opened and the material is drawn forwards by the rotation of the rollers. Suitable mechanism is described for operating the parts in the desired manner, the whole being actuated by a crank handle or by power.
Patent GB-189911438-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Appliance for Scrubbing or Cleaning the Interiors of Jars, Bottles, and other Hollow Receptacles, and for any analogous purposes.
Inventor: HUGHES FREDERIC
Filed: 1899-06-01
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 11,438. Hughes, F. June 1. Cleaning bottles, jars, and like vessels.- The appliance consists of a fluted rod b supporting chains c, journalled in the cap e and driven by the bevel gearing f, g. When rapidly rotated, the chains into the positions indicated by dotted lines, and clean the inside of the bottle &c.
Patent GB-189913054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Globes and Shades of Gas, Electric, and other Lamps.
Inventor: SANDERS GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-06-23
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 13,054. Sanders, G. F. June 23. Lamp shade and globe holders.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 8343, A.D. 1894. The neck of the globe or shade is held by two fixed projections B and a movable projection D, which is actuated by a slide C. This slide is guided upon the gallery by the engagement at one end of the slot E with a pin F on the gallery, and at the other end of the piece K with the raised portion L of the gallery, and is formed with a curved slot H, which engages with a stud G on the projection D. The projection D is thus actuated by moving the slide C, by means of the thumb-piece I, against the action of the spring J, which normally holds the slide in such a position that the projection D is extended. The spring J may be dispensed with, and a pivoted projection D may be employed.
Patent GB-189916024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sash Pulleys.
Inventor: CLAYTON RICHARD
Filed: 1899-08-05
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 16,024. Clayton, R., and Crump, E. Aug. 5. Casting axle, frame, and like pulleys.-The wheel is cast, bored, and covered with sand, and the frame, with the axle, is cast in one piece about the wheel. The bored hole through the wheel is anointed to ensure the formation of a distinct and separate axle.
Patent GB-189923612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closets and Means or Apparatus for Flushing same.
Inventor: LLOYD LEONARD HORATIO
Filed: 1899-11-27
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 23,612. Lloyd, L. H. Nov. 27. Closets flushed with waste water.-In wastewater closets the usual tipping - tank is dispensed with, and water collected in a vessel F with a hand-operated discharge valve K. The valve may also be operated automatically by a float M attached to it. Any overflow passes directly into the basin by an opening I. Soiling of the basin is prevented by constructing the top opening as shown.
Patent GB-190003659-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Jacquard Attachment for Looms.
Inventor: PIVETZ ALOIS
Filed: 1900-02-24
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 3659. Pivetz, A., Guendel, A., and Thourot, A. Feb. 24 Jacquards.-A series of double-ended needles F are supported in perforated guide-plates E, and operated by either of the pattern cards C on carriers, which are pivoted in supports capable of sliding horizontally upon rods G<2> and brackets B<1>. The uprights l are formed of double wire, twisted near the bottom to form straight shanks l<1> with eyes l<2>, and bent and crossed at the top to form double inwardly-turned hooks l<3>. The blades H of the griffe H' are pivoted, and can be inclined in either direction to engage with either hook of the uprights by means of a notched bar H<2>, operated by forked levers H<4> from a sliding bar H<5> under the control of the card cylinders. The cards are held on the cylinders by a rod n<2> on V-shaped hangers n, a second rod n<3>, and a bent-wire guard extending over the inner and top surfaces. The cylinders are turned by hooks N', and are moved to and fro by links and bell-crank levers from pendant levers g9, having recesses g<10> to engage with a pin on a vertically-moving frame I. The pendent levers are selected by a horizontallymoving plate under the control of a supplementary pattern-chain, and are lifted by an oscillating- frame G<3>. Another frame H operates the griffe through links h<1> clamped to guide-rods h<2>. The supplementary pattern - chain is operated by ratchet mechanism from a pawl i<2> on the frame I.
Patent GB-190007279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Supplying Hot Liquids.
Inventor: PARISH EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-04-19
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 7279. Parish, E. W., and Eady, J. W. April 19. Stoves for heating liquids; liquid-heaters, gas. - An apparatus for supplying hot liquids is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. It is arranged to give a supply of hot liquid not materially reduced in temperature by the admission of cold liquid, and consists of a series of detachable sections a arranged side by side and divided into compartments by partitions k, which compartments communicate alternately at the top and bottom. The cold liquid entering by the inlet d passes from section to section by the pipes c, and finally leaves as hot liquid by the outlet e. The inlet and outlet may be regulated simultaneously by cocks connected together. The tapered sections a are situated in a cylindrical casing h, provided with a perforated plate i for supporting the collars or flanges j of the sections. The products of combustion from the fire b ascend by the central flue f, one section being shorter than the other to admit fuel. The apparatus may be heated by gas.
Patent GB-190008381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Meters.
Inventor: ROBERTS HAMLET
Filed: 1900-05-07
Granted: 1901-03-09
Abstract: 8381. Roberts, H. May 7. Liquid meters.-Pipe sockets, such as a, b, c, d, of graduated sizes but all having a standard flange e coinciding with the flanges of Deacon or other meters, are used to connect the meter on any main of equal or less capacity. In lieu of now-recording mechanism, graduated pressure gauges g with a standard size of blank flange h are fitted.
Patent GB-190011077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Mercerising, Scouring, Bleaching, Dyeing, Washing, Sizing and like Treatment of Yarn in Hank Form.
Inventor: CROMPTON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-06-19
Granted: 1901-08-19
Abstract: 11,077. Crompton, W. H., and Horrocks, W. June 19. Yarns, mercerizing, sizing, &c. - Relates to machines for mercerizing, sizing, or otherwise treating hanks of yarn. The hanks are stretched over pairs of reels or rollers b, b<1>, carried by frames A which may be placed into or removed from a tank a. Each frame carries two pairs of rollers mounted in open bearings as shown, the bearings of the upper rollers being carried by screwed spindles d, which may be simultaneously rotated by bevel gearing and a hand-wheel g<1>, for regulating the tension of the hanks. The frames A are provided with projections, which slide in grooves in the sides of the tank. When a frame is placed in the tank, the axles of the upper rollers engage with bearings on the sides of the tank, so that the hanks are stretched by the weight of the frame and of the lower rollers, and a squared extension on one end of each axle engages with a socket in the axle of a worm-wheel driven by a worm on the driving-shaft v. The axis of each reel or roller may be eccentric to its axle. When the hanks on a frame have been treated for a sufficient interval, the frame is removed by a crane or other suitable means, and placed on a tray y to drain, previously to being placed in a washing-tank &c., and another frame, charged with hanks, is lowered into the tank in its place.
Patent GB-190011094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Match Making Machines.
Inventor: CRISWELL JAMES ADAMS EKIN
Filed: 1900-06-19
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 11,094. Crisswell, J. A. E. June 19. Cutting-up.-A veneer 12 is cut into match splints by a knife 21, which is adjustably secured by screws 22 or other means to a verticallyreciprocating head 23. The splints, after being cut from the veneer, pass into a series of parallel recesses 29 in a wheel or carrier 30, which is rotated through a distance equal to the distance between two adjacent recesses while the knife 21 makes a complete stroke. The splints are prevented from leaving the recesses 29 by a cap-plate 20, the front end of which also serves as an abutment for the veneer 12 as it is fed forwards over a table 14 and beneath a guide-plate 15, by feedrollers, 13. These rollers are mounted on a shaft carried by arms 16, which are provided with weighted rods 18. The carrier 30 may be single, or may be divided into a series of parallel carriers ; peripheral channels are formed round the carrier to receive a corresponding number of ribs on the table 14 and on the cap-plate 20. The carrier shown in Fig. 4 is a double one, and in the central channel between the divisions of the carrier is a plate 33 which serves as a support for the central parts of the splints. A rotary or other suitable cutter 34 cuts the splints into two parts, which are next forced by the action of a wedge-shaped block 40 into apertures in the links of carrier chains 35, as shown in Fig. 12. The severed splints are forced further into the apertures by the action of a rocking-lever 42, pivoted at 43 to the capplate 20 and actuated by cams 44 carried by the shaft of the cutter 34. The chains 35 are provided with teeth, which engage with toothed wheels mounted on the shaft of the carrier 30. After leaving the carrier, the splints are conveyed by the chains 35 to the paraffining and dipping apparatus, which may be of the usual kind. Finally, the chains pass over wheels 49, partially shown in Fig. 13, which are provided with flanges 54, 55 for guiding the chains, and with additional flanges 56 for supporting the match-ejecting mechanism. This comprises a series of sliding-stems 57 which carry spring-controlled pins 59 for ejecting the matches m. The stems 57 carry rollers 62 which pass over fixed inclined surfaces as the wheels 49 rotate ; or the stems may be actuated by rocking- levers. In a modification, the knife for cutting the veneers into splints, carries a spring-controlled plunger for forcing the splints into the recesses of the carrier, and the front portion of the veneer rests upon a plate which is pivoted to the feedtable and pressed upwards by a spring or springs. Each link of the carrier chains may be provided with any suitable number of recesses for the splints, and these recesses may be fitted with slotted bushes ; or the links may be provided with perforated guide-plates, and the usual holding arrangements. The machine may be arranged for making up the splints into coils ready for dipping ; in this case, belts and tapes are fed respectively below and above the splints, and the whole is wound upon a drum.
Patent GB-190022840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Butter.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-12-14
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 22,840. Boult, A. J., [Taylor, C. M.]. Dec. 14. Butter. -Cream is poured in a thin layer over blotting-paper or other absorbent material, which removes the aqueous part of the cream, and leaves the butter, which is removed from the surface of the paper.
Patent GB-190103334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leggings or Coverings for the Legs.
Inventor: OSBORNE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-02-15
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 3334. Osborne, W. H. Feb. 15. Leggings.-The legging is made of the shape shown, and is fastened around the lower part of the leg by straps C, adjustable in length, and provided at one end on the inside of the legging with a hook a which is engaged with an eye h attached on the outside of the legging to the other end of the straps C which is passed through an aperture in the legging. A loop d serves to keep the straps in a straight line. The two straps C may be replaced by a single strap, and the buckle and the hook a be dispensed with, the eye h being in this case replaced by a buckle with which the other end of the strap is engaged. The legging is fastened at the upper end by the strap F and buckle e.
Patent GB-190104761-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Anti-friction Runner or Bearing
Inventor: SAUNDERS ALBERT HARRY
Filed: 1901-03-06
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 4761. Saunders, A. H. March 6. Piston-rod guides.- Relates to a bearing for pump rods &c. A plate a is provided with countersunk holes d in which are located balls c, a covering plate e, having suitable holes, being attached to the plate a so as to keep the balls in position. The plates are secured to the backing by screws &c.f. The bearing is adjusted by placing packing at the back of the plate a. Sometimes the plate a may be dispensed with and the countersunk holes formed in the backing, in which case a wearing strip may be provided for the balls to bear against.
Patent GB-190105356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Testing Photographic Plates and Films
Inventor: SHEPHERD EDWARD SANGER
Filed: 1901-03-13
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 5356. Shepherd, E. S., and Jones, C. March 13. Exposures, determining.-Relates to a device for testing photographic plates and films for sensitiveness and speed, and for testing and adjusting developers &c. The device is made of two sheets of glass, between which are arranged the graded scale of colour patches. The sections marked with numerals 1 to 25 represents the series of tints of graduated densities or opacities. The vertical row A of sections 1 to 4 are coloured patches, and the rectangular portion 5 is a strip of grey, forming what is know as the Abney colour sensitometer. The vertical column B of sections 6 to 9 represents four pure colour patches dividing the spectrum into an equal number of portions. The square marked a is a patch comprising the combination of a line design with a superposed halftone negative.
Patent GB-190106177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Use in the Manufacture of Expanded Metal Work.
Inventor: CURTIS LEWIS EARNEST
Filed: 1901-03-23
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 6177. Curtis, L. E. March 23. Shearing; bending; cutting and working by unclassified operations.-A machine for making expanded metalwork has a table 11, Fig. 1, with feed-rollers 13 to feed the sheet to slitting-rolls 25, consisting of cutting-discs 20 separated by smaller discs 23, the whole being keyed on spindles 15 driven from a main shaft. The cutting- edges 22, Fig. 6, of the upper discs are notched on opposite sides as shown at 24, to produce interrupted slits, as shown in Fig. 9, or the discs of each roll may be notched on one side only, as shown in Fig 11. The slitted sheet passes between feed-rollers 48 to expanding or stretching discs 60, 61, rotating in opposite directions and at different levels, as shown in Fig. 8. The discs abut against the ends of the feed-rollers 48, to engage the outermost strands 103 of the sheet, curved projections 64 on the discs bending the portions between the bonds in the direction substantially at right-angles to the sheet. The stretching action is continued as one edge of the sheet passes up over the disc 60 and the other under the disc 61, as shown in Fig. 8, flanged guides 65, 66 retaining the sheet on the discs till it reaches the highest and lowest points, when it has been stretched to the shape shown in Fig. 10. The sheet may be afterwards carried to setting-rolls.
Patent GB-190107419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Tubes, Rods or Wires and other Bodies
Inventor: FRANK SALOMON
Filed: 1901-04-10
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 7419. Frank, S. April 10. Squirting.-Relates to the manufacture by extrusion of tubes, rods, wires, &c. from one piece of material or from several pieces united by the pressure exerted during extrusion. The plunger used is of small diameter, and the material, in a fluid or plastic state, is fed to the plunger cylinder through a suitable channel, and continuously compressed at each stroke to issue through a die in continuous form. If soft metals or materials of middling hardness are to be treated, they may be fed in pieces fitting the cylinder bore, or the plunger may punch such pieces from a plate at each stroke. The apparatus may be heated externally to cause such pieces to unite while under pressure, but heating is unnecessary in the case of plastic substances, such as wax or clay. Soft metals may be treated in a molten condition. Fig. 1 shows the cylinder formed in a die M, the plunger S forcing the material out between the die and a mandrel D to form a tube R. Fig. 2 shows the cylinder formed in the mandrel D, which is provided with passages C to connect the cylinder to the annulus from which the tube issues. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement for extruding a number of wires, bars, &c. W simultaneously.
Patent GB-190116524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Fenders or Life Guards.
Inventor: SELLON STEPHEN PRESCOTT WHITE
Filed: 1901-08-16
Granted: 1902-08-16
Abstract: 16,524. Sellon, S. P. W. d'A. Aug. 16. Obstruction-removers for tramcars and other vehicles. The application to an electric tramcar is described. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the movable network fender 3 is guided between rollers 4 and pivoted to links jointed to the fixed frame 1. An obstruction in the path of the vehicle strikes the cushion 6, and the front end of the fender moves backwards and downwards, while its back end moves backwards and upwards until the wheels 8 touch the ground, when the whole apparatus runs forwards with the vehicle. In the modified and preferred construction shown in Fig. 3, the frames 1, 3 are mounted on springs, and the front end 13 of the frame 3 is connected by supported arms 25 and levers 5 to the frame 1, while the back end is linked as shown to the axle-truck. This fender acts also in the manner described above.