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Patent GB-189622610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machine Guns, their Carriages, and Appurtenances.
Inventor: PENNINGTON EDWARD JOEL
Filed: 1896-10-12
Granted: 1897-10-09
Abstract: 22,610. Pennington, E. J. Oct. 12. Motor road vehicles.-Two machine guns G, G<2> are mounted on a pneumatic - tyred motor road vehicle A, provided with two Kane-Penning- ton oil motors D. The driving - shaft E is provided with clutches E<2> at each end, which enable power to be transmitted through bands F, F<3> to the operating - pulleys F<2> on the guns. In a modification, each gun may be operated by an independent motor, or one may be employed for both guns, the power being taken from the motor by a flexible shaft or o t h e r equivalent means. A. shield may be provided which completely surrounds the carriage and is brought down as low as possible.
Patent GB-189700241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust-proof Caps for Cycle Pedals.
Inventor: VAUGHAN GEORGE NEWTON
Filed: 1897-01-05
Granted: 1897-12-04
Abstract: 241. Vaughan, G. N. Jan. 5. Ball bearings.-Relates to dust-proof caps for cycle pedals. The cap consists of a shoe a<1> shaped to fit over the edge c' of the bearing cup c, and provided with a flange a<2> on which are formed a hook a<3> and a projection or spring snap a<7> engaging openings b<1>, b<2> in the end plate of the pedal. The hook a<3> and spring snap a<5> may engage ears or projections formed on the pedal plate.
Patent GB-189704495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Rails.
Inventor: BIERMANN HERMANN
Filed: 1897-02-19
Granted: 1897-03-20
Abstract: 4495. Bierman n , H. Feb. 19. Rails are made with a continuous projection a on the head to prevent derailing.
Patent GB-189711717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Enabling Railway Travellers to Apply the Brakes by Electrical Means.
Inventor: PRESTON EDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1897-05-11
Granted: 1898-04-02
Abstract: 11,717. Preston, E. J., and Gill, A. B. May 11. Brakes. - Consists of electric apparatus for enabling passengers to apply the brakes, whether vacuum or compressed-air. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the pipe E leading to the vacuum train-pipe is closed by a valve D connected to the solenoid core U. When the circuit is closed by the passenger, the valve is raised and air then passes through the openings A<5> to the train-pipe and applies the brake. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the pipe E leads to the train-pipe containing compressed air, and is closed by the vaive D, which is pressed up to its seat by the spring D<1>. Upon closing the circuit the core C pushes the valve D downwards, thus permitting the escape of the compressed air, and thereby applying the brake. An electromagnet may be employed in place of a solenoid.
Patent GB-189716346-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Consuming Smoke and Economising Fuel in Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: SEEDHOUSE JAMES
Filed: 1897-07-10
Granted: 1898-04-02
Abstract: 16,346. Seedhouse, H., and Seedhouse, H., [Executors of Seedhouse, J.], and Seed. house, J. July 10. Smoke-consuming. -The steam and air supply to blast apparatus is slowly cut off by the fall of a piston with a cylinder charged with glycerine. Fig. 1 shows in perspective the general arrangement as fitted to a boiler front. As the piston in the cataract cylinder L falls, the lever R, which is pivoted at S, pushes along the rod T. This rod, by suitable levers, slides the flaps G, G over the air trunks of the blast apparatus, and at the same time closes the steam cock K. The piston in the cylinder is raised by means of the lever M, a valve in the piston allowing the passage of the glycerine from one side of the piston to the other. The steam nozzles may be of ordinary form, or so constructed as to discharge an annular jet. An automatic or hand-actuated damper may be fitted below the firebars.
Patent GB-189723166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Syphon Bottles and the like for Drawing off White Beer and other Aerated Beverages.
Inventor: LOEFFL FRANZ
Filed: 1897-10-08
Granted: 1898-04-23
Abstract: 23,166. L÷ffl, F., and Rudolph, H. Oct. 8. Siphon bottles.- Relates to detachable siphon-bottle heads, the chief object being to enable one siphon head to be used for many bottles witho u t stirring u p their contents. To the stopper is fixed a tube D reaching to the bottom of the vessel and with a round end having a slot c. The siphon head, which is attached to the stopper by clips, consists of a carbonic-acid reservoir E, a delivery tube F, and a cover G. When the cover is turned, a cam surface on its under part opens the valve L, and at the same time the hole g<2> comes opposite the spout F<1>, through which the liquid is then discharged. In a modification, the cover G is fixed and carries a cock to control communication between the pipe F and the spout, which cock has a projection for operating the valve L.
Patent GB-189800162-A (GB)
Title: A Process and Apparatus for Evaporating the Burnt Ale, Spent Lees, and Residual Products of Distilleries, and for Utilizing the Steam thereby Engendered for Motive Power.
Inventor: DOIG CHARLES CHREE
Filed: 1898-01-03
Granted: 1898-12-03
Abstract: 162. Doig, C. C. Jan. 3. Distilling, evaporating, and concentrating furnaces. -Relates to means for disposing of the burnt ale, spent beer, and other residual products of distilleries by evaporating them to dryness. The steam produced may be utilized for motive power. The residues are pumped up into a closed tank a situated in an elevated position and fitted with sieves a' which retain the solid matters. The liquid flows down through the pipe b, which is led through the flues c<1> of the furnaces by which the stills are heated. The pipe b is curved around the flues in horse-shoe shape, and the steam produced either escapes through the end b<2> of the pipe b and through pipes h; or, when these are closed, it is led through pipes f into a pipe g which is connected with an engine.
Patent GB-189802021-A (GB)
Title: Electrical Log Recording Instrument for the Cabin.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1898-01-25
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 2021. Jensen, P., [Patentaktiebolaget Svea]. Jan. 25. Logs.-The hand 2, Fig. 1, is driven over the dial 3 by the electric means shown in Fig. 4, that is, by a ratchet - wheel 33 advanced by a pawl arm 35 on a bell-crank lever 36. At certain fractions of a mile the log completes circuit for a magnet 37, and when contact is again broken a spring 32 returns the pawl arm and rotates the wheel 33. A contact 6 is attached to an annular dial 5, graduated reversely to the dial 3, and a knob 7 is provided for adjusting this annular dial so that the hand 2 touches it after a given distance has been run and completes circuit for one or more alarm bells in various places on the ship. All these bells, except one, may be cut out when desired. Circuit is completed by the log, say at the completion of every mile, for an electromagnet 21 which, attracting its armature 21, pricks a hole in a paper band 39 drawn forward by rollers 16, 18 actuated by the clock 15. A pricker on one of these rollers punctures the strip every hour by the side of the distance record.
Patent GB-189802307-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Stretching Yarns, particularly applicable for use in connection with the Mercerising Process.
Inventor: LOWE HORACE ARTHUR
Filed: 1898-01-28
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 2307. Lowe, H. A. Jan. 28. Yarns, mercerizing; fibres, treating.-Yarns and fibres are stretched after the mercerizing, dyeing, bleaching, or other operation by being passed through a number of pairs of rollers A, A', of which the surface speed of each pair is greater than that of the preceding and less than that of the following pair. The material passes subsequently through a number of pairs of rollers B, B' rotated at a uniform speed, where washing-water or other liquid may be sprayed on to it as it passes between the rollers. One or more of the rollers may be hollow and perforated to admit washing-water to the material. Loosely-twisted yarns or loose fibres are carried through the rollers by one or a pair of elastic conveyers or aprons.
Patent GB-189803803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Extinguishing Apparatus.
Inventor: READY THOMAS ANDREW
Filed: 1898-02-15
Granted: 1898-03-26
Abstract: 3803. Ready, T. A. Feb. 15. Nozzles.-Relates to a method of mounting a nozzle so that it can be readily directed as required. The nozzle 4 is of conical shape, and may have one or more hose pipes 20 connected to it. The nozzle is mounted on a two-wheeled carriage resembling a gun carriage, the trunnions being connected to a hand-wheel 11 by gearing, by means of which the required elevation can be given to the nozzle. On the spokes of the carriage wheels 2 are projecting handles 16, by which the firemen can move the carriage from place to place. The wheels can be locked to the carriage in any required position by U pieces 15 passing through the sides of the carriage and embracing spokes of the wheels. At the ends of the trail stocks 3 are loops 17 with which straps or ropes may engage for lowering the nozzle into a cellar or other place where the firemen cannot go. A ring 19 is used for the attachment of a rope connecting the nozzle to a fire-engine or hose reel.
Patent GB-189807885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps, also applicable to Boiler Feed Water Apparatus.
Inventor: OLIPHANT WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-04-02
Granted: 1899-03-25
Abstract: 7885. Oliphant, W., [Griffing Iron Co., A. A.]. April 2. Feedwater, supplying and controlling.-Relates to a steam trap which may be used as a boiler feeder. The water of condensation passes through a check valve at E, and into the pivoted pearshaped vessel or 'bowl' D by the pipe F. When the weight C is overbalanced, the bowl settles in the frame and opens the valve G, allowing the water to flow out through the check valve into the boiler.
Patent GB-189816335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns for Burning Earthenware, Fire Clay Goods and the like.
Inventor: STALEY ROBERT CHESHIRE
Filed: 1898-07-27
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 16,335. Staley, R. C. July 27. Kilns.-In kilns for burning earthenware, fireclay goods, and the like, which are formed with a space or " bag " H between the inner and outer walls, one or more "mouths or burners," shown in dotted lines at A, A<1>, B, B<1>, are arranged at each end, and from them run diagonal flues C, D under the floor of the kiln to conduct the heated gases to the space H.
Patent GB-189827368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bicycle Stands or Supports.
Inventor: CAMPAN LAWRENCE MAXIUM
Filed: 1898-12-28
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 27,368. Campau, L. M. Dec. 28. Stands or supports for bicycles. A semi-tubular leg A is provided at its upper end with notches e to engage the end piece of the pedal G, and is pointed at the bottom a to engage the ground. An arm E, pivoted at d to the leg A, is provided wit h a hook f to engage the crank F. When not in use, the arm is secured by the clasp i. The leg A is formed with spring clasps B, D so that the whole constitutes a spring clip, which may be attached to the seat pillar tube of the bicycle when not in use.
Patent GB-189904995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sacks, Bags, and like Receptacles.
Inventor: BATES ADELMER MARCUS
Filed: 1899-03-07
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 4995. Bates, A. M. March 7. Sacks and like bags ; paper and like bags. - Bags for holding granular materials, such as salt, sugar, flour, meal, tea, coffee, ore, shot, and grain, are provided with a self-closing opening at one corner. The corner is turned down, and the line of stitching 3 is run right across it, terminating at 5. The bag may be turned inside out before the stitching 7 is done, to hide the raw edges. The opening may be made at the right-hand corner. The bag is filled by means of a funneL
Patent GB-189907193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fishing-reels.
Inventor: HARDY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-04-05
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 7193. Hardy, W., and Hardy, J. J., [trading as Hardy Bros.]. April 5. Reels, rod. -The drum A, Fig. 3, is made from a solid disc of material which is slotted radially inwards from the periphery to make a number of spoke-like arms upon the ends of which the line is wound. To secure free running in one direction, the handle-bar B, Fig. 7, is pivoted to toggle-levers D and E which carry a toe-piece d engaging with the peripheral rim a<4> of the drum. In a modification, the pivoted handle-bar is fitted with a friction catch which engages with the periphery of a small disc attached to the drum.
Patent GB-189907348-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a Brown Dyestuff directly dyeing Cotton.
Filed: 1899-04-07
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 7348. Abel, C. D., [Actiengesellschaft f³r Anilin Fabrikation]. April 7. Dyes, artificial.-A colouring-matter which dyes unmordanted cotton deep brown shades is produced by heating with sulphur and an alkaline sulphide, ultimately at 180‹ to 200‹ C., the amidocresol sulphonic acid which has the constitutional formula- When cool, the product is pulverized and is then ready for use in dyeing.
Patent GB-189912163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Hot or Cold Water in Bath Rooms, Lavatories, Pantries and other places.
Inventor: BROPHY MICHAEL MARY
Filed: 1899-06-10
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 12,163. Brophy, M. M. June 10. Water supply.- Relates to apparatus for supplying hot or cold water in bath-rooms, lavatories, pantries, and other places, the hot and cold water being delivered through a single nozzle or spout and the hot water obtained by introducing steam into the cold water. The stem or column a has the steam heater b consisting of a perforated pipe surrounded by wire gauze b or o t h e r material through which the steam has to pass to come into contact with the water, at the lower end, and twin controlling-cocks f of the kind described in Specification No. 12,162, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Valves &c.], and operated by cams at the upper end. Suitable passages c<1>, c<2> and d', d', formed in the column and shown in section in Fig. 6, convey the steam and water introduced by the pipes c and d to the top of the column, and thence to the heater b, from which the water, either hot or cold, flows upwards to the discharge spoutj.
Patent GB-189920493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electrical Signalling Systems for Railroads.
Inventor: BERRY GILBERT DIT ALFRED
Filed: 1899-10-12
Granted: 1900-10-12
Abstract: 20,493. Berry, G. Oct. 12. Drawings to Specification. Brakes.-Relates to an electric signalling system, in which visible and audible signals are given automatically to the driver of a train entering a section already occupied. Instead of, or in addition to, giving such signals, the apparatus may apply the brakes of the train. A magnet on each locomotive acts by induction on a contact-apparatus on the track. In case of a train entering a blocked section, this contact-apparatus completes the circuit of a track electromagnet, which acts by induction on a similar contact-apparatus on the locomotive, so as to complete the circuit of the signalling-apparatus &c. on the latter.
Patent GB-189923179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Generating Apparatus, and more particularly Means for Generating Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: TURNER THOMAS GILPIN
Filed: 1899-11-21
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 23,179. Turner, T. G. Nov. 21. Drawings to Specification. Packing calcium carbide.-The carbide is enclosed in a hermetically-sealed glass or other breakable and fireproof material, in which it can be easily transported.
Patent GB-189923391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Folding and Shearing Metal or other Plates or Sheets.
Inventor: GILL JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1899-11-23
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 23,391. Gill, J. H. Nov. 23. Folding paper.-A machine for folding and cutting paper or other sheets has a fixed table 3, below which slides a carriage with a shaft 6. Gripping-arms 8 are loosely pivoted on the ends of the shaft, and to them are pivoted arms 9 with slotted ends 13 engaging crank arms 14 on the shaft. The shaft is rotated by a toothed segment 25 rocked by the forward movement of the piston of a motor cylinder 20, moving with the carriage. The sheet is placed on the table with one end against the shears 29 and the other end against the gripping-arms, and is adjusted laterally by sliding-stops 34, which are connected to a rocking-lever operated by hand or foot, and press the plate against adjustable pins in the table. The rotation of the shaft 6 first causes the grippers to close on the sheet, and then to rotate through 180‹ to fold the sheet, the stationary end being clamped by a bar 28 operated by hand or foot. If the two ends do not register, the carriage and grippers are moved horizontally by a second cylinder 15. The sheet is then creased by a press 30, which gradually operates from the ends to the fold to ensure c o r r e c t folding. The ends are then sheared, and the grippers released and returned by the action of a spring on the piston-rod after the fluid is shut off. The shears and press may be operated from the main shaft. The machine may be used for doubling packs. The Provisional Specification states also that the valves for admitting hydraulic or other fluid to the cylinders may be operated automatically.
Patent GB-190005216-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Filaments for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-03-19
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 5216. Boult, A. J., [Blondel, A.]. March 19. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments of high resistance for use in exhausted bulbs are made of boron or silicon, or both together, optionally containing some carbon. In one method, boron in impalpable powder is mixed with a binding-material containing carbon, boron, or silicon, such as coal tar dissolved in benzene, and squirted to form filaments, which are heated under powdered charcoal and titanium in an electric or other furnace. They are flashed in vapour of carbon, boron, or silicon compounds, such as boron hydride, or ethyl boron, and may be coated with a rare oxide by electrolysis or otherwise. In another method of making a filament, a fine platinum wire is heated electrically in vapour of a boron compound, and afterwards to a higher temperature to volatilize the platinum.
Patent GB-190009047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting Mud, Dust and other Street Refuse.
Inventor: MELVIN WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-05-16
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 9047. Melvin, W. H., and Mann, A. May 16. Sweeping - machines; elevating sweepings into carts.-In an apparatus for collecting mud, dust, and other street refuse and transferring it to a dust van or cart, a rotating brush G, carried by a frame A supported on side wheels B on an axle C and a front wheel D on a swivelling fore-carriage E, sweeps the mud &c. into a trough at the top uf an inclined plate R. A rotating screw V in the trough conveys the mud &c. to a casing X, up which it is elevated by a screw to a swivelling discharge spout 7. The brush G and the conveyer V are driven from the wheel B by chain gearing, while the elevator screw is driven by chain and bevel gearing. The apparatus may be connected to a dust cart or van by chains, links, or a handle. In a modification, the brush and the shaft 0 are mounted in bearings adjusted by screws, the tube X has a manhole, the mud &c. is conveyed up the plate R by scrapers on chains or bands passing over sprocket-wheels, and the plate R is made in two parts, the lower one sliding on the upper, to which it is connected by bolts and lugs, and is pressed against the road by a spring. The bearings of the brush may be mounted on springs. The conveyer and elevator screws may be provided at their edges with leather, india-rubber, or the like to facilitate the collecting of liquid mud.
Patent GB-190010900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Coolers and Refrigerators.
Inventor: HOWARD GEORGE DAVID
Filed: 1900-06-15
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 10,900. Howard, G. D., [Cormack, J.]. June 15. Refrigerators; cooling air. - The refrigerating- chamber 7<a> is surrounded on the sides, bottom, and one end by the receptacle 6 for the ref rigerating- medium, and on the top with insulating- material 10, and the whole is enclosed in the casing 5 packed with insulating-material. The casing 5 has two lids 12, 3, and the inner lid is provided with hinged doors 13 through which the receptacle 6 may be charged. Drain cocks 19 are provided for this receptacle. A fan 16, driven by any suitable means, circulates the air in the chamber, and a pipe may lead the cooled air from the chamber into a room for cooling it.
Patent GB-190011922-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Amido-ammonium-azo-dyestuffs.
Filed: 1900-07-02
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 11,922. Abel, C. D., [Actiengesellschaft f³r Anilin Fabrikation]. July 2. Dyes, artificial.-New amido ammonium - azo dye-stuffs, which dye cotton on tannin mordants and are fast to acids, are obtained by combining dimethyl-m-tolylenediamine of the formula with diazo or tetrazo compounds, and transforming the azo dye-stuffs thus produced into the corresponding ammonium-azo dye-stufes by means of alkyl halides or other alkylizing-agents. Examples are given in which such dye-stuffs are obtained by combining dimethyl-m-tolylenediamine (1) with diazobenzene and alkylizing with dimethyl sulphate, (2) with alpha-diazo-naphthalene and alkylizing with ethyl bromide, (3) with tetrazoditolyl and alkylizing with dimethyl sulphate, and (4) with benzeneazo-alpha-naphthylamine and alkylizing with dimethyl sulphate. Specifications No. 22,572, A.D. 1892, No. 4545, A.D. 1898, No. 9343, A.D. 1896, No. 14,494, A.D. 1895, and No. 27,896, A.D. 1896, are referred to.
Patent GB-190017604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Hat Pins.
Inventor: ROBBIE JOHN
Filed: 1900-10-04
Granted: 1901-10-04
Abstract: 17,604. Robbie, J. Oct. 4. Appliances for securing to head.-The head of a hat-pin K is provided with spring catches which engage the flanges of a hollow stud P secured in the hat.
Patent GB-190101946-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trousers Presser.
Inventor: WATTS JOHN ROBERT
Filed: 1901-01-29
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 1946. Watts, J. R. Jan. 29. Trouser presses.-Fig. 3 shows a plan of the press. The trousers are pressed between boards A, B, and the invention consists in making the upper board in two parts A, A, jointed together by two or more steel links or springs F, leaving the pieces free to work longitudinally in the same manner as a parallel ruler. In the ends of the pieces F are opposite slots G, which engage with bolts on the lower board B, pressure being applied by wing-nuts E. The object of the invention is to facilitate the manipulation and increase the portability of the press.
Patent GB-190104395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Lighting Gas.
Inventor: BORCHARDT HUGO
Filed: 1901-03-01
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 4395. Borchardt, H. March 1. Actuating gas valves and cocks of pilot jets which are themselves ignited by platinum wires which are brought to the requisite temperature for ignition by the gas impinging thereon after the wires have been initially heated by the passage of an electric current. The lower face m of the gas valve l normally closes the communication between the gas-supply channel f and the pilot jet c, but when the ordinary gas cock has been turned on, and the electric circuit containing the electromagnets e and the wire d has been closed at x, the armature h lifts the slide k and, through the lever i, the valve l, which then admits gas to the pilot jet c while closing by its upper face n the outlet to the main burner. As soon as the pilot jet has been ignited, the electric circuit is broken at x. The valve l there upon falls, admitting gas to the main burner where it is ignited by the pilot jet, to which the gas supply is imnediately cut off by the lower face m of the falling valve. Several igniting devices may be arranged in a common electric circuit.