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Patent GB-189907400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Lamps for Generating and Burning Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: ANDERSEN ANDERS PETER
Filed: 1899-04-18
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 7400. Andersen, A. P. April 8. Acetylene lamps; carriage lamps ; velocipede lamps.-In vehicle, table, and other lamps expansible water and carbide chambers are provided to regulate automatically the generation of acetylene and store the surplus gas, and the drying or filtering tube through which the gas passes on its way to the burner is provided with a safety escape device. When starting the lamp, the chamber c is filled with water to the level of the grid e upon which the carbide rests, and, upon opening the valve l<@>, the gas generated passes througb the filtering-material in the tube k to the burner B. Should, however, the gas be generated faster than it is consumed, the increased pressure expands the india-rubber bottom c<1> of the water chamber within the protecting-casing c<2>, the air from which escapes through holes c<3>, and the water is removed from contact with the carbide. Gas then generated is stored within the expansible india-rubber bell b<2>, and, if the generation continues, the surplus gas escapes from the tube k by a hole l<1> which is normally closed by an indiarubber ring l. Cones f, i prevent the water from splashing upon the carbide, and packing b<1>, c' is provided to ensure tight joints between the detachable parts.
Patent GB-189910001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors.
Inventor: BOUCHAUD-PRACEIQ EDOUARD
Filed: 1899-05-11
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 10,001. Bouchaud-Praceiq, E. May 11. Gas engines, carburetting in. The carburetter consists of an airtight vessel A packed with superposed porous plates B, such as of wood or felt, and preferably perforated and separated from one another by small ribs so as to leave spaces a. The vessel is covered by a perforated plate b. Within a central passage c is passed a tube C, closed at the bottom, and provided near the bottom with a number of slits d. The plates having been saturated with carburetting liquid, the tube is inserted, and, on being connected with a pump or other suction apparatus, carburetted air is withdrawn. As the upper layers bec o m e exhausted, the tube is gradually lowered until all the liquid has been used. I n a form especially adapted for use with a motor car, several tubes such as C are used, and are connected with one main tube and with a hand-wheel and screw for raising or lowering all the tubes simultaneously. The tube C maybe graduated as shown, and may be continued by a flexible tube.
Patent GB-189919627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tires for Wheels.
Inventor: FROST HARRISON CLEMENT
Filed: 1899-09-29
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 19,627. Frost, H. C. March 1, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patent &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-An elastic tyre, shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 2, has a hard rubber base D to which a soft rubber cover E is secured. This cover is integral with tread pieces F separated by undercut parts G. Each end of each section of the base D has an indentation H, so that, when the sections are placed together, apertures are formed, through which the headed securing-screws I are fixed into the rim B and felloe A. To fit the tyre to the rim, a small piece may be cut from each end of the base of each section, the indentations being elongated to allow this.
Patent GB-189920271-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine or Apparatus for Making Earthenware Sinks and the like.
Inventor: ROBINSON BENJAMIN
Filed: 1899-10-10
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 20,271. Robinson, B. Oct. 10. Moulding sinks &c.-In order to produce sinks N or other dished articles in an extrusion machine, the mouthpiece is fitted with a movable slide B which is forced down into the clay or plastic material by a screw, operated by a hand-wheel and bevel gearing. When sufficient material has been forced out to form the trough of the sink, the slide is raised. The sink is afterwards cut off close to be mouthpiece by a wire or otherwise. In forming the front of the sink, a face-plate C is pressed against the mouthpiece of the machine by a sliding rod D acted on by a weight and cord, and held in place by a cranked shaft E. Plates M, M<1> support and gauge the thickness of the front of the sink, and the slide B is made with air passages leading to the back of the plate M. The mouthpiece is provided with a distributing-centre, and the extruded sink is supported by rollers, or laths J attached to endless bands. In order to prevent the bulging in of the back of the sink just before it is cut off, the side plates of the die are allowed to expand, and are afterwards forced in again by wedges.
Patent GB-189922962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Forged Tubular Connections for Steam Conduits and like purposes.
Inventor: BARTHELS FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1899-11-17
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 22,962. Barthels, F. W. Nov. 17. Angle-pieces, junction pieces, and the like; bends.- Relates to forged metal tubular connections, or tees, elbows, and crosses, for steam conduits and the like. The connection is made in a single piece and without brazed joints from a seamless tubular blank having a diameter corresponding to the largest cross-dimension of the article to be formed. Such connection is produced by repeated contraction of the metal by hammering at certain parts, and then shaping the material of the parts left into the required form. One stage in the formation of a tee joint is shown in Fig. 7, and an elbow connection is shown in Figs. 10 and 11.
Patent GB-189923660-A (GB)
Title: Improved Methods of Decorating or otherwise Devicing the Surface of Paper, Linen, or the like in Imitation of Mosaic Crinkling or Veining or other Similar Effects.
Inventor: WILSON-SMITH EDWARD
Filed: 1899-11-27
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 23,660. Wilson-Smith, E. Nov. 27. Ornamenting fabrics.-Linen, silk, or other like fabric is decorated by printing or stamping thereon metal leaf or bright bronze, then printing a design on this in one or more transparent and opaque colours, and finally pressing the material under a die which is indented or inked to produce a mosaic, crinkled, or veined effect. In a modification, the metal and transparent colours are omitted, printing being done with different opaque colours and the material then pressed under the die.
Patent GB-190004044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tools for Forming the Necks of Bottles and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSOM WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1900-03-02
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 4044. Thompson. W. P., [American Stopper Co.]. March 2. Bottle &c. necks, making. -Rentes to tools for forming the necks of bottles &c., the most destructible parts of the tool being made removable, so that a burnt or worn-out part can be replaced. Ball bearings are also provided to diminish the friction of the revoluble parts. The spring bow 1 is provided with a c e n t r a l spindle 3, to which is affixed the tubular casing 5, which carries the internal neck former 8. The external mould 7, mounted on ball bearings 14 on the casing 5, is formed with shoulders 11, 12, &c., adapted to shape the lip of the bottle &c., and to form an external shoulder on the neck. The shoulder 11 may be ribbed, as shown, to shape the lip of corresponding form, and so adapt it to form a tight joint with the closing - cap. The mould 7 is provided with lateral mould sections 16, adapted to form bayonetjoint slots in the exterior of the neck. The mould 7 is surrounded by the casing 15, the flared end of which is slotted to receive the sections 16, the edges of the casing slots engaging in corresponding slots in the sections, so that the latter are operated by the longitudinal movement of the casing. The casing is mounted on adjustable ball bearings 18, and is provided with bent fingers 25, which pass through slots 26 in the bow 1. The arms of the bow are also adapted to operate, through the spring-controlled pins 30, the two sections of the neck expander 27, which forces the softened metal outwards into the moulds. The compression of the bow first operates the casing 15, and through it the mould sections 16. The further compression of the bow expands the parts 27, and during this operation the neck and moulds are rotated. The various parts are connected by screws &c., which can be removed to disconnect the parts. In a modification, the mould 7 is adapted to form screw-threads on the neck, and is made in two parts, which are connected to, and operated by, the casing 15. In the form shown in Fig. 15, the mould 36 is made in two parts pivoted at 60, the parts being opened and closed by the ring 37 on the casing 15 engaging the inclines 61, 57 on the mould parts.
Patent GB-190004743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ecraseurs.
Inventor: JAENICKE MAX
Filed: 1900-03-13
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 4743. Jaenicke, M. March 13. Ecraseurs; cauterizing- appliances.-An ecraseur, having a loop w h i c h springs open, consists of a shank a formed with a loop a<1> and h a v i n g sliding on it a frame b formed with rings b<1> and normally pressed i n t o the position shown by a spring c. The wire e forming the loop is secured at its ends to the frame b, and slides in a tube d secured to the shank a and formed with a splayed bi-tubular opening d<1>, d<2>, as shown separately in Fig. 2. The loop is operated by sliding the frame b on the shank a. The guidetube d and mouthpiece may consist of two tubes insulated from each other to enable operations to be performed by galvanocauterization.
Patent GB-190005981-A (GB)
Title: Improved Antiseptics.
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN AUGUST
Filed: 1900-03-30
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 5981. Zimmermann, A., [Chemische Fabrik auf Actien vorm. E. Schering]. March 30. Antiseptics.-Relates to the production of antiseptic compounds by combining organic bases which have no tonic action and do not coagulate albumen, such as ethylenediamine or piperazine or their carbonates, with mercury salts and oxysalts such as the sulphate, cyanide, chloride, citrate, acetate, benzoate, salicylate, nitrate, &c. Mercuricchloride ethylenediamine is produced in a liquid form by dissolving mercuric chloride in water, and adding ethylenediamine. It may be obtained in the form of white needles insoluble in water and alcohol by using strong solutions and precipitating with alcohol. Mercury-citrate ethylenediamine is prepared in a solid form by adding ethylene. diamine to a cold solution of mercury citrate in absolute alcohol, cooling, adding alcohol, and crystallizing, the crystals being separated, washed with ether, and dried in vacuo. When the carbonate of the organic base is used, carbonic acid is evolved during the reaction.
Patent GB-190007562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Third Rail Insulators for Electric Railways.
Filed: 1900-04-24
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 7562. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Rice, E. W.]. April 24. Electric railways with third rail conductors. Conductors, supports for. To allow the third rail K some vertical play, a square or other section tube D, moulded in the insulating- material E, slides on the stem C of the support. A rubber cushion or the like may be placed at L. The rail may be secured between two lugs H on turning the cap F, which is screwed internally.
Patent GB-190008263-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Valve applicable to Heating Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: DILWORTH WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-05-04
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 8263. Dilworth, W., and Carr, E. May 4. Lift valves.-A valve suitable for heating-apparatus and other purposes is shown in Fig. 4. As applied to a hot-water heating-apparatus, the supply pipe b opens into a chamber containing ports c, d, which are controlled by lift valves e,f. By opening one port and closing the other, the water can be turned directly into the return pipe b<1>, as shown, or can be made to circulate through the pipes j.
Patent GB-190012454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stretching or Expanding Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: LAVAL CHARLES
Filed: 1900-07-10
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 12,454. Laval, C. July 10. Stretching.-Moving under the fabric 5, and at right-angles to the direction in which it travels, are two endless chains 1, 2, consisting of slightlycurved links provided with sharp flutings which serve to stretch or expand the fabric. The links are provided with depending lugs which move on horizontal guides 8, and the pivots of the links engage with pinions 3, 4, the pinions 3, which are connected through bevel gearing with a main shaft, being the driving-pinions, and the pinions 4, which revolve loosely on their shafts, being guidepinions. The fabric is supported between the chains by a table 14, the table and chains forming a slightly-convex surface.
Patent GB-190012927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Gas and similar Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BELLAMY ALFRED ROWE
Filed: 1900-07-18
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 12,927. Bellamy, A. R. July 18. Turning-gear.-A gas or like engine is prevented from being turned by the compressed charge behind the piston by a spring f which acts upon a lever d engaging notches c<1> in the flywheel c. The force of the explosion is, however, sufficient to overcome the spring and throw the lever d out of action. The lever shown in Fig. 1 is supported in a slot b in a bracket, and is forced from the position shown in full to that shown in dotted lines. In the form shown in Fig. 3, a bowl m attached to the spring rides on the top of the lever and slides back behind the fulcrum when the lever is raised to its dotted position. The pivot d' is mounted eccentrically in the bracket, and may be turned by a handle, so that it may swing clear of the flywheel. The top of the bracket serves as a support for a lever h for turning the engine into its starting position.
Patent GB-190013527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Shutters.
Inventor: MORGAN WILLIAM HOWARD
Filed: 1900-07-27
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 13,527. Morgan, W. H. July 27. Shutters.-An actuating-plate B of annular form, moving between the inner and outer concentric parts A, A' of the lens mount, has one or more arms F, each of which is connected by links G, with one or more shutter plates D pivoted to the lens mounts by pins E, there being, in the case shown, three shutter plates. The arms of the actuating plate are connected with the mount by springs K which serve to actuate it. In Fig. 1, the shutter is shown in its closed unset position, and to set it the actuating-plate is rotated in the direction of the arrow a by means of a spring bolt or pusher, which engages with a pin on the plate B, the plate being retained in position by a pawl engaging with a tooth thereon. To effect an exposure, the pawl is raised by a lever, the plate B being then rotated by the springs, thus causing the shutter plates to rotate on their pivots. When in this movement the links G assume a radial position, as shown in Fig. 2, the shutter is fully opened, and the further movement of the plate B serves to move the shutter plates in the reverse direction to close the shutter, as shown in Fig. 1. The parts are so proportioned and connected that in effecting an exposure the shutter plates move first at a comparatively-high velocity, which greatly diminishes at about the time the shutter is fully opened ; while on again closing the shutter the relative velocities are in the different phases practically reversed, the total time taken to open the shutter being about the same as that taken to close it. A time exposure may be given with the same setting, another pawl being used to hold the shutter open. In the case of instantaneous exposures, a brake may be used to retard the shutter when about the open position.
Patent GB-190017202-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Continuously Producing and Rectifying Chloral.
Inventor: BESSON JULES ADOLPHE
Filed: 1900-09-27
Granted: 1901-09-27
Abstract: 17,202. Besson, J. A. Sept. 27. Distilling chloral. -Relates to a process and apparatus for continuously producing and rectifying chloral. A still a, heated by a water bath, is supplied with chlorinated alcohol from a vessel b, and with a current of chlorine gas by a pipe c. In a modification, the still a is replaced by one which is fitted with staggered plates and is supplied with chlorinated alcohol at about its middle. The liquid which flows off at the bottom is returned to the still at the top. The vapours produced pass over into two vessels d and e, in which the chloral is condensed, and the surplus of chlorine passes into a vessel f fitted with staggered plates f<1> and supplied by a vessel g with alcohol for absorption of the chlorine. Escaping vapours are mainly condensed in a coil h, and the chlorinated alcohol produced in the vessel f is collected in a receiver g<1>, whence it is transferred to the vessel b. Vapours escaping from the coil h pass into a chamber k fitted with staggered plates k<1> and supplied with an alcoholic solution of calcium chloride for absorbing the vapours. The chloral is rectified by passing it from a vessel s, Fig. 3, into the middle of a chamber r fitted with staggered plates r' and supplied at the top with sulphuric acid of 66‹ BÚ. from a vessel t. The chamber r is heated by paraffin r<2>, and is surrounded by a casing r<3>. The chloral is distilled over into a condensing-coil, and the acid overflows by a pipe v<1> into a reservoir v.
Patent GB-190101568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cables.
Inventor: O'GORMAN MERVYN JOSEPH PIUS
Filed: 1901-01-23
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 1568. O'Gorman, M. J. P. Jan. 23. Cables.-Relates to arranging the coatings of the insulation in such a way as to render the stress more uniform throughout. The coatings are graduated outwardly with decreasing specific inductive capacity, specific conductivity, or specific disruptive strength proportionately to the " voltage "gradient," which is defined as " the slope of the " tangent to the curve of voltage." The " curve of " voltage " is " the relation between the distance " from any conductor and the voltage at that " distance within the insulation."
Patent GB-190103551-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Flexible Shafts.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1901-02-19
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 3551. Clark, W. T. Feb. 19. Shafts, flexible. The shaft is built up of alternate sections A, D, of the form shown, jointed together by means of pins G. Collars H may be provided at intervals to bear against the inside of the wire coil I.
Patent GB-190106327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Insulated Joints or Connections for Railway and similar Rails.
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 6327. Lake, H. H., [Weber Railway Joint Manufacturing Co.]. March 26. Rail joints ; chairs.-Insulating-material A is placed between the rail ends, which are held between wooden blocks D', D<2> and on the insulating-strip C in the two-part chair B', B' by through-bolts. These bolts are insulated from the chair by insulating-sleeves and washers G', G<2>. Or insulating-sleeves protected inside and outside by metal sleeves surround the bolts where they pass through the rail webs. The chair may be widened to hold a guard-rail, a third wooden block being then placed between the rails. For bulb or I-rails a packing-piece, wedge, &c. may be placed on the bottom of the chair to give the required cant, or the chair may be supported on a wedge-shaped plate, the chair being then made with only one side and a bar 0 placed on the other side of the joint. One or two insulating- strips C may be placed under the rail, and maybe extended at the side so as to be held by the blocks D<1>, D'.
Patent GB-190109670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Breech Mechanism of Ordnance.
Inventor: HOLMSTROEM CARL
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 9670. Holmstr÷m, C., Kohler, G. A., and Bremberg, A. May 9. Ordnance breech mechanism.-The breech-screw is mounted on the carrier in such a way that, when the carrier is turned on its pivot, the breechscrew is withdrawn longitudinally and then carried aside. In the form shown in horizontal section in Fig. 2, the breech-screw B is connected to the carrier D by curved projections and grooves b, so as to turn about a point b<x>, while it is guided during the longitudinal part of its movement by the pin B', which engages with an arm B<3> on the breech-screw. In a modification, the guiding-pin is attached radially to the breech-screw, and travels in a straight groove in the gun. In another modification, shown in horizontal section in Fig. 6, the carrier consists of two parts D, D<x>, of which the outer part D carries the breech-screw B, and the inner part D<x> slides in the part D and is mounted on the carrier pivot D', while the operating-lever E is connected to the part D<x> by the pivot pin E'. Slots D<3>, D<4>, formed in the part D, allow it to clear the pivot pins D', E<1> during its longitudinal movement, in which movement it is guided by the pin D<2>.
Patent GB-190110089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fish-forks
Inventor: COWLAND HENRY CULVER
Filed: 1901-05-15
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 10,089. Cowland, H. C. May 15. Table, carving, and like forks.-Relates to a fish fork with one prong pivoted for the purpose of removing bones from fish. In Fig. 1, the prong b is shown pivoted at c<1>. It can be turned into the position shown in dotted lines by pulling back the rod e by means of the button e'. The rod e is pivoted to the end of the crank extension d of the pivoted prong. The prong is kept in its normal position by the spiral spring g. The bone to be removed is grasped between the movable prong and the adjacent fixed prong.
Patent GB-190113226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scaffolding
Inventor: BOUSFIELD JOHN EBENEZER
Filed: 1901-06-28
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 13,226. Bousfield, J. E., [Mingazzi, S.]. June 28. Scaffolding.-The uprights or poles a are constructed of sections connected together end to end by flat iron bars c clamped in grooves in sections by screws u working through straps b screwed to the sections. These uprights are secured to the wall out of the way of traffic by perforated bars p, pivoted to adjustable screwed telescopic struts m, extending across the window openings, or by chains attached to hooks driven into the wall, or the chains may be passed through apertures in the wall and be attached to crossbeams inside the building. A movable platform or stage is supported by brackets f, which are adapted to slide in guides in the uprights, and are raised and lowered by ropes and pulleys. Hooks of the brackets engage with eyes projecting from straps or bands round the uprights, and catches s, controlled by cords, rest on cross-bars of the uprights. In order to protect the front of the building, distance-pieces or brackets are pivoted to the uprights, and the platform may extend to the wall. Guard rails are supported by uprights w, which fit in sockets of the brackets, and are secured by pins attached to chains. Teeth projecting from the bracket f prevent displacement of the putlogs. To enable one stage to be suspended below another, the brackets are formed with eyes for the attachment of pulley-blocks.
Patent GB-190113473-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Cooling Condensing Water and the like
Inventor: SCHWARZ WALTER
Filed: 1901-07-02
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 13,473. Schwarz, W. July 2. Condensers, cooling water for.-Boards c, over which the condensing-water is distributed from the trough a, are inclined towards the centre of the tower so as to leave the air passages as open as possible. The cooled water is collected in the troughs e and tank h placed above the condense) s g. Hot air and vapours from the condensers are led into the stack i above the cooling-appliance so as to increase the draught. Louvres may be placed at the sides to regulate the entrance of cold air. The boards c are hold in inclined slots in the bearers n, which are dovetailed and wedged into the posts o, thus dispensing with nails or screws.