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Patent GB-189803179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ratchet Brace and Portable Drilling Mechanism.
Inventor: HATTERSLEY ROBERT LUND
Filed: 1898-02-08
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 3179. Hattersley, R. L. Feb. 8. Braces and other hand-drills.-A brace is arranged to be operated either by the ordinary reciprocating movement, or by the continuous rotation of a handle, or by means of a flexible shaft. The drill spindle a is provided with a suitable socket a' for the drill shank b, and turns freely in a bridgepiece c. A tubular handle d<2> is screwed into the bridge c, and may be used to work the drill as in an ordinary ratchet brace, but also serves as a support for a shaft d connected by bevel gearing to the drill spindle a. A handle d<3> is keyed to the end of the shaft d, or the latter may be powerdriven by means of a flexible shaft. A crown or other ratchet d<3>, which may be put in or out of action, prevents backward rotation of the handle d<3>, and is used when the brace is to be employed as an ordinary ratchet brace. The drill feed is automatic. The centre h<3> at the end of the sleeve h is made square and is butted against a piece of soft metal or wood to prevent its rotation. A sleeve g<1> screwed into the sleeve h forms the feed-screw, and surrounds a reduced portion of the spindle a which can turn freely within it. A ratchet-wheel g is formed on the lower end of the sleeve g<1>, and is rotated through one or more teeth for each revolution of the drill by means of a pawl lever k shown in plan in Fig. 2. This lever is actuated by a snail cam e on the spindle a and by a spring k<6>, and its stroke may be reduced by means of a stop k<9>. When the brace is used as an ordinary ratchet brace, the action of the pawl k<2> is limited to an arc including only one or a few teeth of the ratchet. This is accomplished by means of a washer f, shown separately in Fig. 4, which rotates with the cam e and engages a screw pin f<4> near the end of the pawl so as to keep it out of engagement with the ratchet except when it is opposite a notch f<1>. Washers for different rates of feed are provided. When the brace is driven by the shaft d, the pin f<4> is withdrawn sufficiently to clear the washer f. In a modification of the automatic feed, a set of differential spurwheels is used for connecting the spindle a to the feed-screw.
Patent GB-189805107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rollers for use in Letterpress, Lithographic, and Collotype Printing Machines, also applicable to Rollers for other Purposes.
Inventor: MORETON EDWIN
Filed: 1898-03-02
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 5107. Moreton, E., and Logan, H. March 2. Inking-rollers, making.-Relates to rollers of the kind described in Specification No. 5511, A.D. 1890, applicable for use as inking-rollers, typewriter platens, varnishing - machine rollers, &c. A tube A of rubber or the like having grooved ridges or projections on its inner surface is formed by moulding upon a mandrel of the required form. A fabric is then fixed on this tube and covered with rubber B. The composite tube is then placed in a mould with the spindle F in position, and gelatinous composition E is run in between the tube and spindle. The outer coating B is ground to a true cylindrical form. The spindle F may be ribbed or otherwise formed or treated to adhere to the composition E.
Patent GB-189807740-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Production of Iodized Albumen and Iodized Peptones.
Inventor: BROMHEAD SAMUEL SIDNEY
Filed: 1898-03-31
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 7740. Bromhead, S. S., [Chemische Fabrik]. March 31. Albumens; iodo compounds.-Iodine compounds of albumen and of peptone, in which the iodine is not detected by the ordinary tests, and which are difficultly soluble in water, are produced by mixing finely-powdered albumen, or peptone, with finely-powdered iodine in the dry state until an even yellow-brown coloured mass is obtained. Alcohol of 90 per cent. strength is then added to form a thick paste, which is dried first in a chamber at 85‹ C., and then on glass plates at 35‹ C. The hydroxide acid and free iodine remaining are removed by washing with alcohol, with a solution of sodium carbonate and thiosulphate, and finally with distilled water, and the product is dried by washing with alcohol and ether and heating to 35‹ C.
Patent GB-189808041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clock Mechanism and Dials.
Inventor: DIETZ CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK
Filed: 1898-04-04
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 8041. Dietz, C. F. April 4. Universal clocks.-Outside the graduations of the ordinary dial E there is a circle J of graduations for every 15‹ of longitude, east and west, and outside this is a ring F that is graduated for 24 hours and can be turned by hand. Between the ordinary graduations and the longitude graduations is a ring G which is marked in each semicircle with the twelve hours in left-to-right order. This ring is geared to the motionwork so that it rotates in twenty-four hours ; it bears twelve teeth and a pointer K to read the longitude graduations and the twenty-four hour graduations.
Patent GB-189813079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding, Doubling, Ring Spinning Frames and Throstles.
Inventor: CLARKE FRANK HARRY
Filed: 1898-06-11
Granted: 1898-10-22
Abstract: 13,079. Clarke, F. H., and Malvin, A. T. June 11. Building-motions for winding, doubling, ring frames, and throstles. To ensure a better winding of the yarn at the point of the cop, the point of the heart cam a is formed of a sliding piece b, which is reciprocated as the cam revolves by reason of a cam c engaging with a recess b<1> in the slide, the axle d of the cam c carrying a spur-wheel f which engages with a fixed spur-wheel g on the bearing for the axle of the heart cam. If desired, the slide b<1> may be extended across the heart cam, so as to render the heel or hollow of the cam also extensible.
Patent GB-189818339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Making Machinery.
Inventor: MCMURRAY DENNIS BERNARD
Filed: 1898-08-26
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 18,339. McMurray, D. B. Feb. 26, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Paper machines.-Relates to the couch rolls. The lower edge of the guard board a<1> is fitted with a flexible tube b, which is inflated with air, water, or other fluid and covered with felt, cloth, or other suitable material. The tube is preferably provided with a concave seatf, which is secured to the edge of the guard board by a flange f<1>.
Patent GB-189820676-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Drinking Vessel.
Inventor: ROLLER DAVID HENRY
Filed: 1898-09-30
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 20,676. Roller, D. H. Sept. 30. Cups.-Relates to a drinking-cup made of paper and coated with a non-absorbent material such as paraffin, so that it can be thrown away after having been once used. A paper blank, such as A, Fig. 2, is cut out, having on its inner margin two discs Band C to form the bottom of the cup. The disc C is larger than B, and is slit on the edge to facilitate its being bent up over B. When the blank is formed un into cup form, the joints are made by glueing. In a modification, the disc C is not slit, and strengthening-lugs are left at the sides of B.
Patent GB-189826896-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ship or Vessel.
Inventor: MOON FRANCIS GRAHAM
Filed: 1898-12-20
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 26,896. Moon, F. G. Dec. 20. Propelling by rotary cylinders; paddle-wheels.- The superstructure of the vessel is carried by pairs of large hollow cylinders provided with floats and rotated by a motor.
Patent GB-189903364-A (GB)
Title: Improved Attachment for Street Gullies to Enable them to Take Off Storm Water.
Inventor: ROGERS BENJAMIN
Filed: 1899-02-15
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 3364. Rogers, B. Feb. 15. Gully traps.- The gully is fitted on the kerb side with a box A with inlet gratings B and D and outlet F for the purpose of carrying off storm water.
Patent GB-189905469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Raw Silk and Mixed Silk and Cotton Goods.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1899-03-13
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 5469. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. March 13. Retting.-Raw silk is treated for the purpose of removing the gum for from five to ten minutes in a mixture of caustic alkali and glucose or glycerine. The mixture may be used in a solution of such a concentration that the silk gum is not removed from but only loosened on the fibre, so that subsequent treatment for from five to ten minutes with a hot soap solution suffices to effect a complete removal of the gum, and at the same time the usual " boiled-off liquor" is obtained.
Patent GB-189906301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valves.
Inventor: PRESTWICH JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-03-23
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 6301. Prestwich, J. March 23. Sliding-valves; actuating valves. - A full-way valve, specially suitable for admitting and withdrawing fluids from a reservoir or other vessel, is shown in Fig. 1. The valve spindle f is fitted with a slide e connected to it by links g. When the spindle is pushed upwards, the upper edge of the slide is pressed against the casing a, and straightens the links so as to press the slide against the opening d and close it. The upper part of the spindle also comes in contact with the projection c<1> on the supply valve c, and opens the valve, which admits a supply of fluid into the reservoir or other vessel through the passage c*. The links are kept in the diagonal position during the motion of the spindle by ribs a'.
Patent GB-189911553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Photographic Lighting Apparatus.
Inventor: GUIMARAES JOSE FERREIRA
Filed: 1899-06-02
Granted: 1899-09-16
Abstract: 11,553. Guimaraes, J. F. June 2. Lamps, actinic; Lighting-arrangements.-Relates to an arrangement for igniting magnesium powder and collecting the smoke. Fig. 1 shows the whole apparatus, and Fig. 4 part of the apparatus on a larger scale. The magnesium powder is placed on a horizontal angle bar 1, alongside of which is a tubular receptacle 2 containing asbestos saturated with spirit. The bar 1 and receptacle 2 are supported on arms 6 pivoted at 7. When an exposure is to be made, the spirit is ignited, and a strut 8 supporting the arms 6 is pushed away by the pneumatic bellows 10. As the arms fall down, the powder on the bar 1 is thrown into the spirit flame and ignited. The impact of the arms 6 on the frame 14 causes a lid 3 to close on the receptacle 2. The end of the cord 19 is also disengaged from its hook 25. This cord supports a hinged lid 18, which falls and closes the mouth of a smoke receptacle 15. At the same time the top door 20 is closed by the weight 26, and an auxiliary roller-blind shutter is pulled off the roller 16 over the mouth of the receptacle. The closed receptacle 15 containing the smoke is lowered to the ground and removed. A modification is described in which there is no smoke receptacle.
Patent GB-189911785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Value Computing Weighing Apparatus.
Inventor: BEAL ALPHA REEVE
Filed: 1899-06-06
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 11,785. Beal, A. R. June 6. Value-indicating apparatus.-The upper part of a platform machine is shown in elevation and plan in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively. The frame A carries a sliding carriage C, which is adjusted so that a pointer Q indicates any required graduation on the price-scale P marked on the frame, the handle U being operated so that the carriage is unlocked during the adjustment. Supports D on the carriage carry the compound beam E, F, and the steelyard rod K is connected to a yoke J. Loosely mounted in knife-edge bearings in the yoke J is a second yoke carrying a roller which fits into the notches on the upper edge of the beam F. The play in the bearings allows the roller to adjust itself in any required notch corresponding to the point at which the carriage has been locked. By depressing a lever X engaging with the steelyard rod the beam may be relieved during adjustment.
Patent GB-189913472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Pulley Styles of Sash-window Frames.
Inventor: BULLIVANT AMOS GEORGE
Filed: 1899-06-29
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 13,472. Bullivant, A. G., Bullivant, A. R., Bullivant, W. R., and Bullivant, J. June 29. Pulleys, a x l e, frame, &c.-Both pulleys D are mounted on a single axle C inserted in a hole B in the pulley stile. The slots A and holes B are cut out by machines of the type described in Specifications Nos. 13,470 and 13,471, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Wood &c.].
Patent GB-189917059-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Swimming-shoe.
Inventor: GRAF WERNER
Filed: 1899-08-22
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 17,059. Graf, W., and Geisler, G. Aug. 22. Swimming appliances.-Relates to a swimming shoe or sandal consisting of a board A, with a heel piece B, to which plates G, H are hinged. It is attached to the foot by straps, and has underneath a stop N for the plates. Strips of leather or india-rubber may be attached to the edges of the plates to prevent them from hurting the foot.
Patent GB-189918558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attachments for Screw-machines or Automatic Lathes.
Inventor: BOMMER EMIL
Filed: 1899-09-14
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 18,558. Bommer, E. Sept. 14. Lathes.-An attachment for a screw machine for producing small articles, such as nipples, spherical or conical tips, &c., consists of an arm D, adjustably fixed in a bracket D<2> above the headstock. The eye d at the free end is coaxial with the lathe centres, and carries a centering-sleeve E, secured by a set-screw. The sleeve may carry a sliding hollow tool F, pressed back by a spring F<1>, and has also pins e<1> to limit the feed of the stock. The body of the machine is of the usual type of automatic hollow-spindle lathes. The horizontal turret has several tools of the same kind, for instance drills, so that, at each intermittent rotation of the turret, the stock is fed forwards and the drill advanced to drill the hole by passing through the tool F, which is pressed up by the drill socket to form the recess r, Fig. 9, in the bottom of the article. Forming and cutting-off tools on a tool slide then form and cut off the article, so that a finished article is produced at each operation of the turret. If the recess r is not required, the hollow tool may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-189921549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Legumes.
Inventor: BELL ERNEST DEACON
Filed: 1899-10-28
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 21,549. Bell, E. D., and Ablett, J. Oct. 28. Food preparations; soups.-Relates to food preparations containing legumes, cheese, &c. Beans &c.are made into a paste with water, about one per cent. of an alkali is added, and the mixture is heated under pressure to a temperature not exceeding 134‹ C. for about an hour, so as to convert the starch in the seeds into dextrin. In a modification, the paste is cooked in the usual way, and after partially cooling is mixed with malt flour or extract, and, after standing until the conversion of the starch, as indicated by iodine, is complete, is heated to boiling to destroy the diastase. Cheese paste, prepared by mixing pulverized cheese with water and passing the paste produced between rollers, is then stirred into the legume product, butter and a suitable flavouring being added, and the mixture again heated. The product can be mixed with hot water to form a soup, or well-beaten eggs may be added and the mixture again heated, the final product being adapted to be packed in bottles, skins, &c. The legumes may be treated without being ground.
Patent GB-189923508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Softening Leather.
Inventor: ORMEROD JOHN
Filed: 1899-11-25
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 23,508. Ormerod, J. Nov. 25. Hides and skins, tanned or tawed, treating. - Relates to machines for softening leather which has been dried after tanning, such for example as the skins employed for covering spinning - m achine rollers. Fig. 1 shows a glassing-machine of known construction to which the softening-appliances which constitute the invention have been adapted. The machine consists of a frame a on which moves a slide b reciprocated by the crankpin d and connecting-rod c. A bell-crank lever g carries the tool-holder g<1>, and is connected by a rod A to the crank-pin d. The table l is mounted on a frame i, which is caused to slide up the bed a' where the treadle-lever m is depressed. The invention consists in the use of a flat sharp-edged scraping-knife r fixed in the tool-holder g<1>, and in the provision of a soft yielding bed s, preferably formed of a bristle brush curved slightly to correspond with the path of the scraping-knife. The skin is held down at the top by the attendant against a rubber-covered ledge t. In machines having a rectilinear movement of the tool, the brush is made with a plane surface.
Patent GB-189924438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-controlled Electric Meters, Fan Motors or the like.
Filed: 1899-12-08
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 24,438. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Holmes, C. E.]. Dec. 8. Energy meters.-In a coin-freed motor meter, the coin N completes the circuit of an electromagnet, closing a main switch, by bridging the gap between a rotary cross K and an abutment L. The cross K is in gear with a second cross M, geared to the meter ; the weight of the coin compensates the friction of the meter.
Patent GB-190004993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closet Apparatus.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1900-03-16
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 4993. Adams, M. J. March 16. Pedestal closets; water waste p r eventers.-The basin A is made integral with a slab B, which is secured to the wall C. The discharge valve F of the flushing- cistern is placed in a well H placed low down to increase the force of the flush.
Patent GB-190011500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Lamps.
Inventor: SPIES PETER HEINRICH FELIX
Filed: 1900-06-25
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 11,500. Spies, P. H. F. June 25. Globe holders for electric arc lamps. An arc - enclosing globe 42 is held by springs in a holder 37, which is supported by a loop 45 and n o t c h e d arms 46 bearing on a yoke 44, so that the holder and globe can turn down when not held up by a globe cover 49. The cover is movable vertically on the sides of the yoke 44.
Patent GB-190014023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Platen Printing Machines.
Inventor: CHARLTON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-08-04
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 14,023. Charlton, C. A., Newstead, H. E., and Cropper, S. H. Aug. 4. Platen presses.- Relates to a guard for preventing accidents by lifting the attendant's hand from the platen if placed there when the platen is moving towards the bed. Fig. 1 shows part of a machine, in which a is the platen which swings on the shaft c, and d is the type bed. The guard h is carried by the upper end of an arm g pivoted to the framing at f. A rod l, sliding in guides o on the side of the platen a, is connected to the arm g near its upper end. As the platen a swings into the open position a<1>, the guard h is moved into the position h<1> below the platen, and, as the platen moves back to the type, the upper edge of the guard h follows the path n until it reaches the position above the platen shown in full lines. An arm g and rod l may be provided at each side of the machine.
Patent GB-190101930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twine Holders.
Inventor: ESCH WILLIAM GODFREY
Filed: 1901-01-28
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 1930. Esch, W. G. Jan. 28. String holders.-Twine or string holders consist of cases, each of which is in two telescopic parts 1, 2, Figs. 1 and 3, the part 1 having an outer ring 3 lying flush with the part 2 when the case is closed. In the holder shown in Figs. 1 and 3, which is adapted for suspension, a sleeve 4 is secured to the part 1, within which is a rod or shaft 5 to which the suspension cords 7 are secured, and provided with lugs 6 which serve to keep the parts 1 and 2 together. Hooks for suspending the holder from a rod may be used for the cords 7. The rod has a stud 9 moving in a slit 8 in the sleeve to prevent endwise movement of the rod. The part 1 has a slit 9<1> from the edge to a perforation 10, which registers with a perforation 11 in the part 2 for the twine to pass through. The movement of both parts together may he ensured by a bolt x<3>, Fig. 1, which connects them together. In the modification for counter use shown in Figs. 5 and 6, one part revolves within the flange c<1> of the base on a stud d, covered by discs m, n, and both parts are secured by a bayonet joint l.
Patent GB-190113253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Curtain and like Rod Brackets.
Inventor: JAMES JOHN JESSE
Filed: 1901-06-29
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 13,253. James, J. J., [trading as Duston & Co.]. June 29. Drawings to Specification. Making house and shop furniture and like brackets and racks.-A bracket for curtain &c. rods is made in two parts from sheet metal. The fixed part is made by bending up wings on a sheet-metal blank, and the cover is made by drawing a blank into a drum or cylindrical-shaped figure and cutting away and turning over a part to form a thumb-piece.
Patent GB-190113378-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Reduced Indigo.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-07-01
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 13,378. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. July 1. Dyes, artificial.-A reduction product of indigo, which is stable when moist and forms an indigo vat on addition of a sufficient quantity of alkali, is produced by heating on a water bath a mixture of indigo in the form of paste or powder, a bisulphite, and zinc dust. The product is a grey to grey-green mass which, when filtered, contains about 28-30 per cent. of reduced indigo. When a vat free from zinc and deposit is required, the zinc in the foregoing reduction product is removed by treating it with diluted hydrochloric acid and filtering. The reduction product is then dissolved in caustic alkali solution for producing the vat.
Patent GB-190114141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Cigarette and other Boxes and Combining of Lights with same.
Inventor: BROWN ALEXANDER AITCHISON
Filed: 1901-07-11
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 14,141. Brown, A. A. July 11. Match boxes.-Relates to cigarette boxes and the like, and to the combination of lighters or match receptacles with them. The bottom of the box, Fig. 18, has a rectangular opening e, the cut-out part forming with the tail-pieces d' a receptacle for matches. Slits at the sides facilitate removal. A similar construction is applied to an ordinary cigarette box where an outer casing is required. The opening e, Fig. 22, is of oval form, and the top of the match receptacle entirely formed by the tail-pieces d<2>. Fig. 24 shows a box provided with a piece of cardboard l subdivided into parts m provided at their ends m<1> with igniting-composition to form lighters.
Patent GB-190126251-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means and Appliance for Starting Electric Lamps of the "Nernst" Kind.
Inventor: CERVENKA EMANUEL
Filed: 1901-12-23
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 26,251. Cervenka, E. Dec. 23. Incandescent lamps. - In lamps of the Nernst type, preliminary heating - resistances are disconnected by thermally-operated contactdevices when the incandescence bodies have become hot. In the form illustrated, the incandescence body ,g is supported on a porcelain block a by wires which connect it to a screw cap b and a central contact c. The upper end of the incandescence body carries a spirally-coiled compound metal strip h, which normally is in contact with the upper end of the heating-resistance f and connects this in circuit, but moves away when heated by the incandescence body.