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Patent GB-189700455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or ralating to Bicycles and such like Machines.
Inventor: NEVILL HENRY
Filed: 1897-01-07
Granted: 1897-06-19
Abstract: 455. Nevill, H. Jan. 7. Saddle supports. -Relates to a, spring saddle support for bicycles &c. The saddle pin works in a cylinder B on ball bearings J, which may be arranged in t w o tiers. A feather K<2> prevents rotation. A pin M, screwed into the lower end of the pin, fits into the rod F, which is carried by a spring E, the lower end of the spring resting on a screw cap p. The screw caps d and e enable the tension of the spring tobeadjusted. The screw cap g limits the upward motion of the saddle pin. The whole arrangement is adapted to be inserted into, or removed from, the seat pillar tube.
Patent GB-189701896-A (GB)
Title: Light Refracting and Magnifying Envelopes, Shades, and Globes for Gas and Oil Flames.
Inventor: DUNLAP FOREST WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-01-23
Granted: 1898-04-23
Abstract: 1896. Dunlap, F. W., and Quain, J. R. Jan. 23 Lamp shades, chimneys, and globes.-These articles and the like are made of a closely-wound spiral coil or coils d of slender glass rod of circular or other section, fashioned by coiling on a mandrel or otherwise into the required form. The envelope thus made is either used alone as a chimney &c., or is applied upon or within an ordinary chimney &c. e. In the latter case, the glass rod is cemented to the ordinary chimney &c., which serves as a support. Glassrod chimneys &c. may be made in two or more parts, which are fused or cemented together. Coloured or colourless glass rod may be used, or any combination thereof, according to the effect to be produced.
Patent GB-189711072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vault Lights or Prism Tiles.
Inventor: BASQUIN OLIN HANSON
Filed: 1897-05-04
Granted: 1897-07-03
Abstract: 11,072. Basquin, O. H. May 4. Tiles for pavement lights &c. The surfaces of the prisms are curved so that all the rays of light reflected and refracted by each prism pass below the bottom edge of the adjacent prism, thus avoiding obstruction and loss of light. Figs. 1. 2, and 3 show prismatic tiles with horizontal upper surfaces, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show tiles or lights inclined for skylights and the like.
Patent GB-189711642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chucks.
Inventor: HAYTON CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1897-05-11
Granted: 1898-03-19
Abstract: 11,642. Hayton, C. E. May 11. Chucks.-Chucks are provided with top and bottom jaws a, b operated by screws e as shown. The dog a is formed with a collar a<2>, a central stem a<3>, and a groove a<1> in which the heads of bolts c can move. Segmental projections b<1> on the under surface of the dog b fit round the collar a<2>, and the stem a<3> enters the recess b<3>, the bolts c passing through the holes c<1> in the dog b The dog a is also provided with projections a<4>, which engage recesses b<4>, forming a kind of clutch for determining the positions to which the dog b can be adj usted and clamped on the dog o. A split collar f is fitted round the screw e, and is tightened up in the recess A<1> in the chuck plate A by a taper screw f<1> screwing into the two halves of the collar.
Patent GB-189714298-A (GB)
Title: Gas Motor with Differential Cylinders.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE GREGORY
Filed: 1897-06-12
Granted: 1898-01-08
Abstract: 14,298. Smith, G. G. June 12. Gas engines.-The combustion chamber 1 is separated from the cylinder 2 by a slide valve 22, and each has a piston 44 and 36, the latter being slightly in advance of the former. The air and gas are compressed into reservoirs 19, 20 and admitted to the combustion chamber by a.valve actuated by an eccentric 34. The valve 22 opens suddenly at the beginning of the out-stroke of the main piston, and the charge is ignited ; at the end of the stroke an exhaust valve 37 in the piston is opened by a stop 39 and held open during the in-stroke by a catch which is released by a stop 40. The valve 22 is gradually closed by the cam 25 after the piston 44 has expelled the products from the combustion chamber. Three cylinders are arranged side by side with cranks 4 at 120‹, thus enabling a flywheel to be dispensed with and rendering the motor suitable for propelling launches and vehicles. The shafts 10 and 26 are driven by bevel gearing. The engine may be reversed by turning the shaft back through half a revolution, placing the pistons in such a position that the order of the explosions in the three cylinders is reversed.
Patent GB-189714408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Regenerative Furnaces.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1897-06-14
Granted: 1898-06-14
Abstract: 14,408. Boult, A. J., [W³rtenberger, F.]. June 14. Regenerative furnaces of the Siemen's-Martin type. In the first place there are twice as many air chambers I, II, III, IV as gas chambers V, VI, each air chamber having greater capacity than each gas chamber. The air chambers, either alone or combined with the gas chambers, may form the foundation for the hearth. The gas chambers, instead of being filled with a reticulated mass, are constructed with superimposed arches, chambers c<3>, c<4> being also formed for the retention of slag. The air chambers are provided with upper flues A', A<a>, A<3>, A<4> and with bottom flues B', B', B<3>, B<4>. The latter flues, which lead to the air-inlet and reversing-valve and which are provided with valves, merge in pairs to form single flues. To regulate the admission of heat from the furnace to the chambers, a combination of four valves is provided for the air chimbers and one valve only for the gas chambers, this valve being arranged in a separate passage branching from the gas-reversing apparatus. The passage is built above the air-flue for a short distance, the air-flue being of larger capacity. Beyond the valve the passages combine into one flue in which is placed a damper.
Patent GB-189715019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Saddle Clips.
Inventor: GOUGH CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1897-06-23
Granted: 1898-05-20
Abstract: 15,019. Gough, C. H., and Wilby, A. E. June 23. Saddle clips.-An eye-bolt C embraces the seat pillar B, and is provided with screwed arms c, c<1> and also a pair of cones, one or both of which may be split. Conical washers D, D<1> fit upon the cones, and between these washers and the outside washers E, E<1> the wire frame A of the saddle may be fixed. By tightening up the nuts F, F<1>, the saddle is secured to the clip, and the clip secured to the seat pillar. One arm may be screwed with a righthanded and the other arm with a left-handed thread. In a modification, the arms as well as the cones are split, and in other forms set-screws replace the screwed arms or the arms are replaced by bolts.
Patent GB-189728603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alarm Apparatus for Velocipedes.
Inventor: RIPPERGER VEIT
Filed: 1897-12-03
Granted: 1898-06-25
Abstract: 28,603. Ripperger, V., and K÷nig, H. Dec. 3. Signals, audible.-An alarm apparatus for cycles contains a band of detonating caps, which can be fired to prevent the attacks of men or animals. The band y passes between a hammer h on a spring f and an anvil a. The hammer is raised by the nose z of a thumb-lever g engaging with a lug n on the hammer. To allow the lever to return without raising the hammer, the face of the lug n is bevelled to displace the lever laterally on its axis. The band is fed forward by a pin u, Fig. 1, on an arm l, pivoted to the lever g, the arm being raised by a spring q<2> during the return stroke su that the pin passes over a tixed guide b, but depressed by a spring q<1> on the forward stroke, so that the pin passes under the guide and grips the band between itself and a spring-plate p, causing the strip to be fed forward. In the form shown in Fig. 3, a bell-crank lever d is raised by the hammer during the forward stroke, and grips the pin and band between spring plates p, i. In Fig. 5, the lever l is connected to the base-plate by a spring q, which keeps the pin u from contact with the band and spring plate during the return stroke. During the forward stroke the lug n displaces the lever to feed the band. The spring q also serves to return the thumb-lever. By providing the apparatus with a suitable cover and striking- mechanism it may serve as a bell.
Patent GB-189800660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Cooking, Sterilizing, and Condensing Appliances.
Inventor: FOWLER GEORGE
Filed: 1898-01-10
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 660. Fowler, G. Jan. 10. Bronchitis kettles.-A kettle C forming part of a steam cooking &c. apparatus may be detached for use as a bronchitis kettle.
Patent GB-189801425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Post Depositing and Collecting Receptacles, and Locking and Releasing Mechanism therefor.
Inventor: SAVORGNAN DETALMO DI BRAZZA
Filed: 1898-01-18
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 1425. Savorgnan, D. di B. Jan. 18. Locks, key.-Letter-boxes are provided with a hinged or sliding bottom 21 which is locked in a special manner so that it can only be opened by the co-operation of a lock on the mail bag 24, 25, the contents being delivered into the latter without the postman having access to them. On again closing and locking the bag, the bottom 21 is also automatically locked. The locking-mechanism on the box is enclosed within a casing 34 and that on the bag within a casing 32, both being adapted to co-operate. Mounted on the casing 32 is a shaft 36 which is rotated by a handle 37 for locking and unlocking the letter-box and bag. The shaft 36 has on its inner end a disc 38 having a centering-projection 39 which enters a recess in a corresponding disc 40 on the shaft 41. Both shafts have mounted thereon a series of sleeves carrying toothed pinions which gear with pinions on the parallel shafts 51, 46, also mounted on the casings. The sleeves in the one casing which abuts as shown against those in the other interlock by means of projections on the one which enter recesses in the other, the result being that cams on the several shafts are rotated at different speeds. This relative movement of the cams determines the difficulty of unlocking independently or with felonious intent, for heads on tumbler levers jam the cams and prevent rotation unless the precise relative speed is maintained. Fingers or tappets on the cams move the locking-plates 107, 108, 109 in the bag section so that slots come in alignment to enable the bag catch 31 to be drawn from engagement with the said plates to open the bag ; and other tappets move the plates 126, 127, 128 in the box section to similarly release the catch 134 of the box bottom 21. On opening the bag, the plate 138 enters the hook end 136 of the bar or plate 135 connected with the bottom 21, thus securing one side of the bag to the bottom while the contents of the box are being delivered. Several modifications of the bottom fastenings are described, and also of the locking-mechanism generally. Regarding the latter, a key may be used in lieu of the operating-shaft 36, and rack and pinion mechanism may be used to operate the tumblers or cams. A modification is described in which the bag is opened by bringing notches in the edges of discs into line to permit verticallymoving levers to fall. Provision is made to ensure the engagement of the two locking-sections while being operated. A railway mail bag is described in which the mouth when open is rectangular, and the sides are adapted to fold, two adjacent sides being shorter than the other two. When folded, hooks on the sides are in alignment to be secured by a catch which is operated by lock mechanism on the principle before described.
Patent GB-189801553-A (GB)
Title: Detachable Tie Holders.
Inventor: SAUNDERS JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1898-01-19
Granted: 1898-02-19
Abstract: 1553. Saunders, J. F. Jan. 19. Necktie retainers.- Detachable hooks for holding the neckband to the collar are formed of wire pointed at the ends a<1>, a<2> of arms e so bent as to engage with the neckband. The free end is bent at b to form a hook to engage under the collar.
Patent GB-189807820-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing the Accumulation of Soot in Flues and Shafts.
Inventor: BRIGGS THOMAS
Filed: 1898-04-01
Granted: 1899-02-11
Abstract: 7820. Briggs, T., Crampton, J., and Edwards, F. April 1. Chimneys and flues, cleaning.-A firing-mixture is composed of flour of sulphur, chloride of sodium, potassium nitrate, cuprous sulphate, and muriate of ammonia in definite proportions with a colouring of red ochre.
Patent GB-189808301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Morse's Registering Telegraphic Instruments.
Inventor: DUCRETET EUGENE
Filed: 1898-04-07
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 8301. Ducretet, E. April 7. Telegraphs.-Morse receivers are provided with an additional contact-lever L<1> which is attached to the ordinary recording-lever L and makes contact with an adjustable spring l so as to close the circuit of an extra magnet H which controls the paper feed mechanism. The adjustment of the lever L can be controlled by the screw R<1>o attached to the spring Ro. The magnet H is provided with an armature Ar and an additional lever Ar<1> which operates a rod r<1> carrying a spring r which in its lowest position stops the clockwork by means of pins G, g. The disengagement of the spring r is rapid, but is slowed in its motion of engagement by means of a fly V<1>o operated by a ratchet carried by the rod Ar<1>. The stop feed mechanism can be thrown out of gear by a cam operated from the outside.
Patent GB-189814814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Production of Photo-relievo Impressions on Paper, Card, and other Materials.
Inventor: LICHTENBERG-MADSEN DAN
Filed: 1898-07-05
Granted: 1898-08-13
Abstract: 14,814. Lichtenberg-Madsen, D. July 5. Embossing photographs.-Relates to a method of producing photo-reliefs on paper or cardboard, or soap and the like. A positive print is taken from a negative on a plate coated with sensitized gelatine. The positive is immersed in water till the gelatine swells into a relief. A plaster cast is taken of this relief, and a die is formed from the hardened plaster cast by pressing into it celluloid softened by heat. Matrices may be formed in celluloid from the celluloid die. In one method, the paper &c. to be embossed is placed on a flat metal plate and stamped with the celluloid die by the application of a powerful steady pressure. For stamping cakes of soap the negative die is impressed thereon.
Patent GB-189815535-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Production of Artificial Butter and the like.
Inventor: WOHLGEMUTH JULIUS
Filed: 1898-07-15
Granted: 1898-08-27
Abstract: 15,535. Wohlgemuth, J. July 15. Butter substitutes.-The glycerides of the fatty acids found in natural butter, viz., butyric, caproic, caprylic, and capric acids, are added to artificial butter at any suitable stage of its manufacture, and in amount equivalent to 14 per cent. of the finished product.
Patent GB-189816279-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Joining Tapes used in Printing Machinery.
Inventor: ANNAND ROBERT CUMMING
Filed: 1898-07-26
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 16,279. Annand, R. C. July 26. Tapes for.-Relates to means for fixing together the ends of tapes used in printing-machines. The ends of the tapes are secured by means of a metal plate or staple 1 having rows of teeth 2 along each side. It is inserted and clinched by means of pliers having jaws 7, 8 operated by their handles 5, 4, and a central jaw 9 on the same pivot 6 as the jaws 7, 8. One end of the pivot 6 is enlarged and projects to form a hammer 11. On the jaw 7 is a pin 18 and a pivoted spring catch 12 adapted to engage the recesses 3 in the staple and hold it as shown for insertion of its teeth through the ends 22, 23 of the tape. The teeth pass into inclined grooves in the jaw 9, and are bent inwards to an inclined position. The teeth are then clinched between the adjacent faces of the jaws 8, 9, which are plain.
Patent GB-189817413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Round, Oval, and other Shaped Bodies from Plastic Material.
Inventor: STOFF GUSTAV
Filed: 1898-08-12
Granted: 1898-12-03
Abstract: 17,413. Stoff, G. Aug. 12. Moulding biscuits, confectionery and sweetmeats, pills, medicines, &c.-A roll or bar T of the plastic material is placed between grooved rollers W', W<2>, and cut and rolled into spherical or oval balls which fall on a guide L and pass to a conveyer belt G. The rollers are driven in the same direction but at different speeds by toothed wheels A, B, C, and the high-speed roller W<1> is recessed more deeply than the roller W<2>, and toothed to carry the plastic material downwards. If the rollers are made cylindrical, the material is rolled into sheets, and on passing these sheets through the grooved rollers they are rolled and cut into long strips. The roller bearings and spindles are adjustable by means of set-screws.
Patent GB-189817663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brick Making Machinery
Inventor: KESSON ANDREW
Filed: 1898-08-16
Granted: 1899-08-16
Abstract: 17,663. Kesson, A. Aug. 16. Moulding bricks. -Fig. 2 shows in horizontal section a cylinder machine with radial moulds i within which work plungers j carrying rollers l arranged to run on fixed cams k. Clay is fed to the moulds by a plunger which is moved forward at the bottom of a hopper by a spring u, and is forced back to allow a fresh charge to fall in front of it by cams v which act on rollers w carried by sliding rods x attached to a crosshead y at the outer end of the plunger rod. The moulds are closed during the pressing operation. by hinged doors o fitted with rollers q which bear against a curved race p. The cams k are shaped to produce a series of increasing pressures on the clay, and the projections 7, Fig. 3, force the plungers outwards to eject the bricks from the moulds on to a band or conveyer. The door is released and falls outwards just before the mould reaches its lowest position, and is closed again after the mould is refilled by an extension of the fixed cam race p. The plungers and doors may be shaped to produce recesses in the bricks, or impress the bricks with any desired name or mark. A bevel-wheel f on the driving-shaft gears with a bevel-wheel h bolted to the mould cylinder.
Patent GB-189817850-A (GB)
Title: Self-acting Gauge: Improvements in Platen Printing and other Machines.
Inventor: ELLIS WALTER JAMES
Filed: 1898-08-19
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 17,850. Ellis, W. J. Aug. 19. Platen presses.-Relates to means for registering the sheets on platen and other presses &c. Fig. 1 shows part of a platen press, on the platen A of which the sheets are pushed sideways by an adjustable gauge fixed by an eccentric-headed screw in a groove L of a slide G. The slide G has a pin F engaging a cam-groove in a disc E rotated by a spring I and a cord O connected to a fixed part C of the machine. As the platen moves towards the type-bed B the cord rotates the wheel E. The slide G is steadied at the end of its inward movement by a spring. The gauge is in two parts, fixed one to the other by a clip.
Patent GB-189823536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic or Coinfreed Delivery Machines.
Inventor: REINER PHILIPP
Filed: 1898-11-08
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 23,536. Reiner, P.,and Pelzer, J. Nov. 8. Sale apparatus.- The articles are placed on sloping shelves a in front of which hangs a weighted steel band b to prevent the articles from slipping off. The band is wound up one shelf higher for each coin prepaid, so leaving an article free.
Patent GB-189826136-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electrical Measuring Instrument.
Inventor: LEHNER KARL
Filed: 1898-12-10
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 26,136. Lehner, K. Dec. 10 Energy meters.-Power supplied electrically to platinum or silver wires a, b is measured by the thermal expansion of these causing movement of a pointer z over a stationary scale, the effect of variation of temperature from other causes being neutralized by similar wires c, d, connected to the pointer but carrying no current. Each wire is attached at one end to a stationary support e or h', and at the other to a lever a', which is fulcrumed by a silk thread connecting it with the adjacent support. The longer ends of the levers a' are connected by threads f<1>, f<2>, f with a pulley on the axle of the pointer. Two supports h<1> are adjustable. The wires a, b are connected in series and supplied with current by yielding silver or platinum spirals. The instrument may be arranged so that all the wires and the threads are placed near together, above the pointer axle.
Patent GB-189906272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods for the Purification of Waste Liquors from Manufacturing Processes, such as Distilling, Brewing, or any other Containing Organic Matters in Solution or Suspension.
Inventor: NAYLOR WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-03-23
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 6272. Naylor, W. March 23. Filters, supplying liquid to; liquids, purifying.- Relates to the purification of liquids containing organic matter, such as waste liquids from breweries, distilleries, &c. The liquid, after preliminary settling, is passed into a decomposing- tank prepared by charging it with domestic sewage, which is allowed to become putrid and to which are then added daily small quantities of sewage for a week or more. Organisms are thus developed which decompose the waste without great production of lactic or other acids. The liquid, preferably warmed, and, if necessary, rendered alkaline, is delivered to a filter prepared by feeding it for a month with ordinary sewage. The filtering-medium may consist of coke, coal, brickbats, gravel, or the like. The liquid before reaching the filter is fed into tanks A through float-controlled valves D, and is discharged intermittently through siphons B. The liquid is aÙrated and evenly distributed over the filter by perforated pipes E, wh:ch may be stationary or in motion.
Patent GB-189911421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Mills for Grinding or Pulverising.
Inventor: EMERICK GEORGE STOCKHAM
Filed: 1899-06-01
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 11,421. Emerick, G. S. June 1. Ball mills.-The drum, fed and discharged through the trunnions, is divided into compartments by double partitions which receive the material from one compartment through holes near the centre and discharge it into the next near the periphery.
Patent GB-189918532-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trouser Stretcher and Presser.
Inventor: DUTTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-09-14
Granted: 1900-09-14
Abstract: 18,532. Dutton, W. Sept. 14. Trouser presses; trouser stretchers.-Relates to an appliance for simultaneously pressing and stretching trousers. Fig. 1 shows a plan view of the press, which consists of two flat boards A between which the trousers are placed. At one end is a hinge formed by screws attached to a strap on the lower board which pass through a strap B on the upper board, and are fixed in position by wing nuts D. The pressure is obtained by the appliance shown in Fig. 2. N is a board fixed to the underside of the lower board of the press, and provided with upstanding bolts M which are engaged in slots in a loose board K, Figs. 1 and 2, through which is passed a screw F, the lower end of which is pivoted loosely in a board L, which is fixed to the upper board of the press. By turning the screw F the board K is raised, and by its pressure against the heads of the bolts M it forces up the lower board of the press and thus presses the trousers. The trousers are stretched by a sliding frame C, Fig. 1, which is provided with a cross-bar J which is passed between the legs of the trousers at the fork. The stretcher is held in its extended position by the strap G.
Patent GB-189919274-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Corkscrew.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1899-09-25
Granted: 1899-10-28
Abstract: 19,274. Boult, A. J., [Stanton, J. H.]. Sept. 25. Corkscrews ; unwiring and unstringing bottles.- The corkscrew a is provided with a cutter d for severing the wire which holds the cork in position in the bottle. The cutter consists of a steel disc, which is slit tangentially and turned down, as shown, at one or more points g, the turned-down parts serving as cutting- edges. The disc may be screwed on the stem b, as shown, or it may be formed with a square hole to receive a squared part of the stem.