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Patent GB-189922206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Plugs or Valves for Boats and the like.
Inventor: PURVIS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1899-11-07
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 22,206. Purvis, A., and Harbinger, W. Nov. 7. Boats, relieving from water.-Relates to automatic plugs or valves for boats. A cross-section of one is shown. The casing consists of two parts A and B bolted or screwed together through the bottom of the boat. The part A is perforated at a<1> for the entrance of water. The valve F is made buoyant by blocks f<1> of cork or the like, so that, when the boat is afloat, it rests on a rubber ring. A tubular extension B<1> of the part B is closed at the top and perforated at b<3>. A cap or valve A fitted with a packing-ring g on this extension can be screwed down to prevent the entrance or escape of water.
Patent GB-189924606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes and Brake Mechanism for Cycles and other Light Wheeled Vehicles.
Inventor: PAFFARD CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1899-12-11
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 24,606. Paffard, C. J. Dec. 11. Brakes, rim, for bicycles &c. The brake is shown as fitted to the rear wheel, but is applicable also to the front wheel. A short lever A, pivoted on a clip F on the handle-bar, is formed with a boss C to which is attached the end of a wire or cord E. The lever is provided with a ratchet and pawl K, L, Fig. 2, to hold the brake on. The cord E passes through pivoted guide-eyes such as Y, or over pulleys X, W, and is connected to a frame N<2> pivoted to the brake shoes N. The brake shoes are carried by sleeves R, Fig. 4, turning on pins Q mounted on clips 0 fixed to the rear stays &c. The shoes are laterally adjustable on the sleeves by means of nuts S. The cord E may be replaced by rods where these are suitable.
Patent GB-190001894-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Producing Retorts and other Refractory Articles.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1900-01-30
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 1894. Haddan, H. J., [Clark, A. G.]. Jan. 30. Firebricks.-Consists of a refractory and corrosion and abrasion resisting lining or covering, especially adapted for retorts, furnace linings, bricks, &c. used in the distillation of certain ores containing both zinc and iron oxide. The surface of the retort &c. to be protected is first covered with a thin layer of a sintering-material, such as a solution of a sodium silicate, to which is then applied a thicker layer of refractory basic material, such as calcined magnesite. On firing, the sodium silicate binds the basic lining to the retort &c. by its power of chemical combination with the fireclay of the retort on one side and with the basic material on the other.
Patent GB-190009399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Velocipedes or like Vehicles.
Inventor: MILLER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1900-05-22
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 9399. Miller, W. H. May 22. Quadricycles ; sociables ; steering-mechanism ; driving-mechanism ; frames.-The Figures show a double-front steering quadricycle for three riders. Two rear riders, seated on saddles 38, actuate a cranked axle 11, carrying a central flywheel 16 and geared by chains &c. with the rear axle carrying the driving-wheels 5. The front rider drives cranks 21, 22 on an axle geared by a chain with the rear cranked axle 11. The axle 7 carrying the front wheels 8 is pivoted centrally to the frame, and carries a stem 23, 24, on which a steering- handle 25 is mounted. A second handle 33, controlled by the rear riders, is mounted on a stem 28, fitted at its lower end with a chain-wheel 29 gearing with a chain the ends of which are connected by cords 31 with the front axle 7. The frame is constructed as shown.
Patent GB-190009429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spittoons
Inventor: HUELSMANN CARL
Filed: 1900-05-22
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 9429. H³lsmann, C. May 22. Spittoons.-Relates to spittoons for attachment to walls &c. A receptacle 1 is provided with a flap 2 with side pieces 3, which can be opened as shown for use or closed. The closing of the flap may operate a water valve, or, in cases where no water service exists, a pump 7, so as to cause a flush of water to escape from the rose 6. The receptacle 1 is fitted with a discharge cock 9, or, if arranged to be continually flushed, may be open below. When applied to railway - carriage doors, as the receptacle is necessarily narrow, the side pieces 3 are made to open like a fan.
Patent GB-190009709-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Pulleys
Inventor: ROW SAMUEL JOSEPH HODDER
Filed: 1900-05-26
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 9709. Row, S. J. H. May 26. Pulleys.-Wooden pulleys are fitted with thin metal sheaths A secured in the manner indicated in the Figures. In the case of a small pulley, each half may have a separate sheath.
Patent GB-190012602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to the Guards of Platen Printing Machines.
Filed: 1900-07-12
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 12,602. Barber, M. T., and Manchester Platen Machine Safety Guard Co. July 12. Platen presses.-Relates to guards for preventing accidents to the attendant. Fig. 1 shows parts of a machine in which the platen A is pivoted at D and swings to and from the type bed B. The guard a is carried at the end of a bar b mounted to slide in a swivelling guide c, c<1> pivoted on the side of the platen. The other end of the bar b is connected to a lever f fulcrumed at f<2> on the side of the platen frame. The other end f<3> of the lever f is pivoted to a link g, pivoted at g<1> to a fixed part of the framing C. As the platen moves up to the bed, the guard rises above the upper edge of the platen. In Fig. 3, the platen A is pivoted at D', and the guard a is on the rod b sliding in the swivelling guide c. The rod b is pivoted to a fixed point h<1>, which may be on a rod h rigidly fixed to the framing C.
Patent GB-190013767-A (GB)
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-07-31
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 13,767. Boult, A. J., [Sonneville, H., Sonneville, J., and Landriau, E.]. July 31. Carding-engines ; openers etc.; burri n g - apparatus. - Relates to apparatus for burring, carding, and cleaning wool, &c. The invention consists essentially in drawing the lap of fibres over the edge of an adjustable blade c<1>, so as to cause the fibres of the lap to become parallel with one another and to expose the burrs and d other impurities so that they may be readily removed by the beating - apparatus g described in Specification No. 13,768, A.D. 1900. In Fig. 1, each blade c<1> is adjustably mounted on a casing c', which encircles the first roller a or a<1> of each pair a, b or a<1>, b<1>. The rollers a, a<1> have each flexible teeth, while the roller b is provided with saw-shaped teeth and is rotated faster than the roller a so as to draw the material over the edge of the blade c'. The roller b<1> is smooth, carries a comb h, and is reciprocated on its axis i and also bodily between the extreme positions shown in dotted and full lines, so as to stretch the lap of fibre and transfer it to a roller f, by which it is passed to the roller a. The casings c<2> prevent the refuse from falling back into the teeth of the rollers a, a<1>. The roller b<1> is operated by the eccentric and crank motion shown. Blades such as c<1> may also be applied to the ordinary clearer rollers of a carding-engine, where they serve further to remove impurities from the material which has been partially carded.
Patent GB-190014776-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Bottle Stopper and Pipette.
Inventor: WALLACH LEOPOLD
Filed: 1900-08-17
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 14,776. Wallach, L. Aug. 17. Stoppers.-Relates to a combined bottle stopper and pipette for use in applying antiseptics. The enlarged upper end c<2> of the pipette c is inserted in the tubular extension b of the hollow ball a, the extension b forming the stopper for the bottle. The ball a serves for drawing the antiseptic from the bottle into the pipette, and for discharging it from the latter. The lower end c<1> of the pipette is shaped as shown, to facilitate its insertion in the urinary conduit or other part of the body to be treated.
Patent GB-190014977-A (GB)
Title: Head Screen for Horses.
Inventor: SMITH HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1900-08-22
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 14,977. Smith, H. G. Aug. 22. Sun screens.-The screen consists of a frame of wire E, F, G covered with holland &c. and attached to the head by metal strips A, B, C, D. The strip C rests on the crown band K, and the strip D supports the fabric. The strip B is hinged to the strip A, and both pass through loops on the bridle. The strip A may be hinged at H for convenience in folding the screen up.
Patent GB-190015292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of and in Means for the Production of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: TITUS EDWARD SUTTON
Filed: 1900-08-28
Granted: 1900-11-03
Abstract: 15,292. Titus, E. S. Aug. 28. Acetylene.-Relates to apparatus in which the carbide ie automatically supplied to the water. The carbide-supply chamber D is connected by a tube E with the bottom of the generator A, so that, after the first-formed gas has expelled the water from the tube E, the carbide is supplied to the water at the bottom of the generator, and the gas produced is uniformly washed in rising through the water. The supply of carbide is effected by a feeder F, with radial plates c, which is operated by the bell C<1> of the gas holder through a strap E<1> carrying a weighted chain K gearing with a pulley I loose on the shaft b of the feeder F. Upon the same shaft is another loose pulley L, urged in one direction by a weighted chain M, Figs. 3 and 5. When the bell descends, a pawl P on the wheel I engages a pin g on the wheel L, which is thereby driven, and a pawl R<1> upon the wheel L drives a ratchet-wheel R fixed to the shaft b, and thereby rotates it to feed the carbide. In the opposite movement, the pawl R<1> slips over the ratchet-wheel R, the wheel L under the action of the weighted chain following the wheel I. When the carbide chamber is to be recharged, communication is opened between it and the gas holder by a pipe B' and cock f<4>, so that the gas in the tube E is allowed to pass through a filter 10 into the holder, and is replaced by water before the cover j of the chamber D is taken off. The conical bottom e of the generator is connected by a pipe E<4> with a pump H, which removes the lime from the generator. In order to avoid sticking or clogging of the carbide in the chamber D, a metal lining s is loosely fixed within it at n<4>, so as to project into the path of the radial plates c of the feeder and be shaken thereby. The gas-delivery pipe G communicates through a trap with a safety escape pipe.
Patent GB-190015299-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Puzzle.
Inventor: BILLSON ALFRED ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-08-28
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 15,299. Billson, A. A. Aug. 28. Puzzles.-Two gated or divided and hinged rings A, A<1> and E, E' have their ends connected by chains or cords D, G. The puzzle consists in looping the chains &c. together as shown, or in separating the rings when so connected.
Patent GB-190100603-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating and Recording Speeds of Rotating Shafts.
Inventor: KENT WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1901-01-09
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 603. Kent, W. G., and Gordon, J. Jan. 9. Speed indicators. - In apparatus for indicating and recording the speeds of rotating shafts in steamers &c., oil or other liquid is pumped from a chamber d', Fig. 1, into a chamber d<3> by a triple pump A. By these means the air in the chamber d<3> is compressed, and through a pipe e, operates an indicator or recorder. The chambers d<3>, d<2> communicate through a nozzle F fitted with a spring-supported valve f, Fig. 7, having a tubular body with spreading slots and a weep groove f<1> or a bye-pass. The starting or reversal of the pump is immediately indicated. The slots may be suddenly increased in width at the parts corresponding to the limit of observation. The communication between the cylinder passages g, Fig. 3, and the suction passage P or the valve chamber A, communicating by a passage g with the chamber d<3>, Fig. 1, is controlled by a valve H, Fig. 3, having an annular port and operated by the piston-operating crank-pin actuated from the rotating shaft. The passages g end at the valveseat as crescent-shaped ports. The working of the apparatus is unaffected by the pitching &c. of the vessel.
Patent GB-190102226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Measuring Granular, Powdered and like Materials.
Filed: 1901-02-01
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 2226. Huxley, G., and Simon, Ltd., H. Feb. 1. Measured quantities, delivering.-For measuring granular and powdered substances, a drum B, with four open compartments D formed by radial webs C, is mounted to rotate in a casing 0 with inlet P and outlet Q. The capacity of the compartments can be varied by means of a second drum F, without compartments but with four slots, which can be slid to any place on the shaft of the measuring- drum and kept there by a screw L with lock-nuts N, N<1>.
Patent GB-190103842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Elevators for Grain and like Substances
Inventor: WILLIAMS ALFRED STROVER
Filed: 1901-02-22
Granted: 1902-01-02
Abstract: 3842. Williams, A. S. Feb. 22. Unloading ; elevators.-The elevator f, adapted to reach into the hold of a ship to be unloaded, is mounted on a jib e pivoted to the rear shear leg c, carried by a barge a. The leg c is so shaped that the point at which the jib e is pivoted is flush with the front legs b when the rear leg c is in its foremost position. The foot of the leg c is carried by a movable carriage on which are mounted the engine and gearing for driving the various parts of the apparatus. The elevator f can be raised and lowered with respect to the jib e, being guided by slots f<1> and rollers on a shaft g, and the jib is pivoted universally to the leg c, and can also be raised and lowered, a wide range being thus afforded for the elevator. The chain which drives the elevator buckets, conveying the grain &c. from the elevator to the conveyer q and shoot s, runs over wheels n<2>, n<3>, n<6>, n<7>, n<8> and a wheel on the pivot of the jib e, and is thus always taut. Details of the gearing &c. are specified.
Patent GB-190105767-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Gas & Water Valve for Geysers.
Inventor: BARRALET THOMAS EUSTACE
Filed: 1901-03-19
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 5767. Barralet, T. E. March 19. Water - heaters, gas.-A combined gas and water supply valve for geysers and other water beaters is shown in Fig. 1. The water supply to the geyser passes into a reservoir A from whence a pipe a leads to the geyser. When the supply is adequate, water accumulates in the reservoir and lifts the float B, which is connected by an arm c to a rod D, which actuates an ordinary lift valve in the gas-supply pipe. A tube E is supplied with water from the reservoir, and contains a water seal which may be a bell device e<11>, as shown. In a modification. the reservoir A', Fig. 2, has an inlet a<3> and outlet a<4>, and the passing water lifts the piston B' which is connected directly or indirectly to the valve rod D. A perforated plate P allows water to pass to the water seal e<11>.
Patent GB-190107975-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trouser Stretcher and Presser.
Inventor: CHILD JAMES JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-04-18
Granted: 1902-01-23
Abstract: 7975. Child, J. J., and Talbot, J. D. April 18. Trouser presses; trouser stretchers.-Fig. 1 shows a plan of the apparatus, and Fig. 3 a side view with the top board removed. It consists of a bottom board with raised side pieces a<1> and a hinged part a<x> at one end which is raised into the position shown in Fig. 3 before the ends of the trousers are fixed in the clamps c, and the trousers are stretched by forcing the part a<x> down to the horizontal position. The top board b is provided with cross-pieces b<1> having holes and slots in them which engage with screws a<9> on the side pieces a<1>. To facilitate the removal of the top member c of the clamps, each of them is made with an elongated slot c<3> at one end and an openended slot c' at the other. The part ax may be unattached to the other part of the bottom board, or may be connected to it by other means than the hinges a<3>.
Patent GB-190112823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: EDMUNDS WILBRAHAM
Filed: 1901-06-24
Granted: 1902-08-23
Abstract: 12,823. Edmunds, W. June 24. Tyres, pneumatic.- Relates to the manufacture of pneumatic tyres having protective treads. The form shown in Figs. 2 and 4 is constructed by wrapping a band b of cotton or like material round a cylindrical drum a and fixing, transversely across the band, strips c of rubber so prepared that, on being vulcanized, they will become alternately hard and soft. One or more rings d of strong rubber-coated thread are wound on and a layer c' of india-rubber, either homogeneous or in the form of alternating soft and hard strips, is then attached, a band e of cotton or soft rubber being interposed where desired. After the material has been cut through along inclined lines, the drum is removed, the alternate rings are turned inside out, and a soft rubber strip f of plano-concave section is attached under the wide base of each ring. The ring is then placed on a support g, and, after a layer h of soft rubber has been applied, the whole is vulcanized in a mould formed either by metal plates held together, or by a channel-shaped ring of which the ends are adjustably coupled together, or by the two hot plates o, Fig. 8, one side n of the lower one being removable. In the latter case, the ring may be vulcanized in sections, the parts not in the vulcanizing-press at any moment being held on an adjustable support p. In modifications, only one layer of rubber strips c, c<1> may be employed, and the ring d of thread may be replaced by a ring of laced or widely-woven wire. The tread may be placed either outside the canvas lining of the tyre, or inside, as in the form shown in Fig. 13. The rubber layer x is rendered transversely inflexible by a band y of the type described in Specifications Nos. 14,173 and 15,952, A.D. 1891, and is enclosed in a flat-sectioned strip z of wire so tightly wound that the air tube v is compressed, the whole being enclosed in layers u<1>, u<2> of soft rubber and prepared canvas respectively. The air tube v may be enclosed in a tube formed by helically winding a rubber-coated thread round a mandrel covered with textile fabric, and the tube is preferably of larger cross-section than the air tube, so as to have creases 8. Channel-shaped metal pieces may be secured round the tread of the tyre.
Patent GB-190113026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Cartridge Cases
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1901-06-26
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 13,026. Johnson, J. Y., [Scott, R. W.]. June 26. Cartridges, small-arm and machine-gun.-The cartridge case is made of two drawn metal tubes, an outer tube 1, Fig. 1, carrying the head, and an inner tube 2 carrying the thickened neck 3, the two tubes being locked together by crimping the front end 5 of the outer tube over the neck of the inner tube. In modifications, (1), Fig. 6, the thickened neck is dispensed with, and the neck extended to form a holder for two bullets 4<a>; (2), Fig. 7, the rear end of the powder chamber is conical, and the inner part 2 extends up to the flash hole 6 ; (3), Fig. 8, the head is formed on the inner shell 2, and the outer shell 1 is attached by crimping it at its rear end 8 ; (4), Fig. 9, the thickened neck 3 is provided with a groove, into which the outer part 1 is crimped at 7 to connect the two parts together; (5), the thickened part 3 is formed in one with the outer part 1, or is formed as a separate ring ; and (6), Fig. 15, the two parts overlap for a short distance only, and are connected by pressing portions 14 of the inner tube into openings 15 of the outer tube.
Patent GB-190115975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Wood and like Materials into Small Chips.
Inventor: CORTS JOSUA WALTER
Filed: 1901-08-08
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 15,975. Corts, J. W. Aug. 8. Wood shavings.-Relates to a machine for cutting wood into chips for tanning. A number of revolving cutters 10, similar to those used in a planing and moulding machine, are mounted between two rings 8 which revolve on the axis 1. The cutters are driven by belts from pulleys independently rotated on the central axis 1. The wood to be cut into chips is fed against the cutters in the direction of the arrow y. The rings 8 rotate slowly and bring the revolving cutters in succession in contact with the wood.
Patent GB-190116055-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of, and Apparatus for, Producing a Mixture of Gas and Air.
Filed: 1901-08-09
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 16,055. Lake, H. H., ["Selas" Ges.]. Aug. 9. Driving pumps, blowers, and exhausters.-Air and gas are mixed in desired proportions, especially for use in incandescent gas lighting. The mixture may be made, and forced into the service pipes, by an arrangement of a piston pump or pumps, but in the device shown in Fig. 3, a rotary pump Q is employed, the shaft 37 of which is provided with a groove cam 36, for actuating, by means of a lever 35, 33 pivoted at 34, a double valve 30, 31, which regulates the alternating supplies of gas and air respectively. The mixture is discharged through the tube 41.
Patent GB-190117325-A (GB)
Title: Improved Check-valve for Measuring-tanks for Liquids.
Inventor: HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER JACOB CHRIST
Filed: 1901-08-29
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 17,325. Hansen - Ellehammer, J. C. Aug. 29. Measured quantities, delivering. - A liquidmeasu:ring tank a, filled and emptied through a pipe b having a two-way cock, has attached to an elastic membrane e a projecting tube.f adapted to engage an india-rubber or like seat m on a plug g, secured to the lid c aod having a through air-way i. In small tanks the tube f may be replaced by a small hole in the membrane e.
Patent GB-190117762-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Applying Paste or other Adhesive Material, or Water, to Labels, Stamps, and the like, and for Affixing them to Packages, Letters and other Articles
Inventor: MYERS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-09-05
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 17,762. Myers, F. W., Myers, T. H., and Myers, W. Feb. 9, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Damping and affixing labels, stamps, and the like. -A strip of labels, stamps, &c. is passed between a plate G and the pivoted and weighted cover-plate a<3>, through an aperture a<2> in the latter, and between the end of the plate and a pasting or damping belt B, which is passed over rolls, as shown, of which e<1> dips into the water or paste reservoir a, e are tension rollers, and D is provided at its ends with friction wheels d whereby the belt B and the strip of labels are drawn forwards when the apparatus is moved along the table. The surplus paste is removed from the belt B by an adjustable scraper f. The pasted strip is passed between a fixed cutter C and a movable cutter C<1>, which is hinged to the first at c and is normally held in the raised position by a spring. Attached to the movable cutter is a pad H, which is depressed along with the cutter, so that the label is simultaneously severed from the strip and applied to the package &c. placed in a suitable position to receive it. The casing A of the apparatus may be fitted with removable brackets for carrying a roll of labels &c.
Patent GB-190119136-A (GB)
Title: Cover for Electric Cells.
Inventor: VOGT CAESAR
Filed: 1901-09-25
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 19,136. Vogt, C. Sept. 25. Covers.-Relates to covers for electric cells, and consists in providing an additional cover d made of porous material and saturated with oil or grease so that an automatic greasing of the cell to prevent creeping of the electrolyte is effected when the cover d is placed in or removed from the cell. The cover d is also stated to act as a valve moving inwardly with a fall of temperature and outwardly with a rise of temperature. If the cover d is sufficiently strong, the outer cover a may be dispensed with.