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Patent GB-190004260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Gas Lighting.
Inventor: HICKS WILLIAM GOATLEY
Filed: 1900-03-06
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 4260. Hicks, W. G. March 6. Lighting gas. - In catalytic igniters in which the occluding agent is supplemented by wires, the ignition of the gas is facilitated by arranging the occluding agent nearer than the wires to the orifice of the gas burner. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 3, this is effected by attaching the wires D to the head G of the supporting-arm C, passing them through the central orifice a, and under the mass A of the occluding agent, and up again to the head G. The mass A is mounted in an adjustable or other ring B on the arm C, which is itself supported in a a socket F on the burner E.
Patent GB-190006575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printers' Galleys.
Inventor: WEBB THOMAS
Filed: 1900-04-07
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 6575. Webb, T., and Taylor, A. H., [trading as Webb & Co., T.]. April 7. Galleys.-The galley consists of a metal baseplate A, to which are screwed the sides C and end C<1>. To the sides and end are screwed metal strips B, B', and these strips are extended, and interlocked at the corners by means of slits in the strips. The extended ends of the strips B, B' are screwed to the ends of the end and side pieces C', C by screws b, b<1>. Specification No. 17,193, A.D. 1899, is referred to.
Patent GB-190007205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Raising and Lowering Grates.
Inventor: CROWE PAUL LOUIS
Filed: 1900-04-18
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 7205. Crowe, P. L. April 18. Grates.-Relates to means for raising and lowering grates. The invention is shown as applied to a chain grate, the frame of which is pivoted at. the front and which it is desired to raise and lower at the back with reference to the bridge wall. The frame 3 is supported at the back on a cranked shaft 2, which is mounted in bearings in the brickwork of the furnace and adjusted by worm gear 10 at one end. A combined bearing for the shaft and bracket support for the worm gear is described and illustrated in the Specification. The plates of the frame may, if desired, rest on flanged rollers or pulleys mounted on the crank 2.
Patent GB-190009316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: WEISER JOSEF FREIHERR VON
Filed: 1900-05-21
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 9316. Wieser, Josef Freiherr von. May 21. Firebridges; smokeconsuming.-Hollow firebridges in smokeconsuming furnaces are arranged behind the grate bars, or laterally, or in the centre parallel to the grate bars, and are provided with slots through w h i c h the heated air enters the combustion chamber. In the steam-boiler furnace shown in Fig. 1, the firebridge bottom e is inclined, and the damper d is connected with an automatic cataract of known construction so as to close after a determined interval from the opening of the fire-door. To clean the slots b, Fig. 2, the perforated pipe f is arranged within the firebridge, and is supplied with steam through the pipe g, while the condensed water is carried of by the pipe h.
Patent GB-190009453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Churns.
Inventor: TIERNEY THOMAS FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-05-22
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 9453. Tierney, T. F. May 22. Churns having a hollow rotary beater by means of which air is forced through the cream to assist the production of butter. Fig. 2 shows the churn partly in section and with the framing and driving- mechanism removed. The churn body A is mounted on a stand, and is fitted with fixed internal baffle-plates 6, having perforations 7, 7. The rotary beater consists of a hollow stem B, a conical part 10, and a bottom disc 12 connected to the cone 10 by segmental pieces of special shape, to form air passages connected with the hollow stem B. The beater is adjustably secured by a set-screw 21 to a shaft 20 carried on a footstep bearing 9 and in an upper bearing not shown in Fig. 2, and driven by spur and bevel gearing actuated by a hand-crank. The churn is closed by a lid formed in two parts, one of which is readily removable.
Patent GB-190009458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Space Telegraphy.
Inventor: EGLIN WILLIAM CHARLES LAWSON
Filed: 1900-05-22
Granted: 1900-07-14
Abstract: 9458. Eglin, W. C. L. May 22. Bearings, instruments for determining.-Relates to apparatus for determining the direction of the received waves in wireless telegraphy, applicable for signalling between ships. The receiving conductor may be surrounded by four or more separate bars connected to separate receiving instruments, the effects on the various instruments indicating the direction of the waves. In a second form, Fig. 3, an elevated sphere H is provided with a rotating sector I operated by a circular rack i<1> and a toothed wheel i<2>. The wheel i<2> is moved by a cord j<2> carrying an indicator j<3>. The sphere and sector are connected to two receivers, the sector receiver being brought into action, and the sphere receiver cut out, when the sector is moved into the path of the waves.
Patent GB-190009974-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Converting Reciprocal into Rotary Motion.
Inventor: CARTY REGINALD CHARLES
Filed: 1900-05-30
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 9974. Carty, R. C. May 30. Driving-gear.-Relates to cam mechanism for converting reciprocating into rotary motion, in steam or other engines. At the end of the pistonrod a is secured a roller b, which bears on the edge of a cam d secured to the shaft c to be rotated. The difference in the radii of the highest and lowest points of the cam is equal to the stroke of the piston. The cam may have one, two, or more rises, and its periphery may be formed of an endless belt or rope supported on arms of varying length.
Patent GB-190012231-A (GB)
Title: Process for Rendering Cow's and Goat's Milk Digestible.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-07-06
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 12,231. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. July 6. Milk, rendering digestible.-Milk is treated with essence of rennet, and the coagulum thus formed is broken up by mechanical means. This milk thus treated is suitable for invalids and children.
Patent GB-190015057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Building of Sheds for the Manufacture or Storing of Explosive Materials.
Inventor: NAHNSEN GEORG ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-08-23
Granted: 1900-12-15
Abstract: 15,057. Nahnsen, G. A. Aug. 23. Sheds for the manufacture or storage of explosives are built over cellars B, which are constructed with double walls and sloping floors and may be charged with water, ashes, infusorial earth, or other material, in order to diminish the damage in the event of an explosion. The cellars may be divided by partition walls D<1>, and may be vaulted or arched over.
Patent GB-190017374-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trap for Drains, Sewers and the like, applicable also to the Covers of Refuse Carts and other Vehicles, Dust-bins, Lift-doors, Animal Traps and other Purposes.
Inventor: BOND CHARLES ACTON
Filed: 1900-10-01
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 17,374. Bond, C. A. Oct. 1. Drawings to Specification. Scavengers' carts.-To prevent the escape of dirt, the Cover is formed by two hinged weighted flaps, which bear against inclined edges and meet at the middle.
Patent GB-190022067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refuse Destroyers
Inventor: WILLSHEAR EDWARD
Filed: 1900-12-05
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 22,067. Willshear, E. Dec. 5. Refuse-consuming furnaces. - Animal and vegetable refuse, sewage sludge, &c. is fed from above into a shaft or cell A with an inclined hearth V resting on hinged doors K. Blast is delivered from a jacket N through openings Q. The residue, in a molten condition, is discharged i n t o a receptacle B with hinged front and base. A counterbalanced door is fitted at G below the charging- hopper.
Patent GB-190101685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Braking the Speed of Ships.
Inventor: LACOSTE LOUIS
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 1685. Lacoste, L. Jan. 24. Stopping way; steering by plates at sides.-To the sides of the vessel are hinged plates B, which, when opened out at right-angles to the ship, stop her way. One plate only may be put into operation, to facilitate the steering of the vessel. Each plate is hung on a spindle C connected by bevelgear to a horizontal shaft coupled to a motor. The plate is held in the closed position by fingers g on a spindle H, which also carries a second set of fingers by which the plate can be pushed slightly open. The opening is controlled by stays D, each of which is coupled to a piston E moving in a cataract cylinder F. .
Patent GB-190107321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tapping Machines for use in the Manufacture of Nuts.
Inventor: GROS GEORGE
Filed: 1901-04-09
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 7321. Lake, H. H., [Gros, G., and Brown, M. D.]. April 9. Tapping.-A machine for tapping nuts has a spindle 8, mounted on a slide 5 and driven by pulleys 7, 13 from a shaft 14, driven in either direction by pulleys 15, 16 and a reversing-clutch 17. Each end of the spindle is screw-threaded and provided with a tap 12, the screwed portions engaging nut guides 25 on shoots 21 adjustably secured by arms 19 to the bed 1. Nut blanks are supplied by hoppers and vertical shoots 23 to the shoots 21, and fed forward by spring-returned plungers 26, connected to the slide 5 by arms 27. A rod 37 on the slide carries tappets 38, 39 for operating the clutch lever 40, locked by a spring arm 42. When the machine is started, the rotation of the spindle causes it and the slide to travel longitudinally through the action of the guides 25, one tap 12 entering the first blank a in one of the shoots 21. The movement of the slide allows the plunger on the operative side to recede, another nut falling from the vertical to the horizontal shoot. When the nut has been tapped, the tappet 38 reverses the clutch and spindle, the tap at the other end coming into operation while the tap 12 unscrews from the nut a, allowing it to fall through a hole 33, the plunger pushing out the next blank from between springs fingers 36. More than one nut may be tapped at each operation.
Patent GB-190108335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutch Pulleys.
Inventor: NEWSON CHARLES
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 8335. Newson, C. April 23. Clutches, friction. The pulley c, faced on each side with a friction surface d<1> of wood secured by rings d<2> and bolts, runs loose on a sleeve b, which is free to be moved endways on a feather on the shaft a. Mounted on the sleeve are two discs e, which slide on feathers, and two loose rings f, g. Cam levers h, pivoted to the ring f and coupled by links to the operating-sleeve k, are adapted, when the sleeve is moved inwards, to press open the ring g, as shown, and thus to press the discs e into contact with the pulley.
Patent GB-190109970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Inventor: DAVIS GEORGE HOWLETT
Filed: 1901-05-14
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 9970. Davis, G. H. May 14. Weight motors for rewinding the tune sheets of automatic musical instruments. A drum 34 carried by a gear wheel 32<x> is driven by a pinion 28 on the pin 20 of the tune roller 14 while the tune is being played and drives it during the rewinding operation. The drum 34 receives a cord 36 which is connected to a second drum 39, and this carries a cord 40 passing round pulleys 43, 41, 44, the last two of which are carried by a weight 42. The weight is thus lifted during the performance of a tune, and rewinds the tune-sheet afterwards when the driving-mechanism of the take-up roller 8 is disconnected. In order to connect and disconnect the take-up roller, it is mounted on pivoted arms 46, by which it can be swung so that its driving gearwheel 51 can be engaged with or disengaged from a driving-pinion 52. When in the former position, one of the arms 46 is locked by a catch 54, but, when the catch is released, a spring 53 acts upon the arm, thus disconnecting the gear-wheels, and causing a stop to engage with the gear-wheel 52. The catch 54 is released either by a hand draw stop 57 or by a pneumatic 61, which is brought into operation by a special hole in the tune sheet uncovering a hole 62 in the tracker-board. The rewinding then takes place automatically under the influence of the weight 42.
Patent GB-190112435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Match Making Machines.
Filed: 1901-06-18
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 12,435. Clark, A. M., [Federal Match Co.]. June 18. Matches.-A machine for making matches is provided with means for delivering splints to an endless carrier, which successively conveys them to a heating-apparatus, paraffining-apparatus, tipping- apparatus, and discharging-mechanism. Fig. 18 shows the means for delivering the splints to the carrier C. The splints are supplied from an endless carrier comprising a series of blocks H, each perforated with eight rows of holes and connected by links H<1>. This carrier travels intermittently along guide-ways H<2>, and is actuated by spring-controlled hooks which engage with the blocks H, and are connected to disc cranks K, by means of rods K<1> and crossheads. After every movement of the carrier, four of the blocks H are each supplied with two rows of splints from four pairs of hoppers I, I<1>, each provided with a vibrating box I<2>, whence the splints are forced into the apertures of the blocks H, by reciprocating plungers J<7>. These plungers are normally held in retracted positions by springs, and are actuated by cams. The splints are transferred from the full blocks H to frames forming parts of the carrier C, by means of plungers B<1>, secured to a vertically-reciprocating frame B<2>. Fig. 8 is a sectional side elevation of a part of the endless carrier C, which comprises a series of frames connected together, each frame having a fixed cross-bar C<5>, supporting two rods C<7> upon which slide a series of clamping-plates C<8>, and a crossbar C<6>. The plates C<8> are preferably convex on one side and concave on the other. The splints, before being.. clamped, are held in position by means of a grooved plate L, Fig. 8, and longitudinal rods L<2>. The clamping-plates, after leaving the match-discharging mechanism, are held in closed positions by coiled springs C<9>, but, when they pass beneath the plungers B<1>, the plates are separated, as shown in Fig. 8, by means of an arrangement of cams engaging the ends of the clamping-plates. A lever, pivoted to the bar C<6> and arranged to fall into a recess on the corresponding rod C<7>, is employed on each frame for the purpose of locking the clamping-plates after they have received a charge of splints S ; these locking-levers are actuated by the arrangement of cams operating the plates. The splints, locked in the frames, are conveyed to the heater, paraffining- vat, and tipping or heading apparatus, which are of the usual construction, and are finally conveyed through the air for some distance to ensure drying, before the matches reach the discharging- mechanism. This mechanism includes an arrangement of cams for separating the clamping plates so as to release the matches, which are then pushed by a vertically-reciprocating brush into a horizontally-reciprocating box divided by partitions into compartments, which are periodically opened and closed by means of sliding bottoms. The matches fall from the compartments into a box carried by a travelling belt.
Patent GB-190114221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Springs for Vehicles.
Inventor: GRANT THOMAS
Filed: 1901-07-12
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 14,221. Grant, T. July 12. Springs, bearing.-Relates to springs for perambulators, children's mail carts, invalid carriages, gigs, and other vehicles, and is shown in Fig. 1 applied to a perambulator. The end of the ordinary spring a is connected to a bolt c which passes through an extension b of the body. Between this extension and the headed end of the bolt, a helical spring d is held in compression. In modifications, the bolt may pass through the end of the ordinary spring, which may bear directly on the helical spring.
Patent GB-190115600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Toasting Apparatus.
Inventor: MONTEITH-FISCHEL ZIPPORA
Filed: 1901-08-01
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 15,600. Monteith-Fischel, Z. Aug. 1. Toasting- appliances. -Appliances for toasting bread or the like over a gas &c. stove or fire, comprise a frame a provided with a handle b and one or more sheets of wire gauze d secured by hooked bars g or equivalents, against or on which the bread &c. is placed. When two sheets of gauze are used, the space between them may be packed with asbestos &c. According to the Provisional Specification, the appliances may be provided with legs &c., the upper gauze may be replaced by a grid, the gauze sheets may be mounted on separate adjustably-connected frames, and hinged frames may be used to hold the bread &c. between them for reversing.
Patent GB-190117033-A (GB)
Title: Improved Protective Cover for Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-08-24
Granted: 1902-07-17
Abstract: 17,033. Thompson, W. P., [Koch & Palm]. Aug. 24. Tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims.- Puncture is prevented by interposing between the outer rubber a and the canvas lining e of the outer cover, several layers b of material, so secured as to be relatively slack when the tyre is in position on the rim. The material must be soft, tough, and pliable, and is preferably flexible hide, but, in a modification, both layers of hide and layers of canvas are employed. The inturned edges of the rim m are prevented from fraying the adjacent parts of the tyre by leather strips g.
Patent GB-190125302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Cutting Tools applicable for Cutting Burnishing Drilling and similar purposes.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-12-11
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 25,302. Thompson, W. P., [Chambers, F. D.]. Dec. 11. Tool-holders.-Relates to means for detachably securing rotary cutting tools to their arbors, the invention being described with reference to a milling-cutter, but being applicable to rotary tools for cutting, burnishing, drilling, and similar purposes. The arbor 1 has a non-circular end 2 to hold the cutter 12 against rotation, and has a sleeve 5 with a flange 6 engaging a nut 8 by which it may be drawn on to the arbor. The lower end of the sleeve has an interrupted flange 7 engaging an interrupted flange 11 on the cutter to hold it on the arbor. The sleeve 5 and the portion 3 of the arbor on which it fits may be tapered, as in Fig. 1, or cylindrical, as in Fig. 4, and the flange 7 may be external or internal, the cutter, in the latter case, having a neck 11<1>, as shown in Fig. 4. A pin is provided on the sleeve 5 to ensure the full engagement of the interrupted flanges when adjusted. Internal or external flanges 7 may be used with either tapered or cylindrical sleeves. In a woodboring tool the screw point is attached to the arbor 1.
Patent GB-190202275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Stripping Rolls
Inventor: HAVENS JOSEPH GOODENOUGH
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 2275. Havens, J. G. Jan. 28. Tobacco.-Relates to tobacco-leaf stripping-rolls for machines of the kind described in Specification No. 19,924, A.D. 1901. The roll 3 is constructed with V-shaped grooves d, to receive V- shaped rims f, g on the roll 4. Cutting-edges h, i, j are formed respectively on the rolls 3, 4. Lenticular spaces 9, for the passage of the stems, are left between the rolls by the channels 5, 7, which may be either smooth-surged or provided with cutting-teeth.
Patent GB-190203557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam, Water, and other Fluid Pressure Valves.
Inventor: KIRBY MARK ELLIS
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 3557. Kirby, M. E. Feb. 12. Lift valves; actuating valves.-To enable a large piston valve D to be easily opened, it has a central passage H normally closed by a bye-pass valve O formed on the spindle J and loosely enclosed by a collar R. A passage I in the main valve of smaller area than the passage H in the main valve admits the fluid pressure to the piston chamber G, and the bye-pass valve is opened in advance of the main valve by a handle L, which can be secured in position by a thumb-screw N. The bye-pass valve may be operated by a screwed spindle or other device, and the passage I may be formed in the casing.
Patent GB-190203584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Gloves, Boots, Shoes, Leggings, Gaiters, Spats, and other Articles of Dress, also applicable for Purses, Wallets and the like.
Inventor: GILLIVER WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 3584. Gilliver, W. J. Feb. 12. Stud - and - eye fastenings. - Fastenings for gloves, boots, shoes, leggings, gaiters, spats, &c. comprise one or more elongated eyeleted holes B, and corresponding narrow, revolving, metal studs C, which may be loosely attached to a metal strip or back - plate C' by means of washers or discs, or may be used with washers only.
Patent GB-190203856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Straightening Wire Rods and the like
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1902-02-14
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 3856. Haddan, H. J., [International Steam Pump Co.]. Feb. 14. Straightening.-A machine for straightening wire, rods, &c., particularly such as those used for supporting cores in foundry work and which are very irregularly bent, has a pair of rolls A, B, with grooves to suit the sizes of wire to be straightened, the upper roll being pressed down by springs e and screws f. A plate H in front of the rolls has bending - devices G consisting of bushes with passages g to suit the wire and bellmouthed ends g' to straighten the wire as it is drawn through by the rolls, the grooves in the rolls being corrugated to assist the grip. To correct any bend which may be given to the wire by the rolls, the wire is discharged through one of a set of bushes I, similar to the bushes G, and held in place in a plate H<1> by U-shaped locking- bars k, the legs of which fit into grooves in the plate and bushes and are held in place bv a plate L, so that the locking-bars may be readily removed to allow the bushes to be drawn out.
Patent GB-190222735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Portland Cement.
Inventor: BAMBER HENRY KELWAY GWYER
Filed: 1902-10-18
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 22,735. Bamber, H. K. G. Oct. 18. Cements.-Relates to a process for conditioning cement and regulating the setting time by the action of steam, which enters the tube or other mill a by the flexible tube h and hollow spindle d. The coarsely-ground cement passes in at the feed-opening b and through the conveyer e into the mill. The setting time of the cement is tested at regular intervals, and the admission of steam is regulated in accordance with the result of the tests.
Patent GB-190223686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats with Reversible Backs.
Inventor: MILES THOMAS
Filed: 1902-10-30
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 23,686. Miles, T., and Tavener, A. H. Oct. 30. Seats are provided with a reversible curved back H. The back is connected to the seat board or bench E by pivoted arms A, B, which are crossed so that the concave face of the back H is presented to the front in either position. Stops are provided at the ends F, G of the arms.
Patent GB-190224832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spindle Bobbins.
Inventor: FEARNLEY SAM
Filed: 1902-11-12
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 24,832. Fearnley, S., Charlesworth, J., and Hardy, M. Nov. 12. Bobbins are made to taper slightly from the nose A to the heel B, to prevent stripping except by unwinding. The grooving round the bobbin is also dispensed with.
Patent GB-190303680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sporting Cartridges.
Inventor: HOOKHAM GEORGE
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 3680. Hookham, G., and Kynoch, Ltd. Feb. 17. Cartridges, smallarm. - Shot cartridges are made with a metallic case a, which extends over the paper case b when that has been turned over the shot wad. The case a fills the chamber of the gun after firing, and its edges are turned in, as shown at c in Fig. 1 ; or a cup-shaped wad d, Fig. 2, may be placed in the slightly-coned end of the case.