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Patent GB-189820759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Working of Electric Arc-lamps.
Filed: 1898-10-01
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 20,759. Soc. Les Fils d'Adolphe Mougin. April 2, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Arc lamps.-A clockwork focussing-lamp for continuous or alternating current is constructed for use with either end uppermost. The frame carries two guide-tubes F, F' connected at their ends by a hollow piece. The carbons are carried in sockets on angle-pieces G, G<1>, the upper socket I being insulated by washers, and connected with an insulated binding-bolt M<11> by a flexible conductor. Each angle-piece is provided with three rollers H to run on one guide-tube, and with a pin extending through a slot into the tube, and engaging a chain or other flexible connection therein. The chain is endless and extends over four guide-pulleys e at the ends of the tubes, an adjustable tension-wheel T, and a chain-wheel secured on an axle a, rotatable in the lamp frame. A barrel fixed on this axle is attached to the outer end of a coiled spring, the inner end of which is attached to the lamp frame ; the spring tends to turn the axle and move the chain so as to bring the carbons together. This motion is controlled by multiplying-gearing b<1> connecting the barrel with a pin-wheel C, which is normally stopped by engagement with a projection on a pivoted armature, this being held against a screw stop by a spring coiled in an adjusting-drum P<1>. The armature is acted on by an electromagnet M<1> connected in parallel with the carbons, allowing the carbons to move together when their difference of potential increases. The feeding - spring is wound by the reverse motion of the chain, chainwheel, axle, and barrel when carbons are inserted, a ratchet and pawl in the gearing b<1> permitting s u c h motion. The gearing b<1> is carried by a frame D<1> movable about the axle a by a series electromagnet K acting on an armature d; such movement turns the chainwheel and moves the chain to strike an arc. In a modification, the regulating-magnet M' is connected in parallel with the carbons through its own armature and a stationary contact, so that, immediately the armature is attracted, the magnet circuit is broken and the armature returns, feeding being thus allowed in short steps only ; the armature moves a slotted pivoted plate, which stops or frees the pin-wheel C.
Patent GB-189905793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Photographic Sensitized Materials.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1899-03-17
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 5793. Thornton, J. E. March 17. Sensitized plates and films.-Relates to a method of coating plates and films with sensitive emulsion, in which the emulsion is applied in a succession of thin layers, each of which is rapidly dried by a blast of hot air. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 4, the paper or other support is drawn from a reel A over a coating-roller B', and then up a funnel through which a blast of hot air is passed. The paper then passes down to another coating-roller, and so on. The coating-rollers B' are supplied by doctor rollers D', which dip in the troughs C' containing the liquid emulsion. For coating glass plates, an endless band is used to carry the plates. The emulsion is applied in a thin layer by an air blast.
Patent GB-189906576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heel Compressing Machines.
Inventor: BECK DANIEL CHARLES
Filed: 1899-03-27
Granted: 1899-11-18
Abstract: 6576. Beck, D. C. March 27. Heels; presses.-Relates to a machine for compressing heels. The heels are placed in moulds 51, of which there are four formed in bosses on the revolving table 50. The machine is driven by a pulley 20 on a shaft which, through the worm gear shown, drives a countershaft carrying a face cam 13. This cam by means of a bell crank 7 reciprocates a slide 4, to which a pair of presser-blocks 41 are hinged. When this slide is depressed, these blocks pass into one of the moulds 51 and compress the heel contained therein, as shown in Fig. 5. After each heel has been compressed it is moved, by the rotation of the table, under a rotary cutter 29, which trims it to the desired height. The table is rotated by the gear shown in Fig. 1, and is held stationary at the required times by a spring catch engaging notches in its periphery.
Patent GB-189907166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: MORGAN HARRY JOHN
Filed: 1899-04-05
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 7166. Morgan, H. J. April 5. Tobacco pipes.-Under the bowl d is a chamber or receptacle f connected with the bore a of the stem by a passage h. The bore a extends forward and returns as at c into the bowl. The receptacle is closed by a plug g.
Patent GB-189908632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bellows.
Inventor: ALLDAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-04-25
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 8632. Allday, W., and Allday, E. April 25. Smiths' forges, bellows for. The intake valves c are protected by a screen of gauze, perforated metal d, or other suitable material, which also prevents vermin from entering the bellows.
Patent GB-189913149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Folding Machines.
Inventor: STONE IRVING LEE
Filed: 1899-06-24
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 13,149. Stone, I. L. June 24. Folding paper.-Relates more particularly to folding-apparatus for printing-machines, and consists of means whereby a folding-blade and its sheet stops may be thrown out of action and the sheets delivered without being folded by this blade. Figs. 1 and 2 show sectional elevations, in which 8 is a folding-blade and 26, 27 folding-rolls over which the sheets are carried by tapes 29, 30 from the folding-rolls 44, 45. The sheet is stopped for folding by stops 49 on a shaft 47, and the sheets folded by the blade 8 and rolls 26, 27 pass down into a receptacle 3. The blade 8 is carried by an arm 7 fixed on a shaft 5 having also an arm 21 pulled by a spring 12. Pivoted loosely beside the arm 7 is a lever 6 oscillated by a cam 4 and rod 19 &c. On the arm 7 is a spring bolt 9, the lower end of which may be engaged with a notch 56 in the curved head 55 of the lever 6. When so engaged, the arm 7 and blade 8 are rocked with the arm 7, but on disengaging the bolt 9 from the notch 56 the arm 7 and blade 8 are lifted and held by the spring 12 in the inoperative position shown by dotted lines 7<11>, 8<11>, Fig. 1. When the blade 8 is thus lifted, it engages an arm 46 on the shaft 47 and lifts the stops 49, so that the sheets are carried on by the tapes 29, 30 and delivered on to the table 31, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-189922771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Acting Mules.
Inventor: TAYLOR ROBERT
Filed: 1899-11-15
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 22,771. Taylor, R. Nov. 15. Mules. - Relates to woollen and waste mules in which the drawing- out scroll and check scroll are mounted on different axles connected by toothed gearing. The object is to prevent the c h e c k scroll f, which is loose upon the shaft g, from being placed on the shaft in a wrong position with regard to the drawing-out scroll c. The toothed wheels d, e, carried by the shaft band the b o s s of the check scroll, are provided with side flanges d', e', which are cut away for a small part of the circumference only so as to prevent the wheels from being slid into gear with one another except when the scrolls are in the desired relative positions. Instead of providing the wheels with side flanges, one of them may have an extra large tooth, and the other a corresponding recess &c.
Patent GB-189923752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stiffenings for Bodices, Jackets and the like.
Inventor: LASKA AUGUSTE VERW
Filed: 1899-11-28
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 23,752. Laska, [nÚe Oehler], A. Nov. 28. Coats and jackets; dresses stays or stiffeners.- Stiffening or interlining materials used in bodices, coats, tunics, and the like are made of gauze, leather, or cellulose, &c., rendered pervious to the air by perforations &c. and then moulded or pressed to the required shape. If the material is not of itself sufficiently stiff to retain its form when moulded, it is previously steeped in a solution of starch, shellac, or celluloid. The Figure shows a stiffening-piece for one side of a dress bodice.
Patent GB-190003073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Printing.
Inventor: WOOLLEY GEORGE ORLANDO
Filed: 1900-02-16
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 3073. Woolley, G. O., and Woolley, A. E. Feb. 16. Rotary machines; feeding sheets.-Relates to apparatus for printing paper bags or sheets, cardboards, &c. as they are received from other machines or otherwise. The pair of cylinders 1, 3 for printing the bags or sheets is driven by a pair of adjustable elliptical gears 4,5, so that the cylinders are driven at the time of printing at the same speed as the sheet is moving. Or the tapes conveying the sheets may be driven at the same speed as the cylinders. The sheet or bag 6 in the carrying or feeding tapes a is adjusted by pivoted stops b operated by the arm 10 and cam 7. The Provisional Specification states that the impression cylinder may be provided with a projecting longitudinal ridge or lay for engaging and registering the front edge of the sheet.
Patent GB-190003984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Use in and in connection with the Manufacture of Mosaic or Inlaid Floor Cloth.
Inventor: BATTEN EDWARD
Filed: 1900-03-01
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 3984. Batten, C. March 1. Coated fabrics.-Relates to improvements in the machines described in Specification No. 198, A.D. 1897. In Fig. 3, a represents the main cylinder, a few of the holes in which the stems of the ejectors work being shown at a<1>. Two of the three ejector rolls are shown at d and e, d being the roll carrying pins d<2>, a few only of which are shown. The ejectors are driven by pinions d<1>, e<1> engaging with the internally-toothed ring a<3>. The ends of the ejectors are supported in bearing-blocks j, k mounted in radial guides and moved inwardly or outwardly, to adjust the ejectors, by eccentric pins o<1> on spindles o. The tesserµ not required to form the pattern are removed from the cutter cylinder by a cylinder q, Fig. 8, or a travelling belt s, Fig. 11, covered with card clothing. The cylinder q may be cleared by wires &c. passing between the teeth. These wires may be fixed as illustrated in Fig. 8, in which the wire t is shown attached to the support t<1> and stretched by the weight t<3>. Fig. 9 shows one of a series of wires t<4>, which travel round the cylinder q and round a roller t<5>. According to another arrangement, an endless wire is employed which travels round and round the cylinder 'q and roller t<5>, returning over guide-pulleys from one end to the other. Fig. 11 shows the travelling belt s cleared by the cylinder v, the teeth on which are more numerous than those on the belt. The cutting-blades x are secured in grooves w<1> in the cutter cylinder by wedges y, as shown in Fig. 15.
Patent GB-190005253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Disinfecting and Flushing Drains, Sewers, and the like.
Inventor: LEWIS JARED ELISHA
Filed: 1900-03-20
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 5253. Lewis, J. E. March 20. Disinfecting; flushing.-The flushing is effected by a tipping-tank F mounted in a chamber B which opens into the drain A by a passage a. The disinfectant is stored in a tank D, the discharge from which is regulated by a cylinder with peripheral pockets which, when the cylinder is rotated, alternately fill and discharge into the flushing- tank. The rotation of the cylinder is effected by a a float P which works in guides and carries a rack engaging with a pinion and pawl on the shaft of the cylinder, which is thus operated by the rise of the float only.
Patent GB-190008506-A (GB)
Title: A Process of Manufacture of Screw-nuts for the Spokes of Wheels of Bicycles, Tricycles and other Vehicles
Inventor: GUICHOT AUGUSTE
Filed: 1900-05-08
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 8506. Guichot, A. May 8. Shearing; forging.-Relates to a method of making the screw nuts used for securing the spokes of bicycle and like wheels. These nuts, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, have a round nickel head c, around shoulder b, a square or hexagonal &c. shank a, and a rounded part e. A portion a<1>, Figs. 3 and 6, of wire of square &c. section and with flattened edges, is sheared off from the length a by the die f, as in a rivet or bolt &c. making machine, and the nicked head and shoulder are shaped by the die g cooperating with the die f as shown.
Patent GB-190011454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Boys' Drill Rifles.
Inventor: MELLIS ANDREW BOGLE
Filed: 1900-06-25
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 11,454. Mellis, A. B. June 25. Toy guns.-Relates to boys' rifles for teaching drill. A sliding bolt A is arranged in a tube F', F<5> provided with a cover and fixed to the butt of the rifle, and is provided with a knob B, by which it is operated. The bolt is provided with a projection C', which keeps it in its forward position until it is turned as indicated in dotted lines. A spring D connects the bolt to a sliding tube E, formed with a projection E<1> to engage the trigger G, G<1>. When the bolt is drawn back, it carries with it the tube E, which is held back by the trigger, and also moves the cover F<5> by the projection C<1> engaging it so as to open the breech. Upon returning the bolt, the breech is closed and the spring strained. Upon pulling the trigger, the tube E is released, and moves forward, making a clicking noise.
Patent GB-190014291-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Disintegration of Minerals or Ores.
Inventor: GRAHAM EDWARD LESLIE
Filed: 1900-08-09
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 14,291. Graham, E. L. Aug. 9. Treating ores.-Relates to a process for disintegrating ores and minerals, and consi-ts in immersing them in a solution of sulphuric or hydrofluoric acid or both, and subjecting them to the action of electricity. The process may be carried out in a series of vats in which the electrodes are placed. Other acids may be added to the solution, aud also salts of barium and ammonium. The disintegrated ore is ready for concentration
Patent GB-190022639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements on Croquet Mallets.
Inventor: STEVENSON CHARLES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-12-12
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 22,639. Stevenson, C. A. Dec. 12. Croquet.-Mallet heads are made with flat or curved surfaces not parallel to the axes of the heads, and the handles are not at right-angles to such surfaces, nor to the axes. The surfaces may extend only part of the length of the heads. A head may have two such surfaces extending from opposite ends, so that the section at the middle of the head is as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190109001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Spraying and Pulverizing Disinfectant Liquids.
Inventor: LUEBBECKE THEODOR WILHELM
Filed: 1901-05-01
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 9001. L³bbecke, T. W. May 1. Spray-producers. - Relates to apparatus for spraying and pulverizing disinfectant liquids for use in disinfecting railway wagons, cattle trucks, landing-stages, slaughterhouses, stables, &c. A transportable vessel a, provided with a filling- aperture d having a closing-device and an outlet c, is fitted with a piston e sliding on a rod f. An inlet aperture b in the base of the vessel is provided with a union h, and connected by a hose pipe i to a water stand-pipe k. The outlet c is provided with a hose pipe g carrying a spraying- nozzle. In operation, water is admitted below the piston e, and forces the disinfectant liquid contained above the piston out through the nozzle. Steam or compressed air may be employed, in place of water, to operate the piston. The container a may be portable for attachment to the back of the operator.
Patent GB-190110104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Sash Racks.
Inventor: WALLACE JAMES HARRISON
Filed: 1901-05-15
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 10,104. Wallace, J H., and Hilton, A. G. May 15. Windows.-Wood racks for window sashes are cut across the grain, so that the fibres extend from the back of the rack to the front of the teeth. Fig. 1 shows a rack strengthened by two longitudinal strips of wood b<1> glued or cemented in grooves in the back of the rack. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, a central strengthening- bar b is let into the back of the rack. The end a<2> of the rack is left solid, to form a stop to prevent the rack from running out of gear with the spring pinion. The racks may be made of ebonite, raw hide, or other material.
Patent GB-190111589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burial-casket Lowering Apparatus.
Inventor: BREED WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1901-06-06
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 11,589. Breed, W. J., and Warther, J. G. June 6. Coffins, lowering.-Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of the frame, and Figs. 8 and 14 enlarged longitudinal and transverse sections. Pivoted within the frame are two similar shafts 15, of which one only is shown, geared together by a transverse shaft and having wound upon them tapes 27 by which the coffin is supported and lowered. The shafts 15 are carried within tubes 19 secured to hollow projections 18. A brake and a ratchet on the transverse shaft control the descent of the coffin. The pawl controlling the ratchet can be disengaged by means of a cam lever 46, Fig. 6 ; and, by means of a lever 51 carrying a second pawl, the coffin can be raised, if necessary. Slats 55 carried on endless chains, the upper runs of which rest on guides 80<a>, form screens by which the coffin is hidden from view after it has passed within the frame. A clutch and gearing are fitted by means of which the screens can be moved by the weight of the descending coffin. The clutch comprises a fixed collar 69, Fig. 8, carrying pins capable of being held in engagement with a loose spurwheel 67, against the action of a spring by means of a catch. Carrying-wheels 10 are pivoted in brackets 12, which may be turned so as to conceal the wheels from view, as shown, when not in use.
Patent GB-190113159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resistance Switches and Automatic Cut-outs for Starting, Protecting, and Regulating Electric Motors and their Circuits.
Inventor: EDMONDSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-06-28
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 13,159. Edmondson, J. June 28. Cut-outs; switches.-Switches for starting &c. motors are fitted with over and under-load circuitbreaking devices, which open the main switch arm so as to prevent sparking at the resistance contacts. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement for a shunt-wound motor, the switch being closed with the resistances cut out. The main switch arm 3 is pivoted at 2, and is fitted with a spring tending to throw it into the 'off' position, but is held on by the electromagnet 1. It is provided with a hook 5 adapted to engage a hook 20 attached to the resistance switch arm 8, and hold that in position. Should the current fail, or, should the over-load magnet 16 short-circuit the magnet 1, the arm 3 is no longer held, and flies back to the position shown in dotted lines ; the switch arm 8 also flies back under the action of a spring. To move the switch on again, the arm 8 is moved counter-clockwise, and a stud or roller 11 engages the projection 5, so moving the arm 3 up to the magnet 1. The arm 8 can then be rotated clockwise to cut out the resistances. Fig. 2 shows a modified arrangement, in which the resistance arm 8 can be left on any contact for regulating purposes. The arm 3 is formed with a forked extension 5, 6, with which the stud 11 engages, and it can only be operated when the arm 8 has been moved to switch in all the resistances. For series-wound motors the connections are suitably varied.
Patent GB-190117022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wood Flooring, Paving, Wainscoating, Stairtreads, and the like.
Inventor: LASCELLES WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-08-24
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 17,022. Lascelles, W. H. Aug. 24. Wood-block paving.-The blocks are made of the section A, B, Fig. 4, and fitted together as shown in Fig. 3, so that the part B overlaps the edge of A. The dovetail groove C may be filled with cement or bitumen.
Patent GB-190118583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stylographic and Fountain Pens.
Inventor: SAHA RADHIKA NATH
Filed: 1901-09-17
Granted: 1902-09-17
Abstract: 18,583. Saha, R. N. Sept. 17. Pens, reservoir. Relates to fountain or stylographic pens in which the flow of ink from the reservoir to the writing-point is intermittent. The ink reservoir A is closed at one end, and the other is fitted with a plug C provided with three tubes D, E, F. The air tube D is closed at the end remote from the writing-point, but communicates with the outer air by means of the hole G bored through the plug C, which is covered by the point protector when the pen is out of use. The writing- point may, or may not. be provided with a needle. The pen may be provided at each end with a writing-point, or with a nib in the case of fountain pens, and the two reservoirs may contain inks of different colours. The position of the opening G may be modified. In a modification, the tube E extends to near the writing-point. The Provisional Specification states that all the tubes D, E F extend to near the writing-point.
Patent GB-190210248-A (GB)
Title: Improved Show Case.
Inventor: HAYDEN FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-03
Granted: 1903-05-02
Abstract: 10,248. Hayden, F. W., and Woolley, H. D. May 3. Drawings to Specification. Label holders.-A spring at the back of a show case holds a label against the glass front.
Patent GB-190211615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Regulating the Speed or Propellers Shafts.
Inventor: DUIFF THOMAS ANDREAS
Filed: 1902-05-21
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 11,615. Duiff, T. A., Lozanne, W. H. de, and Lozanne, H. de. May 21. Brakes.-Relates to means for applying brakes to prevent the racing of marine engines. Two vessels k, l contain water and communicate through a pipe m. The pitching of the ship causes variations in the liquid level in the vessels, and therefore movements of the piston in the cylinder l. These movements are used to tighten and release a brake strap q, or to apply brake blocks, directly or by means of steam cylinders, the valves of which are controlled by the piston. A heavy float in the after vessel may form the controlling-device, instead of the piston in the forward vessel.
Patent GB-190212468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf and other Balls
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-05-31
Granted: 1902-08-21
Abstract: 12,468. Kempshall, E. March 31, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Moulding balls. - A centre - piece A of guttapercha or india - rubber is closely wound over with a broad rubber band or bands under tension, the winding being repeated layer on layer, so as to form an envelope C. The core thus formed has compressed upon it, in heated dies G, H, hemispherical shells D, E of celluloid, gutta-percha, &c., preferably provided with a lining F of fabric.
Patent GB-190213146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Bath & Lavatory Basin.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1902-06-10
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 13,146. Adams, M. J. June 10. Lavatory basins; baths.-A basin C is hinged to the side of the bath at F, so that, when not in use, it can be turned into the position shown in broken lines.