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Patent GB-189800297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Form and Construction of Cargo Vessels.
Inventor: LONG ARDAGH EDWARD
Filed: 1898-01-05
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 297. Long, A. E., and Graham, W. Jan. 5. Ships hulls; design; grain-carrying vessels.-Fig. 1 shows a mid-ship section, and Fig. 2 one near the stern. To increase the cargo space, transverse sections are composed, as shown, of straight lines, with an angular bilge A. The bottom B is horizontal amidships, with a rise from the keel, gradually increasing towards each end of the vessel. Slight modifications are described.
Patent GB-189800964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filter Presses and Similar Filtering Apparatus.
Inventor: BLACK DAVID
Filed: 1898-01-13
Granted: 1899-04-13
Abstract: 964. Black, D., and Wright, J. McL. Jan. 13. Pressure filters; cleansing.-Fig. 1 shows a part section of the filter, which consists of a number of hollow rings B arranged concentrically in, and secured to the bottom of, a casing A' to which the juice or other liquid to be filtered is admitted under pressure, so as to filter into the interior of the rings, from each of which it is drawn off separately. Fig. 9 shows a part section of one form of hollow ring. It consists of filter-cloths A supported on flat rings C separated by distancepieces D<1> on tie-rods D. The cloths are secured at top and bottom between channel rings E and flat rings I. In modifications, the supporting- frame for the cloths consists of two perforated cylinders, one inside the other, or of a single corrugated one, or of a number of vertically-placed laths strung on rings, and supported by channel rings such as E. A shaft 0, rotated from outside the casing, carries arms P from which are suspended, between the filtering-rings B, cleaning- brushes R.
Patent GB-189809408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knives.
Inventor: FIELD HENRY HATTEN
Filed: 1898-04-23
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 9408. Field, H. H. April 3. Flaying - knives; horticultural knives; hunting-knives.-The blade A is provided with a handle consisting of a pair of cheeks B which are hinged or pivoted to it so as to fold on it or from it. When pivoted, the cheeks turn in planes parallel to the blade. A catch is provided to hold the freer ends of the handle together.
Patent GB-189813146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chucks.
Inventor: COVENTRY THEODORE
Filed: 1898-06-11
Granted: 1899-04-15
Abstract: 13,146. Coventry, T. June 11. Chucks.-A chuck, in which the bar &c. held can be gripped or released while the chuck is rotating, is formed on the hollow spindle c of a lathe, the end of which is coned out to receive grippers c<2>. The grippers are grooved to engage a flange d<1> on a sleeve d sliding on the spindle. Levers e, preferably three in number, are pivoted at e' in recesses in the spindle, their ends engaging the outward ends of slots in the sleeve and an adjustable ring d<4> on the inner end of the sleeve. The levers are depressed to slide the sleeve in either direction by inclines f<2> on a ring f sliding on the sleeve, the inward movement of the ring causing the inner ends of the levers to bear on the ring d<4> and move the sleeve to tighten the grippers, and the outward movement of the ring depressing the outer ends of the levers and moving the sleeve to release the grippers from the bar. The ring f is operated by a handle g<8>, connected by an arm g<6> and link g<5> to a lever g<4>, pivoted at g<3>. The upper end of the lever is forked, and engages a groove f<3> on the ring f.
Patent GB-189819858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Boiling, Bleaching, and Dyeing Cotton and the like Fabrics.
Inventor: KHRENNIKOFF SERGIUS
Filed: 1898-09-19
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 19,858. Khrennikoff, S. Sept. 19. Boiling.-Relates to apparatus for boiling cotton and like fabrics, in which the liquid is forced through the fabric alternately in one direction and the other. The goods are rolled on a perforated cylinder F, carried in a suitable frame which is lowered into a boiler A, provided with a steam jacket B, a non-conducting, casing S, and a hinged cover C. By means of a distributing-valve H shown separately in Fig. 7, the pipes K and L, through which the liquid is forced and withdrawn by a pump, can be placed in communication with the boiler A and the perforated cylinder F respectively, or the connection may be reversed.
Patent GB-189824479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crucibles.
Inventor: WOOLFORD JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-11-19
Granted: 1899-11-18
Abstract: 24,479. Woolford, J. W. Nov. 19. Crucibles.-A crucible to withstand changes of temperature, and also he corrosive action of metallic oxides, consists of a plumbago shell with a clay lining. The Provisional Specification states that the shell may have a slight proportion of clay, and that the crucible is particularly suitable for oxides of antimony.
Patent GB-189826060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process for Manufacturing Barium Oxide and Sulphide.
Inventor: BRADLEY CHARLES SCHENCK
Filed: 1898-12-09
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 26,060. Bradley, C. S., and Jacobs, C. B. Dec. 9. Barium oxide and sulphide.-A mixture of about 20 parts by weight of a sulphate ore of barium, and one part of carbon, is heated in an electric furnace. The product obtained consists of about 60 per cent. of barium oxide, 40 of barium sulphide, and a small quantity, less than 1 per cent., of unconverted sulphate. The oxide and sulphide are dissolved out.
Patent GB-189902217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type-writing Machines.
Inventor: DURUZ HENRI
Filed: 1899-01-31
Granted: 1899-03-25
Abstract: 2217. Duruz, H. Jan. 31. Type-writers. - Relates to the paper-carriages and line-spacing mechanism of type-writing machines. The carriage consists of a frame a with end-plates having bearings for the platen b. The sleeve a<3> slides on the guiding-rod d, and at the rear a roller e runs on the guide-rail f. The paper p passes between the platen b and the spring- controlled roller b<2>, and its leading end is gripped by a spring clamp a<11> to the uppermost of a series of frames a<6>, a<7>, a<8>, a<9>, of which a<6> is keyed to the axle a5 and the others are mounted so as to turn freely upon it. When a line has been completed, a lever is raised which actuates ratchet mechanism so as to turn the axle a<5> and frame a<6> through a small angle and so advance the paper on the platen. As the frame a<6> rises, pins a<16>, a<17>, a<18> successively lift the frames a<7>, a<8>, a<9> so as to spread out the paper in an approximately-cylindrical surface, and so render the line spaces uniform and independent of the position of the frame a<6>. In a modification, the paper is clamped to a vertically-sliding frame having a rack in gear with a pinion on the shaft of the ratchet-wheel of the spacing-mechanism.
Patent GB-189905880-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bolt for the Secure Fastening of Doors, Cupboards, and the like.
Inventor: NORTHOVER ALBERT
Filed: 1899-03-17
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 5880. Northover, A. March 17. Sliding bolts.-Relates to bolts for fastening doors, cupboards, &c. A sliding bolt D is fitted in a socket A let in a hole bored in the door, and is made self-bolting by means of a spring E. A socket C corresponding to the socket A is placed in the jamb. The shank of a knob L is screwed into the bolt at K, and this shank works in slots in the socket and door registering with a slot in an outside brass plate. The bolt is withdrawn by means of the knob, and can be held in the withdrawn position by means of a spring catch F on the knob shank. A lock can be combined with the bolt to move a pin through a hole in the socket A, either into a slot in the bolt, which allows for movement of the bolt, or into a hole in the bolt to lock it. Strengthening-plates with holes for the bolt may be fixed to the edge of the door, and operating-knobs may be placed on both sides.
Patent GB-189907863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lamps and in their Manufacture.
Inventor: CAZIN FRANCIS MICHAEL FREDERIC
Filed: 1899-04-14
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 7863. Cazin, F. M. F. April 14. Incandescent lamps; incandescent-arc lamps. - The ordinary exhausted bulb A of a lamp, Fig. 1, is enclosed in another bulb C, which may also be exhausted or may contain air or be open at one place, and which keeps the lamp hotter than usual. The inner bulb A is provided with an external extension a<1> and sealing- point, where volatilized matter deposits, to keep the body of the bulb clear. The bulbs are fused to a glass base B and tube D, which are also exhausted, and formed to directly hold a screw cap b<4> and a central contact - piece b<4>, or other form of cap. The leading-in wires are sealed by fusing powdered glass placed in the tube D. The inner surface b<7> of the base serves as a reflector, and may be backed with reflecting-material. The incandescent body may be a conducting-filament e'. Fig. 1, coiled between internal and external tubes F, E of a refractory material such as a rare earthy oxide, on a porcelain or hard glass support, and the spaces between the turns of filament may be filled with oxide. Or a carbon, osmium, or other filament may be enclosed or partly enclosed by thin coatings of copper, silver, or gold, Fig. 5, and a rare oxide E, either solid or prepared as a fabric or the like. Where the filament is in contact with oxide it may react therewith, when hot, but the product remains sufficiently conductive on cooling : arcs may, however, be formed within the filament.
Patent GB-189915516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Gearing.
Inventor: GREEN WILLARD REED
Filed: 1899-07-28
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 15,516. Green, W. R. July 28. Toothed gearing.-The disc A is formed with a series of curved eccentric ridges, extending between the centre and the periphery, which form teeth adaptedto gear with the pinions B, C, D. The pinions are movable as shown by the dotted lines ; the . forms of their teeth depend upon their position in relation to the wheel.
Patent GB-189918052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Mordants and in Alizarine Dyeing Processes.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-09-06
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 18,052. Clark, W., [Boehringer Sohn, C. H.]. Sept. 6. Aluminium, chromium, iron, sodium, and calcium salts; sulphates.-In dyeing alizarine red, Bordeaux red, and lilac, salts of lactic acid, particularly the aluminium, chromium, and iron salts, are employed as mordants. The compounds may be either simple salts, e.g., aluminium or chromium lactate, or double salts, e.g., aluminium - sodium lactate or aluminium-calcium lactate. Part of the lactic acid may be replaced by acetic acid or sulphuric acid, and in this way a number of new compounds are obtained, the most important of which are aluminium aceto-lactate, aluminium sulpho-lactate, and the corresponding chromium compounds. They are prepared :-(1) by dissolving the basic acetates or sulphates of these metals in lactic acid, (2) by adding to the neutral salts, e.g., aluminium acetate, molecular quantities of lactic acid, or (3) by dissolving the freshly-precipitated oxides, e.g., alumina, in corresponding quantities of lactic acid and acetic or sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-189923618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Oil Separators."
Inventor: BECKETT EDWARD HENRY
Filed: 1899-11-27
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 23,618. Beckett, E. H. Nov. 27. Exhaust, freeing from grease and other impurities. - Relates to apparatus for separating oil, grease, or other impurities from exhaust steam, thus rendering it when condensed more suitable for boiler feed. The apparatus consists of a cylindrical shell, with branches A, C for the inlet and outlet of steam, fitted with baffles or obstructions B, B<1>, B<2> disposed as shown. The foreign matter collects at the bottom, and is withdrawn through an outlet D.
Patent GB-189924203-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device applicable to Lighting and Heating Apparatus for Generating Gas from Gasoline and other Inflammable Liquids.
Inventor: POSNO MARTIN
Filed: 1899-12-05
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 24,203. Posno, M. Dec. 5. Vapour burners ; oil, vaporizing. - Gasoline or other similar material is vaporized by means of an auxiliary flame. Fig. 1 shows the application to an incandescent burner, a being a gasoline reservoir in which the wick h<1> dips. The upper end of the wick h<1> is enclosed in a tube h, surmounted by a vapour chamber h<2> with an opening h<3> leading to the atmospheric burner c. The tube h and wick may be duplicated, and lead to a common vapour chamber. A subsidiary wick j is arranged in various ways to form an adjustable heating- jet i for vaporizing the gasoline. The jet i and the wick j may be completely or partially surrounded by an air tube, to prevent siphoning after the lamp &c. has become hot.
Patent GB-190002024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Ties, Cuffs, and the like purposes.
Inventor: MORTON THOMAS
Filed: 1900-02-01
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 2024. Morton, T. Feb. 1. Cuff suspenders.-A clip for securing cuffs comprises a spring 16, Fig. 1, formed on one or both sides with a wedge 17, which is inserted in a slot or slots 15 in a U-shaped metal piece 13. One or more bridge-pieces 19, mounted free to slide on the part 13, can be pressed forwards so as to force the wedges and spring inwards and grip the cuff. The wedges may be notched at 22 to prevent accidental release. The bridges may be provided with an antifriction roller to engage the web. In a modification, shown in Fig. 11, the wedge is formed on the underside of the bridge 19, and engages in a slot in the spring as shown. The spring may be serrated at 18.
Patent GB-190002429-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Umbrella and Parasol Notches and Runners.
Inventor: DAVISON WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-02-07
Granted: 1901-02-07
Abstract: 2429. Davison, W., and Margowski, M. Feb. 7. Top-notches; runners; joints.- Ribs and stretchers are jointed respectively to the topnotch a and the runner g by means of staples d which pass through the ends of the ribs and stretchers, and are secured in place by turning over or twisting their ends. The top-notch and the runner are e a c h constructed with a flange to allow of this system of jointing.
Patent GB-190003610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grain and Seed Threshing Machines.
Inventor: GREENSLADE JOHN
Filed: 1900-02-23
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 3610. Greenslade, J. Feb. 23. Thrashing-machines. - Relates to the dressing- apparatus of thrashing-machines. Fig. 2 shows an irregular vertical section through the first and second dressing-apparatus, a represents the caving riddle, and c an inclined board placed beneath so as to leave an opening d adjustable by means of the sliding shutter e. The grain &c. falls through the opening d upon the screens f, h, i. A fan j is placed at the side of the machine, and draws the air along the courses shown by the arrows. The fan j is in connection with two outlets, one at each side of machine. A valve is arranged to open one of these outlets, so that the dust may be discharged at either side according to the direction of the wind. The grain is carried by an elevator p to the second dressing-apparatus, consisting of the horner q and sieves r, r. Fans v, v<1> are arranged at each side, and remove the dust, which is discharged against the concave and thus finds its way to the fan j, by which it is discharged from the machine. The grain is delivered to a cylindrical sieve u.
Patent GB-190005089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas and like Explosion Engines.
Inventor: DOUGILL ALF
Filed: 1900-03-17
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 5089. Dougill, A. March 17. Pistons.-The pistons of gas and like engines are cooled by circulating water through a chamber D in the rear end. The water may enter through chambers G, H, and pipes E, F, and escape by a pipe L and tail pin J, or the water may enter through G and escape through H, and the pipes E, F may act as plungers.
Patent GB-190006712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Whiffletree Attachments.
Inventor: BAUERLE ERNEST FRIEDERICH
Filed: 1900-04-10
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 6712. Bauerle, E. F., and Norton, P. J. April 10. Whipple - trees. - The driving - reins are prevented from falling beneath the whipple-trees by the bar f pivoted to the pole bracket d and mounted to slide on the singletrees e.
Patent GB-190009677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot and Shoe Uppers.
Inventor: METZMACHER JULIUS
Filed: 1900-05-25
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 9677. Metzmacher, J. May 25. Uppers; slippers.- Relates to making the uppers of all kinds of boots, shoes, and slippers from a single piece of leather without any seam. Fig. 1 shows a blank from which an upper for an elasticside boot is to be formed. The leather is split at b to form the front, and at c to form the back, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and is then blocked on a last. Fig. 4 shows a blank for a top-boot. It is split in the manner indicated by dotted lines, so that the leg portion is tubular as shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 shows a blank for a slipper. It is slit as shown, or transversely, and then blocked as shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 10 shows a blank for a Vienna shoe shown in Fig. 11.
Patent GB-190010511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Negative, or Spongy Lead, Plates, or Elements, for Secondary Batteries, or Electrical Accumulators.
Filed: 1900-06-08
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 10,511. Electrical Power Storage Co., Butler, H. W., and May, J. H. June 8. Secondary batteries.-Negative or spongy lead plates are made by subjecting a paste of lead oxide and powdered carbon or other organic substance, capable of being decomposed and oxidized by the action of an electric current, applied to a grid or support, to the action of an electric current while immersed in dilute sulphuric acid or other forming-solution. The current is first applied when the plate is attached to the positive pole of the source of electricity, so as to remove the carbon by oxidation, and then the current is passed through the plate in the reverse direction so as to reduce to spongy lead the porous mass thus produced.
Patent GB-190013087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Trees.
Inventor: STIRLING ROBERT JOHNSTONE
Filed: 1900-07-20
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 13,087. Stirling, R. J. July 20. Trees.-Figs. 1 and 3 show a tree for a top boot. The toe-piece A is hinged to the front part of the leg, and is connected by a link to a lever pivoted to the back part of the leg. The lever is held in any desired position by a notched catch G. The leg of the boot is stretched by separating the parts B and C by means of a screw H. In lasts for ordinary boots the parts A and B are made in one.
Patent GB-190015182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Holders or Reels for Thread and the like.
Inventor: GAMBLE DANIEL
Filed: 1900-08-25
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 15,182. Gamble, D. Aug. 25. Bobbins, spools, or reels for thread, buttonhole twist, &c. The free end of the thread is twisted round an india-rubber ring a placed on the reel.
Patent GB-190018793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Railways Operated on the Conduit System.
Inventor: CHAPMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-10-20
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 18,793. Chapman, W. Oct. 20. Electric railways on the conduit system. Conduits.-Cast yokes, instead of those of built-up form, are used at crossings and turn-outs &c., and preferably the slot 7 is brought somewhat nearer the rail 2 so that the slot tongue 41 is made shorter than the rai tongue 10. Figs. 6 and 8 show side elevations of yokes used at the points marked C, D in Fig. 1. When the lines are further apart, separate yoke pieces 24, connected by distance-pieces 25, are used, with a central part 38, as shown in Fig. 19, when tnree lines are included. When the angle of the crossing is nearer a right-angle, a yoke, such as shown in plan in Fig. 23, may be used. In this form, the side pieces 40 are bolted to the part 39.
Patent GB-190022774-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Feed Water Heater, for Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: DAVIES THOMAS
Filed: 1900-12-13
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 22,774. Davies, T. Dec. 13. Feedwater, heating. -A steam heater. consisting of a pair of concentric pipes forming an annular steam space, is inserted in a length of ordinary feed-pipe. In the arrangement shown, steam is supplied to the top of the heater through a central pipe from the inlet N', and passes away at N', with water of condensation, from the bottom. The ends of the heater may be closed by stuffing-box joints, as shown, or in any other r suitable way. The outer pipe of the heater may be flattened on the inner, to form two crescent-shaped spaces, the steam rising in one and descending in the other.
Patent GB-190023502-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or relating to Artificial Teeth.
Inventor: GUTTERMUTH JANOS
Filed: 1900-12-22
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 23,502. Guttermuth, J. Dec. 22. Teeth, artificial. -The plates of artificial teeth are caused to adhere to the gums by forming in them a a series of suction chambers b as shown.
Patent GB-190104489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Cells and in Electrodes therefor.
Inventor: VOGELSANG AUGUST ALFRED
Filed: 1901-03-02
Granted: 1902-04-02
Abstract: 4489. Vogelsang, A. A. March 2. Alkaline hypochlorites.-Cells c, intended for the electrolysis of alkaline chlorides to obtain hypochlorites for bleaching purposes, are formed with two end electrodes b, connected up to a source of electricity, and a number of intermediate or secondary electrodes a not connected up to any source of electricity, and forming a circuitous passage for the electrolyte, as shown in Fig. 1. The electrodes a are each formed of a number of square rods or bars d of slate or the like, covered with a thin sheath e of platinum or platino-iridium foil, and of plain rods f, all the rods being secured together by cement. The joint in the foil may be at the top, as at k, or at the side, as at l. The end plates or main electrodes b are formed somewhat similarly. In one form, the the rods d are made of lead, and extend from an upright lead strip forming the electrical connection at the side of the cell. Or, as shown in Fig. 10, the rods d may be insulating-rods coated with foil which is connected to a lead backing j<x> by rivets. Instead of passing completely around the rods d, the foil strip may be formed of two faces and one connecting-piece, which in that case is thicker than the faces. In every case one face of the foil forms an anode, and the other a cathode, while the embedded portion or portions form the conductor.
Patent GB-190106754-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Obtaining a Uniform Flow of Water from Reservoirs, Sewers and the like.
Inventor: TIPPETTS RUSSELL
Filed: 1901-04-01
Granted: 1902-04-01
Abstract: 6754. Tippetts, R. April 1. Plates, securing pipes to.-Relates to means for obtaining a flow of water from reservoirs, sewers, and the like, through a straight pipe or tube under varying conditions of volume and flood. The application to a sewage impounding chamber is described. The tube A within the chamber is joined by the flexible water-tight joint shown in Fig. 7 to the casting E in the cross-wall of the chamber, and its free end is provided with a suitable aperture and is carried by a float. The free end of the tube is thus suspended in the water or sewage so as to give a constant head. The flange K of the tube A is pivoted at N to the bracket L and the pivoted plates k' are joined by leather or like attachments P so as to form a bellows-like joint between the flange K and the web E.
Patent GB-190109077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boots.
Inventor: BELL FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1901-05-02
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 9 0 7 7 . B e l l , F. C. May 2. L a c e s; lacing- fastenings.-A boot lace a has at one end a disc b or the like to act as a stop, and is laced-up as shown, its loose end being passed through looops c or other fastening. device.