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Patent GB-189913645-A (GB)
Title: Artificial Stone Slabs and Cable Channels.
Inventor: KNIGHT JOHN
Filed: 1899-07-01
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 13,645. Knight, J. July 1. Slabs.-Artificial stone slabs for fireproof partitions, floors, conduits, tanks, cesspools, &c. are made with dovetail or other shaped grooves a in the edges to receive keys of cement. Fig. 2 shows a fireproof partition constructed of slabs A supported by grooved artificial stone blocks b on a cement foundation B. Flooring-joists D, D' of wood or iron, are supported by hangers or brackets C, which are placed at intervals apart on the slabs. Brackets with single sockets are employed where the joists are on one side of the partition only. For fireproof floors, the slabs may be flat or curved, and may be grooved to engage with, and enclose, the lower flanges of iron joists. Fig. 8 shows a conduit or cable channel constructed of curved blocks A and covers. Grooves g, g<1> are made in the abutting edges and ends of the blocks to receive keys of cement or grouting, and tongues or strips g<2> of metal, slate, or the like are inserted in grooves in the blocks to prevent the passage of the grouting into the conduit. In a modification, the lower blocks are made with curved under surfaces and supporting ribs or buttresses. Fig. 14 shows a circular storage tank constructed of grooved slabs A, A<2>, b connected by ribs s and dovetail rings or keys of cement. A manhole is supported by a ring k<1> keyed to the dome slabs A<2>. Large rectangular tanks are buttressed at the sides and ends, and are covered with flat arches constructed of slabs resting on iron joists.
Patent GB-189915524-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Sterilizing Natural and Artificial Butter.
Inventor: DUBUISSON ADONIS
Filed: 1899-07-28
Granted: 1900-07-28
Abstract: 15,524. Dubuisson, A. July 28. Drawings to Specification. Moving-beater apparatus. - Butter or butter substitutes, after being melted and sterilized in a series of special heating-apparatus, are passed into a churn, where they are churned with about 20 per cent. of sterilized water.
Patent GB-189918625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoes for Cyclists and Equestrians.
Inventor: GANS ERNST
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 18,625. Gans, E. Sept. 15. Trouser protectors combined with cycling shoes. The protector B may be of leather or other material, and may have an elastic insertion E. It is attached to the shoe by sewing, or by hooks or buttons, and is provided with hook-and-eye or other fastenings.
Patent GB-189918651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Setting of Boilers and the like.
Inventor: POULTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-09-15
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 18,651. Poulton, W. Sept. 15. Settings. - The arched or curved blocks a at the top of the setting are so constructed and arranged that, while their edges rest against the boiler, they will yield to expansion and contraction without disturbing the main structure of the setting.
Patent GB-189924144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Coffee or like Infusing Apparatus.
Inventor: SOMMAIRE LEOPOLD THEODORE VICT
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 24,144. Sommaire, L. T. V., and Malen, [nee Koury], T. June 3, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Coffee &c. making apparatus. - The coffee &c. is placed in a vessel having a perforated bottom and contained in a suitable outer vessel. Hot water i s poured over the coffee, and, after standing a sufficient time, a cock is opened by partly rotating the inner vessel, and the infusion escapes into a cup &c. beneath. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, the inner vessel o and bottom r are filled with water, heat is applied till the boiling water is forced up the tube u to fall over the coffee &c., in the perforated container e. The infusion is drawn off through the cock q.
Patent GB-189924765-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Manufacture of Black Colouring Matters.
Inventor: CLAUS WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1899-12-13
Granted: 1900-02-10
Abstract: 24,765. Claus, W. H., RÚe, A., and Marchlewski, L. Dec. 13. Dyes, artificial.-Relates to dyes of the class described in Specification No. 10,709, A.D. 1899, and consists in heating an equimolecular mixture of o-hydroxydinitrodiphenylamine, which is obtained by the action of o-amidophenol upon 1 : 2 : 4-chlorodinitrobenzene, and p-amidophenol with sulphur and an alkaline sulphide first at 80‹ C., and ultimately at 140‹-160‹ C. The product dyes cotton deep black from one bath. The Provisional Specification states that the colour of the dyed material is rendered fast to washing and light by an after treatment with bichromate and sulphuric acid or with copper salts.
Patent GB-190001931-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ceramic Material.
Inventor: WERNER HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-01-30
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 1931. Werner, H. Jan. 30. Pottery.-From 5 to 45 per cent. of crushed basalt is mixed with refractory earth, and the mixture is moulded into shape. On firing the articles, the basalt imparts a glazed surface to the material. Quartz may be crushed with the basalt. It is stated that the material has great strength and low specific gravity, and is a bad conductor of heat, sound, and electricity.
Patent GB-190002869-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool for use in Transplanting Trees, Shrubs, and so Forth.
Inventor: KELLNER MAX
Filed: 1900-02-13
Granted: 1900-12-15
Abstract: 2869. Kellner, M. Feb. 13. Planting-tools for garden use.-Relates to a tool for use in transplanting trees and shrubs. The tool is of the shape shown in Fig. 1, with a concave portion a and with a rounded point b, and is employed to remove the soil from the roots of the tree without injuring them.
Patent GB-190006230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Shades or Globes.
Inventor: STRACHAN WILLIAM LUMSDEN
Filed: 1900-04-03
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 6230. Strachan, W. L. April 3. Lamp shades; globes.-The gas, electric, or other light is refracted and diffused by a spirally-wound cylindrical glass rod a, which is protected from injury and dirt by two, preferably plain, glass casings b, c. These casings are hermetically sealed at their edges d, e by plaster or cement.
Patent GB-190008551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Parcel or Luggage Carriers for Cycles.
Inventor: LUCAS HARRY
Filed: 1900-05-09
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 8551. Lucas, H., and Davison, A. C. May 9. Luggage-carriers.-In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a plate A is supported on horizontal bars B, B<1> and adjustable stays G, which are carried by abutment pieces C, C<1> shaped to rest against the upper stays H, H<1> of the cycle frame. The carrier is secured in position by a transverse clamping-piece E, which is forced against the stays H, H<1> by a nut F working on a threaded rod D fixed to the plate B. In a modification, the bars B, B<1> are made taper, and are extended backwards to prevent the clamping-piece from slipping downwards, the adjustable stays G being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190009354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brazing, and Protective and Fluxing Composition therefor.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1900-05-21
Granted: 1900-08-11
Abstract: 9354. Imray, O., [Vogt, A.]. May 21. Brazing.-The surfaces to be united are coated with a water-glass solution containing borax, and the adjacent surfaces with a protective composition. The objects, preferably heated, are then dipped into the molten brazing-material. After their removal from the bath, they are allowed to cool, and the protective composition is then cleaned off, preferably by wire brushes. The protective composition employed consists essentially of carbon (graphite, coke, charcoal, &c.), powdered steatite or asbestos, hydrated oxide of iron, and, if required, some aluminium oxide, with a suitable binding-agent, such as glue solution, beer, &c., two suitable formulµ being stated.
Patent GB-190020587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Slide-valve Gear for Direct-acting Pumps.
Filed: 1900-11-15
Granted: 1901-09-14
Abstract: 20,587. Weir, J., and Weir, G. & J. Nov. 15. Pumping-engines; valve g e a r.-Relates to Weir valve gear in which a steam-driven slide valve is operated by an auxiliary slide valve working on it in an opposite direction, and arranged to close the expansion ports before the auxiliary ports are open to throw the main valve, the cut-off being determined by the lap on the auxiliary valve and the relative speeds of the valve and steam piston. The valve lever B, fulcrumed at C, has crossheads D, E, in which are respectively adapted to slide a link F<1> pivoted to the auxiliary valve spindle at G and a link 0 pivoted to a lever H, the fulcrum J of which is nearer to the line of the valve spindle F than is the fulcrum C. On the upward stroke, say, of the piston-rod A, the crosshead E is at first in contact with the stop P<1>, and the auxiliary valve is therefore moved, through the lever H, at relatively slow speed. During the later part of the stroke the crosshead D is in contact with the stop F<2>, and the speed of the valve therefore greater. By adjusting the stops P, P', F<3>, or altering the positions of the fulcrums C, J, the point of cut-off may be varied. By taking out the pin E', the link 0 can be turned up and its end O<1> engaged with a clip P<2> so that it forms an extension of the lever H, to allow the valve spindle F to be moved by hand. Details of construction are specified.
Patent GB-190101164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gig Mills.
Inventor: MONFORTS AUGUST
Filed: 1901-01-17
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 1164. Monforts, A. Jan. 17. Grant of Patent refused. Gigging. - With the view of producing an improved or felty nap, tho raising-cylinder B is rotated in the opposite direction to the movement of the fabric, and the raising-rollers are rotated in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the cylinder, as indicated by the arrows. The fabric is suitably guided, and the apparatus is actuated by belt &c. gearing, as shown.
Patent GB-190101918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Producers.
Inventor: LAUGHLIN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1901-01-28
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 1918. Laughlin, A. Jan. 28. Gas-producers.-A water-sealed gas-producer is made with a water-tight casing which extends across the bottom. Supporting-posts are unnecessary, and the producer may be moved bodily. The "ash hopper has a protecting metal lining 5, the lower edge of which dips into water. Three or four radial ash-removal openings 6 are provided, each of which has a "pan " 7 in front of it. The blast conduit 8 extends across the ash hopper, either in a line with the ash-removal openings or between them. It supports a central air distributer 10, composed of a series of superposed cones with spaces between them Poker-holes 13, of conical form, with their greater diameter inside, are provided.
Patent GB-190104993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Chandeliers, or Pendants.
Inventor: COWAN THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-03-08
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 4993. Cowan, T. W. March 8. Gasaliers and gas pendants, in which there is no water seal, and in which there is such an absence of vibration as will allow of the use of incandescent mantles, have the down pipe a supported by a tail pipe e, which passes through a stuffing- box and gland f and carries the ball d of the ball- and-socket joint A, Figs 1 and 2, so that the gas reaches the pipe a without passing through the joint f, d. This construction maintains the pipe a in a vertical position, hut allows it to be rotated, the pipe e and the ball d then turning in the stuffing-box f and the socket respectively. The down pipe a is connected to the lamp pipe g by similarly-constructed joints B, C, Figs. 1 and 3, and two parallel arms h, one of which serves as a gas way. The joint h<2> of one of the arms h screws upon the plug l of the gas chamber L, into which either the pipe a or the pipe g opens, and the joint h<3> of the other arm h works upon the channelled plug l<2>, upon which it is secured by the nut l<3> and the lock-nut l<4>. The arms h are connected by chains to a counterbalance weight, which slides upon the down pipe a.
Patent GB-190105927-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Attachment for "Turn Wrest' Ploughs.
Inventor: RITCHIE WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1901-03-21
Granted: 1902-04-21
Abstract: 5927. Ritchie, W. R., and Parker, W. March 21. Ploughs.-Relates to a coulter-like attachment for turn-wrest ploughs. The attachment consists of a blade A adjustably secured in a boss C secured to the skimmer shank E. Two such blades are provided, and come alternately into operation as the plough is adjusted for right-hand or left-hand ploughing.
Patent GB-190107762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Saw Benches.
Inventor: TAILBY NORMAN
Filed: 1901-04-16
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 7762. Tailby, N. April 16. Sawing.-Relates to a fence for saw benches in which there are mounted a number of rollers B which can be adjusted at various heights by means of a supporting bar A'. This bar A' moves in slots, in the frame D, and is clamped to the frame by a nut a. A roller E is mounted on an extension of the bars A<1>, to prevent the board bending outwards in passing between the fence and the saw G. A lower series of rollers F are mounted on the same spindles C as the rollers B.
Patent GB-190108381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spectacle Frames or Mountings.
Inventor: FOX IVAN
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 8381. Fox, I. April 23. Spectacles. - Relates to a method of jointing the sides to the lenses. The side g with a tailpiece k is pivoted at m in a V-shaped extension i of the clasp b screwed to the lens a. When the side is opened out for use, the tail-piece k passes into the extension i, and thus secures the side from rocking as the result of wear.
Patent GB-190110147-A (GB)
Title: Jacketed Barrel
Inventor: LEHRIG WILHELM
Filed: 1901-05-16
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 10,147. Lehrig, W., and Michael, W. May 16. Wood casks.-Jacketed barrels are formed as shown in Fig. 1 The staves a of the jacket are separated from the staves c of the barrel by blocks i, and the heads g of the jacket are secured to the staves a by hoops x, y which engage with the heads and staves, as shown. The ends of the staves c engage with the heads g, and are secured by hoops w.
Patent GB-190112994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyors for Transporting Coal, Ore, Cereals, or other Substances from Place to Place.
Inventor: WHITE JOSEPH WALWYN
Filed: 1901-06-26
Granted: 1902-06-25
Abstract: 12,994. White, J. W., and Forster, J. S. June 26. Rope railways and tramways.-The bucket trolley is hauled to and fro on one or more carrying-ropes 15 by the ropes 1, i2 passing over pulleys on the standards to separate winch drums 6. The bucket is suspended on the trolley in a loop of the rope 2, so that it can be raised or lowered by that rope. It is held on the trolley during traversing by a pivoted hook 16, which is secured by a pivoted catch 22. The catch and the hook are provided with arms 24, 19, which encounter stops 25, 20 fixed on the carrying-ropes at those points where the bucket has to be liberated. The trolley may also be held there by the hooked arm 26, which is freed by the bucket when it is lifted and caught by the hook 16. A guide 17 on the trolley guides the bucket support into place.
Patent GB-190116073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tables.
Inventor: MACKINLAY KENNETH STERLING
Filed: 1901-08-09
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 16,073. Mackinlay, K. S. Aug. 9. Drawings to Specification. Stands, spirit &c.-A table, which can be used as an occasional, writing, or drawing table, or for chess, draughts, &c., is fitted with drawers and compartments and with a liqueur stand.
Patent GB-190125699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Substances usually Prepared by Fractional Distillation and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: BOUSFIELD WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1901-12-16
Granted: 1902-11-20
Abstract: 25,699. Bousfield, W. R. Dec. 16. Condensers; fractional distillation, apparatus for. -In a continuous process of fractional distillation, the mixed vapours are presented to condensing-surfaces at different, regulated temperatures, or of different materials, or having their surfaces differently roughed, polished, or otherwise varied. These differing surfaces have a selective or separative action upon the mixed vapours whereby they are condensed and separately collected. Figs. 1 and 2 show a form of apparatus that may be used for the production of specially-pure distilled water. A, A are condensing- tubes, preferably of glass, inserted in the lid of a copper chamber B. The interior of the tubes is cooled by water which may be conducted from one tube to another so as to get a graduated series of temperatures. Steam is admitted at E. The purest water is collected from the coolest tubes, and the least pure from the walls of the chamber B. Fig. 3 shows another form of apparatus, comprising a number of bulbs A of varying temperature, that nearest to the entrance of the vapours at D being the least cooled. This apparatus may be used for the condensation of the vapours distilled from commercial acetic acid. Fig. 4 shows apparatus for use on a large scale. It is in the form of a room. The floor c may be cooled by a fluid flowing through the chamber e, and the vapours entering through the pipe d may be directed first on to the floor, whence the uncondensed vapours rise to the ceiling b and thence to the walls a, which may be protected by baffleplates.
Patent GB-190126420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Ascertaining and Recording the Consumption of Current in Electrical Traction.
Inventor: BERRY CHARLES HIBBERT
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 26,420. Berry, C. H., and Hill, W. T. Dec. 27. Electric railways and tramways.-An electrically - driven car is provided with one or more hand or automatic switches, by which the currents taken at different times from two or more independent supply systems may be passed through meters on the car, and registered separately. Indicators are provided to show when the meters are in circuit. The invention is applicable, for example, where cars of one tramway company are run on to another company's lines ; or, according to the Provisional Specification, to determine charges for goods traffic. The switches z may be operated by rotatable star-wheels u, or rocking arms, engaging stationary rods l, either overhead or in conduits, where the cars pass from one supply system to another.
Patent GB-190204759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screens for Paper Pulp.
Inventor: TIBBETTS SETH HUTCHINS
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 4759. Tibbetts, S. H. Feb. 25. Strainers.-Relates to means for securing the screen or strainer plates without the use of screws. The cradle X is provided with cross-bars A having dovetailed notches o, and the strainer plates M are provided with flanges B, which are engaged by the corresponding flanges E on bars D having dovetailed projections F sliding into the notches o. The ends of the bars D have also projections which engage with curved slots C in the sides of the cradle, the slots being sufficiently deep to allow the bars to be moved endwise when inserting them in or removing them from the cradle. The plates M and bars D are placed alternately in position, the flanges of the end plates M being held down by screws s passing through the ends of the cradle.
Patent GB-190206196-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Motor or Pump
Inventor: SCHERRER JOHANN WENNEMAR
Filed: 1902-03-13
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 6196. Scherrer, J. W. March 13. Steam &c. turbines ; coiled-tube type of pump.- A rotary motor of the Barker's mill type, applicable for use as a pump, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The tapered shaft a has a number of pairs of four-armed wheels 2, 3-10,11 and terminal wheels q, r. A jet of steam or gas impinges on the hollow arms of the first wheel q, passes through a passage f in the shaft into the wheel 2 of the first pair, and is then led through the wheels, in turn, by means of the external current-reversing passages m, m<1> and shaft passages f. The casing b is divided into compartments for the wheels by partitions k, g.
Patent GB-190218236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Valves and Gear for Air Compressors."
Inventor: HEALEY BRIERLEY DENHAM
Filed: 1902-08-19
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 18,236. Healey, B. D. Aug. 19. Compressing.-Annular slide valves are used in air-compressors and worked from the connecting- rod. Fig. 9 shows, contained in one casing, an outlet valve 5 delivering into the cylinder cover 4 and blast main, an inlet valve 1 working in the annular casing 2, and a relief valve 60 working in a cylinder 62 against the pressure in the reservoir 4. Fig. 7 shows diagrammatically the valve gear for a double-acting cylinder. Rods 15, 16, attached to about the middle of the connecting-rod, operate the inlet valves through linkwork 25, 38, 28. 44, 42, 43, 31, 45, and the outlet valves through link- work 26, 36, 29, 32, 46, and linkwork 27, 37, 30, 33, 46.
Patent GB-190218588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf and other Balls
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1902-08-23
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 18,588. Kempshall, E. May 28, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Balls for golf &c. are formed with a centre piece 1 of celluloid, soft rubber, or other hard springy material, upon which is wound, in tension, thin sheet rubber, which is applied layer on layer to form a filling 2. The core thus formed is enclosed in a shell 3 of gutta-percha &c., which is compressed upon it. The sheet rubber used is acidcured. The ball thus produced will float in water.
Patent GB-190220718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas from Gasoline
Inventor: JOHNSON CHARLES JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-09-23
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 20,718. Johnson, C. J. Sept. 23. Valves and valve gear.-In an apparatus for making gas from gasoline, air is pumped by a motor having its valves operated by a rod 50, which is connected to a rod 44, supported by brackets 43, and operated from the piston-rod 4 of the motor by means of an intermediate sleeve 49. The sleeve receives motion by an arm 62 working between stops 63 fixed on the sleeve. The motion is made sudden at the end of each movement by the roller 59 passing over a double incline 58 fixed on the sleeve. A spring 55 pulls the roller in one direction in opposition to the spring 56 connected to the incline 58. The motion of the sleeve 49 is communicated to the rod 44 by an arm 46 working between stops 45 on the rod 44. The motor is operated by steam or other fluid under pressure.
Patent GB-190222098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Wheels for Railway Carriages, Wagons, Tram Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: DEARDEN WILLIAM LIVERSIDGE
Filed: 1902-10-10
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 22,098. Dearden, W. L. Oct. 10. Forging; stamping. -Relates to the manufacture of wheels or wheel centres for railway carriages, wagons, tramcars, and other vehicles, by pressing a short cylindrical metal bloom between dies. The hot bloom is placed in a cupshaped die a, between which and a correspondinglyshaped die f the metal is pressed to a hollow hemispherical form p having central bosses 11, 12. The hemispherical form is then ejected by means of a plunger e or its equivalent, and, after being re.heated, is inverted and placed within the two dies r, q so that the edge 2 rests in a recess t in the die q. The metal is then pressed to the desired form between the shaped dies q, r, s and metal punch 6, a thin piece of metal 7 being left in the centre. A flange 10 may be formed on the wheel, or a tyre may be afterwards put on. The wheel centre may be shaped, as shown in Fig. 7, to receive bolted wooden plates 18, to which the tyre 19 is secured by machined rings 20. In a modification, one ring is formed integral with the wheel centre.