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Patent GB-189811765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Fastening the Covers of Books, Boxes, and the like.
Inventor: NEAL GEORGE
Filed: 1898-05-24
Granted: 1898-08-27
Abstract: 11,765. Neal, G., Neal, G. A., and Collett, W. C. May 24. Fastenings.-The covers of pocket-books, index cases, boxes, &c. are arranged to be fastened by a pencil, pen, &c. A tube b is secured to one cover a, and the other cover a' is hinged to the tube at a<2>, by an ordinary spring hinge which tends to retain the cover in the open position. This cover has a projecting portion a<3>, which, when the cover is closed, helps to complete the tube b, the cover being then held in the closed position by the insertion of a pencil &c. c. On the withdrawal of the pencil, the cover springs open. The leaves d are attached in any suitable way, or may be replaced by pins, clips, &c., and the article used as a file for papers, or, when the cover a has flanges, as a box for paper &c.
Patent GB-189816101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas and like Engines.
Inventor: ROYSE THOMAS BENTON
Filed: 1898-07-23
Granted: 1899-06-10
Abstract: 16,101. Royse, T. B. July 23. Centrifugal governors.-Fig. 3 shows a section through a rotary gas engine in which the exhaust valve 21 is held open when the speed is excessive by the centrifugal governor 37.
Patent GB-189817408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Wood Blocks, Staves, or Pieces for use in Parquetry and other Flooring, and for similar Purposes, and in Machinery for use in such Manufacture.
Inventor: ZAPPERT ERNEST
Filed: 1898-08-12
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 17,408. Zappert, E., [Hetzer, O.]. Aug. 12. Sawing.-The ends of parquetry strips or blocks A are tongued to fit in grooves in the beams or supports B, and a dovetail strip of wood C is inserted in dovetail recesses under the blocks. Fig. 4 shows an elevation of a machine for producing the tongues and dovetail grooves in one operation. The side rabbets are produced by rotary saws or cutters P', P<3>, mounted on adjustable shafts P', Q, Q<1> driven by endless bands. The dovetail grooves are cut in the blocks by inclined cutters or saws E, E<1> on spindles D, D<1> adjustable longitudinally in bearing F<4> by nuts D<3>. Brackets F carrying the inclined spindles are adjustable on vertical standards by set-screws and bolts. The boards or blocks A are secured to a sliding table M, which is moved forward by a bar M<1> or other suitable means. The inclined cutters for producing the dovetail grooves may be arranged independently so as to form a separate machine. Specifications No. 11,299, A.D. 1892, and No. 23,575, A.D. 1894, are referred to.
Patent GB-189822416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tension Gauge and Automatic Governor for Warp Slashing and Beaming Machines.
Inventor: BROWN GEORGE
Filed: 1898-10-25
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 22,416. Brown, G., and Dick, E. Oct. 25. Yarns, beaming and sizing.-In warp slashing and beaming machines the yam passes over the roll 2, under the roll 1, and out over the roll 3 to the warp beam. The rolls 1 and 2 have fixed bearings. The roll 3 is mounted in bearings upon levers b, the other ends of these levers supporting adjustable weights W and springs U. Abnormal tension on the yarn causes motion of the roll 3, the rod R, the bell-crank lever L L', and the piece t bearing the spring- controlled pawls n, n', so that one or other of the pawls engages the wheel H and varies the pressure on the friction discs communicating motion to the drum.
Patent GB-189826733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pedals for Bicycles and other Purposes.
Inventor: LORD WILLIAM TURNER
Filed: 1898-12-19
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 26,733. Lord, W. T. Dec. 19. Treadle - driving gearing.-Clutch or ratchet gear is interposed between the crank and pedal to allow increased leverage to be obtained by pressing on the forward part of the pedal. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, a ball or roller clutch is used, the outer casing B turning with the pedal A by lugs C engaging the pedal nuts, whilst the inner part J is mounted on the pedal pin D and is connected to the crank by pins E. The Provisional Specification states that a clutch may also be fitted to the pedal to give increased power when backpedalling.
Patent GB-189901882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Administering Medicinal Doses and the like.
Inventor: BICKFORD WILLIS JOHN
Filed: 1899-01-26
Granted: 1899-04-01
Abstract: 1882. Bickford, W. J. Jan. 26. Measured quantities, delivering.-Relates to apparatus for use in administering medicines and the like in exactly uniform doses. The medicine, in a liquid or pasty form, is contained in a glass vessel a, provided with a foot band cover c, and a dose is delivered through the tube d by depressing the inner of two telescopic tubes g and f<1> against the action of a spring This tube carries with it a spindle h provided at its lower end with a disc i, by adjusting which the quantity of the dose can be regulated.
Patent GB-189905926-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Producing Pure Acetic Acid.
Inventor: BERGMANN FRANZ JOSEF
Filed: 1899-03-18
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 5926. Bergmann, F. J. March 18. Acetic acid is produced by adding strong calciumchloride lye to crude calcium acetate dissolved in as little water as possible, concentrating the mixture by evaporation until upon cooling it solidifies to a crystalline magma or pulp containing the well-known double salt, calcium acetate and calcium chloride, separating the mother liquors by treating the mass in a centrifugal machine, and then distilling the double salt, with or without previously drying it, with an acid, preferably hydrochloric acid. A pure product is thus directly obtained, so that further rectification is unnecessary.
Patent GB-189906864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Feeding Mechanism for Feeding Sheets of Paper to Printing and other Machines.
Inventor: CARTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-03-30
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 6864. Carter, W. March 30. Feeding sheets.-Relates to apparatus such as is described in Specification No. 12,999, A.D. 1898. The sheets are fed by the suction feed-roller 3, having suction nozzles 5, to endless tapes 4. The suction cylinder is connected by a tube 7 to a bellows in the frame 65, operated so as to cause a sudden suction by a weight, which is released or permitted to act by cam &c. mechanism which raises the weight and lower part of the bellows. In the arrangement shown, the blocks 84, which are connected to the bellows, are raised by pivoted levers or catches 85, one arm of each of which engages a chain 79 driven by a chain 76 from the shaft 11. The other arms of the catches have rollers 86 which run on guides 87, and as they pass round the curved upper parts of the guides the bar 84 is released and drops. Other means, such as a cam &c. may be used to actuate the bellows. The shaft 11 is driven by a chain and clutch from the printing-machine, and the shaft of the suction feed-roller is driven by a chain from the shaft 11. The pile of sheets is placed on a holder 20 with the lower edges on rests 24 projecting from a bar adjustable by a screw 28, 29. The rests 24 project through slots in the table or holder 20, and the upper part of the latter is formed of alternately long and short fingers. The holder slides on rods 40 on a cradle arranged to rock on a part of the frame, so that the holder may be swung down to receive a fresh pile of sheets. The holder is drawn forward, so that the front sheet of the pile is pressed against the adjustable stops 42 and 44 between each feed, by straps 60 connected to a spring drum 61 or provided with weights &c. The straps 60 are connected to racks 59 on the holder, and these racks are operated to draw back the holder to release the sheets during the feed by segments 66 operated by levers 58, 74, &c. and cams on the shaft 11. The frame 88<a> of the table 88 is pivoted to levers 89, and is adjusted by means of bolts 95 and slots in the framing. If the feed-cylinder misses a sheet, the blocks 84 fall to the bottom of the slots 83 and operate a lever 110 and trigger 112 which actuates the check action of the printing-machine.
Patent GB-189907269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Connecting Devices suitable for Connecting Lenghts of Chain, Rope, Wire, and the like together, or to Eyes, Rings, and the like.
Inventor: VECCHI VICO
Filed: 1899-04-06
Granted: 1900-02-17
Abstract: 7269. Veechi, V. April 6. Hooks.-Relates to links for coupling chains, ropes, wires, &c. together, or to eyes, rings, &c. The link is composed of an S-shaped body part 1 and a pivoted safety loop or loops 4, by which the openings of the hooks in the part 1 may be closed. Stops 3 or 6 serve to limit the movement of the loop. The Figures show several modifications ; in another arrangement, the part 1 is a single hook connected to one of the parts to be connected by a shackle.
Patent GB-189910216-A (GB)
Title: Combined Pillow and Life Belt.
Inventor: INGVOLDSEN INGVOLD
Filed: 1899-05-15
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 10,216. Ingvoldsen, I. Oct. 18, A.D. 1898, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Pillows ; cushions.-A bed pillow or sofa cushion is made by strapping together two triangularsectioned parts A, A filled with light material and covered with a water-tight material. The straps B to which the parts A are sewn form belts when for use as marine life-saving apparatus.
Patent GB-189912167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coupling Apparatus for Railway Wagons and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: BROCKELBANK THOMAS ATTWOOD
Filed: 1899-06-10
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 12,167. Brockelbank, T. A. June 10. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-Relates to improvements in wagon and like couplings of the type described in Specification No. 12,955, A.D. 1898. Figs. 1 and 2 show side and end elevations of the apparatus fitted to the end of a vehicle. The hook a, suspended from the draw-hook c by the link b, has an extension d with lateral pins g which rest in a recess o in the slotted holder f to maintain the hook in the position for coupling and free to move upwards. The flared holder f supports the rotatable shaft s, which has forks y bearing against forks x on rods w having handles v. This shaft carries a bifurcated lever t adapted to engage the pins g of the extension d. To uncouple, the lever t is turned so that its beaks t<1> force the pins gout of the recees o until they clear the shoulder h of the holder f, when the weight of the hook causes it to fall downwards, while the pins g run on the underside of the lever t into the position shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 8 shows a plan of the hook a, the sides of which are shaped between the point of suspension a* and the hook proper a<1> to prevent a hook, after being disengaged by hand from an adjacent hook, from falling back into engagement with it.
Patent GB-189923173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop-motions for Looms.
Inventor: COLDWELL JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-11-21
Granted: 1899-12-23
Abstract: 23,173. Coldwell, J., and Gildard, C. G. Nov. 21. Loom stop-motions; lease-rods.-The warp threads pass over lease-rods i, Figs. 2 and 3, formed of enamelled bicycle tubing and mounted upon studs h<3>, and droppers g of the form shown are suspended from them and guided by rods f. When a warp breaks, its dropper makes contact with a loose metal roll d, capable of being rotated by hand against a wiper-bar e. A wire p with a coiled end inside the roll d is connected through a battery and a wire q, Fig. 4, to an electromagnet m<1>, the other terminal m<7> of which is connected to a stud having also a contact-spring m<4> to make electrical contact with the knock-off handle j. When the circuit is completed, the armature lever m<2> raises the latch n' into the path of the lay, which releases the knock-off handle j from its notch in the guideplate k, and allows it to operate the belt fork through a lever. As the circuit is established through the contact-spring m<4> and the handle j, it can only be completed when the handle is held in its notch. A sufficient amount of coiled wire is placed in the roll d to provide for mending.
Patent GB-189925418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture to Bakers' Yeast.
Inventor: HATSCHEK MORITZ PAUL
Filed: 1899-12-22
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 25,418. Hatschek, M. P. Dec. 22. Food for animals.-Yeast is heated until the cells burst. It is then filtered, and the cell walls which do not pass through the filter are used as food for cattle and poultry.
Patent GB-190001547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spark Arresters for the Chimneys of Locomotive Engines.
Inventor: PLANTIKOW AUGUST
Filed: 1900-01-24
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 1547. Plantikow, A. Jan. 24. Spark - arresters. -The funnel a branches a the top b, opposite two inlets c, into bent horn-shaped pipes d which accompany the funnel from the smoke-box &c.
Patent GB-190004682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus Employed for Starting Horses at Races.
Inventor: CHAPMAN CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-03-12
Granted: 1900-04-14
Abstract: 4682. Chapman, C. A. March 12. G a t e fastenings; gate holders.-Relates to arrangements for opening double gates for starting horseraces. Netting is arranged to take the impact of the gates when opened, and weighted arms with hooked ends retain them in the open position. The latch used to lock the gates is shown in plan in Fig. 4. A clamp 14, 15, fixed to the end piece of the gate, carries brackets 18, 24, the former carrying a plate 19 to embrace the end piece of the gate, and the latter carrying an arm 23 with a catch 22 to engage the plate 19 and hold it in place. The catch is released by pulling a cord connected to the arm 23 to allow the gates to open. The catch may be duplicated to give increased security.
Patent GB-190009312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Repetition Actions for Upright Pianofortes.
Inventor: PICK THEODOR
Filed: 1900-05-21
Granted: 1900-06-30
Abstract: 9312. Pick, T. May 21. Pianofortes.-The invention relates to a repetition action for upright pianofortes in which a spring lever is used to hold the hammer in such a position that the jack is replaced in the notch of the hammer butt before the key is released. The lever g is operated by the key in the ordinary way, and, besides carrying the jack d, is furnished with a forked standard h, in one arm of which is pivoted a lever f passing freely through a slot in jack. The lever also has a button i engaging with the other arm h<1> of the standard h, and is provided with a spring l, which is connected to the arm h<1> by a tie. The lever is thus supported in the position shown by the button and the tie. When the hammer recoils from the string, its movement is arrested by a button c<2>, which engages with the lever f, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the jack can readily slip back into its original position in the notch b<1> of the hammer butt. The arm c', which carries the stop c<2>, also carries the check c. The lever f is furnished with a stop s for the jack, which also has an adjustable stop r to prevent it from striking against the standard h.
Patent GB-190009955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transformer Systems of Current Supply for Electric Railways.
Filed: 1900-05-30
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 9955. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Potter, W. B.]. May 30. Electric railways worked with multiphase currents and transformers on sectional conductors. Several arrangements are shown for three-phase currents with two of the line conductors in sections and the third line or rail continuous. In Fig. 1, the primary P is permanently connected to the mains L, M, N, and two sets of secondaries S, s are connected through an electromagnetic switch W to the line conductors T, T<1>, R. When the vehicle comes on to the section, the small secondary throws the switch W and couples up the large secondary S to the line, at the same time cutting itself out. In the first modification, an additional small primary works with the small secondary to throw the switch so as to cut in the main primary and secondary, which are normally disconnected from the main and the line. The switch may be arranged to cut out the small secondary, and also the small primary, if desired. To avoid the necessity for cutting out the small transformer, it may be compounded, as shown in Fig. 4, to work in parallel with the main transformer, or even to replace it altogether. The primary p<1> is permanently connected to the mains, and the secondaries s, S are permanently connected in parallel with the working conductors. Secondaries s', connected in series with the secondaries s, co-operate with primaries p<1> connected to the main when the switch is thrown to raise the potential to the requisite point in the compound transformer.
Patent GB-190012867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Finger Bars for Mowing Machines.
Inventor: KANE MAURICE
Filed: 1900-07-17
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 12,867. Kane, M. July 17. Mowing-machines.-Relates to the construction of the finger-bar. The finger-bar is formed with a front rib B, of uniform thickness throughout the length of the bar, and with a rear thickened portion A tapering in breadth from the heel end of the bar to its outer or free end. The parts A and B are connected together by a thin horizontal web C, in which holes D are punched for the passage of the bolts G, which secure the correspondingly-shaped fingers E to the finger-bar. One side of the head of the bolt G is planed away, and bears against the rib B to prevent it from being turned when the nut on the other end is screwed up.
Patent GB-190013258-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Envelopes.
Inventor: TELLSCHOW ADOLF
Filed: 1900-07-23
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 13,258. Tellschow, A. July 23. Envelopes.-Fig. 1 shows a blank from which two envelopes are made by folding on the lines h, securing the flaps in position by the gummed surfaces f, g, and then cutting along the middle of the gummed surface g.
Patent GB-190016300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Apparatus for Lifting Weights Inflating Tyres and for other Purposes
Inventor: MORIN EDOUARD CHARLES
Filed: 1900-09-13
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 16,300. Morin, E. C. Sept. 13. Lifting-jacks.-A lifting-jack for vehicles is operated by compressed air or gas, which may be supplied by a pump capable of use for inflating the tyres of the vehicle. The air may be used in conjunction with a liquid such as water or glycerine which improves the contact between the piston leather of the jack and the cylinder. The jack piston, Fig. 4, is fitted with stops q, which in conjunction with flanges p limit its upward stroke. The lifting head g fits in a socket i, and may be fixed higher by tubes fitting over the socket. The pump, Fig. 1, has a compression chamber t, from which the air &c. is discharged, and is fitted with a gauge which may be put into communication with the chamber t through a valve u.
Patent GB-190016347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Handles for Knives and the Simultaneous Fixing of the Blades in the Handles
Inventor: BASENAU FRITZ
Filed: 1900-09-14
Granted: 1901-07-20
Abstract: 16,347. Basenau, F. Sept. 14. Table and like knives and forks.-The handles are made of a solidifying cement which is poured into moulds on the tang. A solution of calcined magnesite in magnesium chloride is preferred.
Patent GB-190023104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electro Motor Control.
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 23,104. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Armstrong, A. H.]. Dec. 18. Electric locomotives a n d motor vehicles. - Relates to master-controller systems of motor control in w h i c h multi-phase currents are used, but the invention may be applied when other currents are used in the main motors if a three - phase current is supplied for the actuating-means. Fig. 2 shows the circuits &c. on a single car of an electrically-propelled train with two three-phase motors M', M<2>, a master controller M, and a reversing-switch RS. The motor controllers are worked by three-phase motors A' to A<6> and A<14> supplied with current from a transformer T. One terminal of each of the motors is earthed, and the others are connected to the supply from the collectors T', T<2>, or the transformer T. In the first step of the master controller, the motor A<1> throws the switch a<1> and supplies current to the fields of the main motors, of which the armature terminals are connected in series with the resistance R. Subsequent steps cause the other motors A<2> to A<6> to throw in decreasing resistances R<2> to R<5>, and finally to short-circuit the armatures at S. The motor reversing-switch is worked from the master reversing-switch RS, when the master controller M is in the off position, by the motor A<14>, and the connections are such that no additional train wires are required, as use is made of two of the train wires belonging to the resistance switch motors for connecting the fields and the switch contacts of the motor reversers throughout the train. A modification is described in which a larger number of resistance steps are obtained with only one additional train wire. In this case, the subsidiary motors are in groups, and either the disused ones are cut out altogether, or are only supplied with a single phase of the current. Fig. 6 shows a form adopted for the motor reversing- switch. On the shaft of the small three-phase motor A<14> are mounted a number of sectors h, which are swung to one side or the other and held there by a spring m to make the eight connections on either side at the contacts f of the switch a<14> shown in the diagram, Fig. 2. The motors A' to A<6> of that Figure are provided with only two arms, swinging to one side against the four contacts. The switch may work in an oil bath D or other spark-extinguishing device.
Patent GB-190104943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brewing.
Filed: 1901-03-08
Granted: 1902-03-08
Abstract: 4943. Hobson, H. A., and Concentrated Beer Co. March 8. Drawings to Specification. Brewing.-Relates to the brewing processes described in Specifications Nos. 48 and 20,819, A.D. 1900, in which an infusion of hops is used as the mashing-liquor, and consists, firstly, in extracting the residual soluble matter from the spent malt and hops, and in using the liquor thus obtained for making a fresh infusion of hops, and, secondly, in heating separately a portion of the hop infusion and using the hot liquid for raising the temperature of the liquid in the mash tun, thereby avoiding the dilution which is produced by the injection of steam.
Patent GB-190105197-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Corset Fastener.
Inventor: BRITNELL JAMES
Filed: 1901-03-12
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 5197. Britnell, J. March 12. Stud-and-eye fastenings ; unfastening, preventing.-The fastening consists of a plate a fixed to one busk k of the corset, and having an eye for the passage of a stud m on the other busk l. Pivoted at d on the plate a is a plate c, having a hole e and a curved slot f, of smaller diameter, extending from the hole. The hole e is large enough for the passage of the head of the stud m, and the latter is locked by turning the plate c so that the slot f engages behind the head of the stud. A pin j is fixed on the plate c for turning it, and a stop pin i on the plate a limits the turning movements. In Fig. 2, the upper fastening is shown in position for insertion or removal of the stud, and the lower one is shown with the plate c turned into the locking position.