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Patent GB-189823506-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Timber Wagon.
Inventor: HUGHES GEORGE
Filed: 1898-11-08
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 23,506. Hughes, G., [Bond, W. J.]. Nov. 8. Wagons for transporting and dumping timber. The bar 16 is connected to the front axle 12 by a king- bolt, and passes loosely through a guide 21 carried by the rear hounds 20 and through a slot 18, Fig. 6, of the rear bolster 15, which carries a roller 25 and a hinged bar 26. Normally, when the timber is supported with its front end in the cage 23, the top of the bar 26 is slightly above the top of the roller. In discharging, the hind wheels 11 are prevented from rotating, the front axle is locked square with the bar 16, and the bolt 28 is withdrawn. The front wheels of the wagon are now backed, and carry the timber with them, the bar 26 turns on its hinges 27, and the load falls on to the roller 25. The timber is now readily pushed back, and dumps bodily as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the wagon is drawn forwards so as to allow the front end of the timber to fall upon the ground.
Patent GB-189827248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and in Apparatus for Drying Leather and the like.
Inventor: MOHUN ROWLAND
Filed: 1898-12-24
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 27,248. Mohun, R. Dec. 24. Drying leather &c.-Leather or hides are dried on rotary frames, of the form shown, in a hot-air chamber. The leather &c. is secured to hooks N on detachable bars M which engage recesses in radial arms F connected to a vertical shaft A by stays H, with forked ends L, and collars E and K as shown. From the outer ends of the arms F, which are enclosed by a metal hoop G, are suspended bars P, R having hooks S or the like for supporting and adjusting detachable radial arms F<1> carrying detachable bars M' with hooks N' to engage the leather &c. Sliding locking-bars T, engaging guides V and the forks L, may be provided. Loose hurdles having rotary slightly-conical cross-bars may be placed between the vertical bars P and R to strike the leather during its motion and keep it flexible.
Patent GB-189908057-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Injecting Liquid, especially Pickling and other Preservative Liquids, into Food.
Inventor: BAUM CARL
Filed: 1899-04-17
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 8057. Baum, C. April 17. Syringes.-Consists of a liquid-injecting apparatus specially applicable for injecting preservative liquids into meat or other food. A cylinder a is removably held between its end covers b, one of which carries the charging - opening l and the outlet k connected to the injecting-needle m, and the other a guide i for the screwed piston-rod. The rod engages with a half-nut j, pivoted to the guide i so that it can be lifted clear of the rod to allow of the quick return of the piston.
Patent GB-189909730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe and Pipe-rail Joints.
Inventor: SAYER ROBERT COOKE
Filed: 1899-05-09
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 9730. Sayer, R. C. May 9. Spigot-and-socket joints.-Relates to pipe and pipe-rail joints for pipes or rails subject to heavy rolling weights. The rails or pipes 1, 101 are ribbed and connected by fishplates having elliptical holes to allow for expansion. Packing 5 rests in the chamber 3 formed between the pipe or rail ends, and the bevel. sided split spring ring 4 acts against the packing, being retained by a swivel catch 15 until the hammer 18 on the rail 101 releases. the spring.
Patent GB-189916327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for Exhibiting "Living Pictures."
Inventor: MALKE ERNST
Filed: 1899-08-10
Granted: 1900-08-10
Abstract: 16,327. Malke, E. Aug. 10. Displaying pictures kinetoscopically. The endless band of views is driven by an electric motor A acting through an intermediate gearing and shaft B bearing a clutch C. Normally the clutch-shifting lever b is held in the position shown in dotted lines, by its engagement in a recess c in a detent d which is pivoted to a slide f. When the detent is momentarily depressed away from the lever, a spring l switches the clutch-shifting lever over into the position shown in full lines, where it completes the circuit of the electromotor by bridging the gap between two fixed terminals n, n<1>. A second spring l<1> shifts the slide f so as to bring the detent again into engagement with the clutch-shifting lever, and, when the band of views has run its course, a lug q upon it acts upon a bevelled block r on a lever h which returns the slide, and consequently the detent, and the clutchshifting lever to their original positions. Electric lighting.-The lamp circuit is made and broken by the slide and an overlying finger m. Coin action.-The coin drops on and off the end of a lever connected by a link to the detent.
Patent GB-190002798-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Guard or Protector for Wheels of Perambulators and other Vehicles.
Inventor: FRIEDLAND FRIEDRICH ERNST
Filed: 1900-02-12
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 2798. Friedland, F. E. Feb. 12. Perambulators; mud guards. The guard b, formed from wire netting or openwork, is carried by radial arms d, which are clipped to the axle a of a perambulator or other vehicle.
Patent GB-190008789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Condenser Bobbins, Beam, or other like Rollers.
Inventor: GRANDIDGE JAMES
Filed: 1900-05-12
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 8789. Grandidge, J. May 12. Bobbins.-The object is to facilitate the removal and replacement of the flanges of beam rollers or condenser bobbins used in the textile industry. The shaft a is made square at the end a', and is forced into the end of the roller or bobbin. It is also provided with a collar c, which fits into a recess in the end of the roller; the flange d is clamped by a screwed nut g between a collar and a block e, which is surrounded by a cast-metal boss e<1> fixed to the flange.
Patent GB-190013522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling on Railways and Apparatus for that purpose.
Inventor: BOLITHO OTHO GLYNN
Filed: 1900-07-27
Granted: 1901-07-06
Abstract: 13,522. Bolitho, O. G. July 27. Signals on engines and trains indicators and repeaters, signal; indicating and recording movements of trains; contacts, electric.-A number of electric bells, gongs, or other audible signals, preferably of different tones, are arranged on the locomotive, and preferably also in the guard's van, the circuit of each bell &c. being normally broken between two depending contact brushes or rubbers, which are adapted to rub over a suitably-arranged conducting-bar on the permanent way and so to complete the circuit. When bells of different tones are employed to distinguish between' danger' and safety' signals, the different bells and the corresponding conducting-bars are arranged on opposite sides of the centre line of the locomotive and track. Preferably, the 'danger' bell is rung at a signal, no matter what position the latter may be in, while the `safety' bell is rung only when the signal is at 'safety,' the circuit of the ' danger' bell being completed by a fixed conducting-bar, and that of the safety' bell by a movable conducting-bar connected to and operated by the ordinary signal pull. The movable bar is arranged to go automatically to the inoperative or 'danger' position in case the signal pull breaks. A fixed conducting-bar may be employed instead of the movable bar, the circuit being made and broken by a switch mechanically actuated by the signaloperating mechanism. Several such switches may be included in the circuit. For the safety' bells, the battery may be placed in the cabin and connected to the bar, with an earth return through the wheels and rails, or a separate return conductor may be employed. The circuit may also include a bell or other indicator in the cabin, to inform the signalman that the train has reached the signal. Lines of rails may be protected by arranging the safety wires along the line, so that they will be broken by any derailed engine or coach. In order to distinguish between different signals, such as 'home' and distant' signals, the conducting- bars may be divided into lengths, or bars may be arranged in Úchelon, so that a number of successive contacts may be made, the different numbers of the soundings of the bells, or their different tones, serving to distinguish the signals.
Patent GB-190013699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Stencil Sheets.
Inventor: KLABER AUGUSTUS DAVID
Filed: 1900-07-31
Granted: 1901-06-08
Abstract: 13,699. Klaber, A. D. July 31. [Patent revoked.] Copying documents &c.-Stencil sheets are printed or otherwise impressed with scales B and with lines C for regulating and indicating the position of the matter to be written on the sheets. Vertical lines may also be provided. In a modification, a scale is placed along the central line of the sheet instead of at the edges.
Patent GB-190013847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbine and other Pumping Mechanisms.
Inventor: MARBURG FRANZ
Filed: 1900-08-02
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 13,847. Marburg, F.. Aug. 2. Starting, facilitating.-Relates to turbines and to any force pumps where it is necessary for the motor to get up speed before the load is thrown on, and consists in admitting liquid, under pressure or head, to the induction side, for the purpose of wholly or partially counterbalancing the normal excess of back pressure at the eduction side. The invention is shown as applied to the axial-flow turbine described in Specification No. 7116, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Rotary engines &c.]. A closed pressure tank 8 is connected by a pipe 9 with the eduction outlet 7 of the turbines 5, and by a pipe 10 with the annular chamber 3 of the induction inlet 2. A bell valve 13 in the pipe 10 is normally open, the upper part of the valve casing being connected by a pipe 17 to the annular chamber 3. This construction causes the pressure above the turbines to be balanced by the pressure behind them. When the turbines are started, as soon as the current is established through the pump, the pressure in the chamber 3 is reduced, and, owing to the contracted character of the ports 15 in the valve 13, the valve is pressed upwards and closes the passage of liquid in the pipe 10. In modifications (1) the automatic valve 13 is replaced by a hand-operated valve ; (2) the pressure tank 8 is dispensed with and the pipe 10 is supplied from any source under pressure ; (3) a relief valve is provided on the eduction side of the pump, as described in the above mentioned Specification, but with the pipe from the top of the valve casing leading to a waste outlet pipe instead of to the induction side of the pump ; and (4) in those cases where the pump is used for supplying a tank under pressure, the pipe 10 is connected directly to such pressure tank.
Patent GB-190015342-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sun Awning and Tent Combined.
Inventor: FITZGERALD JOHN
Filed: 1900-08-29
Granted: 1901-04-20
Abstract: 15,342. Fitzgerald, J. Aug. 29. Seats.-Relates to an awning for garden seats &c., which can be made into a tent. The frame consists of two uprights 1, a top cross-bar 3, a bottom cross-bar parallel to the bar 3, and feet 5 stayed to the uprights at 6. The various bars may be of gas piping connected by the ordinary T- junctions. A number of slats 7 may rest on the feet, which are provided with rollers. The bottom cross-bar at its centre is pivoted to a bar 10, which may be buried or driven into the ground. The awning is carried on spreaders placed in pockets therein and is connected by rings to the cross-bar 3; its angle may be adjusted by cords 18 fastened to cleats &c., and it may be reefed or spread out by cords passing through suitable eyes. The whole awning and frame may be rotated on the pivot 10 to avoid the wind, and may be clamped in any suitable position by the nut 14. Curtains may be hung round the awning to form a tent. A hammock may be slung to shackles 24 on the uprights 1.
Patent GB-190015781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewage-wagons.
Inventor: DEFRIES WOLF
Filed: 1900-09-05
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 15,781. Defries, W., and Feeny, V. I. Sept. 5. Sewage carts.-In a sewage wagon, having a tank A in which a vacuum is produced for charging, the air is drawn by the pump B through a chamber C containing a deodorant or disinfectant which is sprayed or mixed with the air by baffles &c. When the wagon is nearly full, a float D is lifted so as to close a valve on the end of the suction pipe E, the closing being indicated by the pump vacuum gauge. A float may lift an indicator G into a glass dome on the top of the tank. A supplementary pump H raises the deodorant &c. from the bottom of the chamber C into a reservoir I, whence it flows through a pipe K to a perforated nozzle in the chamber C,
Patent GB-190016962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Doors for Closing the Entrances to Lifts.
Inventor: MOFFATT ALEXANDER CHARLES
Filed: 1900-09-24
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 16,962. Moffatt, A. C. Sept. 24. Lifts. -Relates to means by which the well doors are opened and closed by the movement of the cage. Pivoted at each floor is a chain - wheel A geared to a smaller chainwheel C, mounted on a shaft on which are wound ropes supporting the doors F, F<1>. Secured on the shaft of the wheel A is a slotted arm H, J, which is engaged by one or other of two pins K, L on the cage, thus turning the wheel A so as to open or close the door according as the cage is moving towards, or away from, the floor. The pins K, L may be so mounted that the attendant can move them so as to miss the arm H J at a particular floor. The setting of the pins K, L may be arranged to operate an automatic stopping-gear.
Patent GB-190101131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trousers or Clothes Pressers.
Inventor: COWLEY HENRY
Filed: 1901-01-17
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 1131. Cowley, H. Jan. 17. Presses; trouser p resses; trouser stretchers.-Relates to a press for trousers and other garments. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the press, and Fig. 4 a part underside view. The garments are pressed between two boards A, C, the lower A of which is wider than the other C, and is provided with four upright bolts B which enter slots F in strips D pivoted on the top board C. The slots F of each strip D face in opposite directions. Pressure is applied by the wing-nuts G. Plates H, H<1> may be attached to the underside and upper side respectively of the board A, and holes are made in these plates for the passage of the bolts B. The lower end of each bolt may be covered by a small pivoted plate J. With this construction the bolts B may be removed when the appliance is to be packed up. Rubber pieces K, serving as feet, may be let into the board A. Trousers may be stretched by screwing down one end of the press first and then pulling them while fastening down the other end. Boards may be employed to separate one garment from another.
Patent GB-190102667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Cooling and Lubricating of Engines.
Inventor: NAEF PAUL
Filed: 1901-02-07
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 2667. Naef, P. Feb. 7. Cooling compressors.-Relates to the cooling and lubrication of the working surfaces of engines, such as fluid-pressure motors or gas compressors, rotary or other types. The cooling - agent is introduced through a hollow piston-rod and circulated in the piston through channels in proximity to the cylinder walls, and is then discharged again through the piston-rod. The lubricant is introduced in like manner, but either the whole or a portion is delivered through suitable orifices at the periphery of the piston. Both these provisions may be applied jointly to the same piston, or the lubricant and the cooling-agent may be mixed. The lubricant discharged between the piston and cylinder walls also assists in preventing leakage past the piston. Numerous examples are given in the Specification, showing various ways in which the circulating-channels may be formed in the piston and the hollow piston-rods connected with the supply and discharge pipes ; also the way in which the circulation may be forced. Thus Fig. 4 shows a piston with cooling-ducts d<1>, d' and perforated lubricating-ducts d<2> in the form of coiled pipes, connected with the fixed supply and discharge pipes by telescopic pipes d<7>, d<8>, d<15>. Fig. 8 shows a piston with the ducts formed by making grooves in the piston body h<1> and the shrinking on a ring h<3>. Fig. 5 shows the channel a' formed in the packing-ring, and the telescopic supply pipe provided with a valve at e<9> whereby it is converted into a plunger pump for forcing the circulation. In other examples, the circulating- channels are formed by a coiled tube embedded in the piston body or in a ring attached thereto ; and the hollow piston-rods are connected with the fixed supply and discharge pipes by various arrangements of. jointed and telescopic pipes.
Patent GB-190103001-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Form of Rail for Railways and Tramways
Inventor: OSTROM JEROME PHILO
Filed: 1901-02-12
Granted: 1902-03-12
Abstract: 3001. Ostrom, J. P. Feb. 12. Rails ; rail joints.- Railway or tramway rails are made in two parts bolted together, the web on each part fitting into a recess in the other. The upper parts are laid so that their etds come in the centre of the base lengthe, and may be cut square or at an angle.
Patent GB-190104961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handles for Hollow-ware and the like Articles.
Inventor: TOWERS WALTER ERNEST
Filed: 1901-03-08
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 4961. Towers, W. E. March 8. Frying-pans, saucepans, &c.- Consists primarily in constructing the handles o one e piece of sheet metal 12, Fig. 1, having one end, which is to form the spreader, shaped somewhat o f a double fishtail pattern having the side extensions 13, 13. The sides of the blank are folded over, so that they form a closed seam from end to end, the underside of the handle, when finished, appearing as in Fig. 2. The face of the spreader is made to agree with and fit against the side of the pan to which it is attached, so as to avoid crevices for grease.
Patent GB-190109632-A (GB)
Title: Improved Sticky Flycatcher
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1901-08-24
Abstract: 9632. Kay, T., and Kay Bros. May 9. Traps for flies. Relates to the manufacture of sticky flycatchers. A ring of cardboard or the like A is glued on one side to a piece of greaseproof paper or the like B. A tape C is laid across the other side of the ring A, which is filled with the sticky composition, and then the paper B is folded over and tied at each end to form a package through which the tape C may be drawn backwards and forwards to be coated. Fig. 3 shows the method of coating the tape C.
Patent GB-190116356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Generators.
Inventor: FICHET PIERRE ANATOLE
Filed: 1901-08-14
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 16,356. Fichet, P. A., and Heurtey, R. M. J. Aug. 14. Gas-producers.-Gas is generated in a refractory vessel or casing A having a cover with openings, provided with closing-plugs, for charging the fuel and inserting stirring-tools. In large apparatus, charging-cones are preferably used. Air enters by a lateral opening A<1>. The fuel is supported by a central block or cone D, having narrow passages at the base through which the burnt fuel passes to a conical hopper G, from which it is withdrawn and discharged, through a cylinder E to an ash-box or water container N, by a plate H preferably, on balls M and rotated by gear-mechanism I. The gas is withdrawn through an outlet Q. In a modification, the rotary plate H is replaced by a swing- ing horizontal plate carried by oscillating bars and operated by a handle. In a small apparatus, the cone D is dispensed with, and the walls of the generator are contracted towards the base so as to overhang and leave empty spaces to receive the gas. In a large apparatus, a cone or ring is used in combination with contracted walls. When a ring is used, a central block is situated beneath it, so as to direct the ashes to a rotating annular discharging-plate.
Patent GB-190119919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements Pertaining to Receptacles for Compressed or Liquefied Gases.
Inventor: LANGE AUGUST
Filed: 1901-10-05
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 19,919. Lange, A. Oct. 5. Pressure-relieving devices for fluids. -To allow the gas to escape from a gas cylinder if its pressure should exceed a safe limit, a discharge port in the plug a is closed by a capsule e, which fits on a short-edge plug or nipple d and collapses under an excess of pressure. A sharp-edged disc f may be placed in the head of the capsule.
Patent GB-190124646-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable and Collapsable Tent House or Structure.
Inventor: MILLER JOHN STIRLING
Filed: 1901-12-04
Granted: 1902-04-24
Abstract: 24,646. Miller, J. S. Dec. 4. Dark rooms.-A slight folding framework is constructed of sections a, b, d, e, f, g, h made of wood, metal, wires, or a combination of wire and wood. Canvas, waterproof cloth, or like coverings o are fixed to the frames by rivets, nails, wires, clips, or cords, and the frames are hinged together so as to fold up like a concertina. The frames are fastened in an extended position by bolts n and are fitted with windows and doors v, t. The roof covering is supported by cords or ropes cased in cloth and stretched between the ridges of the end and partition sections. The structure may be stayed by ropes or anchors. For a photographic dark room, one of the sections is fitted with a single red-glass window.