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Patent GB-189723634-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Composition for Treating Fabrics for the Manufacture of Hose or Tubing.
Inventor: JONES JAMES LIONEL
Filed: 1897-10-14
Granted: 1898-08-20
Abstract: 23,634. Jones, J. L. Oct. 14. Coated fabrics.-Relates to a composition for coating fabrics for the manufacture of hose or tubing, and particularly tubing such as that described in Specification No. 9169, A.D. 1884, which is suitable for conveying petroleum and other oils. Boiled linseed oil, lampblack, and driers are mixed together with the addition of antimony previously stirred into terebene. Instead of antimony any of the following substances may be added :-Graphite, soapstone, beeswax, shellac, mastic, silicate of magnesia, asphaltum, glue, glycerine, soap, sugar, molasses, or oxides of lead, zinc, and the like.
Patent GB-189724558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Railway Brakes.
Inventor: HARDY JOHN
Filed: 1897-10-23
Granted: 1898-10-22
Abstract: 24,558. Hardy, J. Oct. 23. Couplings with valves.-Relates to railway brake couplings adapted to prevent the train from starting with any of the brakes inoperative because of the closed position of the train-pipe taps. A partial elevation is shown in Fig. 1, and sectional details in the other Figures. The main brake pipe M is connected with the flexible coupling-pipe F, Fig. 4, when the tap T is open, and with an auxiliary pipe e, by means of the bye-pass b, when the tap is closed. The pipe e communicates with a spring-controlled valve A a, Fig. 3, which is automatically opened by means of the spindle a<7> and the projecting piece c<2>, when the two pipes F, F<1> are coupled together. The pipe e is thus placed in communication with the atmosphere through an aperture, and the air pressure in the pipes e, M is relieved and cannot be again raised until the tap T is opened to give communication between the train-pipe M and coupling-pipe F. To obviate the danger which arises when a carriage having the brakes off and the taps closed is coupled, the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 is adopted. On the coupling side of each tap T is placed a valve H, which is opened by means of a projection l on the handle L when the handle is turned so that the tap T is closed. On coupling the carriage, the engine brakes will be automatically applied, and will remain applied until both the taps between the carriage and the train are opened. The air which escapes from the valves may be made to sound alarms W, and, in a modification, the valve H and bye-pass b may be replaced by bye-passes in the tap T. The parts may be applied to ordinary air-pressure brakes.
Patent GB-189729405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: MARECHAL VICTOR
Filed: 1897-12-11
Granted: 1898-08-27
Abstract: 29,405. MarÚchal, V., Moreau, A., and Garcin, L. June 11, [date claimed under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Acetylene.-Generators in which water is fed to the carbide by a capillary tube are provided with a tube H, on the water container A, which is connected with a tube D, on the carbide container B, by a screw coupling J. The tube D contains a tube E of small diameter which projects into the chamber B and is flared at the bottom. This tube contains a wire G which is supported thereon by a loop H' and projects below the end of the tube. The wire serves to increase the capillarity of the tube, and the prolongation prevents deposition of lime upon the mouth of the tube.
Patent GB-189730885-A (GB)
Title: Improved Breeches for Riding, Shooting, Walking, and the like.
Inventor: SNELL EDWARD SCOTCHBURN
Filed: 1897-12-31
Granted: 1898-04-09
Abstract: 30,885. Snell, E. S. Dec. 31. Breeches; kni'ckerbockers; cutting-out.-The object is to combine the advantages of riding and knickerbocker breeches so that they have at the knee the fulness and ease of the latter without any seam or surplus material under the knee. The top side, Fig. 1, is cut out in the usual shape for knickerbocker breeches, a portion, Fig. 2, of the knee band is cut out separately and joined to the top part at A, B so as to bring the fastenings to the front centre line, and the under part, Fig. 3, is cut to the pattern used for riding breeches with part of the knee band attached thereto, so that when the three parts are joined together the desired result is obtained.
Patent GB-189800581-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastener for Windows having Sliding Sashes.
Inventor: CRISWICK THEOPHILUS
Filed: 1898-01-08
Granted: 1899-02-08
Abstract: 581. Criswick, T. Jan. 8. Sash fastenings.- A slotted plate C is passed over a bar A secured at its ends to the bottom and side rails of the top sash. A plate B, with a lug is secured to the meeting-rail of the bottom sash. By hooking the slotted plate over the lug, the sashes are drawn together and their movement limited to that allowed by the bar A, the slotted plate being secured by a padlock &c. passing through the lug. The plate may be disengaged and turned out of the way to allow the sashes to be opened to any extent.
Patent GB-189807111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Weighting of the Rollers of Spinning or Preparing Frames for Fibrous Materials.
Inventor: BROOKS SAMUEL HERBERT
Filed: 1898-03-23
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 7111. Brooks, S. H., Goodbehere, F. G., and Cook, J. March 23. Rollers and roller heads.-Pressure is applied to the rollers by means of a spiral spring E, one end of which is connected to the weight hook D and the other to a fixed rod, rail, or bracket. The spring may be enclosed in a loose cup or bracket, which rests in a recess on the underside of the beam, the end of the spring being connected by an adjustable hook with the bottom of the cup.
Patent GB-189808448-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stand or Holder for Bicycles.
Inventor: CROWLEY JOHN SIDNEY
Filed: 1898-04-09
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 8448. Crowley, J. S. April 9. Wagons for velocipedes.-Relates to stands for use in railway vans. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, a pillar a, carrying a rubber &c. covered fork a', is formed with a preferably triangular stem to fit into a socket b let into the floor. The pillar is provided with a base a', which is sometimes formed with an extension flanged as at a<3> to form a guide for the front wheel, the lower frame tube of the bicycle being placed in the fork a'. A rubber band e connected to the pillar may be passed over the tube and fixed to a pin d to further secure the bicycle. The band e mav be secured by a padlock. A number of sockets may be arranged in the floor so as to receive several stands. Grooves may be formed in the floor when the extension of the base a<2> is not used. In a modification, the pillar or pillars are mounted on an independent platform.
Patent GB-189813043-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Ginning, Burring, or otherwise Treating Textile Fibres.
Inventor: HUCKABY GRABEL EPLURIBUS UNUM
Filed: 1898-06-10
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 13,043. Huckaby, G. E. U. June 10. Gins; burring-apparatus ; openers and cleaners.- Relates to an apparatus for ginning cotton, burring wool, cleaning hair, &c. The material is placed in an adjustable reciprocating hopper n, at the mouth of which is a grating o and a knife j. The knife operates in conjunction with the rotating roller c and the edge of an adjustable stationary knifed. The seeds &c. pass through the grating o and down the shoot p, and the cleaned material down the shoot s, while fibre which adheres to the roller c is removed therefrom by a bladed roller t, the blades of which are adjustable. The hopper may be stationary, and the blade j may be arranged to reciprocate in a vertical, horizontal, or inclined position.
Patent GB-189815944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electricity Meters.
Inventor: VILLY JEAN
Filed: 1898-07-21
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 15,944. Villy, J. July 21. Registering duration of electric current.-The times of working of any number of electric lamps, motors, &c. are registered by a corresponding number of counters, each of which may be geared to a single clock so as to indicate hours, by an electromagnet receiving current from the circuit of its particular lamp &c. while this is in use. The clock is preferably made to go for a month, and provided with a hand indicating days, by which an approximate estimate of current used may be obtained if the clock stops. Fig. 3 shows one counter. A wheel 3, loose on a shaft 2, is driven continuously by the clock. It carries a toothed wheel 4, opposite a similar stationary wheel 7. Between these a pin on the shaft 2 engages a slotted sleeve 6 carrying a cross-piece 17, which normally engages the stationary wheel 7, to hold the shaft stationary, but which connects the shaft with the rotating wheel 4 when the sleeve is moved along the shaft by a roller 11 on a lever 12, this being carried by springs on an adjustable support 10 and attracted by a magnet 8 excited by the current to be registered. The shaft 2 carries a pointer 20 indicating hours on a dial, and is geared by pinions and spur-wheels to other pointers indicating tens, hundreds, &c. Or number dials may be rotated step-by-step by single-tooth and recessed wheels. In a modification, the cross-piece 17 is loose on the shaft 2, on which two wheels are fixed within the wheels 4, 7, the cross-piece in this case serving to connect either pair of wheels. In another modification, the magnet serves to tilt a counterweighted frame so that a pinion loose on this is placed in gear with the wheel 3 and an adjacent similar wheel fixed on the shaft 2 ; when the frame is freed, the pinion is disengaged from the wheels, and a tooth on the frame engages the wheel fixed on the shaft 2, to prevent its rotation.
Patent GB-189817686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Wool-sorting Tables, Winnowing Machines, Drying Machines, and the like, for Removing the Dust therefrom.
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-08-16
Granted: 1899-08-12
Abstract: 17,686. Sutcliffe, W. Aug. 16. Sorting fibres.-The invention is applicable to the removal and destruction of dust from woolsorters' tables and willowing, carding, and drying machines. Woolsorters' tables E have gratings D at intervals through which the dust is drawn into a trunk G leading to a fan L'. The trunk is constructed without corners in which dust might become deposited. The dust-laden air from the fan is sent to a tornado or other separating-machine where the fine wool fibre is recovered, and the dust is discharged into a sack and afterwards burnt. The sack is enclosed in a chamber connected by an exhaust pipe with the fan.
Patent GB-189817921-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process or Means for Producing Designs, Devices, and the like upon Material for Reproduction in Castings, or by the Zinco, Electro Deposit, or other known Processes.
Inventor: STEPHEN JOHNSTON
Filed: 1898-08-19
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 17,921. Stephen, J. Aug. 19. Photo-mechanical printing.-A design is indented on a thin sheet of copper, brass, or other ductile metal with a stylus, and is filled up by use of the stylus, or by rubbing either surface of the sheet. A wax or other cast may then be made from the sheet, and improved with a graver or otherwise, after which an electrotype or cast in fusible metal is made from it. White plaster casts from the plates may be photographed, for the production of printing-blocks.
Patent GB-189819268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jawed Chucks.
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES
Filed: 1898-09-10
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 19,268. Taylor, C., and Taylor, G. B. Sept. 10. Chucks.-The jaws c, which may have false fronts d, are operated through toggle blocks g, having seatings in the jaws and in a ring i, feathered on the chuck body a. The ring may be operated by a forked lever in the ordinary way. Springs e may be employed to open the jaws, or the blocks g may have screws passing through slots in the seatings, so that the blocks may open the jaws directly. The travel of the ring may be limited by a stop, adjusted to give the jaws a light grip for thin metal, hollow-ware, glass, &c.
Patent GB-189906883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Silent Electric Discharges.
Inventor: OTTO MARIUS
Filed: 1899-03-30
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 6883. O t t o , M. March 30. Ozone.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 11,010, A.D. 1897, for producing ozone and other gases by means of the silent electric discharge. In this case, between fixed electrodes there are " movable separating discs having "alternately conducting and insulating sectors, or. m o r e "generally having alternate sectors s "such that whilst one sector allows the "discharge to pass between the electrodes before which it moves, the following sector interrupts this discharge and thus automatically prevents the dangerous short-circuits that might otherwise "occur." In the example shown, the casing b, provided with an inlet o for air &c., and outlet s for ozone &c., is divided by partitions c, having central gas openings d, into a number of compartments. Attached to these partitions on each side is an insulating-disc m, on which metallic sectors, having conducting-points u or curved blades with sharp edges v, x, are fixed. These sectors are electrically connected to two conductors f, r, so that all the points or edges on one side of a division plate are positive p, and on the other side negative n. Between each opposing pair of electrodes, which in the example shown are arranged beyond the striking-distance from one another, is the separating-disc i rotated by a shaft driven by power. Each disc i consists of a conducting- plate having alternately full sectors i<1> and open sectors y, which may be provided with a very thin sheet of insulating-material. The number of full sectors is equal to the number of the point or edge sectors of the electrodes. In a modification, the electrodes are normally sufficiently close together to enable the discharge to pass between their points without the interposition of a conductor. In this case, the discs are composed of insulating-plates having alternate full and open sectors, the openings of the latter being covered, if desired, with a very thin conducting-sheet.
Patent GB-189913946-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Clip for Cycle Pumps, Umbrellas, Parcels, or the like, applicable also as a Cyclists' Trouser Clip.
Inventor: SWANN WALTER HARRISON
Filed: 1899-07-06
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 13,946. Swann, W. H., and Riley, J. July 6. Trouser clips.--The clip is made of rubber &c., and is formed with two loops a, b, Fig. 1, separated by a collar c, or is made with a single loop which is fitted with a separate rubber or metal ring d as shown in Fig. 2. In use, the loop a is placed round the leg, the loop b being passed through it.
Patent GB-189916252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Motors.
Inventor: HULT CARL ALRIK
Filed: 1899-08-09
Granted: 1899-10-07
Abstract: 16,252. Hult, C. A., and Hult, 0. W. Aug. 9. Crescent-shaped chamber type.-Motive fluid acts on two vanes 11 and 12, Figs. 1 and 2, sliding in recesses in a piston 10 located eccentrically in the rotating casing 13, which is journalled by elastic rings 31 in a frame 15. Steam &c. enters the motor through the hollow shaft 17, thence passing through passages 18, 19 in the piston into the casing 13. Exhaust takes place through passages 20, 21, 22, and 23 in the piston into the casing 15 and out by a pipe 16. The ports 22 and 23 are alternately covered and uncovered by the side pieces 13<1> of the casing 13. The influx of steam is controlled by a sleeve 24 secured to the shaft and having openings which are covered and uncovered by a fixed sleeve 26. To the sleeve 24 is secured a sleeve 34 surrounding a governing-device consisting of a valve body 35 connected by a bar 30 to a governor located in the flywheel 29. The valve 35 has projections 35<1> passing through apertures 38, 39 to the sleeve 26. The motor shaft has annular pieces 32 serving as paths for rings 33. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, steam enters by the pipe 16, and the ports 22<1> communicate with the inlet passages 18 and 19, exhaust taking place through the shaft 17, and the outflow of steam being controlled by a sleeve 24 secured to the shaft and having apertures opened and closed by a tongue on a stationary sleeve 26. In a further modification, there are no recesses in the sides of the piston, and both the influx and efflux of steam take place through the hollow shaft, the influx being controlled as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the efflux as shown in Fig. 3. The invention may be applied to motors with fixed piston casings.
Patent GB-190001907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Nut Locks.
Inventor: POST EDWARD ROBERT
Filed: 1900-01-30
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 1907. Post, E. R. Jan. 30. Locking nuts.-The bolt A for rail joints &c. has two threads of different hands and diameter as shown. The nuts B, C are threaded to correspond with the bolt threads, and have short grooves D on their adjacent faces. These grooves together form sockets for pins F on the spring bow E, which is of sufficient length to turn back over the end of the bolt.
Patent GB-190003530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Bodies for Illuminating Purposes.
Inventor: JANZ JULIUS
Filed: 1900-02-22
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 3530. Janz, J. Feb. 22. Incandescent gas and oil lamps.-Mantles are strengthened and their illuminating power is enhanced by increasing the quantity of threads used over a given surface without impeding the escape of the products of combustion. This is effected by producing over the ordinary mesh formation, Fig. 2, a second diamond-shaped thread formation or net-like covering e, f, g, h, Fig. 1. Between every two meshes a there is a connecting obtuseangled thread b, the height c of which is only half as great as the height d of the mesh. In each two overlaying rows the meshes a and the threads b are transposed, so that a thread b of the one row lies over a mesh a of the other row. The meshes a and the threads b are interlocked with one another at the apex and at the base, and in such a manner that the threads b are slung over the meshes a. Passages i for the escape of the products of combustion are thus formed between the meshes a and the threads b.
Patent GB-190006220-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Arm Slings.
Inventor: HARTMANN PAUL
Filed: 1900-04-03
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 6220. Hartmann, P. April 3. Fracture appliances. -An arm sling consists of an approxim a t e l y - triangular piece a, folded as shown, gathered in at the corners b, g, and connected to straps c, h, which cross at the back and are secured in front at the waist by a buckle k. One of the straps is provided with the usual length-adjusting device l, m, and the buckle is pivoted to the strap to allow the sling to be reversed. The piece a is folded at d, and the parts from d to f sewn together, forming a pocket for the elbow.
Patent GB-190006682-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in a Machine for making Bronze Powder.
Inventor: FUCHS MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-04-10
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 6682. Fuchs, M. J. April 10. Stamps, ore and like.-Relates to a stamping- machine for making bronze powder. The metal to be crushed is placed in a hopper 28, and is fed therefrom by worms to a series of mortars having anvils 15 at the bottom and so shaped as to prevent an accumulation of metal out of reach of the stamps 3, 3. The stamps 3, 3 are actuated by cams 5, 5, and can be held out of action by pivoted catches 11 which can be made to engage the lower side of collars 10, 10 on the stamps. The stamps are also provided with flanges 4, 4, which ensure the discharge of the metal through shoots 43 in the mortars. A feed-worm 25 in the shoot 43 delivers the stamped metal to an elevator 59 which discharges it into a hopper 60<a>. The crushed metal is delivered from the hopper 60<a> by a worm 72 to a worm 75 on the shaft of a rotary sieve 79. The powder that is sufficiently fine falls through the sieve 79 into a hopper 82, and thence into a drawer 83 in a cabinet. The insufficiently-crushed metal passes from the sieve 79 through a pipe 81 to the hopper 28 for further treatment. The pipe 81 may be removed, when the metal falls into a drawer 88 in the cabinet. The bottom of the hopper 82 is closed by a valve so arranged that the drawer 83 cannot be opened unless the valve is closed.
Patent GB-190010922-A (GB)
Title: A Tool applicable for Removing Weeds or for Transplanting purposes.
Inventor: BURSON AMOS
Filed: 1900-06-15
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 10,922. Burson, A., Thompson, H. M., Harbison, W. M., and Gamble, S. June 15. Handles.-Relates to a hand implement to be used for eradicating weeds from lawns or the like or for transplanting. The implement consists of a tubular body 1 having a rod 5 working within it. Spoon-shaped cutters 6, 6 are pivoted at 6<1>, 6<1> to a head secured to the body 1, and are connected by links 9, 9 to a pin on the rod 5 projecting through slots in the body 1. A handle 4 is secured to the top of the body 1, and a handle 2 is secured by a pin 3 to the rod 5. A spring 16 is arranged between a pin 14 on the rod 5 and a pin or collar 13 on the body 1, and tends to keep the cutters 6, 6 open. The cutters are closed to grip the root of a weed by drawing the handles 2 and 4 together. A modification is described in which the tube 1 is replaced by a pair of rods.
Patent GB-190011969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating the Chains of Cycles, Motor Cars, and other like Chain Driven Machines.
Inventor: STEAD JOHN
Filed: 1900-07-03
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 11,969. Stead, J. July 3. Motor road vehicles.-The tension roller described in Specification No. 14,260, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Velocipedes], is adapted to act as a lubricator for the chains of a motor car or other like chain-driven machine. The roller a is made hollow to contain lubricant, and has a tube b fitted transversely to receive the spindle c carrying the roller. Minute perforations are made in the periphery of the roller to convey the oil to a leather or other covering e in contact with the chain. If the roller is made of wood or other non-metallic substance, the covering may be dispensed with, the oil being conducted to the chain by means of wicks passing through holes. The periphery of the roller may be made of porous material through which the oil may percolate, or a separate reservoir with a wick may be provided.
Patent GB-190014469-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Scraping, Gilding and Burnishing the Edges of Books
Inventor: ERNEST DAVALL
Filed: 1900-08-13
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 14,469. Davall, E. Aug. 13. Burnishing by compression.-An apparatus for use in scraping, gilding, and burnishing the edges of books comprises a table a upon which are mounted rails b for carrying a series of movable presses c of the usual kind employed by book- binders. A book is screwed up in the first press of the series, and an operator at A scrapes the edges of the leaves ; after the scraping-operation has been finished, the press is pushed along the rails to a position near a second operator at B, who gilds the edges and then pushes forward the press to an operator at C, who burnishes the edges of the leaves. Blocks, hinged to the rails, serve to hold the presses in position. The gilding and burnishing implements are supported respectively upon bridges or standards e, f.