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Patent GB-189815651-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means Applicable for Use in the Sterilisation of Liquids or Substances.
Inventor: NASH RICHARD GRAINGER
Filed: 1898-07-16
Granted: 1899-07-08
Abstract: 15,651. Nash, R. G. July 16. Preserving food; liquids, sterilizing. - Relates to apparatus whereby aÙrated or other liquids and substances may be sterilized without bursting the containing-vessels. The bottles &c. g containing the liquid &c. to be sterilized are packed on a false bottom or in perforated cages g<1> arranged in tiers in a chamber c, the lid of which can be secured by bolts as shown and which is connected by means of pipes b<2>, b<1> to a pressure chamber b provided with a suitable pump a by which water or other fluid is forced into the chamber c until the pressure on the bottles is sufficiently high to resist the internal pressure produced during sterilizing. An escape valve c<2> enables the pressure to be regulated. The chamber is then heated by passing steam from a pipe d<1> through a coil d and from another pipe through a perforated pipe f until the sterilizing is complete, when the chamber is cooled by passing water through the coils d andf from pipes e and f<1> respectively. The water is then drawn off through a pipe b<3>. The steam coils may be placed in the pressure chamber b, and be connected with the chamber c, or they may be dispensed with, the steam being admitted direct to the chamber c.
Patent GB-189816205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Mustache Guards.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1898-07-25
Granted: 1898-08-27
Abstract: 16,205. Thompson, W. P., [Donaldson, E. C.]. July 25. Moustache guards.-A guard for cups or other drinking-vessels consists of a body A held on the vessel by spring hooks a', a<2>, the body being curved downwards towards the side of the vessel, as shown in section in Fig. 5. The hooks may be formed in one with the body, or may be pivoted to it to facilitate attachment to vessels of different sizes.
Patent GB-189819939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters.
Filed: 1898-09-20
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 19,939. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Haskins, C. D.]. Sept. 20. Energy meters resistances.-A motor meter having field coils carrying the main current, and an armature and additional resistance R connected between the mains, is provided with a field coil C in the armature circuit, to neutralize the effect of friction and facilitate starting, in a known manner. The action of the starting-coil C is now made adjustable by connecting a variable resistance in parallel with it; this may be a carbon rod D provided with a sliding connection d. To prevent this adjustment from altering the total resistance of the armature circuit, an inversely - variable resistance is included in this circuit, and may be a carbon rod D<1> in contact with another part of the same slider E. The starting of the meter may thus be adjusted to local conditions, such as vibration in factories, without recalibration being necessary.
Patent GB-189902858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Distillation of Fatty Acids and the like.
Inventor: BLUMSKI MAXIMILIAN
Filed: 1899-02-08
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 2858. Blumski, M. Feb. 8. Drawings to Specification. Superheaters, steam.-Relates to apparatus for distilling fatty acids, tar, &c. by means of superheated steam, and consists in superheating the steam, before it is discharged into the substance under treatment, by causing it to pass partly through a coil placed in the substance to be treated, and partly through tubes placed in the flue of the furnace which surrounds the still.
Patent GB-189908128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cements.
Inventor: MALONEY JOHN
Filed: 1899-04-18
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 8128. Maloney, J. April 18. Cements.-Chalk is dried, saturated with a solution of alum, pearlash, and borax, drained, burnt in a muffle kiln, and ground to form cement.
Patent GB-189908412-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Means for Treating Feathers and the like.
Inventor: PUDNEY ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1899-04-22
Granted: 1899-09-16
Abstract: 8412. Pudney, A. J. April 22. Drawings to Specification. Feathers.-Relates to a process for cleaning feathers. The feathers are soaked in cold water, passed through a wringing-apparatus, passed through starch water, dried by means of an air current in an apparatus with perforated sides and rotary flingers, and aired by exposure to the atmosphere in trays with wooden sides and hessian bottoms.
Patent GB-189912581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Cyclometers applicable to Motor-cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CHAIX HENRI ALBAN LEON
Filed: 1899-06-16
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 12,581. Chaix, H. A. L. June 16. Odometers.-A chain-wheel b, worked from a wheel nave or axle, rotates the bevel-wheels c, d and friction disc e. Motion is communicated to the gear k, o, p, q driving the index-hand m by a friction-wheel f, which can be adjusted on the face of the disc e, according to the diameter of the vehicle wheel, by a screw i working the forked slide g. A cam rocks a spring cradle to and fro, compressing an india-rubber ball and sending pneumatic impulses to bellows in the register which may be situated at a distance. The top of the bellows carries a pawl which actuates the first wheel of a Geneva gear. To zeroize the register, the dials are rigidly connected to squired spindles which can be turned by a key, the gear-wheels being connected by friction only.
Patent GB-189915544-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: COWLES ALFRED ABERNETHY
Filed: 1899-07-29
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 15,544. Cowles, A. A. July 29. Lamp shade and globe holders.-The holder F is made integral with the flange a<3>, as shown, or with the shell C, which are screwed together. Incandescent gas lamps.-Air entering the tube A through the ports a<1> passes upwards with the gas from the nozzle a to the perforated chamber B, and the mixture then passes through the serrated edge of the plate D to the mantle.
Patent GB-189917923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter Filing Cabinets.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR ERNEST
Filed: 1899-09-05
Granted: 1899-12-30
Abstract: 17,923. Walker, A. E. Sept. 5. Filing papers &c.-The drawers of filing-cabinets are each made with a recess in the back or in one side as shown in Fig. 2. The papers are filed between index sheets contained in a supplemental box, Fig. 3, provided with a folding top and side, which fits into the cabinet drawer and may be removed when full.
Patent GB-189924721-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Process for Producing Decorations or Ornamentations in Relief or Intaglio on Wood, Leather, or other Materials.
Inventor: PFANZELTER FRANZ
Filed: 1899-12-12
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 24,721. Pfanzelter, F. Dec. 12. Ornamenting ;woodwork,. ornamental.-Surfaces of wood, leather, or other vegetable or animal products, are treated with concentrated sulphuric acid or other corrosive acid, to destroy the softer parts, and are then washed, the harder parts being left in relief, showing the grain of the material. Designs may be produced by previously coating the surfaces with wax, asphaltum, or the like, and removing parts of this, or applying acid-proof stencils ; after treating with acid, the coating is removed. The material may be previously dyed or stained. Celluloid and paper may be thus treated. The Provisional Specification mentions the use of paper attached to the wood with a mixture of glue and glycerine, as an acid-resisting coating.
Patent GB-190001368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Jet Tube and Flue-cleaners.
Inventor: INGERSOLL WORTHINGTON HOOKER
Filed: 1900-01-22
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 1368. Ingersoll, W. H. Jan. 22. Injectors. - A steam-jet tube and boiler flue cleaner has a reduced discharge nozzle 9 formed with an interior spiral rib 10, and a suitable number of ribs 8 on the hollow conical head-piece. The ribs 8, when the nozzle is in place, are in contact with the tube or flue end.
Patent GB-190003549-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mill for Cutting Furze into Small Fragments.
Inventor: BARNFATHER THOMAS
Filed: 1900-02-23
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 3549. Barnfather, T. Feb. 23. Roller mills.-Relates to a mill, for cutting up furze into small fragments without extracting the nutriment, composed of a pair of rollers c, d, built up of alternating toothed discs f and plain discs g, the toothed discs of the one roller working between those of the other, and of a plain roller e pressed down by weighted levers m. The furze, fed in over the table n, is carried forward by the rollers d, e to the cutting-roller c, which runs at a high speed and cuts the furze into small fragments. The roller c is fitted with a series of scrapers y pivoted on a bar y<1>; it is driven directly by a pulley on its shaft. The roller d is geared to a countershaft s, which is driven from the roller c by worm and bevel gearing. The frame consists of a base a and sides b divided diagonally.
Patent GB-190010343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: HAFTER AUGUST
Filed: 1900-06-06
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 10,343. Hafter, A. June 6. Oil cups.-In a lubricator working under the pressure of steam, air, &c., a cock is provided which serves for filling the lubricant and feeding the same to the part to be lubricated. .The oil cup a is provided with a tapered plug or cock d, operated by a handle k and having vertical passages e, f communicating with the cup by horizontal passages g, h. At the top and bottom of the cup are projections or walls i, j, arranged so as to cut off the communication of one passage with the cup when the other passage is in communication therewith. A filling cup or funnel is placed at the top of the plug and opens into the passage e, and the lower end of the cup is adapted to be inserted in the oil-hole of the part to be lubricated. By this arrangement, the passage f is closed when the oil cup is to be filled, and the passage e is closed when the cup is required to feed the lubricant. According to the Provisional Specification, the plug is provided with a flushing-hole, and may be arranged horizontally below the cup.
Patent GB-190010614-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin Freed Game of Skill and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: PESSERS HENRY JOHN GERARD
Filed: 1900-06-11
Granted: 1901-06-11
Abstract: 10.614. Pessers, H. J. G. June 11. Games of chance, apparatus for.-Improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 19,610, A.D. 1899. The surface of a vertical board B is divided by partitions into a channel G' up which a ball is projected, a channel to return the ball to the starting point, and an interspace in which the balls score by lodging between piirs of pins a. Actuating-mechanism.-The ball receives the projecting-blow from a striker K when a handle L<1> is operated, and a shutter s is operated by a handle L to feed the balls one by one to the striker. To obtain use of the balls, a draw-rod must be pulled in order to operate levers behind the board which retract a pin p from the ball channel G' and extrude pins l under each pair of scoring-pins a. Coin action.-A detent e<1> normally engages the stepped end f of the draw-rod, but is disengaged by the weight of a coin dropped upon its free end, which is forked and embraces a fork q upon the draw-rod. Coin-discharging mechanism.-The fork on the draw-rod removes the coin from the detent so that it can drop away laterally. Fraud, preventing; money shoots.-A counterweighted coin trap is shown in Fig. 6. Edged batHes c, d in the coin shoot prevent the use of a disc on.a string. Delivery mechanism. - The balls may fall down a shoot and disengage the detent of a drawer by which a prize is obtained from a pile in a tube R.
Patent GB-190011672-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Anchor.
Inventor: WILSON HENRY JOSEPH
Filed: 1900-06-27
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 11,672. Wilson, H. J. June 27. Anchors. - The shank is forked to accommodate a a single fluke, the movements of which are limited by stops a<3> and b<3>. The head b<1> is preferably weighted so that the fluke automatically returns to a central position and is thus less likely to foul when the anchor is weighed. The fluke may be pivoted in the head as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, or by a ball joint. The anchor may be provided with a stock, or may be used without, and the cable may be attached by an ordinary shackle or by a swivel a'.
Patent GB-190016021-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Cleaning Grain and similar Granular Materials.
Inventor: THEODOROFF JOHN
Filed: 1900-09-08
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 16,021. Theodoroff, J. Sept. 8. Drawings to Specification. Scouring grain.-In a machine for sifting and separating grain &c., the grain may in certain cases be passed through the fan which supplies the air blast for aspirating it, in order to clean it by friction.
Patent GB-190023139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Shearing Machines.
Inventor: BERRY HENRY
Filed: 1900-12-18
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 23,139. Berry, H. Dec. 18. Shearing.-Relates to a fluid-operated machine for shearing blooms, bars, slabs, and other pieces of metal. The upper blade 18 is carried by a slide 17 guided in uprights 1, 2 forming part of the framing. The lower blade 9 is carried by a beam 8 connected by bolts 11, 12 to a crosshead 10 carrying the main cylinder 15, the ram 16 being connected to the slide 17. Lifting-rams 23, 24 in fixed cylinders 25, 26 are connected by rods 22 to lugs on the slide 17. The rams are tubular and work over stop rams 42, 43, which are hollow to admit fluid to the interior of the lifting-rams, the amount of such fluid determining the limit of the upward movement of the rams and slide 17. The slide 17 and upper blade are raised by admitting fluid to the cylinders 25, 26 through apertures 38, 39 until the fluid within the rams is subjected to pressure. The work is placed on a fixed rest 35, and fluid admitted to the main cylinder by a fixed pipe 29, carried by a fixed crosshead 30, the cylinders 25, 26 being opened to exhaust. The slide 17 moves down until it holds the work on the rest, when the crosshead 10 moves upward, a a gland 28 in the main cylinder passing over the pipe 29. The upward movement of the crosshead causes the lower blade 9 to shear the work.
Patent GB-190023811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Treatment of Liquids Containing Copper or other Finely Divided Matter.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1900-12-29
Granted: 1901-11-16
Abstract: 23,811. Lorrain, J. G., [Thomson, G.]. Dec. 29. Floating filters.-Relates to the construction of a floating filter applicable for treating liquids containing copper or for treating sewage or other liquids containing finely-divided materials in suspension. A floating filter 1 is employed having perforations 3 in the bottom covered by several thicknesses of flannel 4 fixed in a removable frame 5. A flexible pipe 7 is connected to a pipe 9 passing through the bottom of the filter 1, and to an outlet pipe 8 fixed in the side of the tank 6. In the case of a liquid containing copper, the filter is used in connection with a series of precipitating-tanks. In a modified form, especially adapted for filtering sewage or water, the floating filter is charged with layers of gravel and sand.
Patent GB-190104692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balance Ploughs.
Inventor: SANDERS JOHN
Filed: 1901-03-05
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 4692. Sanders, J. March 5. P l o u g h s.-Relates to the construction of a single-furrow balance plough. The frame consists of t w o beams 1, bolted to arms 2 of a central casting mounted adjustably on a square shaft, to which are adjustably secured the standards 7 carrying the wheels 8, 9. The draughtchain 27 is adjustably secured to a crosshead carried by arms 20 pivoted on the main central casting and connected by chains 28 to the beams 1. A single stilt 13, carrying a handle 14, is bolted to the rear end of each beam 1. A second handle 16 for each plough is secured to the stilt 13 by a bar 15. The handles 16 are braced together by a bar 17. In a modification, the handles 16 are replaced by a single handle sliding on the bar 17, which is suitably bent and connected to the stilts 13 for that purpose. The slade 31, which is provided with a wearing- plate 64 on its lower side or with a wheel, is pivoted to the end of the beam 1, and is further adjustably connected thereto by the stay 32. The mouldboard or turn-furrow 30 is connected at its forward end to the slade 31, and at its rear end it is adjustably connected to a bracket 37 on the beam 1, by a screwed pin 36. The shin-piece 47 is connected by bolts 51 to the mou)dboard, and is so shaped that the faces 48, 49 are symmetrical with regard to the face 50, so that, when one face is worn, the shin-pieces on the ploughs may be interchanged to bring the other face into the working position. The shares 42 are similarly made interchangeable. The skim coulter is connected to the standard 55 by a pivot bolt 54 and an adjusting-bolt 57, and is so shaped that it is reversible.
Patent GB-190111537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Alarm Apparatus.
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1901-06-05
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 11,537. Jensen, C. A., [Zanotta, C.]. June 5. Signals, time-alarm.-A conducting-ring b is mounted on an insulating-board &c. on the dial of the controlling-clock a, and is connected to one of the poles of the battery m, the other pole of which is connected by separate leads s to the alarm bells p in the various rooms &c. A number of contacts I, II, III, &c. are arranged around the dial at the hours or at other desired intervals, and are separately connected to a similar number of conducting bars 1, 2, 3, &c. on the switchboard L. Connection between the ring b and the contacts I, II, &c. is effected by means of switches d actuated by a tappet k on the hour-hand h. The switches may each consist, as shown in Fig. 2, of a lever pivoted at e, and provided with electrically-connected blocks f, g adapted to make contact with the ring b and the corresponding time contact. The return lead t from each bell is provided with a switch q by means of which the alarm can be stopped by the occupant of the room &c., and preferably also includes one of the wires n of the ordinary housebell system n, o, n<1>, although a separate wire may be employed, if desired. Each return lead terminates in a plug r, which, in setting the apparatus, is inserted in the socket in the bar 1, 2, &c. corresponding with the time at which the alarm is to be given. The switchboard may be of any other suitable form.
Patent GB-190112106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stable Fittings.
Inventor: FAIRBAIRN RICHARD ROBERT
Filed: 1901-06-13
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 12,106. Fairbairn, R. R. June 13. Stable fittings.-Removable sheet-iron mangers e, strengthened by angle-iron frames e<1> and cross-bars e<2>, are supported at the required distance apart by a longitudinal bar or tube a and cross-bars d, which are threaded on the tube a and fixed to the wall. A bent supporting-rod f carries a halter ring g, and rings h are secured to plugs j screwed into sockets k on the bar a. By this arrangement, air is allowed to circulate freely about the mangers, which can be readily removed and cleansed.
Patent GB-190114498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centering Supports and Fire Proof Constructions.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 14,498. Newton, P. A., [New Jersey Wire Cloth Co.]. July 16. Fireproof floors, ceilings, arches, &c.-Centering- supports C, D, for floors, arches, &c., are secured to the beams A by hooked hangers or bent wire loops B, which are cut level with the lower flanges of the beams when the concrete has set, or they may be used for supporting the ceiling bars I and wire netting K. The hanger may have the sides crossed, as shown in Fig. 3, and may be tightened by forcing the upper ends apart, or it may form a loop round the beam and bar C. Fig. 8 shows a wire hanger tightened up by a bar inserted through a loop formed by the twisted ends of the wire. The bars C, D are connected together by nails through cleats E, and support the centering-boards F, on which the concrete, bricks, block, or tiles are laid.
Patent GB-190115195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supporting Conductors in Conduit Systems of Electric Railways.
Inventor: CHAPMAN WILLIAM
IPC: B60M1/34
Filed: 1901-07-26
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 15,195. Chapman, W. July 26. Electric railways and tramways on the conduit system. Conductors, supports for. The conductor, preferably of T-section with abulb or thickened edge 6, is held by two clamping - jaws 7 tightened by the nuts 8, 9 on the insulated bolt, which is carried by the bracket 2 on the yoke 1. The lower nut 9 may fit into a recess in the under clamp 7 to prevent it from turning.
Patent GB-190116965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Coin-freed Amusement and Delivery Machines
Inventor: WILLIAMS ARTHUR SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-08-23
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 16,965. Williams, A. S. Aug. 23. Spirometers.-In coin-freed lung-testing appliances, such as those described in Specification No. 15,882, .A.D. 1900, which also deliver beverages in quantities proportional to the strength of the blower's lungs, the mechanism for operating the indicator 41 and for delivering the beverage from the tap 62 is set in motion by blowing into the tube 22 as soon as the mechanism has been released from the locking-hook 16 by the insertion of the coin in the slot 8. A portion of the breath enters the cylinder 19 and lifts a piston therein with its rod 18 and attachment 23. By means of a cord or flexible connection 24. the movement is communicated to a pivoted lever 27, which, by means of another cord 31, transmits the motion to a pivoted lever 35, causing the toothed quadrant 38 to actuate the pinion 39 and the indioator 41. The actuating-piston descends in the cylinder 19, and the indicator 41 is restored to its original position by a spring 42, as soon as the blowing ceases. That portion of the breath which has not entered the cylinder 19 passes by the tubes 53, 54 to a valve 55, which is connected up by a number of tubes 56 with the tap-actuating mechanism of the various liquidcontaining vessels. By turning the valve-spindle 57 until the indicator 59 points to the name of the beverage required, the breath can pass by the corresponding tube 56 to a cylinder 66 attached to the vessel 61 containing the required beverage. The breath, raising a piston in the cylinder 66, causes the levers 67, 63 to open the delivery valve 62, the piston descending in the cylinder 66, and the valve 62 being closed by the spring-actuated levers 64, 68, as soon as the blowing ceases. The coin, when inserted in the slot 8, descends a track 5 to the pivoted coinreceiver 9, depressing a lever 10, and, through the levers 11, 13, and the cord 21, and the lever 14, removing the locking hook 16 from engagement with the pin 17 on the piston-rod 18. The ascent of the attachment 23 on the piston-rod 18 causes the projection 44 to actuate a lever 45, which by means of the connections 46, 47, and 48, still further depresses the lever 13, and with it the connected lever 10. The pivoted coin-receiver 9 then comes in contact with a fixed projection, and the coin is tipped into the box 2, to which the attendant obtains access by the door 3. Immediately the coin has fallen, the receiver 9 is returned to its normal position by a spring lever 51 acting through the cords and levers 81, 14, 21, 13, and 10.
Patent GB-190120891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fire-proof Floors.
Inventor: HOEYER-ELLEFSEN SIGURD
Filed: 1901-10-18
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 20,891. H÷yer-Ellefsen, S. Oct. 18. Fireproof floors, arches, &c. - Iron bars 1, bent or twisted alternately in opposite directions, are inserted in the spaces between the blocks in order to strengthen the supporting-ribs or filling of concrete 2.