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Patent GB-189813651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atmospheric Burners for Gas Fires and Analogous Uses.
Inventor: YATES HARRY JAMES
Filed: 1898-06-20
Granted: 1899-03-04
Abstract: 13,651. Yates, H. J., [trading as Arden, Hill, & Co.], and Prior. J. D. June 20. Gas burners, atmospheric.-A duplex burner is so constructed that either one or other or both sets of burner jets may be employed. The burner a is made up of two parts b, c, each carrying sets of D-shaped nipples b<2>, c<2> leading from the independent gas chambers b<3>, c<3>. The flat sides b<10>, c<10> of the burners come together. The gas supply pipes either proceed from a common fitting controlled by a single tap, or each pipe may have separate controlling-means. The supply pipes terminate in nozzles b<6>, c<6> leading into mixing- chambers b<7>, c<7>, into which air is admitted, and the mixture passes by way of the passages b<9>, c<9> to the chambers b<3>, c<3>. The D-shaped nipples may be replaced by circular &c. nipples. Instead of making the burner up of two parts, it may be made as a multiple burner of any number of superimposed sections. A series of lugs b<11> may be provided on the lower part b, to maintain the upper part c in position.
Patent GB-189817957-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Igniting Composition to be Employed in the Manufacture of Matches.
Inventor: WARD PAUL
Filed: 1898-08-20
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 17,957. Ward, P. Aug. 20. Matches.-An igniting-composition for matches may be made of a mixture of glue soaked in water, powdered glass, whiting, pure amorphous phosphorus, paraffin wax, chlorate of potash, and sugar or lampblack. Silicate of soda may be used instead of soaked glue, and crude amorphous phosphorus may be used in place of the pure phosphorus. When the matches are intended for use in a damp climate, bichromate of potash may be added, and for matches of large size the composition may contain sulphur in place of parts of the glue and powdered glass. Resin, or a mixture of paraffin wax and resin, may be substituted for the paraffin wax. The Provisional Specification states also that farina, or a suitable form of cellulose, may be used as an ingredient.
Patent GB-189903145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door and like Knobs and Latches.
Inventor: LOMAX HENRY
Filed: 1899-02-13
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 3145. Lomax, H., and Tomlinson, J. Feb. 13. Knobs, attaching.-The knob, Figs. 2 and 5, is provided with a loose plate c which fits the flats on the spindle a. The knob is screwed on to the spindle the required distance, and is locked by a bar d pivoted to the plate c and engaging with one of a number of notches b<3> in the knob disc b<2>. The bar d is pivoted at d', and secured in position by a screw d<2>. A modification is described in which a bar pivoted to the knob engages a notch in the plate. Turn-buttons are secured to spindles by forming them each in two parts e, e<2>, pivoted together at e<1>, as shown in Fig. 9. The part e is screwed on to the spindle to the required position, and the part e<2> is provided with flats which engage the flats on the spindle when folded into the position shown. In folding the two parts together, the part e<2> is sprung over a projection e<5> on the part e, and is retained in position thereby. In a modification shown in Fig. 13 as applied to a follower or lifter for a latch, the part e<2> is pivoted in a different manner. Latches.-A lift-up latch f, Fig. 13, pivoted at f<1>, is arranged to be operated from the outside by a knob on the spindle a. On the inside the latch can be secured by means of the guard plate g, which is pivoted at g<1> so as to be capable of being moved sideways into a position where its notch g' engages a pin f on the latch. The guard plate can be locked in this position by turning over a tumbler h. In moving the guard plate g into this position, it comes behind a projection f<6> on the striking-plate and gives additional security. A ball i<1> in a recess i in the guard plate g comes against the latch f, and lessens friction.
Patent GB-189903193-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for the Treatment of Animal or Vegetable Fibre.
Filed: 1899-02-13
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 3193. International Fibre Syndicate and Dear, A. G. Feb. 13. Drawings to Specification. Softening fibres.-Relates to a process and apparatus for the treatment of animal and vegetable fibres. The Provisional Specification describes apparatus for softening the fibres. A suitable oil or solution is fed from a superposed tank to a steam-heated trough, containing a revolving roller touched by a series of hinged fingers or troughs, which conduct the liquid in regulated quantity from the roller to the fibre below.
Patent GB-189905681-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Separating Water from Steam, Compressed Air, or other Gas or Vapour.
Inventor: DACK WILLIAM NATHAN
Filed: 1899-03-16
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 5681. Dack, W. N. March 16. Steam separators.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 6389, A.D. 1898, for separating water from steam, compressed air, or other gases or vapours. It is stated that the steam &c. contuning the greatest amount of moisture flows near the walls of the pipe conveying it, and on entering the apparatus passes between the cone b and the casing a to the space a', where the moisture is deposited. The steam &c. thus freed from moisture passes, as shown by arrows, between the cone d and the flared mouth e of the pipe f. The drier steam &c. flowing along the centre of the pipe passes straight through the apparatus along the pipe c. The deposited water is drawn off at g. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that the cone d may be closed.
Patent GB-189906073-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Self-acting Brake and Handle for Railway Trollies and other Vehicles.
Inventor: SMITH RICHARD ALFRED
Filed: 1899-03-20
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 6073. Smith, R. A. March 20. Brakes ; h a n dtrucks.-Relates to brakes for railway-platform trolleys and other vehicles. Normally, the tooth G of each of the weighted levers H pivoted at I to the framing engages one of the recesses F formed in discs E attached to the wheels. When the guided rod P, attached to the rods K, is depressed, each tooth G is lifted and the wheels are free to rotate. In a modification, a notched disc is mounted on a rotatable wheel axle.
Patent GB-189906391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Springs of Swing Doors and the like.
Inventor: VERITY EDWIN
Filed: 1899-03-24
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 6391. Verity, E. March 24. Door-closing apparatus.-Relates to an arrangement applicable to swing doors and the like. The pivot B of the door projects into the casing A of the apparatus, which is recessed into the floor. On the pivot B is a crank B<1> having on its end a roller F which bears against the jaws G of a pivoted lever when the door is open. When the door is opened to one side as shown in Fig. 3, another lever J is pressed back at one end, compressing the spring K. The contact-points are made adjustable to bring the door into the central position when closed.
Patent GB-189914650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Chain Gearing for Cycles.
Inventor: BROSCHKO EDUARD
Filed: 1899-07-15
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 14,650. Broschko, E. July 15. Driving-mechanism for bicycles &c. The rear wheel is driven through two sets of chain gearing h, h<1> and an intermediate shaft e arranged as shown to form a multiplying-gear. The shaft e carrying the chain-wheels f<1>, f<3> is mounted in an open frame d, which is clamped to the ends of the divided stay a by nuts b.
Patent GB-189916215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Baths.
Inventor: WALKER WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-08-09
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 16,215. Walker, W., Wilkins, F. R., Lones, J., and Lones, J. Aug. 9. Sodium and potassium zincates. -Relates to electrolytic baths, principally intended for the production of sodium or potassium zincate. The baths are founded on the galvanic cells described in Specifications No. 23,007, A.D. 1892, No. 10,942, A.D. 1893, and No. 646, A.D. 1894, [Abridgment Class Galvanic batteries], and the current used is that produced in the cell itself, assisted, if desired, by an outside current. The cell is formed of a slate slab base a, perforated slate sides d, and plain slate ends. Running longitudinally along the centre of the cell is a slate bar a<2>, V-shaped on its upper surface, and provided with cross-passages a'. On each side of the bar a<2> is a perforated slate b, outside which is an asbestos or woollen sheet c. The inner compartment g contains a caustic soda or potash solution, and the outer h granular carbon, the finer particles being arranged near the diaphragms and the coarser towards the sides d. Thick amalgamated zinc bars l are suspended from a rack k, and dip into mercury m. Nickel strips or thin perforated plates i are suspended in the carbon to act as collectors of the current. The terminals of the nickel strips and the terminal of the rod k are connected together by a copper bar so as to short-circuit the cell. The required zincate forms in the compartment g, while the nascent hydrogen evolved at the carbon combines with the oxygen of the air, thus preventing polarization. The compartments h on each side of the compartment g communicate with one another by the passages a, and any liquid accumulating in these compartments escapes by the tube p.
Patent GB-189924024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Concentrating Distilling and or Elevating Liquids.
Inventor: KESTNER PAUL
Filed: 1899-12-02
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 24,024. Kestner, P. Dec. 2. Raising liquids by heating pipes and the like.- Relates to apparatus for raising liquid in which the liquid descends under a head or liquid pressure into a heating-apparatus, from which it is caused to rise against atmospheric or higher pressure by the generation of vapour within the liquid, whereby its specific gravity is rendered less than that of the descending liquid. Fig. 1 shows one form of apparatus, in which the liquid is fed from a tank R<1> into tubes f, wherein it is heated and then rises up through the tube t into the tank R<2>. The pipes f may be arranged vertically instead of horizontally.
Patent GB-190000045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Incandescence Lamps of the Nernst Type.
Inventor: FEENY VICTOR ISIDORE
Filed: 1900-01-01
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 45. Feeny, V. I., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Gesellschaft]. Jan. 1. Incandescent lamps. -A lamp is made with two filaments or rods of equal lighting power, one being of carbon, silicon, a mixture of these, or other material which conducts and becomes incandescent immediately when current is supplied, and placed so as to heat the second filament, which is of material conducting only after preliminary h e a t i n g ; when the second filament has become incandescent, the supply of current to the first one is stopped by automatic apparatus. The filaments may be mounted in an exhausted or open bulb, or in a bulb containing an indifferent gas, as required by the materials used. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the space between a bulb d and an enclosed glass tube b is exhausted, and contains a carbon filament c ; the tube contains the second incandescence body a, and is internally open to the air. The invention is a modification of that described in Specification No. 23,470, A.D. 1897.
Patent GB-190002708-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Grading of Ore, Coal, and the like.
Inventor: LABOIS ERNEST
Filed: 1900-02-10
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 2708. Labois, E., and Castelnau, F. M. July 11, A.D. 1899, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Separating or sorting ores, coal, &c.-Relates to apparatus for grading ore, coal, &c., which has been reduced to a more or less fine state. The chamber b is filled with ore from a hopper a, Figs. 1 and 2. The shutter c is then closed and the cock i opened, so as to admit air from the pump g to the chamber b. The shutter p is now opened, and the material is scattered on the floor e in accordance with its density. Regulating-valves are used to secure uniform air pressure, and a reservoir may be interposed between the pump and the projecting apparatus for the same purpose. The sorted material is discharged through doors e<1> to trucks f. Fig. 3 shows a double-acting projecting-apparatus in which q, q are suction pipes for filling the chambers b with ore, and d, d are the forcing or discharge pipes for the latter. The pipes h<1>, h<11> are respectively connected to the force and suction pipes of the air pump, and the valves Y, d<1>, q<1> enable the chambers b to be alternately filled and emptied.
Patent GB-190008310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Advertisement Pillars.
Inventor: CASANOVA CHARLES
Filed: 1900-05-04
Granted: 1901-01-26
Abstract: 8310. Casanova, C. May 4. Advertising.-A pillar, such as that shown in Fig. 1, is used for advertising, and it also comprises a letter - box, and is adapted to contain an ambulance stretcher. It may be fitted at the top with a clock and a lantern. It is provided with an advertisement drum A, divided into four sections, one or more of which may be plain and transparent. the rest bearing advertisements. Within the drum are three others C, C', C", having each four segments, two opposite each other bearing advertisements, and the other two being plain and transparent. The inner drums are mounted by means of friction discs K, K', K<11>, L, L<1>, L<11> on a vertical shaft F rotated by clockwork. The inner drums, when not arrested by stops, rotate with the shaft F. The stops consist of projections s, s<1>,s<11> on the ends of pivoted levers, which are tripped in succession by mutilated pinions actuated by a finger on the shaft F. At each change a bell is rung. The drums are illuminated.
Patent GB-190022315-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for use in Measuring and Plotting Angles.
Inventor: REISEWITZ VALERIAN
Filed: 1900-12-07
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 22,315. Reisewitz, V. Dec. 7. Bevels.-An instrument for measuring the angle between two surfaces and for plotting angles upon paper consists of two arms b, c, the arm c carrying a disc f having a slot through which passes a clamping-screw g engaging the arm b. Extension pieces e and d slide in groove in the arms b, c. A head on a plate h pivoted to the arm b engages a groove k in the arm c and covered by a graduated plate indicating the angle between the arms. When the apparatus is closed, the plate h rests in a recess in the arm b.
Patent GB-190104027-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Drawing Corks from Bottles.
Inventor: GIRONDEAU ERNEST
Filed: 1901-02-25
Granted: 1901-05-11
Abstract: 4027. Girondeau, E. Feb. 25. Corkscrews and corkdrawers.-The bellshaped frame a has a bell-mouthed ring b adapted to bear on the mouth of the bottle, and is provided with two pivoted clips l, having jaws or blocksm adapted to engage under the flange on the bottle neck, as shown in Fig. 4. The extractor h is carried by the rack d, which is mounted in the frame a and is adapted to be raised and lowered by means of the pinion c, also mounted in the frame. When the instrument has been placed in position on the bottle, the pinion c is rotated by its handle f, to force the extractor down between the cork and the bottle neck. The extractor is then turned by its handle i into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, after which the pinion is rotated in the reverse direction, to raise the extractor and so extract the cork. The corks can be re-used, as they are not punctured by the extractor.
Patent GB-190107509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Joints for the Steering Gear of Motor Cars and for other Machinery.
Inventor: WEST ENOCH JOHN
Filed: 1901-04-12
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 7509. West, E. J. April 12. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to joints for the steering-gear of motor cars and for other machinery, the object being to prevent the joint from becoming disconnected owing to the loss of a pin. As shown in the Figure, the invention consists in the use of two concentric pins 9, 15 ; one in the form of a hollow bush screwed into the fork at 4, and the other passing through it and secured by a nnt and split pin. The bush may be continued upwards to form an oil cup 13, suitable ducts being provided for the lubrication of the working surfaces.
Patent GB-190109039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Alimentary Substances and Beverages, Oils and other Oxidisable Materials.
Inventor: HOGARTH JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-02
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 9039. Hogarth, J. May 2. Oxidizing oils.-Relates to the treatment of alimentary substances, beverages, oils, or other oxidizable substances with air which has been subjected to the radiation from electric or other lamps or from the terminals of electric wires &c. In the application to the treatment of grain shown in Fig. 1, air is drawn by a fan F through the lower part of a chamber A containing a lamp B, which may be separated from the air by a glass or other screen C. The air &c. is then led to a chamber G containing a vibrating sieve I, on to which grain is fed from a band H. The grain is removed by a screw conveyer J. When applied to the treatment of liquids, the fan F is replaced by a pump which forces the gases into the liquids. The gases may be caused to act in flour mills. This process may be used in combination with the processes described in Specifications No. 9003, A.D. 1896, and No. 4695, A.D. 1897.
Patent GB-190114478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding Thread Yarn and the like upon Bobbins or other Supports.
Inventor: MCKEAN JOHN OLIPHANT
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 14,478. Lake, H. H., [McKean, J. O.]. July 16. Reeling cords &c.-Relates to machines for winding cords &c. upon cylindrical or conical shells or quills of paper &c., the material being wound in long spirals so as to form compact masses. The spindle 18 is loose upon a stud 17 adjustably mounted upon a boss carried by a sliding rod 14, the whole forming a carriage, which is moved longitudinally by a weighted cord so as to press the shell carried by the spindle continuously against a reciprocating guide 31. The spindle is driven by the gearing 18<a>, 14<b>, and 14<a> from a spur-wheel 6, which is long enough to allow'the spindle 18 to be carried away from the guide 31 with the increase in diameter of the wound mass. The shaft of the spur-wheel 6 is driven through a clutch from the shaft 8, the outer portion 5 of the clutch forming also a conical pulley, from which and through suitable gearing the cam shaft 26 for actuating the guide 31 is driven, the relative speeds of the spindle 18 and the cam 27 being regutated by adjusting the strap 23<a> on the' done pulleys 5, 23. The material is led over two sets of tension pulleys 40<a>, 41<a>, of which one is fixed and the other is carried by the weighted lever 41. The lever 41 is adjustably connected to a vertical lever 45 carrying an adjustable stud 48, in the path of an adjustable projection 49 on the rod 14, so that, as the rod 14 moves to the left as the winding proceeds, the projection 49 will engage with the stud 48 and the tension on the material be automatically reduced. From the tension apparatus the material passes over a balanced lever 50, which, when the material breaks, operates a catch 51 and liberates a sliding spring rod 59 carrying a stud 58, which engages with one arm of a bellcrank lever 12 and disengages the driving-clutch. The conical shell 18<d>, Fig. 6, is placed upon a split conical holder 18<c> which is secured upon the spindle, in the manner shown, by means of a conical nut 18<h> screwed on the end of the spindle.
Patent GB-190118730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes and like Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MORRIS GEORGE LEONARD
Filed: 1901-09-19
Granted: 1902-07-31
Abstract: 18,730. Morris, G. L. Sept. 19. Frames; forks; handle-bars; saddle supports &c.-Relates to anti-vibration arrangements for velocipedes and like road vehicles. The Figures show the invention as applied to a bicycle. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the bead Y and saddle post B are connected by curved tubes F, G provided with clips f, g having male and female extensions f<1>, g<1>, which slide freely together but prevent lateral movement. A pin f<2>, sliding in a slot g<2> in the part g<1>, serves to compress the sides of the part g<1> and take up wear. The pin may be surrounded by a rubber or other cushion. In a modification, shown in Fig. 5, the member I of a cross-frame slides in a slot in the member H, the motion being limited by a pin h<1> surrounded by a suitable cushion. The members F, G or H, I may be supplemented by a member Z as shown. The lower rear forks are hinged at e<7>, the parts of the hinge being formed with arms e<3> e<4>, which are pressed apart by a spring e<7> carried between the arm e<4> and a nut e<6> mounted on a rod secured to the arm e<3> and sliding loosely in the arm e'. Stops e<8>, e<9>, formed on the parts of the hinge, limit the upward motion of the forks. The upper rear forks terminate in a tube a, Figs. 1 and 4, sliding in a socket a' pivoted to the saddle post B, the motion being controlled by a spring carried in the tube a between a screw plug a<6> and a block a<5> sliding in the tube a and surrounding a bolt a<3> secured across the socket a' and passing through slots formed in the tube a. Fig. 7 shows a spring support for the handle-bars, which is also applicable to the saddle-pin. The bars J are secured to a socket j, which slides on the steering- stem K, and is supported by a spring M carried in the tube k between a plug m and a sliding block N carried by a bolt 0 secured across the socket j by nuts L having tapered surfaces which engage tapered slots K in the tube k and prevent relative rotation between the handles and steering-post. A rubber or other cushion n is carried above the block N by a screwed cap k<1>.
Patent GB-190121407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Taps and Vents for Casks, Water Pipes, and the like
Inventor: FRASER WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-10-25
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 21,407. Fraser, W. Oct. 25. Self-closing valves; venting-valves.-Relates to taps and vents for beer barrels, water pipes, &c. and of the kind described in Specification No. 16,283, A.D. 1899. The cask B, Fig. 1, or other vessel is fitted with a socket A and a plug casing C made of stamped sheet-metal parts c, c<1>, c<2>. The casing c has a seat c' for a spring-pressed valve E, which is pushed off its seat by the spigot D of a tap, and the casing carries a strainer F. A spring-pressed venting-valve H, Fig. 5, is enclosed in a casing l<2>, Figs. 4 and 5, which is fixed to a socket K made as described with reference to Fig. 1. A valve 0, Fig. 7, for preventing outflow from a water pipe when the ordinary tap is withdrawn has a casing N made in two parts p, p<1>.
Patent GB-190122939-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means and Apparatus for Operating the Brakes of Cycles and for like purposes.
Inventor: CROWTHER HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-11-13
Granted: 1902-09-25
Abstract: 22,939. Crowther, H. W., and Rigby, E. J. Nov. 13. Brakes.-In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a cylinder 1 connected to one end of a flexible non- expansible tube 15, and carried by arms 2 secured by clips 3 to the handle-bars, is filled with mercury, which can be forced into the tube 15 by a piston and cup-leather 6 connected by a rod 8 to a handlever 11 connected by a link 12 to an arm 13 formed on the cylinder. The other end of the tube 15 is secured to a similar cylinder 1<a> carried by the fork crown and fitted with a piston 6 pressed upward by a spring and secured by a rod 8 to the brake shoe 17. In a modification, for use with a rim brake, the lower piston acts upwards, the spring being placed above it and the tube 15 opening in the side of the cylinder. In another form, shown in Fig. 5, the mercury is actuated by a flexible chamber 1<b> secured to the handle-bar and the lower cylinder is replaced by an elastic chamber 1<a>, enclosed in a case 20 to which the brake shoe is hinged. Springs connecting the shoe 17 to the box 20 draw the brake out of action.