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Patent GB-189924553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tobacco Stemming Apparatus.
Inventor: GRAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-12-08
Granted: 1900-12-09
Abstract: 24,553. Lake, H. H., [Gray, W.]. Dec. 9. Tobacco.-Relates to apparatus for removing stems from tobacco leaves. The leaves are fed by feed-belts 2, Fig. 1, until they are stopped by a triangular bar 8<b> on pivoted arms 8. This stop is lowered at intervals to permit the butt ends of the leaves to pass to the feed-rollers 10, 11 and through the main grooved stripping-rollers 4 to feed-rollers 5. The roller 10 is mounted in a pivoted frame 12, and the roller 11 is mounted on arms 13 pivoted at 14 and rocked by the arms 13<a>, 15, 17 and cam 22. When the roller 11 is moved to the right, the rollers 10 and 11 approach each other, and the bar 8<b> falls. A guide 23 is mounted on the pivoted frame 12, and a rearward extension 23<a> thereof serves as a shield, in conjunction with the coverplate 24, to protect the stripping-rollers &c. The rollers 4 are driven in the same direction as the feed-rollers, until the butts of the leaves are engaged by the feed-rollers 5, when the direction of rotation of the rollers 4 is reversed until the next feed operation of the rollers 10, 11 and bar 8<b> takes place. From the rollers 5 the stems pass on through stripping-rollers 6, having lung flexible carding-wires, to a pair of rollers 7 by which the stems are directed out of the machine. The main portion of the leaf stripped from the stem by the rollers 4 passes over guides 35, 36 to the front of the partition 34, and the smaller pieces stripped by the rollers 6 pass down between the partitions 33 and 34. Or the pivoted guide-plate 36 may be set as shown in dotted lines to guide the smaller pieces in front of the partition 34. A guide 32<a> guides the smaller portions to a screen 27 below which is the mouth 26<a> of a fan 25, 26 by which the leaf particles are blown away from short pieces of stem &c. The screen 27 is agitated by a cam on the fan shaft 29 engaging a downward extension of the screen. Fig. 3 shows a friction clutch and gearing for driving the rollers 4 alternately in opposite directions. On the shaft 14, 14<a> are two loose concentric gears 38, 39, the former with external, and the latter with internal, teeth, both engaging a pinion 46<b> on the shaft of the lower roller 4, the two rollers 4 being geared together. The gears 38, 39 are alternately clutched to the shaft 14, 14<a> by a sliding clutch-wheel 40 rotating with the shaft. This wheel 40 is moved by a rod 42 in the tubular end 14<a> of the shaft, which rod engages through cushioning-springs 45, 46 the end of a sleeve 43 rotating with and mounted to slide on the shaft. In the sleeve 43 is a cam-groove 43<b> engaging a pin 44 on the bracket 37 of the framing. The short cam portion of the groove 43<b> serves to reverse the motion of the rollers 4 for the feeding operation.
Patent GB-190000989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Smoke-consuming Furnaces for Locomotive and other Boilers.
Inventor: EDWARDS EDMUND
Filed: 1900-01-16
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 989. Edwards, E., [Weber, R.]. Jan. 16. Water chambers in fireboxes. - A chamber f is mounted in a locomotive or other firebox as shown, being movable on a hinge k when pipes g, g<1> connecting it to the water r spaces of the boiler are uncoupled.
Patent GB-190004282-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Marker for the Pages of Books.
Inventor: WALDERODE COUNT ARTHUR DES FOU
Filed: 1900-03-06
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 4282. Des Fours & Walderode, Count A. March 6. Bookmarkers; books; indexing; timetables.-Markers for the pages of books, such as encyclopµdias, address books, price lists, timetables, &c. are formed by partially cutting pieces a from the leaves so as to form tongues which can be folded with the free ends projecting beyond the leaves. When made sufficiently large, the tongues may be used for registering purposes and the making of indexes.
Patent GB-190004453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipes for Drainage and other purposes.
Inventor: ROBINS JAMES JENNINGS
Filed: 1900-03-08
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 4453. Robins, J. J. March 8. Metal pipes and tubes; spigot-and-socket joints.- Relates to pipes for drainage and other purposes which are built up of two or more metal or other sections in such away as to facilitate the junction of pipe lengths. The flanges B are secured by bolting and riveting, and are formed to the socket C at one end, and at the other end to the flared-out part D. The joint is made tight by caulking. The recess E is made to receive the flange B at the spigot end of the adjacent pipe length.
Patent GB-190010685-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Printing with Rubber Type, and for like Purposes.
Inventor: BOWLEY JOSEPH WILFRED
Filed: 1900-06-12
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 10,685. Bowley, J. W. June 12. Rotary machines; inking-apparatus; type.-Relates to apparatus for printing with rubber or other types, such as is described in Specification No. 10,356, A.D. 1900. The printing-roller and inking- roller are mounted in a frame f having a handle f<2>. The inking-roller is formed of a perforated metal tube a, Fig. 1, covered with felt and an outside covering c of cambric or other fine smooth material. One end a<1> is removable ; and screw pivots e<1> are provided in the ends. In the ends or end plates d<1> of the printing-roller d are formed one or more recesses d<2> adapted to be engaged by a spring catch g on the frame f, to stop the roller in proper starting position. Means for releasing the catch g may be provided. A pointer f on the frame f is provided for determining the position of the impression on the paper &c. The printing-roller may have the rubber type blocks cemented or fixed thereon, or tubular printing-surfaces may be provided for placing upon it. For single types a slotted roller d, Fig. 5, may be provided, and slotted types h for engaging the slots d<3>. One end of the roller d is removable. In another arrangement ordinary types are used with strips of wedge-shaped cross section between them.
Patent GB-190010912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Soap.
Inventor: PARZIALE TOMMASO
Filed: 1900-06-15
Granted: 1901-04-13
Abstract: 10,912. Parziale, T. June 15. Soaps.-Suitable quantities of cotton-seed oil and flour are mixed, alkali is added, and the whole stirred and then allowed to stand. Silicate of soda, alum, talc, coco-nut oil, and any suitable perfume or essence may be added.
Patent GB-190015907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: BOOKER FREDERICK
Filed: 1900-09-07
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 15,907. Booker, F. Sept. 7. Arc lamps.-In a brake regulating-mechanism, a brake chain g is carried by arms d', h<1> of a loose disc d and a lever h pivoted at i to the disc, so that the chain lies in a V-groove in a pulley adjacent to the disc and co-axial therewith. The weighted upper carbon-holder o and the lower holder p are hung from opposite sides of the pulley. A weighted arm f of the disc, near the arm d' carrying the chain, normally rests on a stop s. The brake lever h is linked at k to a regulating-lever j, which at the same end carries a core below a . series solenoid, and at the opposite end carries a core below a shunt solenoid n, so that the brake chain engages and turns the pulley to strike an arc when the link k is raised by the action of the series solenoid.
Patent GB-190101460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wooden Pulleys.
Inventor: PETER ALOIS
Filed: 1901-01-22
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 1460. Peter, A. Jan. 22. Pulleys. - Relates to means for securing together the parts of split wooden pulleys. The part d of the boss, fitted between the arms c of one half of the pulley, carries screws f, the body parts of which are threaded to receive nuts m, by which the other part of the boss is secured, while at the ends they are screwed to receive nuts g, n, by which the two halves of the pulley are pressed together.
Patent GB-190104682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ornamental Chain Links and Chains and in an Appliance to be used in the said Manufacture.
Inventor: LANCELOTT GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1901-03-05
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 4682. Lancelott, G. E. March 5. Making chains.-Links for ornamental chains for watches &c. are made from sheet-metal blanks of the shape indicated in Fig. 4. The blank is stamped and pierced into the form shown in Fig. 5 ; it is then clipped, annealed, and planished round the edges, in a pair of channelled press tools, and finally twisted into the finished shape shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 10 shows an appliance for effecting the twisting operation ; one end of the blank is inserted in a slot in a fixed stud F, where it is retained by a ring f<2> ; the other end is inserted in a similar slot and retained by a similar ring in the end of a spindle G which may be drawn back, in opposition to a spring h, for this purpose ; the spindle is turned by a handle g<1> to produce the required twist.
Patent GB-190105416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Side Planing Machines.
Inventor: MATHEWSON JEREMIAH EUGENE
Filed: 1901-03-14
Granted: 1902-02-06
Abstract: 5416. Mathewson, J. E. March 14. Planing.-In a side-planing machine, the saddle b is guided in a horizontal plane by the back shear a of the bed only, the driving-screw e or rack being placed between the guiding-surfaces and the tool c to reduce the twist in the saddle produced by the action of the tool. The saddle is held down by plates d, and wear of the guiding surfaces is taken up by gibs g. The Provisional Specification states that the saddle may be traversed by a rack on it engaging pinions or short screws on transverse or angular shafts driven from a longitudinal shaft.
Patent GB-190105921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Guards for Electric Tram Cars or the like.
Inventor: NEWTON DIONYSIUS
Filed: 1901-03-21
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 5921. Newton, D. March 21. Obstruction-removers for electric tramcars and like vehicles. The netted guard A, which has a raised back edge C, is pivoted in brackets F bolted to the board G, and has extensions H connected by the heavy bar T, which normally keeps the front of the guard off the ground. The front edge of the guard has rollers M to run on the rails. while the bar O carries bobbins N which assist an obstruction to ride on to the netting. The rear edge of the guard is connected by the guided chain R to the lever T, which is operated by the foot plunger U. The frame is stiffened by the rods J, L, W.
Patent GB-190106928-A (GB)
Filed: 1901-04-02
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 6928. M³hlenbauanstalt und Maschinenfabrik vorm. Gebr. Seck, and Krusemark, H. April 2. Sifting. -Relates to the actuating- mechanism of reciprocating plansifters, and consists in the provision of means by which a controllable lateral movement can be given to the sieve in addition to its longitudinal reciprocation. Fig. 3 shows a plan view of a plansifter from beneath. A bar a is pivoted at b to the machine frame, and its other end is jointed in the manner shown in Fig. 4 to a nut e' carried on a screwed shaft c, which is mounted in bearings d carried by the sieve frame h. By means of a hand-wheel f, the inclination of the bar a can be adjusted so as to vary the lateral throw of the sieve frame. The bar a may have a telescopic joint, clamped by a set-screw which is loosened when adjusting the screwed shaft c.
Patent GB-190110288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pipe Wrenches and other similar Wrenches or Tools.
Inventor: WAKFER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-05-17
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 10,288. Wakfer, W. H., Treglown, W. M., Treglown, G. H., and Treglown, W. M. May 17. Wrenches.-Pipe and other wrenches are formed of a hooked jaw g pivoted at f to the head b provided with a handle a. The pin f engages with the hooked ends e' of slots e', preferably made to communicate as shown, so that the pin may be readily passed from one to another for different sized pipes &c. Jaws g of different sizes may also be used. Instead of slots, the edge or edges of the head b may be formed with hooks.
Patent GB-190113290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Vegetables or the like.
Inventor: PRAWATKE AUGUST
Filed: 1901-06-29
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 13,290. Prawatke, A. June 29. Drying fruit &c.-Apparatus for drying vegetables, fruit, blood, &c. on gratings or trays is shown in Fig. 1. The material is placed in trays in a drying-chamber A, and is dried by air heated in a chamber B passing upwards through the drying- chamber, which may be one of a series. To prevent the loss of the material dropping from the trays, the floor b slopes towards a central air opening, under which catch pans a are placed. The catch pans are centrally pivoted, and their outer ends can be raised or lowered to adjust the air opening. In a modification, one catch pan is used which may be tilted, or the pan a, Fig. 5, may run on rollers g so as to regulate the size of the air passage d between the pan and the floor b.
Patent GB-190114285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drinking Cups and the like made of China.
Inventor: HEAP EDWIN WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1901-07-13
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 14,285. Heap, E. W., Powell, A., and Rittel, C. A. July 13. Drinking-vessels.-Relates to a method of ornamenting china drinking-cups and the like by producing translucent picture effects in their base. The clay is spun over a plaster of Paris casting of the picture or portrait. This produces a relief impression in the bottom of the cup, which is seen as a picture by transmitted light. Prior to glazing, ceramic colours may be applied.
Patent GB-190121269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Road Vehicles
Inventor: BROWNE TOM BOUSQUET
Filed: 1901-10-23
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 21,269. Browne, T. B., and Martineau, F. L., [trading as James & Browne]. Oct. 23. Condensers. - The improvement consists in bracing together the adjacent tubes Y by making a certain number of the fins or plates N of such size that they can be fixed to two or more of the tubes.
Patent GB-190125590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1901-12-14
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 25,590. Boult, A. J., [Braunstein, J.]. Dec. 14. Incandescent gas burners.-The intensity of the light is increased by the use of a cylindrical mixing-tube 2 with a bulbous lower end 3 in combination either with a special burner head 6, Fig. 1, formed with inclined air tubes 8 or with an ordinary burner head H surmounted by a speciallyconstructed detachable burner head 6, Fig. 4, which is normally secured in position by clips 10. The gas nozzle 1 is provided with a number of fine orifices 9, and the size of the air-supply openings 4 may be regulated by a perforated ring or the like.
Patent GB-190202277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Buttonhole Sewing and Cutting Machines.
Inventor: OSTROM FREELAND WILLIAMS
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 2277. Ostrom, F. W. Jan. 28. Buttonhole-sewing machines; buttonholes, cutting and barring; stopping, automatic; stopping-gear. -Relates to machines for making buttonholes with barring - stitches parallel to the side stitches, and is shown applied to a Wheeler and Wilson automatic cutter machine, having the usual under slide frame B, operated by the link L from the lever H, and the upper slide frame C. The frame B, in its reciprocation, acts on the frame C, in one direction by the springs l<6> engaging the plate l<5>, and, in the other direction, by one or other of the rollers o', o<2> engaging the periphery of a cam E, and the position of the lateral vibration of the work thus produced, with regard to the centre line of the buttonhole, is controlled by the cam E. This cam E has two parts, an upper and a lower. The lower engages the roller o', and controls the position of the stitching to the right of the centre line of the buttonhole, and the upper engages the roller o<2>, and controls the stitching to the left of the centre line. The roller o' can be adjusted relatively to the roller o' by turning the eccentric stud o<5> on which it is mounted, it being thus possible to place the side stitches the correct distance apart, whatever their length. The cam E has the upper and lower concentric parts c, b, Fig. 5, for the sewing of the side stitches, and a number of short eccentric and concentric parts for the sewing of the barring-stitches. The slit is cut when the roller o' is on the concentric part b<1>, which has the same radius as the part b, and when, therefore, barring-stitches in line with the right-hand side stitches are being sewn. The trip-pin p, which co-operates with the stop-mechanism, is carried on a plate h pivoted to the underside of the cam E. With the plate h in the position shown, the stopmechanism is actuated just before the cutter, so that the slit is cut before the side stitches are sewn. By simply turning the plate h into its other position, as indicated by the arrow, the stopmechanism is actuated just after the cutter, and the slit is therefore cut after the side stitches are sewn. The frame B is operated from the link L through a lever, so that it moves from left to right, instead of in the opposite direction, when the feed ratchet-wheels F, f are moved by their pawls. The two ratchet-wheels F, f form but a single circle of teeth, the toothed part of one corresponding to a plain part of the other, and one controls the cam E during the barring, and the other during the side stitching, so that the numbers of barring and side stitches may be independently adjusted. The feed-cam groove e<5>, shown in Fig. 5, suspends the longitudinal feed during the barring. It may, however, be modified so as to feed during the barring of one end, the corresponding short steps of the cam E being replaced by two single curves. The switch cam K has a double groove instead of a single one, and the follower k is correspondingly modified.
Patent GB-190203536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Shutters.
Inventor: SPRATT HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1902-02-12
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 3536. Spratt, H. J., Spratt, A. S., and Spratt, G. A. Feb. 12. Shutters.-Relates to a pneumatic device for regulating the speed of exposure in shutters. The device consists of a piston or plunger D' working in a pneumatic cylinder D pivoted at E. The exposure leaf A of the shutter is pivoted at C, and has an arm B with a radial slot B<1>. The exposure is regulated by clamping the end of the piston at different distances from the centre in the slot B<1>.
Patent GB-190204357-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Flexible Electric Conductors.
Filed: 1902-02-20
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 4357. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Dieselhorst, W. Feb. 20. Cables.-A flexible conductor is formed by covering a stranded core a with layers b, d of asbestos or asbestos fibre, the layers b, d being separated by a layer of insulating-material c, such as is described in Specification No. 8813, A.D. 1894. The whole is covered by an external wire armouring e.
Patent GB-190207185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Road Rollers
Inventor: WRIGHT THOMAS
Filed: 1902-03-24
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 7185. Wright, T. March 24. Road rollers.-The front guiding-roller 20, of a steam road roller, is mounted in a horizontal yoke 21 in front of the boiler 1, which has an obstructed front. The yoke is connected by a horizontal pivot pin 11 to a king post 6 adapted to turn in a housing 5 connected by a casting 3 to a saddle 4 secured to the underside of the boiler. The king post has bearing-surfaces 7, 9, is held in position by a washer 12 and a pin 13, and is connected to the front tank 19 by a brace-rod 14. The pin 11 is held in place by a locking- plate 29, and the yoke 21 has a slot 28 to facilitate its removal, bearing-discs 23, and a guidepin 25 carrying a roller or block 26 engaging horizontal curved guides 27 secured to the tank. Steering-chains 30 connect curved side wings on the yoke to steering-drums 31 on a steering- shaft 32. The rear driving-wheels 48, 49 are geared by similar trains of wheels, as shown, to pinions 50, 60 riding loose on the driving-shaft 36, to which they may be locked, together or separately, as when turning sharp corners, by clutches 51, 61 operated by hand-levers. The driving-shaft 36, the intermediate shaft 46, and the wheel axle 47 are mounted in bearings carried by housings 37 secured to extension plates 34 on the sides of the boiler. Each housing has an enlarged U-shaped head, the two heads being connected at the front and rear by cross-plates carrying a central housing 44, which supports a bearing 45. The clutches 51, 61 may be dispensed with, the pinions 50, 60 being splined to the driving-shaft and moved into or out of gear by hand-levers. The intermediate wheel 64 and the driving-wheel 49 may be loose on or fixed to their shafts, while the corresponding wheels on the other side are loose.
Patent GB-190209447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Foot, Motor or other Suitably Propelled Velocipedes or the like having Pedal Cranks.
Inventor: FLETCHER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1902-04-24
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 9447. Fletcher, W. H., and Jackson, W. R. April 24. Cranks for motor and other cycles are arranged so that the pedals can be turned opposite to one another to serve as foot-rests. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the crank is loosely secured by a washer N and screw M on the axle D, and carries a bolt E pressed by a spring F into engagement with a notch K formed in the axle D and having a flat and a curved side, so that the crank can rotate on the axle in one direction but not in the other, either by a stud H bearing on a flat on the bolt or by a pin and slot or other means. An oil cap L may provided. In the formed shown in Fig. 8, the bolt is replaced by a pawl E pressed against the axle by a spring F.
Patent GB-190210296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Weighting Machines.
Inventor: SMITH ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-05-05
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 10,296. Smith, A. May 5. Automatic-feed weighers for flour, powdered sheep dip, &c. The material falls from the hopper A into the receptacle B until the load, together with the leverage of a weighted lever T acting on a stud on the beam, causes the beam to tilt. The weighted lever then rests against a stop, and its curved end raises a rod u and breaks the circuit of an electromagnet J<1>. The keeper J of this electromagnet is carried by a slide H connected by spring- pressed levers F, G to an axis D carrying the trickling-feed shutter D, Fig. 7, which now closes. A similar weighted lever or a projection from the beam releases the keeper N of a second electromagnet N', and the final cut-off shutter E closes. The counterweighted door b of the receptacle is closed by means of an electromagnet, which is in circuit with the magnet of the final cut-off shutter, or the door may be fitted with a trip device. A rocking lever R, actuated by a cam on a constantlyrotating shaft P or by a hand-lever Y, pushes the keepers on to their magnets and opens the shutters after each operation.
Patent GB-190211794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Stamps for Marking Linen and the like.
Inventor: CASSON WILLIAM AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1902-05-24
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 11,794. Casson, W. A. May 24. Hand-stamps.-Hand-stamps for marking linen and other purposes are made with a printing-surface of a cylindrical or partly-cylindrical form, so that they print by a rolling movement,