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Patent GB-189912458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Apparatus for Periodically Discharging Chambers or Receptacles, particularly applicable to Sewage Filters.
Inventor: MURRAY JAMES
Filed: 1899-06-15
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 12,458. Murray, J. June 15. Filters, discharging liquid from.- Relates to apparatus specially applicable for automatically and intermittently discharging sewage filters, but also applicable generally. In connection with each filter bed &c. are two chambers B, C, the first connected by a pipe D to the filter, and communicating with the second through a valve E. After the filter is full, liquid runs through the valve E into the chamber C, until enough collects to start the siphon H, which in turn starts the siphon F for discharging the filter. The time the filter remains full is thus regulated by the valve E. In a modification, liquid runs from the valve E into a tipping- bucket connected with a valve controlling the starting of the siphon F.
Patent GB-189920102-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a Derivative of Phenyl 1.2. Methanoylsulphonimide.
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
Filed: 1899-10-06
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 20,102. Mills, C. K., [Cerf, L.]. Oct. 6. Grant of Patent refused. Medicinal preparations.-Consists in preparing an ammonium derivative of phenyl-1: 2-methanoyl sulphonimide of the constitutionby suspending phenyl-1:2-methanoylsulphomide i.e., the anhydride of benzoic-o-sulphamide, in water and passing ammonia gas, which has preferably been purified, through the liquid until the anhydride has dissolved, and then concentrating the solution in vacuo at about 50‹ C. and allowing it to cool. The ammoniated product separates in dimorphous crystals, which are very readily soluble in water. The product is sweeter than saccharin, and is less toxic.
Patent GB-189925772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signal Bell Apparatus, Chiefly Designed for use on Tramway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: FLECK CARL JACOB EMIL
Filed: 1899-12-30
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 25,772. Fleck, C. J. E. Dec. 30. Tramcar bells.-Two bells a, b are employed so that an alarm can be sounded if one is broken. They are struck simultaneously by hammers c, d, operated by a rod g through a lever f and wedge f<2>. The wedge may be on the rod g. The hammer may be returned by springs.
Patent GB-190000089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Veterinary Dental Forceps.
Inventor: PINSON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Filed: 1900-01-02
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 89. Pinson, B. F., and Stephenson, J. C. Jan. 2. Dental instruments. - Relates to veterinary dental forceps. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the forceps, and Fig. 3 a transverse section through the pivoted jaws. It consists of a handle 1 provided at one end with a head 2 spread laterally and notched at its side edges to form seats 3 for the jaws 4, which are changeable to suit various teeth and are mounted on removable screw-threaded pivot pins 5, which fit into openings in the extension 2. The jaws are actuated by a tapered spreader 7, shown separately in Fig. 4, which is advanced by a feedscrew 8 threaded in the bore of the handle 1 and provided with a crank handle 9. The side pieces 13 of the spreader are engaged in cut-away parts 6 of the jaws, and as they are advanced they cause the operating-parts of the jaws to move towards each other. 15 is a pad of india-rubber, which can be rested on a sound tooth to form a fulcrum during the operation. The Provisional Specification states that the jaws may be operated by an eccentric or cam which bears against an arm projecting from the upper part of each jaw. The cam is operated by a rod which extends through the handle and is provided at its end with a knob or handle by which it can be rotated.
Patent GB-190002272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Regulating the Supply of Liquid Hydrocarbon to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-02-05
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 2272. Boult, A. J., [Soc. Anon. des Moteurs et Voitures " Aigle "]. Feb. 5. Motor road vehicles.-The igniter switch and the cock a for turning on the supply of gasoline or petroleum spirit to the carburetter o f t h e motor are operated by one handle d.
Patent GB-190013824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bobbin Winding Machines
Inventor: WITTE ERNEST DE
Filed: 1900-08-01
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 13,824. Witte, E. de. Aug. 1. Winding-machines.-Two sets of bobbins 7, 8 are wound simultaneously by the same drum 6. The threads for the upper bobbins are drawn from reels or bobbins 9 and passed over the rod 21 and through the guides 18 to the bobbins 8, while the threads of the lower set are drawn from reels or bobbins 21, and passed over the rods 25, 22 and through the guides 18 to the bobbins 7.
Patent GB-190016005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Steering, Braking, and Controlling Motor Cars.
Inventor: LUNDQUIST EMIL
Filed: 1900-09-08
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 16,005. Lundquist, E. Sept. 8. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the steering, braking, and controlling of motor cars, and comprises improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 23,469, A.D. 1899, according to which the steering is effected by braking one or other of two steering-wheels mounted on short swivelling axles, provision being made for locking both axles immediately on the release of the brake. Fig. 1 shows a section, Fig. 2 a rear view, and Fig. 3 a plan of one form of the invention. The pivoted steering axles are connected by rods e so that they move together. Each wheel is provided with a brake drum c connected through suitable levers and rods g, h with the steering- handle o, so that movement towards right or left of the handle applies one or other of the brakes. In order to lock the pivoted axles except when one or other brake is applied, a friction clutch in the form of a split collar q is caused to grip the axle pivot except when released. The release is effected, when the brake is applied, either by the action of the brake through arms d on a certain linkage and cam device (not shown), or by an arm on the steering-shaft. The handle o is also capable of vertical movement, whereby through a rod u, lever l, and toggles or other means both brakes may be applied simultaneously, for the purpose of slowing the vehicle. The vertical movement of the rod u may also be applied to operate mechanism for controlling the motor through the medium of a sector x as shown in Fig. 10. Such controlling-mechanism in the case of an electrically-propelled vehicle may be a commutator switch, or in the case of an internalcombustion or fluid-pressure motor may be the valves.
Patent GB-190016802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cameras.
Inventor: SCHAUB JACOB
Filed: 1900-09-20
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 16,802. Schaub, J. Sept. 20. Cameras; dark slides.-Relates to a camera for taking a number of small photographs on a single plate. The camera is shown in section in Fig. 7. The shutter 20<a> is mounted on a detachable facing- board 19, opposite the lens 13. Screening-tubes 20<b>, 21, fitted on the lens, confine the light to the part of the plate covered by the image, the section 21 being detachable, so that pictures of various sizes may be produced. The dark slide 76 is inserted by pushing back the frame of the ground glass 75 by radial arms turning on the axes 67<a>, the ground glass being returned to the focal plane by springs 69 when the obstruction is removed. The dark slide is mounted so that it can be moved by steps in a horizontal or vertical direction until the whole of the plate has been covered by photographic images. This movement is effected by two sets of racks and pinions, one set of which is shown at 34. The length of each step is regulated by spring studs which drop into equally spaced holes in a plate. Tripod stands.-The top of the tripod stand is fitted with two boards 89, 94 hinged to the top 88 and to each other in directions at right-angles, so that the camera can be tilted at any angle required, each board being clamped in the required position by a notched or perforated rod.
Patent GB-190101675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Golf Clubs or Implements.
Inventor: SLAZENGER ALBERT EGERTON LEGH
Filed: 1901-01-24
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 1675. Slazenger, A. E. L., [Slazenger, F.]. Jan. 24. Golf.-The wooden head a of a golf club is connected to the shaft b by a screw-thread c and a corresponding socket. The screw is made right or left handed, according to the direction of play. A winding of cord d or a ferrule may be fitted to the head. The socket for the screw c may be provided with a lining, this lining in some cases being made integral with the external ferrule.
Patent GB-190108167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding Wire or Thread on Bobbins, Spools or the like
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-04-20
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 8167. Thompson, W. P., [Felsing, C.]. April 20. Wire. - Relates to a machine for winding insulated or non-insulated wire &c. on bobbins, spools, or the like, provision being made for automatically stopping the machine when the material breaks, on the occurrence of a knot or of a part in which the insulation is defective, or when the bobbin &c. has attained the desired diameter. The machine is driven through a clutch 68, 69, the spring clutch lever 9 being held in the working position by a blocking pin 64 on the end of the armature 66 of an electromagnet, the circuit of which is closed when any of the events above enumerated take place, the result being that the spring clutch lever is released and the main electric contact 69 formed by the lever 9 is also broken. The main shaft 4 carries a spurwheel 12 for driving a counting-mechanism, and is connected through change gearing with two traversing screws 21, 24, with which engage the nut segments 32 on the rocking piece 31, which is connected to the common armature 36 of a pair of electromagnets 37, 38. At each end of the traverse, a metal strip or spring 55 on the end of the horizontally-oscillating sleeve 49 engages one of the contact screws 56, and so completes a circuit, whereby one or other of the electromagnets 37, 38 is caused to operate the armature 31, and so reverse the direction of the traverse. The material passes between a spring lever 62 .and the contactpieces 60, 63, and thence over the guide roller 46 to the guide 54 resting on the bobbin. When a knot &c. passes between the short arm of the lever 62 and its contact-piece, the longer arm completes a circuit by engaging with the contact-piece 60, and when the insulation is imperfect, or the material breaks or fails, a circuit is completed by means of the shorter arm of the lever and its contact-piece 63. The thread guide 54 is carried by a piece 43 pivoted to the carriage and connected by a strut 47 with a piston 48 sliding in the sleeve 49. The piston is connected with a rod 52, which is pressed towards the bobbin by a spring 50. As the bobbin increases in diameter, the rod 52 and piston are forced to the right until a contact-piece 75 on the piston engages with a corresponding adjustable contact-piece 74 on the sleeve, and completes a circuit whereby the machine is stopped as before. The movement of the piston 48 to the right also turns the parts 54, 43 to raise the thread guide automatically as the bobbin increases in diameter. The Provisional Specification describes the use of a weighted tumbling frame in conjunction with electric mechanism for effecting the reversal at each end of the traverse, and of a " jockey " or smoothing roller for pressing on the material as it is wound and aiding in effecting the reversal.
Patent GB-190110699-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Preparation for the Hair
Inventor: SPRY ANGELA HUME
Filed: 1901-05-23
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 10,699. Spry, A. H. May 23. Hair washes and the like.-A preparation for the hair is made by boiling together till or sesamen oil, cinchona or Peruvian bark, sulphur, sulphate of iron, and chiretta sticks, cooling, adding oil of eucalyptus, filtering, and then adding more of the latter oil and also oils of rosemary, lavender, and verbena. The sulphur and sulphate of iron may be omitted.
Patent GB-190113735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mechanism of the Brushes of Combing Machines for Textile Materials.
Filed: 1901-07-05
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 13,735. Pollet, A. & P. Jan. 17, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Combing-machines.-Two dabbing-brushes B, B<1> are used, and are carried by frames D', D actuated by oppositely-arranged eccentrics in a casing P<1> containing oil, and arranged so that the reciprocating parts balance one another. The brush B is circular, and its stem is in two parts T', T", of which the parts which overlap in the guide or casing are semicircular in section, and can slide on one another, so that, by operating the upper part T<11> of the brush stem by means of a handle or suitable gearing, the brush may be slowly rotated, while its reciprocating movement is not interfered with. The brush B<1> is shaped so as to engage with the large and small comb circles at the part where they begin to separate from one another, and its frame D carries also a plate or beater Y, which straightens or flattens the fibre as it is beaten into the teeth by the brush B. Both of the brushes may be rotated by hand or otherwise during the combing operation.
Patent GB-190114088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tone Damping or Sound Modifying Devices for Musical Instruments.
Inventor: BAUSSNERN HELENE VON
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 14,088. Baussnern, H. von. July 10. Pianofortes.-The invention consists of a damping or sound-modifying device, chiefly applicable to horizontal pianofortes. Frames a covered with cloth are hung by chains i from a rail g, which is supported by adjustable standards l. The frames are also acted on by elastic bands d which tend to draw them underneath the soundboard f. When in use, they are in the position shown between the strings and the hammers z which strike through them. When not required, the standards l are folded down, and the bands d then draw the frames underneath the soundboard, where they are out of the way of the hammers.
Patent GB-190114402-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Moulding Press
Inventor: BUCKLEY JAMES FRANCIS
Filed: 1901-07-15
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 14,402. Buckley, J. F. July 15. Moulding medicines, tablets, &c.- The pressing- plunger e is operated by a handlever h and togglelink q, which is moved past the straight line position in each direction so as to give a double stroke to the plunger and form a tablet every time the lever is swung from one side to the other. The feed-hopper d is connected to the plunger e by a link i adjustable b y means of a slot j. On the upward movement of the pressing-plunger, a projection of the plunger strikes a horizontal spring catch r carried by a vertical forked spring rod m, and the lower plunger l is raised to eject the pressed tablet from the mould. The spring catch is automatically forced back out of action on the upward movement of the plunger by inclined plates of the frame, and by an inclined surface of the projection on the downward motion of the plunger. The forked rod m is forced downwards by a spring when released. A buffer block t, of rubber or the like, deadens the shock when the plunger reaches the top of its stroke.
Patent GB-190115434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Barrows for use in Cleaning Streets and for like purposes
Inventor: HILL THOMAS
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1901-10-05
Abstract: 15,434. Hill, T. July 30. Hand-trucks. - Relates to "push" wagons or trucks for cleaning streets and for like purposes. The platform 12, fitted with the castor-wheel 14, has sockets 18, which receive the ends of the arched bars 16 passed through the sleeves 22 formed on castings 20 having sockets 21 to receive the handle framing 35, and lugs 23 bored to receive the hollow axle 26, which is secured by set-screws 25. The axles contain oil, which can escape through small holes to the wheel hubs, and their inner ends have plugged vertical arms for recharging &c. The cam 13 has on its opposite sides loops 40, Fig. 9, which are fitted on vertical lugs 41 formed on the castings 20, or, in a modification, it may be embraced by a spring. In a further modification, the lugs 41 are carried by the bar 60 of the handle frame 11, which has a tubular boss 61 bored to receive the handle 62.
Patent GB-190115471-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method, with Apparatus therefor, for Treating Kaolin, Slimes, Saponaceous Earthy Matter and the like, Preparatory to the Extraction, by either Amalgamation, Chlorination, Leaching, or such like Processes, of the Precious Metals contained therein.
Inventor: BREEDON JOHN
Filed: 1901-07-30
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 15,471. Breedon, J. July 30. Moulding ores.-Kaolin, slimes, and like earthy tenacious materials containing gold &c. are treated to convert them into tubular or channelled pieces suitable for furnacing preparatory to amalgamation, chlorination, &c. The slime is first partly dried on a heated table, moulded into tubes or channelled pieces, the tube being filled with inflammable material, then passed over heated shaking-tables and fed into a kiln or furnace. The pulpy matter is placed in a hopper heated by a flue, then fed by a cutting-apparatus D into the cylinder H, Fig. 2, of the moulding-machine, whence it is expressed through the tubular openings L by the piston P at the same time that inflammable material, such as sawdust impregnated with bituminous matter, is forced from the chamber N through the tubes M by the piston Q operated by the hydraulic apparatus S or in other suitable manner. The filled tubes of ore &c. pass through heated pipes B' and are cut into suitable lengths by a reciprocating cutter (not shown). The pieces are then delivered on to heated shaking-tables and finally fed to the kilns or roasting- chambers. In a modified form of moulding-apparatus, the pulp is formed into a strip W', Fig. 4, which passes before a cutting-plate G and is cut by it into hexagonal or other shaped pieces having holes or channels, which are filled with inflammable material from the hopper L<3> by the reciprocating plate M' carrying plungers N<3>.
Patent GB-190116409-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Orange-yellow to Red Monoazo-dyestuffs suitable for the Preparation of Lakes.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-08-15
Granted: 1902-02-13
Abstract: 16,409. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. Aug. 15. Pigments.- Orange-yellow to red monoazo dyes suitable for the production of lakes are produced by combining the diazo compound of o-nitranilinep sulphonic acid with #-naphthol. The products form with alkaline earth and metallic salts intensely coloured lakes of a pure shade and very fast to light, the o-nitraniline sulphonic acid yielding orange lakes and the p-nitraniline sulphonic acid yielding red lakes.
Patent GB-190121170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cables.
Inventor: O'GORMAN MERVYN JOSEPH PIUS
Filed: 1901-10-22
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 21,170. O'Gorman, M. J. P. Oct. 22. Cables.-Strand or similar cables have the interstices or irregularities of the conductor filled by a smooth coating of metal such as lead. The coating need not be in contact with the conductor.
Patent GB-190122033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Electric Current Motors.
Inventor: HOBART HENRY METCALF
Filed: 1901-11-01
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 22,033. Hobart, H. M. Nov. 1. Converting a l t e r - nating and direct currents; transformers. Consists essentially of a combination of an induction motor with a synchronous motor, the two rotors D, E being mounted on a common shaft A. From the source of supply, three-phase currents are led to the stator of the induction motor, and from the rotor thereof, e.g., from an auxiliary winding thereon, currents are taken off through slip-rings B for the purpose of exciting the stator of the synchronous motor. The rotor of the synchronous motor receives currents through slip-rings C, either in series or in parallel with the stator of the induction motor. The principle may also be employed with a rotary converter in the place of the synchronous motor, but in this case the commutator brushes must be rotated synchronously with the slip of the rotor of the induction motor, e.g., by means of a small synchronous auxiliary motor.
Patent GB-190123425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Guiding and Condensing the Slivers in Machines for Spinning Flax, Hemp, Jute, Tow and the like.
Inventor: WALKER SAMUEL
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 23,425. Walker, S. Nov. 19. Gill boxes or frames for flax, hemp, jute, tow, &c., eapepially bobbin and fly frames, are provided with a guide or condenser K of the form shown between the last gill bar E and the drawing-rollers. A piece of sheet material is cut and bent so as to provide a groove in which the upper roller C may run, and a funnel-shaped aperture S extending from the last gill bar to the nip of the rollers. It is shaped to rest on the bottom drawing-roller B, and is extended upwards and provided with a heel H, which may be fixed to or rest loosely against the frame G.
Patent GB-190124610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Level Indicators for Non-transparent Liquid Containers and especially Applicable for Lamp Reservoirs.
Inventor: KINDERMANN PAUL
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 24,610. Kindermann, P. Dec. 3. Water and other liquid levels, indicating.-The liquid level in an opaque container a is indicated by a silvered glass ball or polished float e, which is guided by a tube, bar, or bars d, and may be viewed through the glazed end f of the plug c of the filling-aperture b.
Patent GB-190204772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Computing Weighing Scales.
Inventor: DEES MARK ASHLEY
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1902-09-04
Abstract: 4772. Dees, M. A. Feb. 25. Drawings to Specification. Computing-scales.-The drum of a computing weighing-scale contains graduated cylinders for computing the value of the load weighed, but is also devised so that it can be used independently of the weighing scale proper. The cylindrical surface and the ends of the drum are graduated so that they can be used in conjunction with fixed scales for computing the value per dozen of eggs &c., or the value of definite amounts of bran &c. at a given price.
Patent GB-190204793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Intercommunication Telephone Systems
Inventor: SLOPER THOMAS
Filed: 1902-02-25
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 4793. Sloper, T., and Parsons, I. H. Feb. 25. Telephone systems; telephones.-Relates to telephone intercommunication systems in which the receivers are attached to the home lines and the transmitters are arranged in the jack circuits for connection to the various subscribers. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement at one station when the call bell d and receiver a are arranged in branched circuits changed b the motion of the telephone lever b. T h e transmitter c, call push g', and buzzer k are arranged in circuit with the plug e for connection to the various line jacks f. The bell may be connected to a common signalling return circuit, instead of being branched off the receiver. Magnetos or batteries may be used for calling.
Patent GB-190206222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
Inventor: PHILLIPS AUGUSTUS KERR
Filed: 1902-03-13
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 6222. Phillips, A. K. March 29, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Hooks and eyes.-Hooks provided with a bend b in the shank and a splayed head are used with preferably triangular eyes A, which are sprung over the heads, the cross-bar a serving as a fulcrum in coupling and uncoupling. Glove fastenings, suspender buckles, and corset clasps are mentioned as uses.
Patent GB-190214976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Balls
Inventor: NEVETT WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-07-04
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 14,976. Nevett, W. July 4. Balls are made with india-rubber cores, which are rolled immediately the rubber is taken from the india-rubber tree, the cores being subsequently rolled with or without twine, and covered with gutta-percha.