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Patent GB-189720458-A (GB)
Title: Improved Vaginal Atomizer.
Inventor: LAUER AUGUST
Filed: 1897-09-06
Granted: 1897-11-20
Abstract: 20,458. Lauer, A. Sept. 6. Medicines, administering.-An atomizer for spraying powder or other medicaments into the vagina has its head formed of two or more sections a, b, screwed together. The part a is formed with a recess d and perforations or slots e, f, arranged crosswise and inclined to the axis, while the part b has a circular groove c, with perforations g into the central passage. Attached to the part b is a flexible tube h<1>, provided at its lower end with a spoon-like fitting, which enters a sleeve h carrying a rubber ball i and fitted with a back-pressure valve m.
Patent GB-189722065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners suitable for use in Incandescent Gas Lighting and for other purposes.
Inventor: DYMOND JOHN
Filed: 1897-09-25
Granted: 1898-09-24
Abstract: 22,065. Dymond, J. Sept. 25. Gas burners, atmospheric.-Relates to burners designed more especially for burning producer or water gas without enrichment. The outer tube 5 is made in two parts, leaving a space 6 between them at a point above the gas nozzle for the admission of air. In modifications, part of one of which is shown in Fig. 3, a double wind shield 12, 13, which also serves to heat the air supply, is arranged round the opening 6. In Fig. 7 is shown the form preferred for larger sizes. The tube is made with air-inlet holes 6<a>, which may be surrounded with a cone such as 5<a>, Fig. 1, or with a shield such as shown in Fig. 3. The improved burners may be used for heating the igniting-tubes of gas and like engines, for brazing, or for heating and cooking purposes &c.
Patent GB-189724231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Postal Letter Sheets and the like.
Inventor: WILLCOCKS FREDERICK ELLIS
Filed: 1897-10-20
Granted: 1898-08-27
Abstract: 24,231. Willcocks, F. E., and Wheeler, E., [trading as Willcocks, Wheeler, & Co.]. Oct. 20. Letter -sheets; wrappers, postal. Relates to letter-sheets, invoices, and circulars &c. for postal purposes. The sheet &c. is made with gummed side flaps B<1>, B<2> and a closing-flap C. It is folded on the lines D, D, E, E, the flap C is turned down, and the flaps B', B<2> are gummed upon it, forming a pocket from which the sheet can be unfolded for inspection. A form is described with a sheet of double width which has to be first folded vertically.
Patent GB-189728759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anchors.
Inventor: WOLFF JONAS EMIL
Filed: 1897-12-06
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 28,759. Wolff, J. E. Dec. 6. Anchors. - T h e shank A has a square or rectangular plate C detachably or permanently secured to it. The area of the plate C is considerably greater than that of the cup-shaped plate B forming the head of the anchor.
Patent GB-189802024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Primary Batteries.
Inventor: KOENIG CARL
Filed: 1898-01-25
Granted: 1898-03-19
Abstract: 2024. Koenig, C. Jan. 25. Primary batteries. -A primary battery is constructed with alternate concentric electrodes w i t h insulating- pots between each pair. The Figure shows the invention applied to a dry battery, a, f being glass cells, b, b<1> zinc electrodes, and c, c<1> carbon electrodes coated with a paste d, d<1> of manganese dioxide and graphite. The electrodes b<1>, care connected by lead strips g brought into conducting connection by wire. Sawdust i, k is placed at the top and bottom of the cell, which is finally closed by layers l, of pitch.
Patent GB-189805791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Devices for Use with Apparatus for the Automatic Delivery or Release of Goods or Articles.
Inventor: IGERSHEIMER GERSON
Filed: 1898-03-09
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 5791. Igersheimer, G. March 9. Locks, key; keys.-Relates to locking-devices which may be fitted to wardrobes or other receptacles for storing and securing goods such as clothing, bicycles, &c. The object is to provide a device operated either upon the insertion of a coin or by an operating-key, and a second key coacting with the same, the latter key being retained in the unlocked device and released from the locked device, the operating-key being retained in the locked device and released from the unlocked device. On the rock shaft 11 is fixed a cam disc F, the coin slot 13, perforation 14, shoulder 15, and notch 16 of this cam F corresponding respectively with the parts 18, 21, 20, 19 of the cam disc G. A lug 31 of the locking-bar K bears along the periphery of the cam disc G engaging in the notches 19 and 16 when the device is locked. The other end of the bar K is L-shaped, and has a latch 32 engaging in a notch on the locking-arm E. A key C with a slot 39 forming a lug 40 and with a handle piece 41 is inserted in either of two key slots, to operate the rod H or the locking-bar K. The lower edges of the key, coming in contact with the ends of the grooves 36 or 27, impart longitudinal motion to the bar K or the rod H respectively, the lug 40 passing under the shoulder 27 or 28 so that the key cannot be withdrawn. When it is desired to control the action by a coin, the coin is inserted through a slot in the cover into the coin slot 13, coming to rest when it lies partly in the slot 13 of the cam G and partly in the slot 18 of the cam F, making the two cams coactive. When it is desired to control the action by the bolt, movement of the rod H by the key C causes the pin bolt J on the cam-plate I to move from its normal position in the perforation 21 of the cam G, until it also engages in the perforation 14 of the cam disc F, movement of the rod H also forcing the bevelled edges 30 of the cam-plate I past the bevelled edges of the retaining-plate L. The locking-arm E is next turned against the pressure of a spring until its notch is engaged by the latch 32, the cam disc F being rotated with the shaft 11, forcing with it the cam disc G and the camplate I until the lug 31 of the bar K engages in the notches 16 and 19 of the cam discs F and G, thus allowing the latch 32 to engage in the notch of the arm E and lock the device, when the unlocking-key may be removed from its slot.
Patent GB-189810675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Cutting and Folding Paper.
Filed: 1898-05-10
Granted: 1898-11-12
Abstract: 10,675. Lake, H. H., [Cottrell & Sons Co., C. B.]. May 10. Folding paper; cutting-apparatus.-Relates to apparatus especially adapted for use in connection with a perfecting printing-machine. The web coming from the printing-rollers is engaged by grippers c, c<1> on the carrier chains C, and is moved forward between the knives a, b. The cutter heads carry pairs of knives and are revolved at twice the speed of the printing-rollers, so that each section of the web is divided into four sheets. The sets of four sheets are dealt with alternately by two sets of folding-apparatus, some of the grippers c, c' being arranged to release the sheets they hold on arriving at the first, while others carry their sheets on to the second. On reaching the folding- apparatus, the four sheets are assembled on the folding-table H by feeding-rollers J, K. The surface speed of the rollers J, K is less than that of the carriers C, so that, while the first sheet is passing between them, the second, which is still held by the grippers, is carried forward and made to overlap the first. When all four sheets are at rest against the stop d on the folding-table, the plate G is moved forward, forcing the sheets through a slot and folding them about a central line. The folding is completed by rollers L, from which the sheets pass to cutters N which slit them into four, delivering them, in signatures ready for binding, into the pockets Q. These pockets are carried by chains which are advanced by special mechanism at suitable intervals according to the number of copies it is desired to collect in each pocket. The two sets of folding-apparatus are similar, but means are provided for raising the roller K of the first apparatus to permit the passage of the alternate sets of sheets to the second apparatus.
Patent GB-189813310-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for the Manufacture of Glass-ware.
Inventor: O'NEILL FRANK
Filed: 1898-06-14
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 13,310. O'Neill, F. June 14. Moulding.-In a machine for moulding tumblers, jelly-glasses, and like articles, the moulds 34 are supported on trunnions in the circular mould carrier 31, Fig. 1, which is rotated step by step by means of the gear-wheel 42. This wheel is turned a quarter of a revolution at each revolution of the crank 46, a spring dog 49 on the arm 44 engaging with depressions 50 in the wheel. A locking-bolt 51 raised by a cam 54 locks the wheel 42 and mould carrier in position at the required intervals. Each mould carries a disc 37 having a flat 38 which contacts with a spring-bedded plate to lock the mould in position for filling. The disc serves also to invert the mould for the discharge of the finished article by rolling it on a similar plate. The glass is fed to the moulds by means of wheels 62, Fig. 18, turning in the water-jacketed hopper 60. Cam-actuated pins 72 are withdrawn as they approach the feeding-box 74, with which the wheels are in close contact. The feeding-wheels are actuated intermittently by ratchet mechanism, and shears beneath the box 74 cut off quantities of molten glass, which fall into the moulds. The moulding is effected by means of plungers 18, Fig. 4, of which there are four, carried by a spider frame mounted on the shaft 12. The shaft is supported in bearings in plates 14, which rise and fall under the action of cams 17<b> on the shaft 9. The plungers are brought into use in succession, spring pins 23 carried on rods 7 serving to turn the spider arms 20 carried on the shaft 12. A spring-controlled pressure head 28, actuated by the pitman rods 7, acts upon the upwardly-extending plunger so as to force the plunger vertically beneath it into the filled mould, which is closed by the spring-controlled cover 55 which surrounds the plunger,
Patent GB-189824949-A (GB)
Title: A Regulating Transformer for Rotary Phase Current or Polyphase Current Installations.
Filed: 1898-11-25
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 24,949. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Aktiengesellschaft]. Nov. 25. Regulating; transformers.-Relates to apparatus for regulating currents in polyphase current systems. Fig. 3 shows diagrammatically the preferred arrangement for regulating the pressure in the leads N', N<2>, N<3>, supplied from a network L', L<2>, L<3>. The inner ring X (of an induction motor) is wound and connected, as shown, to the network. The outer ring Y is simitarly wound and connected to both sets of leads. A rotating field is produced in the inner ring, and induces electromotive force in the coils on the outer ring. This may be in phase or out of phase with the electromotive force impressed by the connection with the leads L', L<2>, L<3>, according to the relative positions of the coils on the two rings. Thus, by rotating the ring X, the electromotive force impressed on the leads N, N', N<3> may be varied within limits. When using an induction motor, the rotor is prevented from rotating by means of a brake, and its position may be regulated by hand or by suitable automatic means. In modified arrangements, the coils on the ring X may be connected to the leads N', N', N<3>; or this ring may be fixed and the outer ring movable.
Patent GB-189826269-A (GB)
Title: A Coke-oven.
Inventor: POETTER HEINRICH
Filed: 1898-12-12
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 26,269. Poetter, H. Dec. 12. Coking.-The coke ovens shown in cross-section in Fig. 2 are heated from above by means of burners a supplied with gas from pipes c, each of which has its ends connected to gas mains on either side of the batch of ovens. Air is supplied to the flues for the purpose of burning the gas by means of passages b formed at the sides of the burners a. The heat in the flues can be regulated by the use of cocks fitted to the gas pipes.
Patent GB-189826845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Implements for Shearing Wool, Hair, and the like.
Inventor: GREEN WILLARD REED
Filed: 1898-12-20
Granted: 1899-02-04
Abstract: 26,845. Green, W. R. Dec. 20. Horse-clippers and the like.-The cutter 6 fits over pins 10 fixed to aT-shaped piece 9 hinged at 43 to a piece with a stem 44 free to rotate in the end of the lever 8. The tension is regulated by the nuts 14 bearing on the cross-bar 13 on the spring plates 11. These plates are hinged at 12, and have antifriction rollers 15 between them and the piece 9. The lever 8 is pivoted upon balls 17, and is oscillated by cams 28 arranged alternately on opposite sides of the disc 21. The cams pass between rollers 22 on the lever 8. The disc 21 on the shaft 26 is rotated by spur gearing from the main shaft 24. The bearings for the spindles, which may be readily removed, are in holes in short screws screwed into the casing. The driving- pulley 31, loose on its shaft, carries pawls 30 engaging with a ratchet-wheel 29 fixed to the wheel 23. A weighted cord passes round the pulley, and turns it as the tool is moved towards or from the point of attachment of the cord, a hooked projection preventing the tool from being pulled through the hand. Independent motive power may be used to drive the tool.
Patent GB-189907522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Use in Working Grindstones, Emery-wheels and the like, or for Working Hard Surfaces in General.
Inventor: HAELLGREN CARL ANDREAS VIKTOR
Filed: 1899-04-10
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 7522. Hõllgren, C. A. V. April 10. Dressing grindstones &c.-Relates to apparatus for dressing grindstones, emery wheels, and other hard surfaces. Series of steel rods a of U W, S, or other curved section and of uniform thickness, separated by metal washers c and paper &c. washers d, are arranged round, and with their inner ends in contact with, a cylinder b upon which they are held between a flange b<1> and clamping-nutsf. The tool is mounted so as to rotate freely upon a spindle supported in a fork pivoted in a head which may be moved to and fro in a guide parallel to the face of the grindstone &c. by means of a screw ; it is also adjustable in a direction at right-angles by means of another screw. The tool, when applied to the moving surface to be acted upon, is caused to rotate and to exert a picking action upon it.
Patent GB-189907590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: ATKINS HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1899-04-11
Granted: 1900-03-10
Abstract: 7590. Atkins, H. G. April 11. Couplings, automatic.-The end of one vehicle has a central bell-mouthed coupling-box A fitted with a pivoted block F having a curved face F<1>, while the end of an adjacent vehicle carries a central plate C to which the coupling-arm B is pivoted. When the vehicles are brought together, the outer hooked end of the arm passes through the bell mouth and, dropping into a socket in the box A, is locked by the latch F. The vehicles are uncoupled by lifting the end of the transverse lever E to turn the pivoted lever D so that its end D<1> lifts the latch F, and its boss P raises the end of the arm B.
Patent GB-189909146-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus applicable for Making Fire-lighters, Compressed Fuel, and Blocks from Quick-setting, Cohering, or Plastic Materials.
Inventor: GROSBY JOHN HARGREAVES
Filed: 1899-05-01
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 9146. Crosby, J. H., and McInerney, M., [trading as Fulmens]. May 1. Moulding firelighters, fuel, &c. - Relates to apparatus for moulding blocks of quick-setting materials, and also clay, cements, &c. Fig. 1 shows a machine for making firelighters. The heated material is fed into moulds A, connected in an endless chain and travelling over a table E, which forms a bottom for them. Presserblocks F, also forming an endless chain, are forced into the moulds by guides G, and removed by inclines, not shown. The moulds A are moved the length of a mould at a time by a pawl U operated by levers V, V<1> and a cam on the main shaft O, and as each filled mould with its presserblock rests under the plunger K, the latter descends and further compresses the material. The chain of moulds extends at both ends beyond the chain of presser-blocks, and at the delivery end a space is left between the table and the mould sprocketwheel so that the moulded blocks can be forced out of the moulds by plungers. The plunger K is depressed by a cam and raised by a weight. The Provisional Specification describes apparatus for heating the firelighter ingredients, consisting of a boiler for the resin and a mixing-receptacle for the chips &c. The resin and the chips &c. are fed into a second boiler, from which the mixture is ladled into the moulds.
Patent GB-189915373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Cleaning and Greasing Bakers' and Confectioners' Tins.
Inventor: MUELLER FRITZ
Filed: 1899-07-26
Granted: 1899-12-02
Abstract: 15,373. M³ller, F. July 26. Ovens.-In a machine for cleaning and greasing bakers' or confectioners' tins or trays, the tin k is placed on an endless band c and carried beneath a set of brushes b<1>, b<2>, b<3>. The first brush b<1> has steel wires for scraping the surface, the second b<2> has soft bristles, and the third b<3> smears it with grease. The brushes are geared so as to rotate in the opposite direction to the movement of the plates.
Patent GB-189918590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Generation, Condensation, and Storage of Acetylene and other Gases.
Inventor: CHUBB HARRY RICHMOND
Filed: 1899-09-14
Granted: 1900-07-21
Abstract: 18,590. Chubb, H. R., and Bone, G. Sept. 14. Gases, obtaining.-Relates to automatic generating-apparatus, and comprises means for preventing excessive heating, for washing, condensing, and drying the gas, and for the escape of excess of gas. A number of generators a, open at the bottom and closed at the top by a cover f, depend from a gas-holder bell b, which floats in a tank c, and are connected at the top with the bell by a pipe d and cock e. A rod i, carrying a holder k for the carbide or other substance, is fixed in a suitable position by tightening a gland j in each cover f, the holders being arranged at such heights as to come into operation in succession. A tube l, open at top and bottom, is fixed in the bottom of the holder, and upon it are placed perforated discs n carried by perforated sleeves o for supporting the charges of carbide or the like. The lowest disc rests upon a washer p, a space being thus formed for receiving surplus water. In operation, water rises in the pipe l, overflows into a chamber r, and thence, by a bevel-mouthed tube w, into a tray u which distributes it over the carbide. The gas produced rises round the chamber r, passes out through holes near its top, descends to the bottom of a curtain z, bubbles up through the water into the generator a, and passes thence to the bell b by the pipe d. The gas leaves the bell by holes j<1> near the top of a tube h<1>, descends between the tubes h<1> and g<1> which act as a condenser, rises up the tube g<1>, which may be filled with cotton wool or other drying-material, and finally enters the top of the pipe f leading to the distributing-pipes. A pipe k<1> conducts away water of condensation. The safety device consists of a pipe m' which is normally sealed by a hood p<1>, but which is unsealed when the bell rises too high, by a projection q<1> on the bell lifting the hood. The escape pipe is provided with a trapped drain o<1>. A chamber c' receives the water expelled from the tank a by the bell b when at its lowest level.
Patent GB-189923316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electrolytic Meters.
Filed: 1899-11-22
Granted: 1900-11-17
Abstract: 23,316. Wright, A., and Mutual Electric Trust. Nov. 22. Quantity meters. -An electrolytic measuring-cell 5 of any kind is connected across a main resistance 4 and a part of a second resistance 7 placed between the mains 1, 2, so that the electromotive force derived from the second resistance balances the back electromotive force of the electrolytic cell, and a definite fraction of the main current passes through the cell.
Patent GB-190001458-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition for and Method of Fire-proofing.
Inventor: SCHROEIER CARL
Filed: 1900-01-23
Granted: 1900-09-08
Abstract: 1458. Schroeter, C. Jan. 23. Coated fabrics.-Borax and sulphate of magnesia are applied together or successively to fabrics, to render them fireproof by forming an insoluble borate of magnesia. The mixture may contain also gypsum and ammonium chloride. Curtains and the like may be boiled in starch solution containing the chemicals. Other sulphates may be substituted for the magnesia salt.
Patent GB-190002996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Appliances for Drying, Baking, and Burning Goods in Ovens and Furnaces.
Inventor: HERZFELD HERMANN
Filed: 1900-02-14
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 2996. Herzfeld, H. Feb. 14. Wagons.-Relates to trucks for charging and discharging furnaces or ovens. Fig. 1 shows a drying-oven a containing the truck c. The goods are placed on a tray d which rests on the truck, and by means of cams h working levers g the tray is lowered on to ledges e and the truck is withdrawn. After the drying process, the tray is removed in a similar way. In a modification, the tray is raised and lowered by means of screws.
Patent GB-190006144-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Producing Circular Rings.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1900-04-02
Granted: 1901-02-09
Abstract: 6144. Haddan, H. J., [Schreck, W.]. April 2. Bending.-An apparatus for making circular or other rings, especially such as are produced by bending a bar of flat iron edgeways, comprises a mandrel a, a clamping-device b, and a laterallyadjustable roller c. The heated bar A, cut to the requisite length, is clamped to the mandrel as shown in Fig. 1, and the roller adjusted so that a revolution of the mandrel effects a preliminary bending. The roller is then set further in and the operation repeated, till the bar forms a complete ring as shown in Fig. 3. The roller and mandrel may have flanges to keep the bar on edge. The mandrel may be rotated by power, or by a hand ratchet lever or other hand power. The cross-section of the mandrel determines the shape of the rings.
Patent GB-190007492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleansing Bottles and other Hollow Vessels.
Filed: 1900-04-23
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 7492. Lake, H. H., [Boldt & Vogel]. April 23. Cleaning bottles &c.-Relates to brushing-apparatus for cleansing bottles and other hollow vessels. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a cross-section. The internal brushes i are carried on spindles p provided with driving-pulleys o and mounted in swivel bearings d having at their free ends rolls f, which tend to run up the spring- held arms g and keep the brushes bearing towards one side. The bottle is supported on rolls r connected to pulleys v. The external brushes care carried on spindles b provided with pulleys m, n, which are connected to the pulleys o, s. The pulleys v are driven from the pulley t. In a modification, the spindles of the internal brushes are mounted one at each end of a bent lever, so that one is in its operative position, while the other is raised for the removal of the bottle.
Patent GB-190007503-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Filling for the Interstices existing Between Paving Blocks.
Inventor: MUIR THOMAS KING
Filed: 1900-04-23
Granted: 1900-06-02
Abstract: 7503. Muir, T. K. April 23. Drawings to Specification. Wood-block paving.-The interstices between the rows of blocks are filled with a flexible absorbent fabric, coated or faced on both sides with a composition consisting of granular particles of cork, sawdust, &c., immersed in asphalt, tar, or other waterproofing-material. Or the fabric may be saturated with the waterproofing before applying the granular material.