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Patent GB-189925577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Boats.
Inventor: LORRAIN JAMES GRIEVE
Filed: 1899-12-27
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 25,577. Lorrain, J. G., [Myers, L. W.]. Dec. 27. Lifeboats.-Figs. 1 and 2 show a lifeboat, which can be launched either side up and is provided with curved bilge keels 6, 6 on both sides. It has staples or eyes at each end into which a mast and rudder are shipped. A tiller may be fitted at either end of the rudder. Access is got to the interior through doors 7, and airtight compartments are provided inside for the storage of provisions &c. A central tube 14 passes right through the hull and is fitted with air supply valves and branch pipes. The air valve in the upper end may be removed, and a mast shipped as shown in Fig. 2. Other air supply tubes 17 are fitted on each side of the central tube. The lower tubes are closed by valves.
Patent GB-190006943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Molds for Making Rubber Type in Sheets.
Inventor: DUNCAN JOSEPH SMITH
Filed: 1900-04-12
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 6943. Duncan, J. S. April 12. Type.-Relates to moulds for making rubber type in sheets, from which the single types are cut. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 a section on the line 2 ... 2. The mould comprises a case a with matrix bars E and strips F locked therein by means of spacing-bars B and locking- screws a<1>. The strips F project above the matrix bars, Figs. 4 and 5, and form grooves or slits f in the sheet of type G, Figs. 7 and 9. When thick bevelled strips are used, as shown in Fig. 4, recesses in the sheet are formed, as shown in Fig. 7, and the single types when cut from the sheet are of the form shown in Fig. 11 having a projection O on one side. Thin strips F, Fig. 5, form slits in the sheet, Fig. 9, and the types cut therefrom have rectangular bodies. The matrix bars E are supported on bars D, and are secured by the overhanging parts b of the bars B. The upper surfaces of the bars B are formed with recesses S, into which surplus rubber escapes when it is pressed on to the mould. The sheet of types is preferably first cut at rightangles to the slits f into rows of types, and then cut at the slits f. The bars D are preferably made of brass, the matrix bars E of aluminium, and the strips F of steel,
Patent GB-190007887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: MOXON JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1900-04-28
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 7887. Moxon, J. T. April 28. Washing - machines.-Fig. 4 shows a vertical section of the machine. The false bottom B, built up of transverse slats, is supported on springs C. The articles are hung upon rods K carried in the vertically-reciprocating frame H, which is covered by removable bars L, secured in place by a locking- bar M, or by other suitable means. The frame H is supported from the crosshead G, which is reciprocated by suitable linkwork actuated by a driving-wheel operated by hand or by power.
Patent GB-190008191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slide Lathes
Inventor: MOORE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-05-03
Granted: 1901-04-06
Abstract: 8191. Moore, J. W. May 3. Lathes.-To obtain a coarser feed of the sliderest than is usually provided, the back shaft C for effecting the traversing and surfacing movements is driven direct from the cone E by means of a single or stepped cone I, removably attached to the shaft. The belt connecting the cones E, F for giving the normal feed through a reversing-pinion and wheels G, H is removed when the coarse feed is required, and the pinion placed out of engagement with both wheels. The coarse feed is such as may be used in operating on water-pipe flanges.
Patent GB-190008781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Cash Register Tills.
Inventor: SNELGROVE WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-05-12
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 8781. Snelgrove, W. May 12. Tills.-On pulling out the cash drawer, a polygonal drum, internally illuminated and bearing advertising stencils, is turned behind a window b by electromagnetic ratchet gear, the armature J of an electromagnet H being a toothed sector in gear with a toothed ratchet lever of which the pawl L engages a ratchet-wheel M attached to the drum. The circuit is made and broken by switches connected to and operated by the till drawer and a spring.
Patent GB-190010007-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lubricator for Compound Steam-engines.
Inventor: SCHILDKNECHT GEORG
Filed: 1900-05-31
Granted: 1900-11-10
Abstract: 10,007. Schildknecht, G. May 31. Lubricators, sight-feed, for the cylinders and valves of compound steam engines, and especially of compound locomotives. Oil displaced by water from the condenser B passes from the oil reservoir to two sight-feed tubes L, each having two nozzles C, D, the passages being provided with suitable regulating and stop valves. The oil rises from the nozzles to passages k, k<1>, on each side of the partition shown. From the passages k, k<1> the oil passes to the cock F, where it is met by steam coming through the pipe n<1>, which forces it through specially-arranged passages to the parts to be lubricated. Should one of the passages become stopped, oil will accumulate on one side of the partition, and will become visible through the sight glasses. Should the action of the lubricator become interrupted, the handle K<1> is turned down, cutting off the passages k, k<1> and bringing the lubricator J<1> into action.
Patent GB-190014060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Interlocking Removable Parts of Furniture.
Inventor: STEIN GUESTAV
Filed: 1900-08-04
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 14,060. Stein, G. Aug. 4. Bedsteads; furniture joints and connections.- Relates to a joint for connecting the side bars of bedsteads to the end frames and for connecting other removable parts of furniture. The male part of the joint consists of a plate b from which is stamped up a bridge-piece having wide and narrow parts a, c. The female part consists of a plate d, from which a similar bridge-piece f is stamped up. The part a is inserted through the wide gaps m in the plate d, and is then slid downwards as shown in Fig. 9, when the wide part a engages behind the edges of the narrow aperture n.
Patent GB-190023806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bakers' Ovens
Inventor: KARL FRANZ
Filed: 1900-12-29
Granted: 1901-12-28
Abstract: 23,806. Karl, F. Dec. 29. Ovens.-The tables or plates of bakers' ovens are lifted after insertion by means of a lever or levers so that the bread, pastry, &c. is put directly into the natural oven atmosphere. A steam or Perkins' oven is shown in Fig. 3. Levers e, d to lift the plate b and table a respectively are mounted on shafts n, m and connected by rods e and operated by a weighted lever f on the shaft n. A suitable fixing-device is provided, that shown comprising a notched rod j and detent pin q. Rails o supporting the table may be mounted on a shaft p and lifted at the back of the oven.
Patent GB-190109460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mantles for Incandescent Gas-lighting.
Inventor: MISSIRE FREDERIC
Filed: 1901-05-07
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 9460. Missire, F., and Missire, M. L. May 7. Incandescent gas lamps. -Mantles are strengthened by ribs or bands 4,7 formed by interlacing or interweaving therein, before they are chemically treated, extra or additional strands or strips of cotton or other fibrous material. These strips may be inserted either during the manufacture of the mantles or after the mantles have been made in the ordinary manner. The bases and the heads of the mantles are similarly strengthened by strips 16, 15 of mineral flax or other incombustible material.
Patent GB-190110980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines
Inventor: HOFFMAN WILLIAM M
Filed: 1901-05-28
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 10,980. Thompson, W. P., [Hoffman, W. M.]. May 28. Annular-chamber type.-A rotary steam engine of the ring-shaped chamber type is shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The central shaft 10 carries a ring 8, which projects through a circular slot in the piston chamber 5, and carries a piston block 7. Two crescent-shaped abutments 9 periodically obstruct the piston chamber, and are mounted on discs 21 so as to have a slight play. The discs are rotated by the valve shafts 16, which are driven by gearing 14 on the shaft 10. The valve-chests 19 are fitted, with steam pipes 43, and contain valve discs 29 mounted on the valve shafts. Passages 30 in the valve discs and partition wall allow the steam to pass into the piston chamber through passages 26 in the abutments. The valves are timed to admit steam behind the rotating piston, and the exhaust passes through apertures 31 in the piston ring, and thence to the atmosphere. The piston is packed with crossed packing-strips 40, pressed outwards by coiled springs, and similar packing is placed on the abutments.
Patent GB-190113507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vapour-burning Apparatus.
Inventor: KITSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-07-02
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 13,507. Kitson, A. July 2. Vapour burners.-The starting of the burner is effected, and the time of the operator saved, when a series of burners have to be started, as in street lighting, by the use of a subsidiary burner and apparatus which operates automatically when the two hand valves 20, 8, which respectively control the oil and air supplies from the reservoirs, have been turned on. When the valve 8 is opened, air under pressure passes to the cylinder 2 and drives out the spring piston 3, and also passes through a carburetter 9 to the subsidiary burner 6, while the handle 12 of the valve closes a spring contact device in the circuit 10<a> of the electric igniter 10, which thereupon lights the burner 6. The valve 8 is then turned into the position shown in Fig. 2, so that only the air in the cylinder 2 can pass through the carburetter 9 to the burner 6 as the piston 3 is forced down by the spring 7, too great a rush of air through the carburetter being prevented by the extreme fineness of the passage through a pellet 21 interposed between the valve casing and the pipe 5. The oil-supply valve 20 is also opened. By means of the rack 15 and the toothed quadrant 14, the return movement of the piston 3 and the rod opens the valve 13, and allows oil to pass to the vaporise ing tube 1. As soon as the air in the cylinder 2 is exhausted, the starting burner 6 goes out. Ordinary coal gas may be supplied to the starting burner, and a non-electric igniter may be used. In modified constructions, the valve 13 may have a pin-and-slot connection with its operating pinion, or the valve lever may be actuated by stops on the rod of the piston 3, and means may be provided for temporarily locking the valve when closed, in which case the hand-operated valve 20 may be dispensed with. A collapsable chamber actuated by a weight may be employed instead of the piston 3 and the cylinder 2.
Patent GB-190117360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Paring or Cutting or Splitting Leather.
Inventor: FISCHER BENNO
Filed: 1901-08-29
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 17,360. Fischer, B. Aug. 29. Hides and skins, tanned or tawed, treating.- Relates to machines for paring, cutting, or splitting leather. The leather is pressed by a rotating roller e against the edge of a dish-shaped cutter f, one strip passing inside the cutter and the other between it and a guide adjustably fixed above it and thence on to a table. The cutter f is mounted in bearings in such a manner that the thrust caused by the cutting operation is taken up by a ring of balls, and that it may be adjusted towards and from the roller e by operating the milled head n<2> on the worm shaft n. The guide above the cutter and the roller e are mounted in such a manner that they can be adjusted so as to cut a wedge-shaped strip, or a strip of uniform thickness throughout its width. The roller e is connected by universal joints with its driving-shaft and is mounted so that it can be adjusted either about the axle or shaft s' or the axle or shaft v'. The cutter is ground by means of a roller x, which is adjusted towards and from the cutter by a screw-and-nut arrangement x<3>, x<4> and is driven by a band x<6>, which may be tightened, when it is desired to bring the grinding-roller into operation, by operating a lever x<7>. In a modification, the grinding-roller is driven through bevel gearing and shafts connected together by universal joints so arranged as to allow one shaft to slide longitudinally in order to cause one of the worm-wheels to engage with, or be disengaged from, its driving-worm as may be required, the sliding of the shaft being effected by a lever.
Patent GB-190122087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Connections and Attachments of Rim Brakes for Cycles and such like.
Inventor: LAMPLUGH HENRY ARTHUR
Filed: 1901-11-02
Granted: 1902-10-02
Abstract: 22,087. Lamplugh, H. A. Nov. 2. Brakes; steering-mechanism.-Relates to means for operating bicycle and like rear-wheel brakes from the handle-bar without affecting the steering. The flexible member B leading from the rearwheel brake is pivoted at b<2> to an adjustable rod b<1>, hooked to a yoke or sleeve A' loosely encircling the handle-bar stem E and formed with a circular slot A in which works the end c<2> of a hand-lever C pivoted on the handle-bar E<1> as shown. In a modification, the lever is pivoted by a universal or other joint to the yoke A<1>, and the joint b<2> is a universal joint.
Patent GB-190122769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Mechanically Changing Shuttles in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: SMITH ALFRED
Filed: 1901-11-12
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 22,769. Smith, A., and Jackson, S. Nov. 12. Loom shuttlechanging mechanism; stop-motions. -Relates to shuttle - changing mechanism of the kind described in Specification No. 22,523, A.D. 1900. A lever 10, which is actuated in the way described in Specification No. 22,523, A.D. 1900, so as to push back the loom handle, is connected by a cord 1 to a lever 2, which carries a pawl 4, engaging with a ratchet-wheel 7 on the card cylinder 6. When the shuttle-changing motion acts, the card cylinder is reversed, through a space represented by two picks, by means of the pawl 4. The shuttle which is ready to be transferred to the lay-board, is supported in the magazine 12 by a rod 18 carried by a finger 17, which is secured to the rod 14 mentioned in Specification No. 22,523, A.D. 1900. The Provisional Specification describes a means for ejecting a spent shuttle, comprising a reciprocating pin ; a loose-reed stop-rod and a fast reed stop-rod, are employed, so as to adapt the shuttle-changing motion to a loose-reed loom.
Patent GB-190210270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means Employed for Making and Supporting the Joints in Rails for Tramways and other Railways.
Inventor: COWELL JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1902-05-05
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 10,270. Cowell, J. H., Cooper, J., and Cooper, W. May 5. Rail joints.-Two short lengths of channel section 2, with their upper flange 3 turned to clamp the foot of the rail, are bolted together under the joint. These plates may be embedded in the concrete, and ordinary fishplates may be used with them.
Patent GB-190210954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Folding Fabrics.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1902-05-13
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 10,954. Mills, S. J. B., [Dauvergne, A.]. May 13. Folding.-The folder a consists of heads e, Fig. 3, between which are secured plates i over which slide the folding-blades n, n<1> pressed downwards by springs. The heads are pivoted to arms f, which are guided as shown in Fig. 1, so that, when actuated by an adjustable crank disc l, the folder will move in a straight line x. The fabric is folded on a table u, which moves on vertical guides 5 and is pressed upwards by weights q against nippers r bv which the folds are held. The nippers are carried on carriages v, which are brought into and held in position by screw gearing. When the folder, through which the fabric t passes, approaches the end of its stroke, it passes under a nose 3, which turns down the fotder horizontally, and then, by means of an incline, the nipper r is slightly lifted to allow the lower folding-plate to pass the fold under it, the upper folding - plate being meanwhile arrested. A feeding-device may be used consisting of rollers 10, 11 geared together by an endless chain, the roller 10 being in gear with the motor shaft through a friction disc 12 and roller or pulley 13 on a shaft 14, so as to obtain a variable speed. The fabric is allowed to fall into a loop 17, to allow for the variable rate .of withdrawal by the folder.
Patent GB-190220444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking Plugs for Internal Combustion Engines
Filed: 1902-09-19
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 20,444. Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., and Austin, H. Sept. 19. Gas and like engines, igniting in. Relates to means for making a gastight joint between the insulating-plug and the body of the sparking-plug. The sparking takes place between a point a, Fig. 2, carried by the conical insulating- plug C, preferably of porcelain, and a point b, carried by the body B of the plug, which is screwed into the cylinder. The body B is formed with a cavity A into which some packing-material is introduced through an opening e. The packing may be amacus cement, stated to be a cement used for gas stoves and like purposes, or lead, or an alloy of lead and bismuth. The plug C may be grooved to give the packing a hold. A recess to contain the packing-material may be formed in the plug C itself, as shown in Fig. 3. The packing may be cast round the plug C before it is inserted in the body B, or may be introduced through a hole in the body B. The contact c is made in the manner described in Specification No. 20,445, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190223827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Guns
Inventor: HAZLEHURST EDWARD
Filed: 1902-10-31
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 23,827. Hazlehurst, E. Oct. 31. Toy guns.-Relates to a toy gun constructed to project a harmless projectile, such as a soft rubber ball, by the explosion of a paper &c. cap. The barrel of the gun is formed with an enlargement 10 at the muzzle, to receive the ball 11. A block 12 fixed transversely in the barrel acts as an anvil for the cap, which is exploded by a plunger 19. The plunger is connected by a rod 20 to the hammer 9, and is forced forwards by a spring 18 resting against a block 19, when the trigger 8 is pulled. The cap is introduced through a slot 14 in the barrel, this slot being closed by the plunger before the cap is fired.
Patent GB-190224593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Taps for Armour Plates and the like.
Inventor: FAIRHOLME FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1902-11-10
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 24,593. Fairholme, F. C., Hartley, W. A., and Wright, J. W. Nov. 10. Taps. - A tap for armour plates and other hard materials is made in two parts, the tap proper A, Figs. 1 and 2, and the stem or holder B, Fig. 6. The corners of the polygonal hole A' through the tap are situated opposite the cutting-edges A<2>. The part B<1> of the holder is polygonal and fits the hole A', and the cylindrical part B<2> is small enough to pass through the hole being tapped. A spring catch may be used to lock the tap on the holder. The taps may be made from a hollow steel cylinder, threaded and fluted on the exterior. The cylinder may be tapered before being cut up into sections, or the sections may be tapered separately.
Patent GB-190226319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutch Mechanism especially applicable to Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1902-11-29
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 26,319. Hollingworth, E., [Wyman, H.]. Nov. 29. Loom dobbies.-Relates to mechanism for automatically unclutching and clutching, at predetermined intervals, a driven shaft from a driving-shaft, particularly applicable to looms having a doubleacting dobby provided with a double index pattern chain, such as is described in Specification No. 1389, A.D. 1902, for stopping the rotation of the chain, in operative position, at intervals while the weaving is continued. A driven shaft 2 carries one part 6 of the clutch, and the other part 7 is feathered on a shaft 8 gearing, through bevel and spur wheels, with the pattern cylinder 15. A pattern chain 16 carrying indicators 17 passes over the cylinder, and the indicators act, at the required intervals, to raise a pivoted lever 18, which is connected by a link 21 to a pivoted arm carrying a projecting pin 23<1> engaging a camgroove in the part 7 of the clutch. The clutch is thus disengaged, and a pivoted L-lever 25 having an L-slot 25<1> into which the connecting-pin 22 projects is moved by a spring 27, so that the horizontal part of the slot engages the pin 22 and thus locks the clutch in its raised position. The parts are brought into action again by the dobby or other pattern mechanism, as, for example, indicators on the pattern cylinder operating a lever, which acts through a cord 28 to turn the lever 25, so that the pin 22 enters the vertical part of the slot 25<1> and allows a spring 8<1> to depress the part 7 of the clutch into gear, the indicator 17 having previously passed clear of the lever 18.
Patent GB-190228404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governing Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1902-12-23
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 28,404. Boult, A. J., [Soc. E. Chenard, & H. Walcker]. Dec. 23. Gas and like engines, valve gear for and governing in. The admission valve of an internalcombustion engine is operated by a cam a, the raised part b of which has one edge parallel to the axis of the cam at the opening side, but has an inclined or helical cut-off edge, so that by moving the cam axially on its spindle the duration of admission can be varied. The cam is moved by a governor.
Patent GB-190228785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Washing Machines.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1902-12-30
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 28,785. Liddle, W. F. Dec. 30. Folding paper.- Relates to o apparatus for folding paper, more particularly greaseproof paper for lining tins, jars, dishes, and the like. In the frame 1 is mounted a vertically-sliding bar 8 connected by a rod 6 to a lever pivoted at 2, lanced by a weight 4, and having an operating-handle 5. On the bar 8 is a plunger head 9, which may be depressed through an opening in the base 11. Around this opening are pivoted near their inner ends a series of tangential bars 12 on which are pivoted leaves 16 held in vertical position by springs. Sliding in guides 26 is a frame 24, 25 pressed down by a spring 28, and raised by the plunger 9 when it rises. In the opening in the part 24 are fixed a series of depending springs 27 surrounding the plunger. A sheet of paper being placed over the bars 12, the plunger is depressed, engages the inner ends of the bars, and tilts them to fold the paper into the form shown in Fig. 5. The leaves 16 press the paper in folds under the springs 27. Further downward movement of the plunger carries the folded paper through the opening in the base, the return of the plunger causing it to drop into a shape or shoot or be otherwise delivered to the packer.