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Patent GB-189717676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Electricity Meters.
Inventor: EMMOTT WALTER
Filed: 1897-07-28
Granted: 1898-07-28
Abstract: 17,676. Emmott, W. July 28. Quantity meters, coin-freed. A beam 12 is balanced so as to remain tipped up in the direction shown after a coin has struck the pan 15 at one end, and to tilt in the opposite direction when liquid or sand from a hopper 1 fills the vessel 11 at the other end. In the first position, the electric circuit 21 is completed through a pair of upright contacts 17. According to the strength of the current used, a solenoid 3 attracting a lever 8 sets a cam 6 so that the valve 2 of the hopper passes a proportionate quantity of liquid or sand. In the second position the beam completes the circuit through a second pair of contacts, so that the current passes through an impedance which reduces the light.
Patent GB-189718283-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Otter Trawl Nets.
Inventor: BUCKINGHAM SAMUEL
Filed: 1897-08-06
Granted: 1898-08-06
Abstract: 18,283. Buckingham, S., and Epton, J. Aug. 6. Trawling-gear.-To diminish the tendency of the wing nets to lift the ground rope, they are made with a selvage at the top and bottom A and B, Fig. 2, instead of one only at the top us shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-189719212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elastic Shoe or Boot Soles.
Inventor: HAMMANN ERNST
Filed: 1897-08-19
Granted: 1897-11-06
Abstract: 19,212. Hammann, E. Aug. 19. Soles.-Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a sole, and Fig. 2 a plan of the same with the lower portion c removed. The middle layer a is cut away, as shown, to accommodate springs o, o' attached to or stamped out of metal plates m, m'. These plates may be placed loosely in the chambers, or may be secured by lugs i, i nailed or sewn to the inner or outer soles b, c.
Patent GB-189728155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in connection with Wet Flax Spinning Frame Troughs.
Inventor: HERDMAN JOHN
Filed: 1897-11-30
Granted: 1898-07-30
Abstract: 28,155. Herdman, J., and Herdman, E. T. Nov. 30. Moistening-apparatus for wet flax spinning frames. The water and steam supply pipes A, Bare jointed together at C before entering the trough, the combined steam and water passing along the branch pipes E, w h i c h terminate in the bent pipes H near the ends of the trough.
Patent GB-189729106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telemotor Apparatus for Indicating Direction, Speed, and Revolutions of Marine Engines.
Inventor: BROWN ANDREW BETTS
Filed: 1897-12-09
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 29,106. Brown, A. B. Dec. 9. Speed indicators; revolution-direction indicators; counting-apparatus.-The shaft A drives a Root's or like blower by a strap and pulley, compressing or exhausting the air in the tubes B<2>, D according to the direction of rotation. The tube D leads to a casing E within which is an aneroid barometer or like pressure gauge. An index-finger attached to the scale of the instrument, which shows speeds and pressures, is set to atmospheric pressure on the barometer scale and is there clamped ; the index-finger of the barometer then shows the speed, while the direction of rotation is indicated by the relative position of the movable and clamped fingers. An adjustable valve M is provided on the casing to allow of egress or ingress of air according to whether the pressure in the casing is above or below that of the atmosphere, and this valve may be fitted with two whistles of different tones. To enable the number of rotations of the shaft to be counted, a chamber C is fitted with an adjustable valve C<2> and an air outlet C<1>. A hollowended shaft C<3> rotates with the shaft A and has an aperture C' through which, once in every revolution, communication with the atmosphere is established. This arrangement causes the movable index to oscillate, and so enables the revolutions to be counted, while a maximum indicating-finger allows the speed readings to be taken at any time.
Patent GB-189729358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skates.
Inventor: DUTHIE JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1897-12-11
Granted: 1898-03-26
Abstract: 29,358. Duthie, J. A. Dec. 11. Skates.-Relates to devices for attaching or disconnecting toe and heel plates both to the blade and to the boot. The blade A is provided with three bayonet slots B, and the plates C with three pairs of depending flanges D, each pair being connected together by a rivet E. The toe plate has two cross-slots therein, in which can be fixed, at any desired distance from the centre, bolts G attached to sliding plates having edge clamps H for holding the sides of the boot In addition to this arrangement, a plate may be used having two projections which can enter any two of a series of parallel holes in the toe plate. The heel plate has uprights K with knife-edges or prongs for entering the heel of the boot. The Figure shows the skate half put on, the rivets E of the toe plate placed in position in the slots B, and the rivet of the heel plate about to be forced into the bayonet slot below, when the prongs K will also be forced into the heel.
Patent GB-189730336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes.
Filed: 1897-12-22
Granted: 1898-02-26
Abstract: 30,336. Mardon, Son, & Hall and Pearce, T. Dec. 22. Fastenings for boxes. The flaps E, F, G, H forming the bottom are secured by a cord K passing through the perforations I, J in the flaps G, H. The cord may be used to secure the bottom only, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be carried around the box and passed through perforations M, N in the lid to secure the latter as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
Patent GB-189807738-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Teaching Musical Notation and other purposes.
Inventor: BURY CHARLES AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1898-03-31
Granted: 1898-06-18
Abstract: 7738. Bury, C. A., and Hushton, F. T. March 31. Teaching music ; composition, facilitating.-The invention consists of a diagram of a keyboard and a musical stave together with representations of the various musical signs used in connection with the latter. The pupils place the signs on the stave in their proper positions corresponding to the notes on the keyboard. The stave and signs can also be used by composers.
Patent GB-189811971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair Pins.
Inventor: KNIGHT WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1898-05-26
Granted: 1898-09-03
Abstract: 11,971. Knight, W. J. May 26. Hair-pins.-The limbs are made to cross each other.
Patent GB-189812299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sectional Warping and Beaming Machines, and Machines similar to Sectional Warping and Beaming Machines, and used in Dressing Warps in Sections.
Inventor: STOTT JOHN HOWARD
Filed: 1898-06-01
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 12,299. Stott, J. H. June 1. Yarns, warping and beaming.-In machines of the kind described in Specification No. 2850, A.D. 1890, the shaft c<1> of one of the rollers a, b, c for drawing off the yarns or threads from the bobbins &c. is driven by a friction coupling, consisting of a plate on a loose pulley pressed by springs against a collar or boss on the shaft. The motion is transmitted to the section shaft d by means of a shaft o<1>, o<5>, o<6>, a sliding conical friction bowl o, and a plate p. The bowl o is forced against the action of the spring q by the lever r and spring v<1>, the pressure of which is relieved by a weighted lever x, operated by arms y<1> carrying the roller z, in accordance with the tension of the yarns passing over the roller. The motion may also be communicated to the section shaft by making the shaft o' in two parts, connected together by a friction coupling similar to that on the shaft c<1>. A brake band 4 is operated by arms 9, 11 on the shaft 10, and a connecting-rod 12, from the hand-lever 13, which also, by means of bell-crank levers, operates the belt fork 24 and the belt fork of the separately-driven nip-rollers of the stopmotion. The stop-motion is provided with three or more drop-rollers to equalize the tension.
Patent GB-189812805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pens.
Inventor: WINKLER OLOF
Filed: 1898-06-08
Granted: 1898-07-23
Abstract: 12,805. Winkler, O. June 8. Penholders, reservoir. The hollow ink holding handle 1 is preferably made of glass, and is tapered and curved at the forward end to supply the nib 8, which is held in the sliding barrel 2. The rubber air ball 10 is provided with a sliding valve 4 to control the admission of air, and thus regulate the flow of ink.
Patent GB-189813118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lubricators.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1898-06-11
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 13,118. Boult, A. J., [Bielefelder Mashinen Fabrik vorm. D³rkopp & Co.]. June 11. Lubricating. - Relates to lubricator for cycle wheels &c. The oil passage c is controlled by the plugcock e, to which the cover g is attached so that a double closure of the passage is effected. A spring h, acting on flats on the plug e, may be employed to hold the parts in the open or closed position.
Patent GB-189813727-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Effecting the Hermetic Closure of Bottles and the like with Corks or Stoppers of Porous Material.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1898-06-20
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 13,727. Imray, O., [Nõgeli, W.]. June 20. Corks; stoppers. - Relates to the hermetic closure of bottles &c. by corks or stoppers of porous material. The bottle &c. is closed by two separate corks or stoppers, between which is introduced a layer of impervious material, such as vaseline, paraffin. gutta-percha, sealing-wax, &c., or soft metals or alloys which can be rendered soft by heat, the material being caused by the pressure of inserting the corks, or by the internal pressure, or by the application of heat during sterilizing &c., to penetrate into the pores of the contiguous parts of the corks. The material may be mixed with an antiseptic, and the parts of the cork may be connected by a wire to prevent them from separating and to facilitate their extraction. The impervious layer may consist of a disc of paper &c. saturated with the impervious material. Other porous materials, such as wood, linoleum compounds &c., may be used instead of cork, more particularly for the upper part of the stopper.
Patent GB-189814305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brewing and the Production of Alcoholic Beverages.
Filed: 1898-06-28
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 14,305. Faulkner, F., Johnson, J. E J., and Non-Deposit Beer Co. June 28. Filter-presses; filtering beer; filtering-media.-Beer brewed in a special manner is filtered through a filter shown in vertical section in Fig. 2. The filter is mounted on trunnions and is adapted to be coupled to a cask containing the beer. It consists of a number of slabs 1 composed of a mixture of pulped cellulose and asbestos placed between plates 2, 3 that are respectively formed with small and large perforations. The beer is run into the centre chamber 4, and the filtered beer is run off from the end chambers 12, 12<a> through pipes 6, 13 to a bottling-apparatus in which the air &c. which escapes from the vent pipes is retained in a chamber under pressure, so that both the bottling and the filtration are performed under the pressure of this air.
Patent GB-189816016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Ventilators.
Inventor: STEPHENS WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-07-22
Granted: 1899-05-20
Abstract: 16,016. Stephens, W. July 22. Sash fastenings.-Relates to a window ventilator, and a sash fastening adapted for use with the same. A light metal frame a, Fig. 1, covered with wire gauze or perforated metal, is inserted between the top of the upper sash (when open) and the window frame. The sash fastening, Fig. 4, consists of a pin screwed at the point m and mounted on an angle plate p, o, which is screwed to the top bar of the lower sash. On the side bars of the upper sash are two plates with several screwed holes, into which the pin m can be screwed to hold the upper sash at any required height.
Patent GB-189816123-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Alleviating Headache, Neuralgia, and similar Ailments.
Inventor: SARASON LEOPOLD
Filed: 1898-07-23
Granted: 1898-09-24
Abstract: 16,123. Sarason, L. July 23. Pads.-An appliance for alleviating headache, neuralgia, and similar ailments consists of two pads a and a<1>, carried by t w o spring metal strips b, b<1> adjustable in loops c, c<1>, by means of which pressure is applied to the temples of the patient.
Patent GB-189816484-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for the Production of Weaving Diagrams.
Inventor: SZCZEPANIK JAN
Filed: 1898-07-28
Granted: 1898-12-23
Abstract: 16,484. Szczepanik, J., and Kleinberg, L. July 28. Drawings to Specification. Producing weaving diagrams.-Relates to improvements in the method described in Specification No. 29,230, A.D. 1896, for producing weaving diagrams by means of photography, the design in that case being produced through an optical screen consisting of compartments of different transparencies, directly upon sensitized paper. In the present case, a photographic negative of the design is produced upon a glass plate provided with a strong network of lines similar to a diagram paper. This is projected on a dull plate with a fine network of lines, the square of which represent the proportion of the weft threads to the warp threads. A picture of desired sharpness is produced upon the dull plate, which picture can be shortened or lengthened in the desired direction by using cylinder lens objectives, and then the dull plate is replaced by a plate provided with a large number of small apertures, each of the apertures in this hole-plate coinciding with the centre of one square of the dull plate. In each of these squares a projection of the opening in the diaphragm or shutter of the objective will be produced, the arrangement being such that the squares, particularly the outline of the design and the colours of the same, are produced with the aid of diaphragms having differently-formed apertures. In a frame behind the hole-plate, sensitized paper is fixed. The bindings are produced with the aid of ' binding plates,' which are placed close up against the holeplate and which cover over corresponding apertures in the latter in such a manner as to produce a representation of the desired binding. For shaded patterns, a hole-plate with apertures of different sizes may be used. With different sizes of aperture the squares will appear differently copied, and to obviate this a hole-plate is used in which, in addition to the hole?, there are white lines forming squares, and which copies first the squares and then the holes, two cover-plates being used in succession, one which covers up the holes only and the other the squares. Shaded patterns may also be produced by using differently-sized diaphragms separately with a hole-plate formed with equallysized apertures and corresponding ' binding plates' during equal lengths of time, or one diaphragm may be used with different lengths of time.
Patent GB-189818051-A (GB)
Title: An Electric Fuse.
Inventor: CHILDS JOSEPH GERSHOM
Filed: 1898-08-22
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 18,051. Childs, J. G. Aug. 22. Cut-outs.-The fuse wire is enclosed in a tube of insulating - material open at the end remote from the supply terminal ; the rush of air blows out the arc. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the fuse wire C is enclosed in the tube A, which is fitted at one end with a plug and contact B. The wire A is secured in a boring B' by a screw B<2>, and the boring is closed by a screw B<3>. The other end of the wire is connected to the second contact D clamped to tha tube and protected by an insulating-layer D'. The tube is provided with insulating-handles E. The contacts B and D and the contacts on the base are so constructed that the fuse can only be attached in the proper position. In modified forms, the wire C is secured by gripping between the screw B and a shoulder, or by means of a cap screwing on to the end of the tube.
Patent GB-189824006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brakes for Wheels.
Inventor: BOLLEE AMEDEE
Filed: 1898-11-14
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 24,006. BollÚe, A. Nov. 14. Brakes.-Relates to a strap or band brake device suitable for checking rotation in either direction, and so designed as not to be affected by external action such as that due to the play of a vehicle on its springs. It is intended for motor cars and other road vehicles, and for railway cars. The Figures show the invention as applied to a motor vehicle. The ends of the brake strap 6 are connected, one to a tube 10 and the other to a rod 8 passing through the tube and through a block 7 pivoted on the vehicle frame. The tube and the rod are capable of abutting on opposite sides of the block 7. The brake is applied by forcing the ends of the tube 10 and the rod 8 apart, either by the lever 11 shown, or by hydraulic, electric, or other force. Springs are provided for releasing the brakes. The Figures show a lever and line or cord device for operating the brake levers 11. These levers are so disposed that their point of connection with the cords is closely adjacent to the fixed pivots of the blocks 7, whereby disturbance of the action due to vibration is minimized. In order to provide for the adjustment of the brake strap, it is made in two parts as shown.
Patent GB-189824120-A (GB)
Title: Improved Paper Sheet for Written Commumications.
Inventor: ATTINGER VICTOR
Filed: 1898-11-15
Granted: 1899-01-14
Abstract: 24,120. Attinger, V. Nov. 15. Envelopes; letter-sheets; postcards.-These and similar articles are ornamented with a silhouette of a landscape, town, &c. against a coloured background,. as shown. The part enclosed by the silhouette is reserved for the communication.
Patent GB-189902087-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Hanging Boats' Rudders.
Inventor: PAPE FREDERIC AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1899-01-30
Granted: 1899-05-13
Abstract: 2087. Pape, F. A. Jan. 30. Rudders, hanging. The rudder, hinged to a dovetailed bar C, fits into a correspondingly-shaped channel formed by a groove in the stern-post and a slotted plate E bolted to it.
Patent GB-189903138-A (GB)
Title: Rotating Steam Engine.
Inventor: NIEPMANN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1899-02-13
Granted: 1899-08-26
Abstract: 3138. Niepmann, F. Feb. 13. Steam turbines.--Steam entering at b passes through a number of outward-flow turbines g wedged to a shaft f and situated in a casing a having g partitions d. Steam enters each turbine through an opening e, and passes therefrom between ribs h in the casing to a space at the top of the turbine, as shown by arrows in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-189903302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Mills.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1899-02-14
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 3302. Fell, J. C., [Schutz, J. M.]. Feb. 14. Impact pulverizers for sugar, salt, drugs, spices, ginger, grain, minerals, &c. A set of beaters 7, secured upon discs 7<1>, rotates in close proximity to the corrugated lining 8 of a cylinder 6. The vibrating feed-trough 12, preferably of brass, and open at both ends, is fitted with a magnetic separator consisting of a series of bar magnets 44 with their poles arranged alternately in opposite directions ; it is hung upon rocking spindles, one of which 32 carries a lever which is coupled by a link to the rod of an eccentric upon the spindle 33 ; the joint between the spindle and the rod is guided in a slide carried by the spindle 38, which may be rotated and set at any angle so as to vary the inclination of the slide and thereby the throw of the lever. The feed-trough works in an enlargement of the feed-shoot 9 which is formed with openings for air or other fluid. Fitted to the open end of the cylinder 6 is a cone 14 near the mouth of which is an axially-adjustable disc 28 ; opposite the large end of the cone and secured upon the end of the mill shaft is a disc 17 fitted with blades 30. The current of air produced by the beaters carries the pulverized material around the edge of the disc 17 into the cone, and out between it and the edge of the disc 28. The fineness of the material discharged depends upon the slope of the cone, upon the position of the disc 28, and upon the inclination of the blades 30 which are pivoted on the disc 17. Material too large to escape returns to the cylinder and ascends to the feed-shoot by the passage 19, which is fitted with a rotating valve 20.
Patent GB-189904536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-operated Machines or Apparatus.
Inventor: ROMANS JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Filed: 1899-03-01
Granted: 1900-01-27
Abstract: 4536. Romans, J. G. W., and Grover, A. D. March 1. Sale apparatus ; delivery mechanism. - The articles b are piled in a holder B within the main casing A, and the pile with a load c rests on a shelf d. A tubular pusher E on a guiding-core G, which projects from the shelf, is provided with a pivoted rake h the two prongs of which in advancing pass on each side of the shelf and eject the lowest article into a shoot C, but owing to their bevelled form duck under the pile in returning, when the pusher is left free to the action of a spring i coiled on the core. Coin action.-The pusher has attached to it a parallel plate D, which lies between two fixed plates k, m projecting beyond the casing A and is formed with a central keyhole slot 43, 16 and lateral slots s and teeth 33. Normally, a detent K, pivoted at 34 in brackets q beneath the bed-plates m, engages in the longer slot s, and so only allows the pusher a limited movement from the position in which the circular part of the keyhole slot registers with holes 61 and n in the projecting parts of the fixed plates k and m respectively. The hole 61 allows the introduction of a coin into the keyhole slot, and the hole n allows a coin which is too small to drop through. The teeth 33 of the sliding plate engage a wheel, not shown, upon a spindle I which is supported in a slot in the brackets q by means of the detent K with the aid of an adjusting-screw 38. This spindle bears a sector t, which encounters the coin sliding over it, and is consequently pushed down so that the detent K is disengaged and a complete movement of the pusher is made. Fraud, preventing; coin-discharging mechanism. -The coin, after passing the sectors, encounters a fixed wedge w, which thrusts it through a hole 40 in the bed-plate m into a receptacle. If a narrow hard disc is used in place of a coin, it is thrust up into a recess in the upper fixed plate k. If a blank of lead, pasteboard, or other soft material is placed in the coin opening 16, the teeth of the sector, sinking into the substance, will leave the detent free to engage the first slot s of the coin slide. The aperture n lets undersized coins drop through. Casings ; money receptacles.-The removable panel which gives access to the goods holder B is secured at the bottom by a hook, and the latter holds a spring-up bolt in a recess in the cash drawer.
Patent GB-189906752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tram and Railway Rails, doing without Points in Single Lines at the Passing Places.
Inventor: SPARROW JAMES
Filed: 1899-03-29
Granted: 1899-09-16
Abstract: 6752. Sparrow, J March 29. Permanent way.-Doubly-grooved rails, or two rails side by side, or like arrangements are used on the single part of a railway or tramway line, and are opened out at passing places, turn-outs, &c., as shown, so as to dispense with movable points.
Patent GB-189908429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wine Bins.
Inventor: TAMPLIN WHITELEY WARD
Filed: 1899-04-22
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 8429. Tamplin, W. W. April 22. Wine bins.-The bins are built up of a series of removable sections or frames, adapted to fit one on top of another. Each frame consists of two end castings 1, connected by bars 4, 4<A> of wood or corrugated metal, which are formed with recesses 6 to receive the bottles, and are secured to the end castings by screws 5 &c. The bottom of each casting is formed with a projection 10, which is adapted to fit into a corresponding recess in the top of the casting of the frame beneath. Long frames may be strengthened by a casting at the centre.