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Patent GB-189729020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Bricks and other Moulded Building Materials.
Inventor: SMITH FRED SNOW
Filed: 1897-12-08
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 29,020. Smith, F. S. Dec. 8. Bricks and building-blocks.-A wedge-shaped rib A and projection C on the upper face and one end of the brick enter corresponding grooves or recesses underneath, and in the end of adjacent bricks. Headers are made with one or two transverse ribs and projections and corresponding recesses. By this construction the joints are made weatherproof and the bricks are firmly bonded together and interlocked with one another.
Patent GB-189730015-A (GB)
Title: Removable Horse Shoe Calk.
Inventor: SCHRADER FRIEDRICH AUGUST MART
Filed: 1897-12-18
Granted: 1898-01-22
Abstract: 30,015. S c h r a d e r, F. A. M. Dec. 18. Screws for horse-shoes. The calk a is fixed to the shoe c by a screw b which has a nick at both ends so that it may be removed from either end.
Patent GB-189815819-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a New Chemical Salt of Valuable Antiseptic Properties.
Filed: 1898-07-19
Granted: 1899-05-27
Abstract: 15,819. Berry, A. E., and Boake, Roberts, &. Co., A. July 19. Antiseptics.-A crystalline compound, having valuable antiseptic properties, is obtained by combining potassium or sodium metabisulphite, prepared as in Specification No. 5882, A.D. 1885, with formaldehyde. The body may be called " formaldehyde potassium (or sodium) metabi- " sulphite," and its empirical formula is H.CHO.K2S2O5 or H.CHO.Na2S2O5. It may be prepared by evaporating the mixed solutions, and crystallizing out.
Patent GB-189820793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door-closing Appliances and Checks for the same.
Inventor: ADAMS ROBERT
Filed: 1898-10-03
Granted: 1899-10-03
Abstract: 20,793. Adams, R. Oct. 3. Door-closing apparatus; door checks; pivots.- Relates to door-closing apparatus combined with checks, and also to methods of adjusting the pivots and alignment of doors. Fig. 2 shows one arrangement of the door closing and checking device. A pin or roller c<2> of a lever b<1> integral with the door pivot b works in a groove in a curved lever c pivoted at c'. The free end of the lever c is pivoted to the piston-rod of the check cylinder. It is evident that the leverage of the check-cylinder piston in checking the door lever b<1> is greatest when the door is nearly closed. When the door is wide open, the roller c<2> leaves the groove of the check )ever c. A similar arrangement is described for double swing doors. In another arrangement, leverage of the check a, Fig. 6, on the door is regulated by causing the end of the lever e, which connects the check to the spring frame e<2>, to work in a notch f in the casing. The position shown in dotted lines is when the door is wide open. This arrangement is also shown as applied to double swing doors. An arrangement is described for preventing recoil of the spring frame when the door is pushed while closing, this arrangement acting by positively connecting the spring frame to the cam on the door pivot. Another doorclosing arrangement with check is shown in Fig. 11. In this case, the closing-spring m is spirally wound between two cylinders, one of which l is fixed aud the other k is connected to the door. The piston P of the air &c. check is actuated by a screwed spindle o bolted to the outer fixed cylinder, rotation of the cylinder being prevented by ribs and grooves. The air &c. passes from one side of the piston to the other by a passage o<2> in the spindle o, the flow being regulated by a screw valve o<3>. The tension of the spring is regulated by a ratchet pawl k<3> and wheel k<2>. Various shapes of cams for the door pivots are described, to allow doors to open through various angles and to resist wind pressure from one side. Fig. 16 shows an arrangement for adjusting the position of the pivots of doors to take up wear &c. The door pivot r fits in a sliding block which can be displaced by the screw r<1>. It is locked, when adjusted, by a screw s' which passes through a square socket t with lugs which fit in recesses in the casing and prevent rotation of the screw r<1>. The alignment of a door is secured by making lever u, Fig. 21, on the pivot b<3> adjustable relatively to the door s by a nut v working on a screw pin v connected to the door.
Patent GB-189905829-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Distinctive Poison Bottle.
Inventor: WILSON JAMES
Filed: 1899-03-17
Granted: 1899-09-23
Abstract: 5829. Wilson, J. March 17. Bottles.-Relates to bottles for containing poisons. The bottle is made triangular in cross-section, one or more of the sides a being grooved or corrugated, either longitudinally, horizontally, or diagonally, and at least two of the edges d being serrated or indented. One of the sides a is left plain for the reception of a label, and the spaces c on the grooved sides may have warning notices, such as 'Caution,' 'Not to be taken,' moulded on them.
Patent GB-189907361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Felt Hats.
Inventor: NEAVE JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1899-04-07
Granted: 1900-02-24
Abstract: 7361. Neave, J. H., and Dehan, F. April 7. Felt hats.-Relates to the stiffening of felt hats, and consists in removing the stiffening-substance from the surface of the hat so as to prevent the surface from being stained or spotted by the stiffening in subsequent operations on the hat. The hat, after being immersed in a solution of shellac or other stiffening-material, is preferably placed on a revolving block A, and sprinkled with water from a reservoir M. The water which falls into the vessel I runs away into a vessel K, from which a pump N forces it back into the reservoir M. While the hat is being sprinkled, it is also brushed by an attendant. When the surface has been sufficiently treated, the bat may be partly dried by rotating the block A at a high rate of speed, and the bat is afterwards completely dried, preferably at a heat not exceeding 100‹ F. The hat is then heated sufficiently to melt the shellac. This is preferably effected by steam. The shellac on cooling assumes a crystalline form in the body of the hat. The sprinkling operation may be dispensed with, and the surface of the hat be cleaned by brushing after the shellac is dried.
Patent GB-189919862-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Reservoir or Fountain Syringe, Enema and Hot Water Bag.
Inventor: HALL EDMUND WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-10-03
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 19,862. Hall, E. W. Oct. 3. Syringes; heating-appliances.-A flexible bag A, which when plugged serves as a hot-water bag, is provided with a handle a and a suspending-loop b, and a screw nozzle c is fitted in the neck of the bottle, and connected to a flexible tube d having a bulb e and tap f, to which nozzles such as g, h may be attached to form a fountain syringe or enema.
Patent GB-189920602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Gas and Oil Engines.
Inventor: MELHUISH ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1899-10-14
Granted: 1900-08-25
Abstract: 20,602. Melhuish, A. G. Oct. 14. Gas and explosive-vapour engines.-The engine described in Specification No. 9038, A.D. 1895, in which the cylinder A is exhausted by being put into communication with a vacuous chamber B at the end of the out-stroke, is provided with a distributing slide valve L, which controls communication between the cylinders A and B and the exhaust pipe F and the cylinder A and admission pipe G.
Patent GB-190002901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Bearings.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1900-02-13
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 2901. Dymond, G. C. [Gillette Roller Bearing Co.]. Feb. 13. Axle - boxes; dust - excluders and oil - retainers; lubricating.-Cylindrical rollers J are employed in contact with one another and with the axle A and casing F. The casing is secured to the hub by the plates C, E, which screw on to the casing and, if neces-ary, are united by bolts K. This construction enables the casing &c. to be adjusted to hubs of different lengths. The rollers are retained by the part 0 of the plate C and by the cap G. Dust is exclude by tl.e cap H, and at the rear end by the cap D and the pad L. The hub is retained on the axle by a nut I or by a cottar. Oil, which can be introduced through the oil-hole P, is retained in the lower part of the casing.
Patent GB-190012512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Exhaust Pipes of Steam, Oil and Gas Engines.
Inventor: GRANGER WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1900-07-11
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 12,512. Granger, W. A. July 11. Metal pipes.-Exhaust pipes for steam, oil, and gas engines are made to diverge from the inlet end D towards the outlet end B, whereby a partial vacuum is produced near the small end.
Patent GB-190015061-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Wheel for Cycles, Self-propelling and other Street Vehicles of any kind.
Inventor: WIESENER PHILIPP
Filed: 1900-08-23
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 15,061. Wiesener, P., and Hosbach, A. Aug. 23. Spring wheels; felloes or rims; spolces; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Relates to the spring wheel shown in partial side elevation in Fig. 1. The rim consists of an undulated metal ring c, of which the inner undulations are bridged by flat springs d secured by nuts or the like. The flat springs are connected to the hub b by conically-coiled spring spokes a. The ring c is secured, either to an outer rim h which carries a rubber or like tyre k, or to a tubular metal ring provided with spikes for securing a tread-piece. In a modification, the ring c is in sections.
Patent GB-190016980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Check Tills.
Inventor: PHELPS FRANK RANDOLPH MULLINGS
Filed: 1900-09-24
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 16,980. Phelps, F. R. M., and Commin, F. J. Sept. 24. Fastenings.-Relates to the type of checktill in which the desk carrying the paper strip is turned round to display the entry to the customer. Both the rotary desk d and the drawer c are normally locked by two pins on a spring arm engaging respectively a projection on the desk and a spring catch on a lever n<3> pivoted to the drawer. When the handle c<3> of the drawer is first pulled, the upturned end c<6> of a draw-bar c<2> swings back the lever n<3>, releasing both catches and allowing the further movement of the handle c<3> to open the drawer and rotate the desk.
Patent GB-190023046-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Uniting Aluminium and Steel or Iron.
Filed: 1900-12-17
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 23,046. Soc. Internationale des Usines et Fonderies d'Aluminium (Soc. Anon.). June 20, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Coating pipes and tubes.-Iron and steel articles are united or coated with aluminium by first coating with copper electrolytically and then casting on the aluminium. A thin film of copper is first obtained by electrodeposition in a bath containing an acid solution of copper and oxalate of ammonia. The coating is thickened in an ordinary bath of acid sulphate of copper. The process is particularly applicable for lining pipes and cylinders.
Patent GB-190106324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Folding and Wire-stapling Sheets of Paper and similar Material.
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 6324. Lake, H. H., [Cottrell & Sons Co., C. B.]. March 26. Folding paper.-Relatesto machines for simultaneously folding and wire stapling sheets of paper and the like. Fig. 1 shows a front elevation, and Fig. 4 a transverse section of a part of the machine. The sheets s are placed on a table b having a slot above which is placed a fixed folding-blade c, the lower edge of which is slightly above the level of the surface of the table b. The blade c is in sections, and at the space3 between these sections are placed stapling-devices k, the staple-drivers 8 of which are in the same vertical plane as the blade c. The stapling-devices k may be of any suitable kind, but preferably such as are described in Specification No. 19,790, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Nails &c.]. Below the table b is a vertically-reciprocating transverse bar f carrying a set of spring grippers d, which pass up through the slot in the table and fold the sheets s on to the blade c. The bar f is reciprocated in guides g by rods r connected to cranks h. The grippers d consist of pairs of elastic jaws on arms j figed on the bar f. The staples are inserted before the grippers form the fold, and are clinched by clinchers 9, 10, 11 in guides m on the bar f. The outer plunger 9, on which are pivoted the clinching-swages 11, is connected to a lever 12 pivoted at 13 on an arm 14 of the bar f, and the lever 12 is pressed upwardly by a spring 15. The inner plunger 10 is connected to a lever 16 pivoted at 17 and pulled downwardly by a spring. As the bar f nears the end of its upward stroke, the swages 11 engage and bend inwardly the legs of the staple 25, and then the plunger 10 is moved up to clinch the staple against the pressure of the driver 8, by the lever 16 engaging a fixed projection 21 on the framing. The outer plunger 9 is arrested by the driver 8, and moves the lever 12 into engagement with a spring catch 19 by which it is held during the downward stroke of the bar f. The final upward movement of the bar causes the grippers d to crease the paper on the blade c. The grippers are opened to release the sheets by fixed inclines 24 on the framing engaging extensions 23 on the grippers. The catches 19 are moved to release the outer plungers 9, before the bar f moves up, by fixed pieces on the framing. The folded and stapled sheets may be delivered into a box n by a reciprocating packer o ; or other suitable delivery apparatus may be used.
Patent GB-190107297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Securing Bags and similar articles.
Inventor: GRANT SAMUEL PRICE
Filed: 1901-04-09
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: .7297. Grant, S. P. April 9. Drawings to Specification. Wire cords.-A fastening for securing the mouth of a sack, paper bag, &c. is formed of a cotton, linen, paper, &c. cord, with which is combined a lead, copper, &c. wire. The wire may be embedded in the cord or wrapped round the same. The cord is secured at one end to the bag, and is wound round the mouth after the bag is filled.
Patent GB-190107742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-screens
Inventor: ADAMS JOSEPH EBENEZER
Filed: 1901-04-15
Granted: 1901-06-01
Abstract: 7742. Adams, J. E. April 15. S c r e e n s; brackets - Relates to a screen which can be used as an ordinary fire-screen or as a grate ornament. Any suitable screen is fixed in a holder e<2>,which is clamped, by a set-screw e<3>, in the thickened lower end of one part e of a telescopic arm elbowed at a<1> and jointed at a<2>, b<1> to a forked clamp b, which is secured by a set-screw d to a mantelpiece. The clamp b and the screw tip are faced with rubber &c.
Patent GB-190112460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Taps and the like.
Inventor: FETTE HEINRICH WILHELM ADOLF
Filed: 1901-06-18
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 12,460. Fette, H. W. A. June 18. Taps.-The rows of teeth b are shaped as shown, and divided down the middle by grooves c. The tap is thus able to cut when leaving as well as when entering the work, and chips cannot clog the teeth.
Patent GB-190119497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoppering Bottles.
Inventor: CHAMBERS DAVID
Filed: 1901-09-30
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 19,497. Chambers, D. Sept. 30. Stoppers ; s e a l i n g bottles; c o r k s , withdrawing. - The stopper 2, preferably made of cork, is formed with two parallel holes to receive the the legs of the staple 3, the outer end of which forms a loop, while its inner ends are passed through a concave washer 4, and are secured beneath it by twisting or by other suitable means. The staple fits, but is capable of sliding in, the holes of the stopper, and the upper end of the stopper is formed with a recess 5, within which the upper end of the staple lies so that it can be covered by the usual cork label. To open the bottle, the label is broken and the staple is pulled upwards by a hooked lever, or by other suitable means, the washer 4 bearing against the bottom of the stopper and preventing it from spreading &c. A cord 6 may be looped through the staple, for use in extracting the stopper by hand, or by other suitable power, and this cord may be secured to the neck by the usual neck label or seal.
Patent GB-190202250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Removing the Bark from Trees or for similar Operations
Inventor: KLINE CHARLES RINESMITH
Filed: 1902-01-28
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 2250. Kline, C. R. Jan. 28. Bark, removing; planing.-Relates to a portable machine having a revolving cutter actuated by a rotary compressed-air engine, which may be used for barking trees or for planing. The rotary engine 2, Fig. 1, is of the crescent-shaped chamber type, in which an inner cylinder 16 revolves on an eccentric axis in the cylindrical casing 21. The vane 17 is mounted so that it can slide along a diameter of the inner cylinder, and thereby keep always in contact with the casing. The admission and exhaust ports are shown at 22, 23, and the engine may be reversed by admitting the compressed air to one or the other by means of a three-way cock (not shown). The cutter 44 is driven from the engine by toothed gearing. The exhaust air is discharged into the chamber 6 in which the cutter revolves. The barking-machine is pressed on the wood by two handles 3, 4, and adjustable plates with rollers 14 determine the depth of the cut.
Patent GB-190203744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Optical Instruments to Afford Indirect Vision Especially Suitable for an Observer Inside a Submarine Boat.
Inventor: TRIULZI PAOLO
Filed: 1902-02-13
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 3744. Triulzi, P. Sept. 3, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901], Telescopes.-Relates to sighting- apparatus for submarine boats. Light is collected by a lens system A, B and focussed in a plane F<1> F'. A second image, examined by a n observer with an eyepiece D E, is formed in the plane F<2> F<2> by lenses O<1>,O<2> and reflecting prisms S<1>, S<2>. The planes F<1> F<1>, F<2> F<2> are at the principal foci of the lenses O<1>, O<2> respectively, so that the light between these lenses is parallel. The apparatus may be duplicated in part, to enable observation in opposite directions.
Patent GB-190208352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cutting and Polishing Precious Stones
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1902-04-10
Granted: 1902-05-22
Abstract: 8352. Brookes, A. G., [Gregory, G. W.]. April 10. Gems.-Apparatus for holding precious stones in angular position during grinding and polishing is shown in elevation in Fig. 1. A post or standard 5 is clamped through a bench or table 4 near a lapidary's wheel L. An arm or support 7, preferably made in two parts 18, 19 connected by a pivot bolt 21 and clamping-nut 22, is provided with a hub or sleeve 8, which is preferably split and provided with a clamping-bolt 16 and nut 17. The sleeve 8 rests on the post 5 against a threaded bushing or collar 9 engaging a threaded sleeve 10, which fits over pins 11<1> of a split stop collar 11 clamped by a bolt 12. The collar 9 is provided with a milled head 9* and graduations 13, and the sleeve 10 has an index mark 14. A cylindrical stick-holder 32 is carried by pivot screws 33 in arms 31 of a head block 28, which is adjustably secured by means of a set-screw 29 and spline on a pivot pin 26 supported at the outer end of the part 19 by a socket in an offset 24 and a set-screw 27 in an offset 23. The pin 26 is preferably graduated, as shown. Other forms of universal mounting may be used. The stick 38 fits in a tapered socket of the holder 32, and the stone 50 is affixed by wax as usual. A form of interlocking connection for the parts 38, 32 is shown in Fig. 4. A socket piece or sleeve 37 is provided with a tapered bore for the stick 38, and secured by a set-screw 36 and spline 35 in a socket in the holder 32. A projection 39 on the outer end of the sleeve 37 engages one of a spaced series of notches or recesses 40 formed in the end of a two-part sleeve, which is adjustably secured to the stick, and is shown as a split band 41 and a thimble 43 provided with slits to engage a fin 45 on the band 41. The recesses 40 in the thimble serve for adjustment for the different facets of a series, and the slits engaging the fin 45 for adjustment for different series of facets, the arm 7 or block 28 being adjusted accordingly. A scale may be provided on the holder 32 for use with the projection 39, and may be used for adjusting the sleeve 37 through a certain angle in place of turning the thimble 43. An adjustable stop device for limiting the downward swinging movement of the stick is shown in Fig. 1. An arm 62 is pivoted on one of the screws 33, and is clamped at its free end in a slot in a guide-plate 65 secured to one of the arms 31, and carries a stop moving in another slot 66 in the plate 65 and adapted to engage a pin 60, Fig. 4, secured in the holder 32. The plate 65 is preferably provided with graduations 67, and the arm 62 with a pointer 68.
Patent GB-190209599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Photographic Cameras.
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 9599. Newman, A. S., and Newman & Guardia. April 25. Cameras; shutters.-Relates to a camera with an inclined mirror for throwing the image on the focussing-screen, and a blind shutter with adjustable slit. The mirror c, Fig. 1, is pivoted at band is turned into the inclined position or into the horizontal position (closing the bottom of the focussing-screen box i) by rotating an arm f having a pin g working in a slot h. A link l actuatad by a cam on the axis d releases the shutter.by pulling the catch n when the mirror is in the horizontal position and therefore out of the path of the rays from the lens. To prevent the shutter, Fig. 3, from being set until the mirror has been moved back to the inclined position, a cross-bar 3, fixed near the upper end of the shutter, strikes two arms 4 on the spindle 5 and locks the re-setting roller z, till the bar l is retracted so as to allow the spring catch n to unlock the roller z. The blind of the shutter is made in two sections 2<A>, 2<B>, the distance between the ends of which is adjusted by locking the actuating-roller 1 and turning the bobbins 19 by means of the knob 34. This winds up or unwinds the tapes 17 connected to the blind section 2<B>, which winds on or off the roller z. To permit the relative movement of the roller z and the tape bobbins 20, they are connected by a spring 23. The width of the slit 16 may be indicated outside the camera by an index and dial. The shutter is re-set by turning the button 39.