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Patent GB-189805932-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Means for Increasing the Circulation of the Water in Steam Boilers.
Inventor: VOIGT MARTIN HERMANN
Filed: 1898-03-10
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 5932. Voigt, M. H. March 10. Water-circulation, promoting.-Steam escaping from under the suitably - formed edge of an "auxiliary steam chamber" consisting of an inverted trough a induces, or assists by induction, a circulating current in the water. Fig. 1 shows a guide-plate b for conducting the water and steam from the lower part of the boiler to the chamber a. In an internally-flued boiler the chamber a surmounts the flues, which then occupy the position of the guide b in Fig. 1. In a tubular or marine boiler the separate rows of tubes may have separate guiding and deflecting plates. Two or more chambers may be arranged to discharge into one another at different levels, as shown at a, a<1> in Fig. 4 as applied to a water-tube boiler.
Patent GB-189807369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valves.
Inventor: MARTINELLI PAOLO
Filed: 1898-03-26
Granted: 1899-04-26
Abstract: 7369. Martinelli, P. March 26. Lift valves; valves closing with rush of fluid.-A valve piston m rides loosely on a spindle S, and is held closed when the pointer P is opposite the mark a on the scale and open when it is opposite the mark c. Fluid leaks from the inlet B through openings o and n to the underside and interior of the valve m. In its working position the pointer is opposite the middle mark b, when, if a pipe connected with the outlet bursts, the valve is closed by the fluid pressure beneath it. On opening the valve, the pressure beneath it is relieved through grooves above the head r of the spindle.
Patent GB-189816636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Illuminated Signs.
Inventor: MCKENZIE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1898-07-30
Granted: 1898-11-26
Abstract: 16,636. McKenzie, B. July 30. Signs.-For displaying a street or other name, such as on a train, an arrangement is used such as shown iu Fig. 1. In the front of the triangular case A is placed an opaque slide 6, which is perforated with the letters &c. Behind this slide is a translucent slide 8, and in front is preferably a glass slide 9. At night, the sign is illuminated by a lamp placed at the apex of the triangle, while during the day the translucent slide 8 shows up the letters &c. Several such cases may be used in combination so as to be illuminated by one lamp.
Patent GB-189817527-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hand Driving Mechanism for Velocipedes.
Inventor: STECHER GEORG
Filed: 1898-08-13
Granted: 1899-01-21
Abstract: 17,527. Lake, H. H., [Stecher, G.]. Aug. 13. Driving-mechanism, hand, for bicycles &c. Consists of auxiliary hand driving-mechanism actuated by the handle-bar. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the handle b carries arms c which are pivoted to cranks a, the shaft of which is mounted in bearings d in the head, and is connected to the front wheel axle by chain gearing r<1>, r<2> and r<3>, r<4>. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which a single arm c on the handle-bar actuates a cranked shaft a, the chain gearing being arranged as in Fig. 2. The chain-wheel r<4> may be fitted with ratchet gearing to allow the pedal driving-mechanism alone to be used. Locking-mechanism may be used for fixing the handle-bar to the frame when required.
Patent GB-189822748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Wire Cloth for Paper Machines.
Inventor: BRODIE JAMES
Filed: 1898-10-29
Granted: 1899-07-22
Abstract: 22,748. Brodie, J., and Brown, W. G. Oct. 29. Loom beat-up motions.-In looms for weaving wire-cloth for paper machines, the lay is brought into position for beating up the weft by a piston, controlled by water at low or high pressure, or by steam or compressed air, and the beat-up is effected by a counteracting-weight in conjunction with a recoil spring. Fig. 1 shows a low-pressure apparatus, in which a bell-crank lever D connected to the lay is moved in one direction by a piston B working in a cylinder A, and, when the pressure is relieved by operating a three-way cock, is moved in the opposite direction by a weight F. The weight falls upon a recoil spring G, which causes the lay to give a second blow. In the case of high-pressure apparatus, a rotary valve with suitable ports works in a casing on the cylinder.
Patent GB-189823688-A (GB)
Title: A Process of and Apparatus for Drying Viscous and like Substances.
Inventor: MARTINI CARL
Filed: 1898-11-10
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 23,688. Martini, C. Nov. 10. Drying pasty and like materials.-Viscous and like substances are pressed, by obliquely-arranged rotating blades b, through a sieve surface e so as to enter the drying-chamber h in the form of thin strings which are rapidly dried by a current of hot air.
Patent GB-189904404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Valves.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1899-02-28
Granted: 1899-07-15
Abstract: 4404. Jensen, P., [United States Steering Gear and Valve Co.]. Feb. 28. Brakes.-Relates to rotary valves for steam, pneumatic, hydraulic, &c. car brakes. Communication between ports H, F leading to opposite ends of the operating-cylinder and an inlet E and an exhaust G is controlled by ports e, e', e<11> and recesses in a main disc valve D, having stops d, d<1>, ports h, h<1> in a segmental cut-off valve B, and ports h, h' and annular recesses g in the valve seat C. The spindle v of the valve B may be operated at will, whereas the arm s of the main valve spindle is connected to some moving part, whereby the operating-piston may be stopped in any desired position.
Patent GB-189905265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warp Sizing Machines.
Inventor: SMITH JAMES SUTCLIFFE
Filed: 1899-03-10
Granted: 1900-01-20
Abstract: 5265. Smith, J. S. March 10. Yarns, sizing.-In ball-sizing and similar machines the size or paste is continuously or intermittently passed through pipes 13 from the delivery end of the trough 1 to the feed-cavity 2, or other suitable part, by means of a pump 14. The cavities 2, 3 and the trough 1 are heated by separate perforated steam pipes 8,10 supplied from the pipes 9, 12 respectively.
Patent GB-189906712-A (GB)
Title: Lines, Circuits and Apparatus for Telephonic Intercommunication.
Filed: 1899-03-28
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 6712. Aboilard et Cie., G. Aug. 30, A.D. 1898, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Telephone systems.-Relates to arrangements for working telephone exchanges in which two exchanges are connected by means of a number of pairs of lines to facilitate the connection of pairs of subscribers on the two systems. Modifications are described to enable two different telephone working arrangements to be connected together and for providing the two exchanges with through metallic or transformer plug circuits. The exchange circuits- and apparatus are arranged automatically to cut out the operator's instruments as soon as the call is answered, and in all modifications to control the ordinary visual and the supervisory signal lamps so that the operators at the two exchanges can tell the state of all the lines and connections. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement of the apparatus, in which A and B are two exchanges connected by a number of pairs of plug lines 8 and 9 and a separate line for their instruments h, q. C, C' are two subscribers' apparatus'arranged for different workings. The call is received at the exchange A, where the operator connects to the subscriber C by the plug g and the exchange B by the plug g'. The exchange B is provided with the necessary relays, switches, and circuits for showing when the subscriber C' replies by taking his receiver off the hook, and also when he hangs it up again at the finish of a conversation. The supervisory lamp shows the state of the exchange A to the operator at the exchange. A special form of relay is described having two magnets and armatures operating on three pairs of contact-springs, the contacts varying as to whether one or both of the magnets are excited or idle. The Specification also refers to the use of a dynamo as a central source of current supply. The dynamo may have low-resistance impedance coils in circuit, and may be shunted by accumulators, or the speed may be so high and the commutator so subdivided that the interruptions reach six to eight thousand per second. In one modification, reference is made to continuous and alternating currents being employed alternately on the ringing circuit.
Patent GB-189908244-A (GB)
Title: A New Knitted or Woven Fabric for Underwear.
Inventor: STURM CARL ENGELBERT
Filed: 1899-04-19
Granted: 1899-06-02
Abstract: 8244. Sturm, C. E. April 19. Knitted fabrics.-Underclothes, such as shirts, pantaloons, stockings, &c., are knitted or woven of yarn made from a mixture of pure nettle yarn (ramie, China grass, Indian nettle, and the like) with other fibre in any proportion.
Patent GB-189909044-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Obtaining Soft and Unshrinkable Wool and Woollen Goods.
Inventor: FLORIN JULES AUGUSTE JOSEPH
Filed: 1899-04-29
Granted: 1900-03-17
Abstract: 9044. Florin, J. A. J., and Lagache, H. L. April 29. Yarns and threads, finishing; processes; fibres, treating.-The object is to restore to chlorinated wool its original softness and elasticity. The material is immersed in a bath containing the aluminium, zinc, tin, chromium, or like salt of a weak acid, such as acetic, oxalic, tartaric, citric, or sulphocyanic acid &c. ; e.g., 100 parts of wool may be treated in a bath containing 125 parts by weight of acetate of alumina of 10‹ BÚ. and 2500 parts of water. The aluminates, zincates, stannites, and stannates of the alkalies and alkaline earths may also be employed. The wool is then exposed to the air, and its natural softness gradually returns to it. The acids in the chlorinated wool may be neutralized either before or after the softening process, by treatment with a weak alkali, about 50 grammes of crystallized carbonate of soda being used for each kilogram of wool.
Patent GB-189910583-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Purifying Air for Use in connection with Ventilating Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: GROVE DAVID
Filed: 1899-05-19
Granted: 1899-07-01
Abstract: 10,583. Grove, D. May 19. Air, purifying, for ventilation, heating, and other purposes, by passing it over moist or other dust-absorbing surfaces. A number of frames d are mounted in a rectangular frame a. Over the frames d cloths f are stretched so as to form zig-zag passages, through which the air to be purified is passed. The cloths f may be moistened from a cistern placed above the frames d, the water being drawn from a cistern by a cloth dipping in the water and passing over its edge. The surface of the cloth, whether moist or dry, absorbs the impurities, such as dust, from the air. The apparatus may also be used for saturating and cooling the air.
Patent GB-189912992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Preservation of Meat.
Inventor: COWIN FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-06-22
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 12,992. Cowin, F. June 22. Preserving food. - Hams, sausages, and other meats are preserved by enclosing them in a covering of paper, canvas, skin, &c., and then dipping them into a gelatinous liquid extract of meat, which on drying forms an airtight film round the meat. A suitable extract is prepared by evaporating to a thick consistency the tank water left after trying lard. The canvas &c. may be dispensed with, and the extract applied direct to the meat.
Patent GB-189913424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cranes and similar Revolving Appliances.
Inventor: ALDRIDGE JAMES GEORGE WILLCOX
Filed: 1899-06-28
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 13,424. Aldridge, J. G. W. June 28. Couplings.-Figs. 1 and 2 show vertical and horizontal sections respectively. Concentric, superposed, and insulated cylinders b are fixed to the floor of the crane cabin, with which they rotate. j, j are the terminals for the motor. The leads n are passed through an insulating-plug f and connected to ports o between which and the internal surface of the rings b contact is effected by gauze loops h lined with steel bands i and fitted exteriorly with copper strips t.
Patent GB-189922398-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Means for the Manufacture of Corrugated Tubes.
Filed: 1899-11-09
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 22,398. Abel, C. D., [Dampfkessel und Maschinenbau Actiengesellschaft, Fitzner, W., and Gamper, K.]. Nov. 9. Metal pipes and tubes.-Relates to a process and means for the manufacture of corrugated tubes, and consists of improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 23,711, A.D. 1898. The corrugations are produced by combined internal gaseous and axial pressures, and by heating the tubes locally by means of a ring-shaped furnace mounted on wheels. The tube to be corrugated is introduced cold between the plates b, d of a press such as is described in the above-mentioned Specification. The plate d is forced forward by the hydraulic pressp, and the compressed air or steam is introduced by the pipe l. The ring-shaped coke furnace is supplied with air for combustion through the pipes n, and is movable on rails into any desired position between the plates of the press. A gas furnace or the like may be employed instead of the coke furnace.
Patent GB-189923552-A (GB)
Title: Improved Aerated-water Bottle Opener.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1899-11-25
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 23,552. Thompson. W. P., [Mather, A. T. M.]. Nov.25. Opening internally-stoppered bottles.-Relates to apparatus for opening internally-stoppered aÙratedwater bottles. The bottle is placed on the cushioned rest C, where it is held by spring clips D, and is raised by the operation of the hand-lever R, acting through the gearing N, F, G, on the sliding rack B which carries the rest, until the stopper is displaced by the wooden opener 8, T, fixed to one of the guard plates E. The guards are removably hinged to the frame, and are closed round the bottle, as the latter is raised, by a wedge-shaped cam on the segment G engaging between the inner ends of the arms H, J. When the lever R is released, it is returned by a spring, and the guards E fall open to permit the removal of the opened bottle. The opener S, T is lined with grooved rubber, to permit the escape of the gas from the bottle.
Patent GB-190006736-A (GB)
Title: An Atmospheric Engine.
Inventor: GOFF WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-04-10
Granted: 1900-07-07
Abstract: 6736. Goff, W. April 10. Vacuum engines.-The piston b is forced into the exhausted cylinder a by atmospheric pressure, and through the chain ratchet and toothed, gearing e, h, j turns the wheel i. The piston is drawn out of the cylinder by a winch f<1>, and the cylinder is exhausted through a cock c. The invention is suitable for locomotive or stationary work.
Patent GB-190006855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Leggings or Gaiters.
Inventor: REYNOLDS HENRY KINGSTON
Filed: 1900-04-11
Granted: 1900-06-16
Abstract: 6855. Reynolds, H. K., and Reynolds, E. April 11. Strap fastenings for leggings and gaiters are arranged so that the upper and lower portions of the leggings &c. can be independently adjusted. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the lower portion is secured by means of a strap c and buckle d, the strap being held in position by a loop or by being secured to the legging. A strap e, secured to the outer flap of the legging and passing round the legging and through loops as shown, engages a buckle on the inner flap, and secures the upper part of the legging. In a modification, the strap c is replaced by a strap and buckle secured respectively to the outer and inner flaps. In another form, shown in Fig. 4, the legging is secured by a single strap e, which is attached near its centre to the back or front of the legging, and is secured by buckles at its upper and lower ends. Loops g may be provided for the strap to pass through.
Patent GB-190008549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats for Tramcars, Omnibuses, Wagonettes, Char-a-bancs, Motor Cars, Wheeled or Road Vehicles, Gardens, Parks, Places of Entertainment, Out of Door and other like Purposes.
Inventor: DYSON GEORGE
Filed: 1900-05-09
Granted: 1901-03-23
Abstract: 8549. Dyson, G. May 9. Seats and seat backs; seat protectors.-In omnibus and other outdoor seats, the back is made to fold down and protect the rotatable seat when not in use. The plate J, bolted to the pedestal B, has a boss L through which passes the pivot pin D of the seat F to which the back H<1>, I is hinged. This back has a stop N which bears, when in the position shown, against the spring plunger P mounted in a recess in the lug 0. The guided and weighted cord T and the plunger P close the back or cover when the seat is vacated.
Patent GB-190011622-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Reaping and Thrashing Machine.
Inventor: RICHARDS PETER BRYANT
Filed: 1900-06-26
Granted: 1900-10-06
Abstract: 11,622. Richards, P. B. June 26. Thrashing- machines.- Relates to a combined machine for removing the ears and thrashing the corn from uncut crops. The main frame 1 is rectangular, with a short axle such as 3 on each side on which the travelling wheels are loosely mounted. Straps 18 are secured at each side of the travelling wheel 5 to the axle 3 to form a draught attachment. The forward ends of the straps 18 are connected by a platform 23, in which a worm 17 is mounted and gears with a rack 12 on the frame 1 to adjust the inclination of the frame. The frame 1 carries a comb 53 for removing the ears and delivering them to a thrashing-drum 54, which delivers them up a shoot 56 to a hopper 59. The hopper 59 and the winnowing-apparatus are carried on a frame 7 mounted within the frame 1. The forward end of the frame 7 is pivoted on the shaft 8, and the rear end is supported by a chain 11 passing over a pulley 37 and attached to a pulley 36. A chain 33 is attached to a pulley 34 on the shaft of the pulley 36, and also by means of a rod 30 to an adjusting- lever 27, by means of which the frame 7 can be maintained in a horizontal position in spite of the inclination of the frame 1. The winnowing-apparatus comprises a peg drum with concave vibrating screens, a fan, and elevators for returning unthrashed ears to the peg drum and for removing the cleaned grain to be sacked. All the moving parts are driven by suitable gearing from an internal toothed rim 39 on the travelling wheel 5. A spring arrangement is described for tightening the lower pulley of the belts of the elevators.
Patent GB-190016151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Coating Paper with Carbon or Similar Transfer Material.
Inventor: WEEKS FRANK WING
Filed: 1900-09-11
Granted: 1900-10-27
Abstract: 16,151. Weeks, F. W. Sept. 11. Copying documents &c.-Relates to machines for coating paper with carbon or like transfer material. The paper x is passed over a cylinder c rotating upon a shaft d and driven by gearing from a driving-shaft 65. The block of earbon or transfer material s is mounted against a roller k which supplies the coating to the paper. A roller 21 spreads or evens the material on the roller k, which is covered with felt or similar material, and is driven in a direction opposite to that of the cylinder c. The paper passes under a felt-covered cleaning- roller 22, which spreads the coating and is also driven oppositely to the cylinder c. The paper then passes successively under felt-fovered rubbing- rollers 23, 24, a cleaning-roller 37 covered with mohair plush or felt, a winged polishing-roller 40 having felt wings or strips 42, a feed-roller 46, and a second winged polishing-roller 41 placed above a stationary bed 54. The block s is fed to the roller k by a sliding pusher 1 operated by a pair of feedscrews 2 having worm-wheels 3 gearing with worms on a shaft 4 driven by bevel gears from an inclined shaft rotated at an adjustable speed by a frictionwheel and disc. The bearings of the roller k are mounted to slide in a carriage t, and are moved by adjusting-screws, geared together, so as to move the roller to or from the cylinder c. The carriage t slides on the frame a, and may be operated to move the roller k and colour block &c. away from the cylinder c, by link and lever connections with crank discs on the shaft d. These crank discs are also connected to radial slides carrying the rollers 22, 23, 24, 37, and 40, so that, when the shaft d is turned, these rollers are simultaneously raised from the cylinder c. The bearings of these rollers are also independently adjustable on the radial slides by screws. The bearings of the feed-roller 46 are mounted to slide in brackets 48 of the framing a, and are moved by screws geared to a transverse shaft 51 and operated by a band-wheel. The bearings of the roller 41 are on vertical slides adjustable by eccentric pins on the ends of a shaft 62. The paper x is wound on a roll j, the shaft i being operated by a belt and pulleys from a shaft 71 hung in arms 74 pivoted on the driving-shaft 65 and operated to adjust the tension of the belt by a spring tension rod 76 aud screw nut 78. The shaft 71 is driven by a belt 82. The various rollers k, 22, 23, &c. are driven, directly or indirectly, by belts and pulleys from the shaft 65. Guide-rollers e, f guide the paper to and from the cylinder c.
Patent GB-190016794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Mechanical Musical Instruments
Inventor: BRACHHAUSEN GUSTAV ADOLF
Filed: 1900-09-20
Granted: 1901-04-27
Abstract: 16,794. Brachhausen, G. A. Sept. 20. Automatic instruments.-The invention has reference to instruments in which teeth are plucked by tune sheets, which can be changed either automatically or by hand, all the parts being driven by a single spring motor. The tune sheets are stored in a carriage running on rails 2 and linked to a rod 9, which can be rotated by an arm 13 actuated by a cam 16. The cam is connected with a handle and pointer 30, and can thus be set by hand so as to bring any desired tune sheet into position for being played. Otherwise it is given a step-by-step motion by a pawl 21 which is operated by a cam on the drum 33, suitable stop pawls 19 and 20 being provided to retain it in position when so moved. One of the tune sheets is then raised by forked arms 42 into position for sounding the teeth of the comb 56, the arms being raised by straps 44 passing over pulleys 45. These pulleys are operated by a strap 47 attached to an arm 49, likewise operated by a cam on the drum 33. While the tune sheet is being raised into position and being lowered at the end of the tune, it is prevented from engaging with the star-wheels which pluck the sounding-teeth by a shield 57, which is pushed forwards and drawn back at the right moment. When the tune sheet is in position for playing, a pivot 72 is pushed through a hole 80 in its centre, and at the same time a pressure bar 75 is forced against it so as to retain it in position. The motions of the shield, pivot, and pressure bar are all derived from one shaft 66, which is also operated by a cam on the drum 33. The wheel 56 which drives the tune sheet is carried on movable arms, so that its pinion only engages with the main wheel on the drum 33 when it is pressed upon by the tune sheet ; when released from this pressure it disengages itsetf. The cam plate and main wheel whence all the motions are derived are not rigidly fixed to the drum containing the spring, but have a connection with it which allows a certain amount of relative rotary motion. This arrangement is stated to prevent further injury in case of a breakage occurring.
Patent GB-190017726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traps for or connected with Street Gullies
Filed: 1900-10-06
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 17,726. Brook & Co., H., and Sykes, F. Oct. 6. Gully traps.- The outlet C is trapped by a dipplate B, which may be made either integral with or separate from the body of the trap.