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Patent GB-189921510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras and Changing Bags.
Inventor: NIELL MAGNUS
Filed: 1899-10-27
Granted: 1900-08-04
Abstract: 21,510. NiÚll, M. Oct. 27. Cameras; change - boxes. - The change-box, Fig. 1, consists of a bag divided into parts a and' b. The unexposed films are placed in the part a, each film being furnished with a tag e, by which, after exposure through an aperture in the frame d, it is pulled down to the second part b. To prevent more than one film at a time from being pulled down, each film is attached by tissue paper to the top of the part a. To insert the changing box or bag in the compartment g, Fig. 5, at the back of the camera it is doubled up &c. The lens front k of the camera is connected to the back g by a hinged plate f, and also by slotted rods h which limit the extent to which it folds out. A frame with cross-wires o, which is turned up by a spring when the camera is opened, acts as a finder in conjunction with the eyehole g. A bellows l connects front and back. The camera when folded up appears as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190004664-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Registering Ticket Punch.
Inventor: WEBER LOUIS
Filed: 1900-03-12
Granted: 1901-03-12
Abstract: 4664. Weber, L. March 12. Ticket clips and punches.-In a registering ticket punch, having a number of push - pieces A for tickets o f different values, each push-piece communicates motion by a click and ratchetwheel to a series of wheels with teeth, pegs, and spring detents. These wheels indicate, in pounds, shillings, and pence, the total value of the corresponding tickets punched. Levers D communicate motion to a number of similar wheels at the back of the apparatus, which indicate the total number of each kind of ticket punched. A bell B<1> rings as each ticket is punched.
Patent GB-190005208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Gauges.
Inventor: BROOKE ROBERT GRUNDY
Filed: 1900-03-19
Granted: 1901-02-16
Abstract: 5208. Brooke, R. G. March 19. Gauge -glass fittings. - Relates to water gauges of the class in which the escape of water or steam and water, on the breakage of the gauge glass, is prevented by a ball 1. A blow-through outlet 7 and a testing- outlet 6, controlled by a three-way cock 9, are provided. In applying the invention to awatergauge of the kind described in Specification No. 10,624, A.D. 1899, the escape of steam is prevented by an upper ball, while the escape of water is prevented by a lower ball.
Patent GB-190005906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Door Closing Devices.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1900-03-29
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 5906. Evans, W. E., [Noel, A.]. March 29. Door closing apparatus.-To the frame is secured a receptacle d enclosing a spring which actuates a spindle f having a ratchet e. Mounted on the spindle is an arm m, having a pawl j which engages with the ratchet, and connected with the door p by a rod t. The spring is put under tension by rotating the spindle f, and then the pawl is put into engagement with the ratchet. As the door opens it winds the spring, but the end z of the arm m approaching, as the door opens, nearer to the hinge centre d on which the door turns, the resistance to the opening of the door will be diminished. An air cylinder and piston may be substituted for the spring.
Patent GB-190011917-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Signalling, chiefly Designed for Submarine Purposes.
Filed: 1900-07-02
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 11,917. Lake, H. H., [Gray Telephone Co.]. July 2. Signals, audible.-Relates to a method of and means for signalling, chiefly designed for submarine use. Three fixed signalling-stations A, B, C, which are submerged for submarine use, are employed, the distance between the stations being known, and the signals being sounded either simultaneously or with known intervals of time between them. The signals may differ in pitch, or be otherwise differentiated, and are preferably actuated from a single operating-station. When the signals are sounded simultaneously, an observer, on determining the differences between the times which the three sound impulses take to reach him, and knowing the velocity of sound in the water or other medium, can determine his position with respect to the lines a, b, c on the diagram or chart shown, and so determine his distance and angular relation with respect to the three signalling stations. The stations are shown as equidistant from each other, and the point of intersection of the three lines a, b, c is equidistant from the three stations, so that, at this point, the three signals would be heard simultaneously. At any other point of intersection two signals would be heard simultaneously. When the signals are sounded with definite intervals of time between them, the chart is drawn with curved lines d, each marked on the margin with a number representing the time interval which would be observed, at any point on the line, between the signals from the two stations on either side of that line. In the illustration, the chart is drawn for a time interval of ten seconds between the successive signals. On observing the intervals A-B, B-C, C-A between the signals from the three stations, the intersection of the three lines d corresponding to these intervals will indicate the position of the observer.
Patent GB-190012628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Burring Rollers of Wool Cleaning and Preparing Machines.
Inventor: HEYS WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1900-07-13
Granted: 1901-07-13
Abstract: 12,628. Heys, W. G., [MÚrelle, F.]. July 13. [Grant of Patent refused.] Burring - apparatus.- Burring-rollers for wool cleaning and preparing machines are constructed by winding simultaneously upon a smooth roller r two or more saw - toothed strips s, the strips being so arranged that the teeth of any one coil are opposite the spaces between the teeth of the adjacent coils. Strips having teeth of a different pitch from that of the strips s or plain strips p may be wound with the strips s.
Patent GB-190015313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Auto-motor Trolleys for Electric Current.
Inventor: LOMBARD-GERIN PIERRE BARTHELEM
Filed: 1900-08-28
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 15,313. Lombard - Gerin, P. B. L. Aug. 28. Electric railways and tramways with three conductors. Collectors.-A motor M frictionally drives the discs D, E, connected to the contact-rollers A, B, running on two wires G, G<1>, and the third roller C running on the third wire G<2> is carried from the bar I of the frame, either by a doubly-hinged arm, or by a frame consisting of four hinged bars Y, closed by a spring Z or otherwise. Differential gear may be used to connect the discs D, E.
Patent GB-190015341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Registers for Gas or Fluid Meters.
Inventor: WERNERT CHARLES FREDERIC JULIA
Filed: 1900-08-28
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 15,341. Wernert, C. F. J. Aug. 28. Meters.-A recording-device for meters consists of a casing 5, 6, 7, 8, provided with an intermediate plate 9. The driving-shaft 10 carries a pinion 17, and drives the cam 11 through gearing 15, 13, 12, the cam 11 being fixed to the gear-wheel 12. A number of shafts 18, 19, 20, 21 are carried by the plates 9 and 5, and each shaft carries a dial 22 with a series of numerals which are exposed one at a time through openings 24 in the plate 5. The shafts are rotated by a step-by-step motion as follows :- Each shaft has an escape-wheel 39, and a disc 25, 26, 27, 28, the latter being fixed at varying distances from the front plate. Three of these discs, namely 25, 26, and 27, have pins therein, while three of them, namely 26, 27, and 28, have each a radial finger 30. A bar 35, which moves in guides 36 in the plate 9, has a series of rods 37, one for each shaft, having laterally-extending knife-edges 38 at their upper ends, and a projection 40 which engages thecam 11, and is operated thereby. A pin 31 upon the wheel 12 engages at each revolution a star-wheel 32 upon the shaft 21, and hence actuates the disc 28. When the disc 28 has made a complete revolution, its finger 30 moves slightly the disc 27. The knife-edges 38 on the rising and falling bar 35 normally fall between the teeth of the escape-wheels 39, and prevent rotation, but, if one wheel has been moved slightly as above, it completes its movement. Instead of the pinned discs, a spider 50 having a turned-up end 51 may be used.
Patent GB-190015510-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Driving Mechanism for Cycles.
Inventor: FINKE JULIUS
Filed: 1900-08-31
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 15,510. Finke, J. Aug. 31. Crank linkages; toothed gearing.- Relates to driving- mechanism for bicycles &c. Figs. 2 and 4 show the gearing on one side of a cycle, the gearing on the opposite side being similarly arranged. The crank 3 carries a segmental pinion 5 gearing with roller &c. teeth 9 of a rack carried by a casing 7 occupying the position of the bottom bracket. The axle, 4 carries a guideroller 10 working in a groove 11 on the frame, and is connected by a rod 2 with a crank on an axle carrying a chainwheel. The chain-wheel is mounted on the saddle pillar, and is geared with a chain-wheel on the rear hub by a chain. The cranks on the opposite sides of the chain-wheel are placed at an angle of 180‹ with each other, so that the descent of one crank raises the other.
Patent GB-190101815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vertical Steam Boilers.
Inventor: PENMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-01-26
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 1815. Brookes, A. G., [Library Bureau]. Jan. 28. Feeding sheets.-Relates to machinery for perforating, ruling, cutting, and delivering in counted batches, cards, paper, &c. for indexes, book-keeping, records, &c. A feed-hopper, shown in Fig. 7, is formed of slats b on cross-plates b<1>, side guides b<2> on cross-bars b<3>, and sleeves b<4>, b<5> mounted on tubes or bars b<6>, the rear guides b<2> and sleeves b<5> being adjustable on the bars b<6> by racks b<7> and pinions b<8>, and end guides b<10> on rods b<12> adjustable on sleeves b<13>. The sheets or cards are drawn one by one from the hopper by a suction device c<24> of feeding-mechanism, a ram or reciprocating part of which is located below the hopper and consists of a frame of rods c, c<2>, to which is secured a plate c<4> provided with a nose or separator c<5> forming the upper part of a mouth, into which the card is drawn from the hopper. The lower part of this mouth is formed by a plate c<6> pivoted below the plate c<5> and operated by a crank c<7> connected by a link c<8> to a lever c<9>, which is pivoted on a bell crank c<12> connected to the ram, and linked to a bell crank mounted on the lever c<12> and operated by a cam. The suction device c<24> is carried by a tube c<22>, which is connected by a tube c<23> and union c<21> to a cylinder c<18> carried by the ram and reciprocated relatively to a fixed piston and rod c<19>. The part c<24> is linked to the ram frame, and provided with lugs c<26> adapted to be engaged by a jaw c<27> of a lever c<28>, which is mounted on a shaft c<29> and provided with a lug c<30> for engagement with a lug c<31> on a lever c<32> operated by a cam. The card passes between the parts c<4>, c<6>, and the part c<6> is turned on its pivot to form with the part c<4> a nipping-device. The card then enters between feed-rolls c<35>, c<36> operated by any suitable mechanism, the roll c<35> being here operated by rods pivoted on cranks on a rock-shaft. To ensure the feeding of only one card at a time, a stripper or flexor is provided, and consists of two pivoted retarding fingers c<52>, c<53> provided with a shoulder c<55> and a plunger c<56> engaged by a hub c<57> on an arm c<58>, which is mounted loosely on the shaft c@ and limited by a set-screw c<59>, and held up at times by a pivoted finger c<62> adjusted by a set-screw c<64>. A projection on the lever c<58> is adapted to strike the upper end of the finger c<62>. A bevelled edge c<67> of the lever c<58> is adapted to slide beneath a ledge c<68> on a stem c<69>, which is normally held down by a spring c<70>, and passes through a gland e<71> of the vacuum cylinder and carries a valve for opening and closing a port c'<3> of the suction apparatus. The hub c<57> is mounted eccentrically and retained by a set-screw for adjustment required for various kinds of paper. The cards, fed as above, are received by flared open ends of guides, and pass between tension rolls or friction feeds.
Patent GB-190104279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing and otherwise Treating Yarn or Rovings in Compact Form.
Inventor: HAMER JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1901-02-28
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 4279. Hamer, J. C. Feb. 28. Yarns and threads, finishing.-An apparatus for treating yarn or rovings in compact form on perforated spindles or tubes consists of a square cistern a, having a liquor inlet l and a liquor outlet b, which cistern receives a square yarn or cop carrier d, having a conical lower end e fitting into a conical socket c in connection with the liquor outlet b. The carrier d may be furnished with guide pieces k. Before circulating the liquor through the material, the cistern may be closed in and connected with a vacuum pump, any liquor which may be present being run off through a valved outlet l. After the circulatory treatment, the superfluous liquor is extracted in a separate apparatus.
Patent GB-190107236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Media for Preserving Food
Inventor: KULLAK FREDRICH CARL
Filed: 1901-04-06
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 7236. Kullak, F. C. April 6. Preserving meat &c.-A chemically-pure homogeneous medium for preserving meat and other foods is obtained by dissolving, evaporating, and re-crystallizing a mixture in specified proportions of borax, boric acid, pure sodium chloride, and tartaric acid.
Patent GB-190109688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding Boards, Cards and the like for Elastic Webs and Analogous Materials.
Inventor: RIDDETT JAMES
Filed: 1901-05-09
Granted: 1902-03-13
Abstract: 9688. Riddett, J., and Riddett, H. J., [trading as Riddett & Son, J.]. May 9. Winding.-Core boards or frames for winding elastic webs and the like consist of a board or card A, Fig. 1, which is reduced in weight by cutting out a portion or portions B, or the frame may be formed of wire, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190114055-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Emptying Collapsable Tubes and the like.
Inventor: WATSON JOHN
Filed: 1901-07-10
Granted: 1902-07-10
Abstract: 14,055. Watson, J. July 10. Bending.-A folder for use with collapsable tubes or capsules consists of a piece of wire formed into a split pin, and either twisted to form a handle, as shown in Fig. 4, or threaded to receive a winged or milled nut, as shown in Fig. 2 in position on a tube.
Patent GB-190114681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: GRIESBACH THOMAS SINGLETON
Filed: 1901-07-19
Granted: 1902-07-19
Abstract: 14,681. Griesbach, T. S., and Pierpoint, C. E. July 19. Annular-chamber type.-The piston disc E is flanged, and has lateral packing - rings M inside the flange and piston vanes K, with a soft metal centre k<1>, outside the flange. The sliding abutment F is in two parts separated by springs f<3>, and it is operated by levers H and grooved cams A. The cams have external swells for operating the spindle of the slide valve J.
Patent GB-190115315-A (GB)
Title: Motor Cycles.
Inventor: MANSON GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1901-07-29
Granted: 1902-01-16
Abstract: 15,315. Manson, G. W. July 29. Motor cycles.-Relates mainly to the construction of the framing and disposition of the motor and its appurtenances, and to the change - speed and pedal driving-gear. Fig. 1 shows in side elevation, and Fig. 2 in plan, the general arrangement of the machine. The frame consists of two parallel side frames with a central part in the form of a parallelogram with top bars 1 and bottom bars 2 and vertical end bars 3, from the front corners of which tubular bars 2<a>, 3<a> extend forwards and upwards, converging on the tubular steering-head 4. At the rear are the seat posts 1<a> and converging bars 1<b> 2<b>, 3<b> secured to the boxes 7 of the drive-wheel 8. On each side is a bracket carrying a stud 12, on which studs are pivoted the pedal levers 13, suitably linked to the cranks on the shaft 17, whence, through a one-way roller clutch and the toothed change gearing, motion can be transmitted to the chain-wheel 18 mounted on the shaft 48. The gearing between the shaft 17 and the shaft 4 is shown in perspective in Fig. 9. The shaft 17, through the intermediate shaft 42, drives the shaft 45, which carries two pinions gearing respectively with two pinions 47, 50 loose on the shaft 48, Either of these pinions can be made fast by a sliding clutch 51 operated through a lever 54 which is connected to a hand-lever 23. This is held in either one of three positions by a notched plate 25, the two extreme ones giving the fast and slow speeds and the middle one disconnecting the motor. The motor chain runs on a chain-wheel attached to the pinion 47, or, if the change gaar is not employed, on the shaft 48. The carburetter 91, induction coil 84, and battery 95 and muffler 96 are disposed as shown. The change gearing is enclosed in a casing 21.
Patent GB-190126403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting or Shearing Hair or Wool.
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 26,403. Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co., and Austin, H. Dec. 27. Horse clippers and the like.- Relates to hair or wool clippers operated by hand or by a flexible shaft. The cutter E in either form of clipper has three prongs q, p and is pressed down on the comb plate F by pins k, k<1> on the lever C, these pins bearing at points about one-third of the distance from the prongs p to the central prong q. The lever C in machine-driven clippers is driven by a crank on the shaft B and turns on the pressure pin D, which is carried by the plate L. This plate is hinged at f to the parallel sides of an opening in the casing, and is pressed down by the nut N on the bolt M, which is screwed at m so as to serve to fix the plate K to the flat bottom of the casing. The plate K serves as a bearing for the lower end of the rocking post G supported laterally by the tube J. To facilitate the removal of the lever C, the case is provided with a removable plate s fixed by the screws of the spring 0 which locks the nut N.
Patent GB-190206255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire-strengthening Bottle-carrying Boxes
Inventor: FOXON JOHN DRABBLE
Filed: 1902-03-14
Granted: 1902-12-11
Abstract: 6255. Foxon, J. D. March 14. Boxes for bottles are strengthened by wires f of semicircular section let into grooves e surrounding the handholes in the inner sides of the ends, the wires passing through perforations g, g<1> in the bottoms and being carried up the sides, with the ends inserted at h, or carried over the top as shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-190210675-A (GB)
Title: A Sash and Door Suspender and Fastener.
Inventor: RAYNER WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-05-09
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 10,675. Rayner, W. May 9. Doors; windows; window holders.-Relates to a device for suspending and fastening window sashes and sliding doors &c. Fig. 1 shows the application of the invention to a window. A crescent-shaped piece A, provided with a handle B, is pivoted in a frame D secured to the sash E or to the frame F. When the handle B is in the horizontal position, the sash is free, but, upon turning the handle, the piece A is forced into engagement with the sash or frame so as to clamp the sash in position. The handle is held in position by a spring G, and, upon releasing the spring when the handle is horizontal, the crescent is free to engage the sash and frame. The contacting surfaces of the piece A and the sash or frame may be roughened or coated with rubber &c.
Patent GB-190210998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Perforating Paper or other Material for use in Automatic Musical Instruments, Telegraphic Apparatus and for other Purposes.
Inventor: DENISON DUDLEY CHASE
Filed: 1902-05-13
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 10,998. Denison, D. C. May 13. Automatic instruments.-Relates to sand-blast apparatus for perforating paper &c. for use in automatic instruments. The paper A to be perforated and the pattern web 33 are drawn simultaneously by rollers 46, 47 between a weighted presser and shoe 16 and the mouth of a sand box 34 containing a. jet 36, which is connected with a blower and through which a sand blast is forced. The shoe 16 is provided with a removable wearing-plate 85, and the box 34 and other parts are provided with linings or coverings of indiarubber or other material which will resist the wear of the sand blast. The paper is drawn from a roller 42 provided with a suitable brake 44, and the pattern web is held in a stretched condition by a weighted roller 24. The jet of the sand blast is made of the section shown, and is supplied by a number of tubes 37, above each of which is a bar 40 for slightly deflecting the course of each jet as it issues from its tube. For the purpose of obtaining the sand blast, the lower end of a sand tank 39, which is provided with a reciprocating or rotating agitating-device 61, is connected with an injector 53, 54, through which air is forced by a blower 55. The blower also communicates with the interior of the tank, the communicating pipes between the blower, tank, and injector being provided with valves and a pressure gauge as shown. The jet of air and sand, after. impinging on the webs, passes from the box 34 and along a pipe 77 to a chamber, part of which is formed of a screen through which the air escapes, while the sand passes by a pipe 81 to the upper part 72 of the sand tank. This upper part is in the form of a hopper, and is separated from the sand tank proper by a chamber 68 having valves 74, 74<a> in its floor and roof respectively. The valves are mounted on a common stem 76 provided with a handle, the lower valve opening downwards while the upper one opens upwards. By this arrangement, the sand which has accumulated in the hopper may be passed into the sand tank beneath. The valves are normally held in the raised position shown by the pressure of the air in the tank.
Patent GB-190213112-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Strips or Strings from Paper Pulp, Cellulose, Silk, Asbestos, or other Fibrous Material or Materials in the form of Pulp, and Means or Apparatus for use therein.
Inventor: KRON RUDOLF
Filed: 1902-06-09
Granted: 1903-06-04
Abstract: 13,112. Kron, R. June 9. Paper machines.-Relates to the manufacture of strips or strings from cellulose, silk. asbestos, or like material in the form of pulp, the said strips or strings being used as a packing-material, as a material for stuffing hassocks, cushions, &c., for the manufacture of nitro-cellulose, or of threads for spinning, weaving, &c. The forming-web or wire-cloth, the dandy roll or auxiliary web of a paper machine, has woven into it longitudinal metal bands a at suitable distances apart, whereby comparatively-broad bands of paper are formed, and these are further partially divide into narrower bands or strips by "cutting wires" b, the strips adhering together sufficiently to enable them to be wound together, but not sufficiently to prevent them from being readily separated, when required. The bars a may be arranged in pairs, comparatively close together, and the spaces between them may be plain or formed into channels of curved or other section.