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Patent GB-189900176-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Cutting Mitre and other Angle Joints.
Inventor: NICOL WILLIAM WALKER JAMES
Filed: 1899-01-04
Granted: 1900-01-04
Abstract: 176. Nicol, W. W. J. Jan. 4. Mitering.-Relates to a device for holding the board to be mitered at the required angle and guiding the plank. The supports G, G for the boards are fixed between two side planks A, A, which are rabbeted at the top to serve as a guide for the plane. Fig. 3 shows a section of the arrangement for bevelling the edges of boards, F being here the support.
Patent GB-189903232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Apparatus for Vessels.
Inventor: FOSTER JAMES GILBERT
Filed: 1899-02-14
Granted: 1899-04-01
Abstract: 3232. Foster, J. G. Feb. 14. Steering by paddle-wheels.-At the stern of the vessel, below the water-level, is fitted a paddlewheel c, the upper portion of which is enclosed by a hood. By rotating this paddle-wheel by means of a motor f, the vessel is steered in the desired direction. The hood may cover the lower portion instead of the upper, and a wheel may be placed at the bow instead of, or in addition to, the one at the stern. A rudder is shown, but is not necessary.
Patent GB-189904531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Holders for Employment in Handling Heated Objects.
Inventor: BRIGGS HAROLD
Filed: 1899-03-01
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 4531. Briggs, H. March 1. Pan-lifters.-A holder or pad for use in handling heated objects such as laundry irons, kettles, &c. is made by backing asbestos cloth or the like with suitable material, and stuffing the intervening space with wool &c. to afford a comfortable grip.
Patent GB-189904750-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney Cowl and Ventilator.
Inventor: MILWARD GEORGE NEWELL
Filed: 1899-03-04
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 4 7 5 0. M i l - ward, G. N. March 4. Chimney and ventilating - s h a f t tops.-Over the mouth of the uptake are mounted an inverted dish and a succession of d i s h e s decreasing in size.
Patent GB-189910777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Casting Slag and Metals.
Inventor: PATTERSON WILLIAM JOSHUA
Filed: 1899-05-23
Granted: 1899-07-29
Abstract: 10,777. Patterson, W. J., and Acklin, A. M. May 23. Conveyers - Relates to the casting of metals and slag in a series of moulds, which are secured to an endless carrier, and pass through a tank containing water for the purpose of cooling the metal &c. Fig. 3 is a plan, and Fig. 4 a cross-section, showing the moulds and carrier. The moulds h are formed with perforated lugs h<1> fitted upon pins g, which pass through apertures f formed in filling-pieces f, Fig. 6, fitted within the links d of the carrier. The ends of these e filling- pieces are semicircular, and fit snugly against the bent axles e, Fig. 4, which connect the links and carry wheels k running on rails r. The inner sides of the links bear against clamps i, which are tightened upon the axles by meins of bolts. Bifurcated lugs h<2> on the moulds engage with the vertical portions e' of the axles e. The wheels k are mounted upon the axles between collars and split rings fitted within annular grooves. In the lower part of the water tank are pockets which are provided with cleaning- holes. Inclined shields u are placed beneath the upper moulds at the casting end of the apparatus. In a modification, the axles are prevented from turning by lugs on collars mounted on the axles ; these lugs enter the open spaces in the links. The bearings of the wheels are protected by hoods. In another modification, the tank extends the whole length of the apparatus, the sprocket-wheels supporting the carrier are polygonal with removable corner pieces acting as drivers for the carrier, and the wheels of the carrier are formed with pockets to receive absorbent material, which becomes saturated as the wheels pass through the water tank and serves to lubricate the bearings. The water tank has a horizontal part and an inclined part, into which the water is introduced by spray pipes ; the water level in the horizontal part of the tank can be adjusted by means of boxes, attached to and communicating with the tank, and made of two sections, one of which is vertically adjustable and is hinged or otherwise attached to the other.
Patent GB-189914720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tables.
Inventor: KRONBIEGEL-COLLENBUSCH CARL AU
Filed: 1899-07-17
Granted: 1899-09-09
Abstract: 14,720. Kronbeigel-Collenbusch, C. A. July 17. Tables.-Tables for hotels, restaurants, &c. can be expanded by connecting two together by means of strips 6 resting on small ledges or brackets 1 fixed to the upper ends of the legs ; extra leaves 8 can be placed on the ledges between the two table tops x. The pivoted plates 2 have set-screws 7 by which the strips 6 can be secured ; when the setscrews are tightened up, their upper ends butt against projections 4 on the underside of the top. When the strips 6 are removed, small pieces of wood &c. are substituted for them to keep the plates 2 from swinging down. Thick linoleum or oilcloth b with squared edges is fixed on to the table top a, strips of wood c being arranged all round, to enable the top to be readily cleaned.
Patent GB-189915991-A (GB)
Inventor: POOLE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1899-08-04
Granted: 1899-11-04
Abstract: 15,991. Poole, W. E. Aug. 4. Clutches particularly applicable for cycles and similar vehicles. Fig. 2 shows the application of the invention to the rear-wheel hub of a cycle. A disc c, secured to the wheel hub, is provided with a number of inclined recesses c<3>, which are of semicircular section at their duplicate ends. A toothed chain ring d, formed with a semicircular ball race d<3>, surrounds the disc c. A ball e is placed in each recess c<3> and is controlled by a spring e<2>. When the ring d is moved in a forward direction, the balls e jam in the inclined portions of the recess, and form a driving-connection between the ring and the disc. The balls also form a bearing between the ring and disc. An additional ball g is placed in the end of each recess to ensure a better bearing between the parts c, d. Transverse holes i with out-way parts i<2> are formed in the discs for the purpose of placing the balls and springs in position. Modifications are described, in one of which a semicircular hole, formed in the ball race of the ring is adapted to register with similar holes leading to the recesses, for inserting the balls etc.; in others a removable block is placed in the ring, or a hole, closed by a screwed plug, is formed in it for the same purpose. In another form of the clutch, blocks are fitted to the ring d to form the inclined portion of the recesses, and screw plugs act as abutments for the springs, the holes into which the plugs fit being utilized for the insertion of the balls &c. The clutch is kept dustproof by felt facings secured to one of the parts by clamping-plates. In fitting the clutch to the crank axle, the part c becomes the driver, and the recesses are formed in the driven part d.
Patent GB-189918344-A (GB)
Title: Means for Raising Minerals from Downcast Shafts of Mines supplied with Air under Compression.
Inventor: BENTROP WILHELM
Filed: 1899-09-11
Granted: 1899-10-14
Abstract: 18,344. Bentrop, W. Sept. 11. Drawings to Specification. Shafts.-The means described in Specification No. 11,419, A.D. 1899, for discharging minerals from exhaust upcast shafts are now applied to downcast shafts to which air is supplied under pressure.
Patent GB-189921144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Car Couplings.
Inventor: MARKS HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1899-10-23
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 21,144. Marks, H. J..Oct. 23. Couplings, automatic.-A plan is shown. Each vehicle carries a double arrow-headed coupling- hook b, which is pivoted to the draw-bar, and is normally held in central position by ropes e connected to weighted pivoted levers f. When two cars come together, the hooks are deflected and a double coupling effected.
Patent GB-190002090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Aerating Liquids.
Inventor: HILL WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-02-01
Granted: 1900-05-05
Abstract: 2090. Hill, W. Feb. 1. AÙrating liquids. -Relates to apparatus for aerating liquids, in which the incorporation of the gas with the liquid is effected by oscillating the apparatus, and consists in providing an intermediate chamber h between the water supply pipe g and the mixing-vessel c. The chamber c is first filled with gas through the flexible pipe c<1>, the vessel h is then filled with water through the flexible pipe g, the cock j is opened, and the aÙration is effected by oscillating the apparatus on the pivot f<1>, after which the aÙrated liquid is allowed to flow into the baffle e.
Patent GB-190003136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toe Clips for Cycles.
Inventor: BAXTER JAMES
Filed: 1900-02-16
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 3136. Baxter, J. Feb. 16. Pedals; supports.-Toe-clips or plates for cycles are formed with projections E, F to serve as rests or supports when the plates are in their lowest position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The projections may be integral with the toe-clips or plates, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or they may be attached thereto. The toe-clip may be formed of sheet metal, or of wire, in any of several ways described and shown.
Patent GB-190006312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in Apparatus for, the Production of Soda and Chlorine by the Electrolysis of Chloride of Sodium, the Invention being also applicable for the Production of Potassium, Sodium, Aluminium or other Metals of the same Class.
Inventor: COHU HENRI ALBERT
Filed: 1900-04-04
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 6312. Cohu, H. A., and Geisenberger, E. April 4. Chlorine.-In an apparatus for decomposing chloride of sodium, potassium, magnesium, a I u - minium, or barium for obtaining the corresponding hydrate or metal and chlorine, a cylindrical vessel a is rotated by gearing k, j, upon rollers i, within a tank d containing a non-freezing liquid, which is cooled down by a cooling-coil m. Within the cylinder is fixed, so as not to rotate, a dome-like chamber e of insulating and unattackable material, such as stoneware &c., open at the lower part, where there are supported, by means of ribs h, resisting-rods g forming the anodes and connected up by the conductor p. The chloride solution enters, and chlorine escapes, by the hollow trunnion c. As the cylinder which forms the cathode rotates, sodium is deposited on it, and is carried away at once from the influence of the anodes either as sodium or as oxide ; it is removed by the scraper o to a tray f, where it falls below a protecting layer of naphtha or the like, and escapes by the hollow trunnion b. The metal is obtained when the temperature is so low as to render the metal passive or to prevent oxidation. In other cases, the oxide is produced.
Patent GB-190006885-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spray Producer.
Inventor: WEBSTER ARTHUR DOUGLAS
Filed: 1900-04-12
Granted: 1901-02-23
Abstract: 6885. Webster, A. D. April 12. Vaporizers.-A flask a is fitted with an inner vessel c and with pointed or contracted tubes e, f, air bulbs g and a flexible delivery pipe h being also provided. The inner vessels c may be omitted, in which case the tube e dips into the liquid in the flask. When the vessel c is used, the flask may be partly filled with warm water. Warm or cold spray can thus be produced and used for medical purposes generally.
Patent GB-190014728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Percussive Drilling Machines
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1900-08-16
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 14,728. Boult, A. J., [Messropian, S.]. Aug. 16. Rock drills, percussive, driven by hand or other power. The drill 1 is struck by the revolving hammer heads g, which are pivoted at k between two plates i and are held by their camshaped ends and springs m so that they can pass the drill after striking it. The plates i are mounted on a shaft h driven from a crank handle n or pulley through spur gearing. The drill is held down by a spring 6, and is turned by the attached wormwheel 4 driven from the shaft h through a worm and chain 2. The drilling - mechanism is mounted in a frame sliding in a standard frame and fed by the screw u operated by the hand-wheel w and bevel gear x. Flywheels or balls are mounted on the shafts h, 3, and on one of the gear shafts.
Patent GB-190015444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Exhibition or Display of Notices, Designs, or Publications, Artistic and other Objects, and Works of Art.
Inventor: FUHLENDORF WALTER
Filed: 1900-08-30
Granted: 1900-10-13
Abstract: 15,444. Fuhlendorf, W. Aug. 30. Displaying; advertising. - Notices, designs, publications, books, cards, &c. are displayed by apparatus such as that shown in Fig. 2. On the standards b, mounted on a base a and rotated intermittently or continuously by spring motors, is carried a chain e on which are secured frames g to which the articles to be displayed are attached. The frames g are preferably fitted with devices to facilitate the attachment of the articles. The stands are preferably @placed as to be observed from either end.
Patent GB-190018117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1900-10-11
Granted: 1900-12-01
Abstract: 18,117. Fell, J. C., [Felbel, J.]. Oct. 11. Type - writers.-Relates to the type-bar operating mechanism. Fig. 1 shows a "front- "strike" machine in sectional elevation. The type-bars 6 are pivoted in a slotted segment 9, which can be raised and lowered bodily to change the case. Arms extending from the segment 9 carry the segmental pad 14 on which the ends of the type-bars rest. Controlling-springs 18, secured at one end to a perforated segmental plate 19 and at the other to pivoted straps 20, tend to check the advance of the type-bars. The key-levers 27 carry bell crank levers 25, each being linked by a bar 22 to the type-bar, and having a slotted extension 28 engaging with a fixed fulcrum-bar 30. Springs 32 tension the key levers upwards, holding the forward end against a pad 37 and the rear portion against a horizontal fulcrum plate 38. The rear end of each key lever is formed with a curved edge 39, which creeps or rolls on the surface of the fulcrum plate as the key is depressed, so that the fulcrum progressively recedes from the point of attachment of the bell-crank lever 25. A rib 41 enters notches 40 in the key levers, and prevents endways movement thereof, and a guide-comb 44 and transverse guardbar 47 further steady or limit their movements. The escapement-dog rocker-arm 55 is connected by arms 51 and rods 50 to a universal bar 49 beneath the key levers. The key levers may be linked directly to the type-bars, or the modification shown in Fig. 13 may be employed, the curved fulcrum surface being formed on the extension 25<c>of the lever 25. The curved surface may be formed on the fulcrum plate instead of on the moving part.
Patent GB-190019231-A (GB)
Title: A Self-acting Stoop for Casks.
Inventor: BOYES WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-10-27
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 19,231. Boyes, W. Oct. 27. Tilters.-The cask is tilted by bow springs A, A' hinged together at a', the upper spring A carrying a bow spring or support C for the rear end of the cask, and the spring A<1> being secured to the base B. The springs may, to facilitate the placing of the cask in position, and, to arrest the tilting, be held down by a spring bolt, adapted to be withdrawn by a lever. The support C and base B may have spikes to prevent the shifting of the cask &c.
Patent GB-190104063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Door Bolts.
Inventor: LEGGE JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-02-26
Granted: 1901-12-07
Abstract: 4063. Legge, J., and Chilton, H. H. Feb. 26 Stamping; bending.-The case or barrel of a door bolt is stamped from a strip of sheet metal. The blank, Fig. 1, is formed at the edges with ears or projections A, B, the projections on one edge registering with recesses on the other edge. The holes E for the attachment of the case, and the slot K for the tail of the bolt may be stamped out in the same or a subsequent operation. The blank is then bent round the bolt so that the projections interlace, and the body forms a barrel L, Fig. 3, for the bolt. The bolt staple may be formed in a similar manner, or may be of ordinary construction. Where a number of blanks are being pressed from one strip, the projections on one blank are taken from the recesses of the next, thereby economising material.
Patent GB-190104615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Casks and the like.
Inventor: MINK PETER
Filed: 1901-03-04
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 4615. Mink, P. March 4. Heads.-A. head adapted for being fixed at any height in the casks consists of discs or plates a, d connected by a threaded bolt c and thumbnut m. Between the discs is a rubber ring k, which, on being expanded, presses against the body of the cask and holds the head in position. The expansion of the ring is effected by radiusrods g, which move in guide-blocks h and are actuated by wings or wedges f on a sleeve e surrounding the square shank of the bolt c, the sleeve being moved downwards by working the thumb-nut, and the rods being connected to segment pieces i. In a modification, the rubber ring is expanded by rods pivoted to a sleeve on the bolt c and to the segment pieces.
Patent GB-190106621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handles for Bag Blues, Dyes and Similar Articles.
Inventor: THORP FREDERIC
Filed: 1901-03-29
Granted: 1902-01-30
Abstract: 6621. Thorp, r. March 29. Washing-blue and other similar laundry colouring- preparations.-Relates to handles for bags of washing-blue and the like. A piece of sheet metal b, Fig. 4, provided with serrations on one or both sides, is folded round the neck a of the blue-bag A, Fig. 1. In modifications, the sheet is unserrated and is provided with a top strip to be bent over to form a loop, and the sheet is secured to the blue bag by punching a portion inwards, or the sheet is shaped so as to be secured by a groove formed around its lower edge and also by punching, or the sheet is replaced by a strip serrated along one edge, to be wound spirally on the neck of the blue-bag.
Patent GB-190107835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevators for Letters or the like
Inventor: PETTERSON HENRIK ERHARD
Filed: 1901-04-16
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 7835. Petterson, H. E., and Johansson, K. K. April 16. Drawings to Specification. Signals, electric-bell.-In letter lifts, contacts are arranged at the floors to open the cage door and simultaneously ring a bell announcing the arrival of the letters.
Patent GB-190112519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Spinning and Twisting Frames Known as Ring Throstles.
Inventor: IMBS JOSEPH ALEXIS ALBERT
Filed: 1901-06-19
Granted: 1901-08-03
Abstract: 12,519. Imbs, J. A. A. June 19. Ring and traveller frames.-The frame is driven at a reduced speed while the yarn is being wound on the narrower portions of the cop chase. The fast pulley 2 is made conical as shown, and the belt fork 3, 4 is reciprocated so as to traverse the belt thereon. The belt fork is carried by a rack 5 gearing with a toothed wheel 6, and the axle of the latter carries a weighted crank, the pin 9 of which is operated by the lever 16, 17 and a cam 15 on the shaft of the usual heart cam 13. For stopping the machine, the crank is moved by hand into the position 12, whereby the strap is moved on to the loose pulley 1 ; 20 is a catch for holding the strap on the loose pulley.
Patent GB-190120126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warping Machines.
Inventor: WHITNEY JOSEPH BOTSFORD
Filed: 1901-10-08
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 20,126. Whitney, J. B. Oct. 8. Yarns, warping.- The threads pass from a creel a, over horizontal bars d, through a reed c, then over a bar f, and through a reed e, which may be carried by the creel or supported by a separate stand. The reed e has twice as many dents as the reed c, and the threads pass between the dents of the reed c in pairs, and then singly between the dents of the reed e. A frame k, secured to a support i, carries a reed p, in front of which is a vertically-movable bar r. Upon brackets l, m, n and uprights o, secured to the frame k, are respectively mounted a bar v, movable bar w, rotary cross-bar y, and bars e<3>, over all of which the threads pass on their way to the reel. A reed a<3> is mounted in a suitably-inclined position upon a block z and cross-piece a', carried by the frame. This reed is formed in two parts b<1>, hinged together at b<2> and connected to two links d', which are adjustably secured to the frame k. The bars c, d, r, &c. may be made of glass, and the reeds, except the reed p, may be formed with glass dents. The creel and the reeds c, e, p may be arc-shaped in plan.
Patent GB-190122595-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Testing the Quality of Gases used as Fuel in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: EDMONDSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-11-09
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 22,595. Edmondson, J. Nov. 9. Explosion and combustible gases, testing.-A bunsen burner is especially constructed for use in testing the explosive value of gas to be used in internal-combustion engines. The gas is led by a tube 1 past a valve 11 to a nozzle 3 having a fine outlet. The nozzle is surrounded by a tube 5, at the lower part of which is an air-admission orifice 6. A sleeve 7 fits over the tube 5, and has an orifice 8, and an index 9 movable over a graduated scale 10. To use the burner, gas is turned on fully, and the sleeve set so that the index points to 0, and no air is admitted through the openings 6, 8. The gas is ignited at the top of the tube 5. The sleeve is then turned until the flame moves down the tube and drops to the nozzle jet, or to a gauze or perforated diaphragm just above it. The amount of air required to explode the gas is then indicated upon the scale. Instead of altering the flame by regulating the supply of air, the latter may be constant, and the supply of gas varied.
Patent GB-190205877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ore Concentrators and Coal Washers
Inventor: CAMPBELL ALONZO CLARENCE
Filed: 1902-03-10
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 5877. Campbell, A. C. March 10. Washing ore, coal, &c.-A percussion table or pan is pro- vided with a false bottom formed of a number of per- forated plates bent to form riffles or pockets. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement. The table or pan G is suspended by rods I and is supplied with ore &c. from a hopper L and with water through the pipes Q', R, R'. The table is oscillated by the cam C through the rods D, E. The rod D is hung on the rod D<6> and rocks on the block D<2>, and may be further adjusted by a nut or block D<9>. The connecting- rod E is provided with elastic washers or blocks E<7> and E<3>. The pan is shown in section in Fig. 2 ; the false bottom is formed of riffles, as shown in Figs. 7 and 10, and these are preferably arranged diagonally. A separation occurs in each pocket by a kind of jigging action, the lighter particles being washed away into a trough J and the heavier being discharged through openings in the head of the pan into the trough K.
Patent GB-190207605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bandoliers
Inventor: WILSON THOMAS GOODRICK
Filed: 1902-03-29
Granted: 1902-08-28
Abstract: 7605. Wilson, T. G. March 29. Anznzuni t ion receptacles. - A bandoleer is made in two sections A, A<1>, each of which is formed from a sheet of leather B, Fig. 4, folded in three along the lines b, b<1>, The three layers are then laced together by straps D, D<1>, and the cartridges can then be inserted in double rows through the slits C and be protected by the flaps E. The upper or shoulder ends of the sections are connected by a strap I, and the lower ends overlap and are connected by a stud F. A loop G enables the bandoleer to be connected to the waistbelt.
Patent GB-190207686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, Boilers and their Furnaces.
Filed: 1902-04-01
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 7686. Brown & Co., J., and Graham, S.A. April 1. Water-tube boilers; water-circulation, promoting. Inclined water tubes c<4> are embedded in a depending firebridge C and connected, as shown, to the steam and water spaces of the boiler.